Gratefulness

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Here is a story from John Wesley's Journal that I wanted to share.

John Wesley had a conversation with a porter who opened a new door to the spiritual awakening that would happen to him some years in the future. The man proved to be the first truly grateful person he had ever met. 

While the porter had only one coat and had consumed nothing all day but a drink of water, his heart still over flowed with praise to God. John remarked, “You thank God when you have nothing to wear, nothing to eat, and no bed to lie upon. What else do you thank Him for?”

 The man answered, “I thank Him, that He has given me my life and being, a heart to love Him, and a desire to serve Him.”From this testimony, John realized there was something more to following Jesus than he had ever experienced before—and this was something he wanted.

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Once Saved, Always Saved?

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John Wesley on “Once Saved always Saved?”

“Calvinists, who deny that salvation can ever be lost, reason on the subject in a marvelous way...

They tell us, that somehow....

No virgin’s lamp can go out...(Matthew 25:8)

No promising harvest can be choked with thorns...(Matthew 13:7)

No branch in Christ can ever be cut off for unfruitfulness...(John 15:6)

No pardon can ever be forfeited...
(Matthew 18:32)

They say that no name can be blotted out of God’s book!
(Revelation 3:5; Exodus 32:33)

They insist that no salt can ever lose its savour...
(Matthew 5:13)

That nobody can ever...
“receive the grace of God in vain”... (2 Corinthians 6:1)

“bury his talents”...(Matthew 25:18)

“neglect such great salvation”... (Hebrews 2:3)

trifle away “a day of grace”... (James 5:5)

“look back” after putting his hand to the gospel plow...( and become unfit for the kingdom of God)
(Luke 9:62)

Nobody can “grieve the Spirit” till He is “quenched,”...
(Ephesians 4:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:19) and strives no more, (Romans 11:21,22)

nor “deny the Lord that BOUGHT them”...
(2 Peter 2:1)

nor “bring upon themselves swift destruction.”.. (2 Peter 2:1)

Nobody, or body of believers, can ever get so lukewarm that Jesus will spew them out of His mouth... (Revelation 3:16)

They use reams of paper to argue that if one ever got lost he was never found. (John 17:12)

that if one falls, he never stood. (Romans 11:16-22 and Hebrews 6:4-6)

if one was ever “cast forth,” he was never in, and “if one ever withered,” he was never attached to the vine and once green. (John 15:1-6)

and that “if any man draws back,” it proves that he never had anything to draw back from. (Hebrews 10:38,39)

that if one ever “falls away into spiritual darkness,” he was never enlightened. (Hebrews 6:4-6)

that if you “get entangled again in the pollutions of the world,” it shows that you had never escaped. (2 Peter 2:20)

that if you “put salvation away” you never had it to put away, (Hebrews 10:35; Psalms 51:11)

and if you make shipwreck of faith, there was no ship of faith there!! (1 Timothy 1:19)|

In short they say: If you get it, you can’t lose it; and if you lose it you never had it.

May God SAVE US...
from accepting a doctrine, that must be defended by such fallacious reasoning!”
~ John Wesley

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The Angel Choir

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Here is a short story from the journal of one of the First Great Awakening preachers.  An interesting story about life, death, and eternity.

From John Wesley's diary we gather the following, under date of March 29th, 1782: "Being Good Friday, I came to Mansfield to assist in the services of the day.  Well we were administering the sacrament to about thirteen-hundred people I heard a low, soft, solemn sound, just like that of an aeolian harp.  It continued five or six minutes, And so affected many that they could not refrain from tears.  And then gradually died away." Evidently the angel choir, joining in the services.

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