Lewis Sperry Chafer > Quotes

“His leading is only for those who are already committed to do as He may choose. To such it may be said: "God is able to speak loud enough to make a willing soul hear.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, He That Is Spiritual

“The lost are never saved by confessing and the saved are never restored by believing.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, Salvation

“There must be a great national heart-turning, or repentance to God as an immediate preparation for the kingdom as seen in the Old Testament (Deut. 30:1-3; Isa. 24:7; Hos. 3:4, 5; 14:7; Zech. 12:10-13:1; Mal. 3:7). Repentance, therefore, became an imperative part of the message concerning the imminency of the kingdom.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, The Kingdom in History and Prophecy

“When the sufferings of Christ are contemplated in the light of this simple fact, it will be seen that back of the death of Christ is, on the part of God, first of all the infinite wisdom, vision and power to appreciate. He comprehended man’s sin, his eternal ruin, and necessary banishment from His presence. And second, He loved the world of men enough to act mightily in their behalf. That He loved them is the reason of His effort for them. That He appreciated their terrible need was the warrant for the particular thing He did. The measure of His appreciation and love is unbounded; for “He bore our sins in his own body on the tree,” which reveals the reality of our sins as viewed by an infinite God. He became the propitiation for the sins of the whole world.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, True Evangelism: Winning Souls by Prayer

“It is recorded of Jesus that He was "born King of the Jews" (Mt. 2:2). To this throne He made final claim at His trial (Mt. 27:11). And under this accusation He suffered (Mt. 27:29) and died (Mt. 27:37). One needs only to search the Scriptures to discover the fact that He is never mentioned as King of the church, nor King of the nations until He comes again as "King of kings, and Lord of lords" (Rev. 19:16).”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, The Kingdom in History and Prophecy

“As there was a period between the anointing of David and the final banishment of Saul, in which Saul reigned as a usurper, though under Divine sentence and David was the God-appointed king: in like manner there is now a similar period in which Satan rules as a usurper, though under sentence; and the actual occupation of the throne by Christ is still future. In this period Satan, the rejected monarch, still rules; hunting to the death all those who have allied themselves with Christ,”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, The Biblical Doctrine of Satan

“The New Testament reveals the present age as a parenthesis in the prophetic program during which the Church is called out from among the Gentiles, a stranger and pilgrim body, belonging to the kingdom of God, but in no sense identical with the kingdom of heaven.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, The Kingdom in History and Prophecy

“according to the Bible, salvation is the result of the work of God for the individual, rather than the work of the individual for God, or even the work of the individual for himself.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, Salvation

“Good works are evidently made possible by salvation; but these good works, which follow salvation, do not add anything to the all-sufficient and perfect saving work of God.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, Salvation

“Spirit-filled Christians are quite apt to be physically exhausted at the close of the day. They are weary in the work, but not weary of the work.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, He That Is Spiritual

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― Lewis Sperry Chafer, Satan

“James 1:14, 15: "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
― Lewis Sperry Chafer, Satan