tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post5099352306097102538..comments2024-03-18T07:16:30.591-04:00Comments on CAMPONTHIS: GEORGE WHITEFIELD - PORTRAIT OF A REVIVAL PREACHER...preached a pure gospel; powerful gospel; passionate gospelSJ Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-196743239948949662008-07-26T21:17:00.001-04:002008-07-26T21:17:00.001-04:00From J.C. Ryle, writing on George Whitefield:"He ...From J.C. Ryle, writing on <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/johncharlesryle/ecl/ecl-gw02.html" REL="nofollow"> George Whitefield:</A><BR/>"He was a man of remarkable disinterestedness, and singleness of eye. He seemed to live only for two objects - the glory of God and the salvation of souls. Of secondary and covert objects he knew nothing at all. <B>He raised no party of followers</B> who took his name. <B>He established no denominational system,</B> of which his own writings should be cardinal elements. A favourite expression of his is most characteristic of the man: 'Let the name of George Whitefield perish, so long as Christ is exalted.'<BR/><BR/>Whitefield preached a singularly pure gospel. Few men, perhaps, ever gave their hearers so much wheat and so little chaff. <B>He did not get up to talk about his party, his cause, his interest or his office.</B> 'Oh, the righteousness of Jesus Christ!' he would often say: 'I must be excused if I mention it in almost all my sermons.' Preaching of this kind is the preaching that God delights to honour. It must be pre-eminently a manifestation of truth."<BR/> (------J.C. Ryle)littlegal_66https://www.blogger.com/profile/11385398360700890136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-79263823399736683082008-07-26T21:17:00.000-04:002008-07-26T21:17:00.000-04:00Yes the ravens sometimes feed Elijah. I have heard...Yes the ravens sometimes feed Elijah. I have heard from some who studied history that there is a letter testifying that Franklin may just have converted prior to his death.<BR/><BR/>Grace upon grace,<BR/><BR/>BrianOnly Lookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074543462279905793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-34886001187540620412008-07-26T13:38:00.000-04:002008-07-26T13:38:00.000-04:00Great post."Did you ever read his letter to Wesley...Great post.<BR/><BR/>"Did you ever read his letter to Wesley when Wesley veered away from Calvinism?" -Candy<BR/><BR/>Yes, I have. I gave it to my pastor 15 years ago to encourage him, and didn't realize how it would challenge him in his Arminianism.<BR/>However we are still best of friends.<BR/><BR/>Whitefield also had a good friedn in Benjamin Franklin, who never acknowledged Christ, and yet Whitefield loved the man, and Franklin loved Whitefield.<BR/><BR/>Not that this is common, but I beleieve the Lord does give us non-Christian friends. Can't expalin it, but it's just true.<BR/><BR/>Here's a quote from that letter: "This, dear Sir, is the triumphant language of every soul that has attained a full assurance of faith. And this assurance can only arise from a belief of God's electing everlasting love. That many have an assurance they are in Christ today, but take no thought for, or are not assured they shall be in him tomorrow—nay to all eternity—is rather their imperfection and unhappiness than their privilege. I pray God to bring all such to a sense of his eternal love, that they may no longer build upon their own faithfulness, but on the unchangeableness of that God whose gifts and callings are without repentance. For those whom God has once justified, he also will glorify."-George Whitefielddonsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1217343397207860282008-07-26T00:52:00.000-04:002008-07-26T00:52:00.000-04:00This was excellent! I wish there were more men lik...This was excellent! I wish there were more men like this today! <BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>KarenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953680608974881496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-89752842952589470462008-07-25T19:46:00.000-04:002008-07-25T19:46:00.000-04:00Whitfield was real and truly an inspiration in his...Whitfield was real and truly an inspiration in his love for God and others and his love for truth that converts.<BR/><BR/>Grace upon grace,<BR/><BR/>BrianOnly Lookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074543462279905793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-12706900426600480942008-07-25T17:14:00.000-04:002008-07-25T17:14:00.000-04:00deb_bIncredible Spurgeon quote. Thank you for pos...