THE OLD-TIME GOSPEL
Quotes by Billy Sunday from The Best of BILLY SUNDAY: 17 Burning Sermons From the
Most Spectacular Evangelist the World Has Ever Known, compiled and edited by John R.
Rice, Sword of the Lord Publishers, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
“The first thing John the Baptist preached was repentance, and the first thing Jesus and his disciples
preached was repentance; but we very seldom hear a sermon on repentance today.” (Page 243)
“You must come to God on His terms, not yours. He will not accept you unless you repent. He
commands you to repent and that is the only way in which He will receive you. You cannot make
terms with God. Unconditional surrender is God’s terms, and He will listen to no other. Repentance,
immediate and unconditional on your part, and the pardon is yours.” (Page 255)
Quotes by Billy Sunday from “BILLY” SUNDAY: THE MAN AND HIS MESSAGE by
William T. Ellis, LL.D., Authorized by Mr. Sunday, copyright 1914 by L.T.Myers.
“What does converted mean? It means completely changed. Converted is not synonymous with
reformed. Reforms are from without---conversion is within. Conversion is a complete surrender to
Jesus. It’s a willingness to do what he wants you to do.” (Page 148)
“If you’re born again, you won’t live knowingly in sin. This does not mean that a Christian cannot sin,
but that he does not want to sin." (Page 173)
“Maybe you’re a drunkard, an adulterer, a prostitute, a liar; won’t admit you’re lost; are proud.
Maybe you’re even proud you’re not proud, and Jesus has a time of it.” (Page 149)
“You can’t do some deed of kindness or act of philanthropy and substitute that for the necessity of
repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Lots of people will acknowledge sin in the world, struggle on
without Jesus Christ, and do their best to live honorable, upright lives. Your morality will make you a
better man or woman, but it will never save your soul in the world.” “That which is flesh is flesh, no
matter whether it is cultivated flesh, or ignorant or common, ordinary flesh. That which is flesh is flesh,
and all your lodges, all your money on God Almighty’s earth can never change your nature. Never.
That’s got to come by and through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. That’s the only way you will
ever get changed.” (Pages 409, 410)
“Jesus said: ‘Come unto me,’ not to the church; to me, not to a creed; to me, not to a preacher; to
me, not to a priest; to me, not to a pope; ‘Come unto me and I will give you rest.’ Faith in Jesus
Christ saves you, not faith in the Church. You can join church, pay your share of the preacher’s
salary, attend the services, teach Sunday school, return thanks and do everything that would apparently
stamp you as a Christian---even pray---- but you won’t ever be a Christian until you do what God
tells you to do.” (Page 149)
“The reason you don’t like the Bible, you old sinner, is because the Bible knows all about you.” (Page
77)
“The Bible says there is a devil; you say there is no devil. Who knows the most, God or you? Jesus
met a real foe, a personal devil. Reject it or deny it as you may. If there is no devil, why do you cuss
instead of pray? Why do you lie instead of telling the truth? Why don’t you kiss your wife instead of
cursing her? You have got the devil in you, that is all. The devil is no fool; he is onto his job. The
devil has been practicing for six thousand years and he has never had appendicitis, rheumatism, or
tonsillitis. If you get to playing tag with the devil he’ll beat you every clip.” (Page 185)
“John the Baptist opened the Bible right in the middle and preached the word of God just as he found
it, and he didn’t care whether the people liked it or not. That wasn’t his business. I tell you, John the
Baptist stirred up the devil. If any minister doesn’t believe in a personal devil it’s because he has never
preached a sermon on repentance, or he’d have heard him roar. Yes, sir. If there’s anything that will
make the devil roar it is a sermon on repentance.” (Page 197)
“ A Christian is any man, or woman, or child who comes to God as a lost sinner, accepts the Lord
Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, surrenders to Him as their Lord…” (insert: page two of circular
handed to every convert)
“If you’re born again, you won’t live knowingly in sin. This does not mean that a Christian cannot sin,
but that he does not want to sin." (Page 173)
“There a lots of preachers who don’t know Jesus. They know about him, but they don’t know him.”
