Joseph Alleine Joseph Alleine (1634 - 1668)
Conversion
"Conversion is a work above man's power. We are 'born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God' (John 1:13). Never think you can convert yourself. If ever you would be savingly converted, you must despair of doing it in your own strength. It is a resurrection from the dead (Ephesians 2:1), a new creation (Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 2:10), a work of absolute omnipotence (Ephesians 1:19). Are not these out of the reach of human power? ... This is a supernatural work ... 'Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but of mercy he saved us' ... 'Of his own will he begat us' (James 1:18). We are chosen and called unto sanctification, not for it (Ephesians 1:4). God finds nothing in man to turn His heart, but enough to turn His stomach; He finds enough to provoke His loathing, but nothing to excite His love. Look back upon yourself, O Christian! Reflect upon your swinish nature, your filthy swill, your once beloved mire (2 Peter 2). Behold your slime and corruption ... How then should holiness and purity love you? ... Who but must needs cry, Grace! Grace! ... What but free grace could move God to love you."
 
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He Gave Us a Valley (Pocketbooks) Go back to previous page
Roseveare, Helen
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Book Details
Paperback: 192 pages
Subtitle: N/A
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Category: Autobiography
Edition: N/A
Publish Date: 1976
ISBN: 9780851103907
Dewey Decimal Classification: N/A
Reference No: R-00091
Synopsis
"Helen Roseveare experienced the warm love of a Church in revival; she learnt to build with her own hands; she was gripped by tension and fear in pos-revolution Africa; she was apparently rejected by those she came to help; she went through the traumas of brutality and rape. This is the story of God's dealings with a very human person who was for twenty years a missionary doctor. Throughout the book she assesses her life with relentless honesty, asking again and again the question 'Was it all worth while?'"