John White > Quotes

“God's answer to your guilty conscience is the death of his Son. Your answer to a guilty conscience is usually something you do, like confessing harder, praying more, reading your Bible, paying more than your tithe in the offering and so on. These actions are what the writer to the Hebrews calls "dead works," the very things your conscience needs to be cleansed from and the very things that eventually get you wrapped up in the black shadow of your own guilt.”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

“Well may the Accuser roar
Of ills that I have done:
I know them all, and thousands more:
Jehovah knoweth none!”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

“Never face temptation. Flee from it. And in fleeing, turn your back on it.”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

“The Father does not welcome you because you have been trying hard, because you have made a thoroughgoing confession or because you have been making spiritual strides recently. He does not welcome you because you have something you can be proud about. He welcomes you because his Son died for you.”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

“I have no words that do justice to the love that led to the death of God's Son. The universe ought to have stopped in its tracks, and I am sorry it didn't. No more heinous crime was ever committed against God nor a greater act of love consummated on behalf of the criminal. Are you blasphemous enough to suppose that your dead works, your feeble efforts can add to the finished work of a dying Savior? "It is finished!" he cried.
Completed. Done. Forever ended. He crashed through the gates of hell, set prisoners free, abolished death and burst in new life from the tomb. All to set you free from sin and open the way for you to run into the loving arms of God.”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

“I'm neither a magician, nor a wizard," Mab's deep voice sounded behind him. John was startled.
"But you are. I mean you must be. You can do magic."
"Not magic, Sword Bearer. /Miracles/."
....
"But you do magic!" John said, bewildered.
"No, Sword Bearer. It is true that I have power from the Changer, but the power I have is His power, not ours. It is to be used in his service. Magic is stolen power. The power that Qhahdrun has is magical power. It was stolen from the Mystery of Abomination when he rebelled against the Changer. Qhahdrun really thinks it belongs to him, but one day it will be taken from him. For at the last all power will go back to the Changer from whence it came.”
― John White, The Sword Bearer

“Nowhere in Scripture are we justified by praying,
"Lord it's true I sinned, but you see the devil tempted me.”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

“poured wine from a leather bottle into a small silver goblet that was also in the pouch.
"Here, my lord Wesley, drink to control the cold that plagues you."
Wesley was shivering though the night was warm. He reached for the goblet and tipped it cautiously toward his lips. The taste was harsh and strong so that he coughed and spluttered.
"Drink, my lord. Drink deeply," Kardia insisted.
Wesley forced the wine down his throat. He felt a glow of warmth in his chest as he handed the goblet back to Kardia. Slowly his fears subsided as he watched the others munch their food and pass the goblet among themselves. Garfong wolfed his pie in one swallow, then went to the river bank to drink. Little by little the shrill cries of the Qadar grew fainter. Garfong returned from the river and lay at Wesley's feet, looking into his eyes. Impulsively Wesley reached forward and fondled the great shaggy head. To his surprise low rumblings in Garfong's throat formed themselves into human language.
"Gaal is great," the wolf seemed to be saying. "Gaal is greater than the jinn. Gaal is greater than Hocoino. To Gaal all power is given. We are the servants of Gaal.”
― John White, The Tower of Geburah

“Now the only place in Scripture where the devil is actually named "the accuser" is in Revelation 12:10. In the very next sentence, we read that the brethren "conquered him by the blood of the Lamb.”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

“A sundial only works when there is light. It does not work at midnight in a fog. Moreover it requires light from the proper source. The moon makes it point to the wrong time. Take a flashlight with you and walk around a sundial at 3 a.m. It will tell you whatever time you want. Conscience, likewise, functions only when it has the light of God's Word illuminated by God's Spirit shining on it.”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

“It matters not how much you've got but what you do with it. Use your mediocre gifts for God. Give him your life and with it your brain and your gifts, such as they are. Give him your energy, your time and your strength.”
― John White, The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living