(Page 198)
“I do not want to believe and preach a lie. I would rather believe and preach a truth, no matter how
unpleasant it is, than to believe and preach a pleasant lie.” (Page 187)
Quote by D.L. Moody from THE WAY TO GOD and How To Find It, Moody Press, Chicago.
“There are men today who are in darkness and bondage because they are not willing to turn from their
sins and confess them; and I do not know how a man can hope to be forgiven if he is not willing to
confess his sins. Bear in mind that now is the only day of mercy you will ever have. You can repent
now, and have the awful record blotted out. God waits to forgive you; He is seeking to bring you to
Himself. ” (Page 83)
“ Christ said, He ‘came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’ Are you a sinner? Then
the call of repentance is addressed to you. Take your place in the dust at the Saviour’s feet, and
acknowledge your guilt….There are some perhaps who think themselves righteous; and that, therefore,
there is no need for them to repent and believe the gospel…..Let no one say he does not need to
repent.” (Pages 83, 84)
Quote by D.L. Moody from the book, The LIFE of D.L. MOODY by HIS SON, Copyright
1900 by Fleming H. Revell Company:
“….never tell a man he is converted. Never tell him he is saved. Let the Holy Spirit reveal that to
him…You can’t afford to deceive any one about this great question.” (Page 491)
Quote by R.A. Torrey from HOW TO WORK FOR CHRIST, Fleming H. Revell Company.
“ If the interest is deep enough, you can then ask all those who wish to be saved or all those who have
made up their minds “now and here” to accept Christ as their personal Saviour, to surrender to Him as
their Lord and Master, and to begin to confess Him as such before the world. (Page 289)
“ You cannot accept Him as Saviour while you reject Him as Lord, nor can you follow Him as Lord
while you reject Him as Saviour. His intercession is for those who accept Him as both Saviour and
Lord. (Page 293)
Quotes by Billy Sunday from The Best of BILLY SUNDAY: 17 Burning Sermons From the
Most Spectacular Evangelist the World Has Ever Known, compiled and edited by John R.
Rice, Sword of the Lord Publishers, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
“The first thing John the Baptist preached was repentance, and the first thing Jesus and his disciples
preached was repentance; but we very seldom hear a sermon on repentance today.” (Page 243)
“You must come to God on His terms, not yours. He will not accept you unless you repent. He
commands you to repent and that is the only way in which He will receive you. You cannot make
terms with God. Unconditional surrender is God’s terms, and He will listen to no other. Repentance,
immediate and unconditional on your part, and the pardon is yours.” (Page 255)
Quotes by Billy Sunday from “BILLY” SUNDAY: THE MAN AND HIS MESSAGE by
William T. Ellis, LL.D., Authorized by Mr. Sunday, copyright 1914 by L.T.Myers.
“What does converted mean? It means completely changed. Converted is not synonymous with
reformed. Reforms are from without---conversion is within. Conversion is a complete surrender to
Jesus. It’s a willingness to do what he wants you to do.” (Page 148)
“If you’re born again, you won’t live knowingly in sin. This does not mean that a Christian cannot sin,
but that he does not want to sin." (Page 173)
“Maybe you’re a drunkard, an adulterer, a prostitute, a liar; won’t admit you’re lost; are proud.
Maybe you’re even proud you’re not proud, and Jesus has a time of it.” (Page 149)
“You can’t do some deed of kindness or act of philanthropy and substitute that for the necessity of
repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Lots of people will acknowledge sin in the world, struggle on
without Jesus Christ, and do their best to live honorable, upright lives. Your morality will make you a
better man or woman, but it will never save your soul in the world.” “That which is flesh is flesh, no
matter whether it is cultivated flesh, or ignorant or common, ordinary flesh. That which is flesh is flesh,
and all your lodges, all your money on God Almighty’s earth can never change your nature. Never.