<B>deb_b</B><BR/>Incredible Spurgeon quote. Thank you for posting it here.<BR/><BR/>Really appreciated this: <I>We must preach the Gospel so distinctly that our people know what we are preaching.</I><BR/><BR/>So basic and yet so overlooked in today's world.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again,<BR/>SteveSJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-70933035120170574392008-07-25T17:13:00.000-04:002008-07-25T17:13:00.000-04:00DaveWelcome to COT and thank you for your comment....<B>Dave</B><BR/>Welcome to COT and thank you for your comment.<BR/><BR/>I hope you will consider this a frequent stop for you in the future.<BR/><BR/>Grace and peace,<BR/>SteveSJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-88885872819024214282008-07-25T15:54:00.000-04:002008-07-25T15:54:00.000-04:00"God of Whitefield, give us today men like Whitefi...<B><I>"God of Whitefield, give us today men like Whitefield who can stand as giants in the pulpit, men with burdened hearts, burning lips, and brimming eyes. And, Lord, please do it soon!"</I></B><BR/><BR/>AMEN!<BR/><BR/><I>"What marvel if, under some men's shifty talk, people grow into love of both truth and falsehood! The fact is, they would like anything if only a clever deceiver would put it plausibly before them. They admire Moses and Aaron, but they would not say a word against Jannes and Jambres. <B>We shall not join in the confederacy which seems to aim at such a comprehension. We must preach the Gospel so distinctly that our people know what we are preaching. 'If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle?' We shall not hesitate to speak in the strongest Saxon words we can find, and in the plainest sentences we can put together, that which we hold as fundamental truth."</B></I><BR/><BR/>--CH Spurgeon's "Final Manifesto", <I>The Greatest Fight in the World</I>Deb_Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550673007910547814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1817806786501600752008-07-25T15:24:00.000-04:002008-07-25T15:24:00.000-04:00Inpsiring biography.Inpsiring biography.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894433115379089423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-67863789240018654312008-07-25T13:11:00.000-04:002008-07-25T13:11:00.000-04:00Thanks you allWhiefield was a great preacher of th...<B>Thanks you all</B><BR/>Whiefield was a great preacher of the gospel - a personal hero of mine. I am glad he is appreciated by so many others today.SJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-14504054885143606482007-07-20T05:35:00.000-04:002007-07-20T05:35:00.000-04:00thank's for this brotherreally appreciate itthank's for this brother<BR/>really appreciate itSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10420768244670972014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-33367615304294611822007-07-19T12:53:00.000-04:002007-07-19T12:53:00.000-04:00What a fantastic article! I really admire Whitefie...What a fantastic article! I really admire Whitefield. Did you ever read his letter to Wesley when Wesley veered away from Calvinism? Amazing letter. My husband and I visited Old South Church in Newburyport MA not far from where my husband grew up and where Whitefield preached his last sermon in the middle of the night before his death. Sad that the area that had the likes of Whitefield and Edwards is now so dark with good churches few and far between.candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088593538648596769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-49925794182722193442007-07-19T11:43:00.000-04:002007-07-19T11:43:00.000-04:00....It's been way too long since I've read somethi....<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>It's been way too long since I've read something by Leonard Ravenhill. <BR/><BR/>Look who's talking, Mr. Ravenhill, about "He is the best orator who can turn men's ears into eyes."<BR/><BR/>Ravenhill turns your ears into eyes to see not only those who preached Christ, but also Christ Himself.<BR/><BR/><I>"What was the secret of Whitefield's success? I think three things: He preached a pure gospel; he preached a powerful gospel; he preached a passionate gospel."</I><BR/><BR/>Much needed in a day of<BR/>adulterated, <BR/>weak, <BR/>passionless<BR/>"gospels".Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888533194435826837noreply@blogger.com