The Classic Works of Octavius Winslow Quotes

“There is thus an appropriation of Christ in the personal experience of every believer which endears Him to the heart. A Christ unappropriated is a Christ whose worth is undervalued, and whose preciousness is unfelt.”
― Octavius Winslow, The Classic Works of Octavius Winslow

“Believer, demonstrate your sense of the preciousness of this great sacrifice by bringing to it daily sins, by drawing from it hourly comfort, and by laying yourself upon it, body, soul, and spirit, a "living sacrifice unto God.”
― Octavius Winslow, The Classic Works of Octavius Winslow

“But what a grand and glorious truth is this to the believing soul- the absolute Deity of the Savior- the essential Godhead of Christ! How it endears Him to the heart as the Rock of ages upon which its hope is built! How precious must be every evidence of the divine strength, stability, and durability of that basis upon which the believing sinner reposes his whole salvation. Precious, then, is Christ as God. Precious in His Deity- precious as a distinct person in the adorable Godhead- precious as "God over all, blessed for evermore.”
― Octavius Winslow, The Classic Works of Octavius Winslow

“The great truth upon which we are about to expatiate is announced in the words placed at the head of this chapter- "Unto you therefore who believe He is precious."
In the unfolding of this subject may there rest upon the writer and the reader the fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit, even Him of whom Jesus said, "He will bring me glory by revealing to you whatever he receives from me" -that, while we treat of a precious Savior, His preciousness may be FELT in our hearts, filling the whole soul with penitence, faith, and love.”
― Octavius Winslow, The Classic Works of Octavius Winslow

“It is a self-evident truth, that the absence of spiritual life is but the existence of spiritual death.”
― Octavius Winslow, The Classic Works of Octavius Winslow