That’s got to come by and through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. That’s the only way you will
ever get changed.” (Pages 409, 410)
“Jesus said: ‘Come unto me,’ not to the church; to me, not to a creed; to me, not to a preacher; to
me, not to a priest; to me, not to a pope; ‘Come unto me and I will give you rest.’ Faith in Jesus
Christ saves you, not faith in the Church. You can join church, pay your share of the preacher’s
salary, attend the services, teach Sunday school, return thanks and do everything that would apparently
stamp you as a Christian---even pray---- but you won’t ever be a Christian until you do what God
tells you to do.” (Page 149)
“The reason you don’t like the Bible, you old sinner, is because the Bible knows all about you.” (Page
77)
“The Bible says there is a devil; you say there is no devil. Who knows the most, God or you? Jesus
met a real foe, a personal devil. Reject it or deny it as you may. If there is no devil, why do you cuss
instead of pray? Why do you lie instead of telling the truth? Why don’t you kiss your wife instead of
cursing her? You have got the devil in you, that is all. The devil is no fool; he is onto his job. The
devil has been practicing for six thousand years and he has never had appendicitis, rheumatism, or
tonsillitis. If you get to playing tag with the devil he’ll beat you every clip.” (Page 185)
“John the Baptist opened the Bible right in the middle and preached the word of God just as he found
it, and he didn’t care whether the people liked it or not. That wasn’t his business. I tell you, John the
Baptist stirred up the devil. If any minister doesn’t believe in a personal devil it’s because he has never
preached a sermon on repentance, or he’d have heard him roar. Yes, sir. If there’s anything that will
make the devil roar it is a sermon on repentance.” (Page 197)
“ A Christian is any man, or woman, or child who comes to God as a lost sinner, accepts the Lord
Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, surrenders to Him as their Lord…” (insert: page two of circular
handed to every convert)
“If you’re born again, you won’t live knowingly in sin. This does not mean that a Christian cannot sin,
but that he does not want to sin." (Page 173)
“There a lots of preachers who don’t know Jesus. They know about him, but they don’t know him.”
(Page 198)
“I do not want to believe and preach a lie. I would rather believe and preach a truth, no matter how
unpleasant it is, than to believe and preach a pleasant lie.” (Page 187)
Quote by D.L. Moody from THE WAY TO GOD and How To Find It, Moody Press, Chicago.
“There are men today who are in darkness and bondage because they are not willing to turn from their
sins and confess them; and I do not know how a man can hope to be forgiven if he is not willing to
confess his sins. Bear in mind that now is the only day of mercy you will ever have. You can repent
now, and have the awful record blotted out. God waits to forgive you; He is seeking to bring you to
Himself. ” (Page 83)
“ Christ said, He ‘came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’ Are you a sinner? Then
the call of repentance is addressed to you. Take your place in the dust at the Saviour’s feet, and
acknowledge your guilt….There are some perhaps who think themselves righteous; and that, therefore,
there is no need for them to repent and believe the gospel…..Let no one say he does not need to
repent.” (Pages 83, 84)
Quote by D.L. Moody from the book, The LIFE of D.L. MOODY by HIS SON, Copyright
1900 by Fleming H. Revell Company:
“….never tell a man he is converted. Never tell him he is saved. Let the Holy Spirit reveal that to
him…You can’t afford to deceive any one about this great question.” (Page 491)
Quote by R.A. Torrey from HOW TO WORK FOR CHRIST, Fleming H. Revell Company.
“ If the interest is deep enough, you can then ask all those who wish to be saved or all those who have
made up their minds “now and here” to accept Christ as their personal Saviour, to surrender to Him as
their Lord and Master, and to begin to confess Him as such before the world. (Page 289)
“ You cannot accept Him as Saviour while you reject Him as Lord, nor can you follow Him as Lord
while you reject Him as Saviour. His intercession is for those who accept Him as both Saviour and
Lord. (Page 293)
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