"This is the most intimate and sacred and precious figure of the Church’s relationship to Christ ... Christ loved the church, and gave Himself up for it; that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” (Eph.5:25-27)
We see how this great truth is emphasised in the Song of Solomon, as the Bridegroom addresses the Bride, “Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee.” (4:7.) and again, “My sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled.” That is the sort of bride He expects. The church as a bride must be pure".
Arthur Wallis - "The Purity of the Church" - "The Church of Jesus Christ - It's Purity, Power, Pattern And Programme in the context of Today" - Conference at Exmouth, UK - May 1958
"The man who never reads will never be read. He who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own ... You need to read" - C H Spurgeon. "To fail to learn from the pulpit of the past is to impoverish that of the present" - Tony Sargent
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Arthur Wallis on the Church as Bride
Friday, 4 January 2008
Arthur Wallis on the Ultimate End of the Earth
"If the limit of our vision is successful evangelism or the blessing of the charismatic movement or even what we are now experiencing then the Lord is wanting to whisper in our ear; "Thou shalt see greater things than these". The fewness of God's people in a fast expanding world, the strength of the adversary, the shortness of time all call for the greatest outpouring the world has ever seen".
Arthur Wallis - "The Rain is Coming" - Restoration Magazine - July/August 1978 - Harvestime Publication - (p20).
Arthur Wallis on Omnipresence and Manifest Presence of God
"If God is ominpresent what do we mean by a visitation of God? ... When God visits His people He comes to them in a manifestation of His power and glory that is far beyond anything they normally experience".
Arthur Wallis - "The Rain is Coming" - Restoration Magazine - July/August 1978 - Harvestime Publication - (p18).
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Arthur Wallis on Revival
"Revival is divine intervention in the normal course of spiritual things. It is God revealing Himself to man in awful holiness and irresistable power. It is such a manifest working of God that human personalities are overshadowed and human programmes abandoned ... It is the Lord making bare His holy arm and working extraordinary power on saint and sinner".
Arthur Wallis - "In the Day of Thy Power" - CLC (1956) - (p20).