John Wesley Quotes About Heaven

Quotes about: Heaven

• Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.

  John Wesley

  Giving, Heaven, Desire

  John Wesley (1960). “The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley ...”

• I want to know one thing, the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the way; for this end He came from heaven. He hath written it down in a book. Give me that book! At any price give me the Book of God!

  John Wesley

  Bible, Book, Land

  John Wesley (1980). “John Wesley”, p.89, Oxford University Press

• Whosoever will reign with Christ in heaven, must have Christ reigning in him on earth

  John Wesley

  Heaven, Earth, Reign

  John Wesley, Bp. John Emory, Thomas Jackson (1831). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Miscellaneous”, p.137

• The man who never fasts is no more in the way to heaven than the man who never prays.

  John Wesley

  Men, Heaven, Fasting

• By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth.

  John Wesley

  Recovery, Mean, Justice

  John Wesley (1827). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley”, p.219

• The case is this: God offers you one of the greatest mercies on this side of heaven and commands you to accept it. Why do you not accept this mercy in obedience to His command.... God offers you a pardon for all your sins.

  John Wesley

  Life, Heaven, Sides

  John Wesley (2011). “The Essential Works of John Wesley”, p.668, Barbour Publishing

• This earthly body is slow and heavy in all its motions, listless and soon tired with action. But our heavenly bodies shall be as fire; as active and as nimble as our thoughts are.

  John Wesley

  Tired, Fire, Heaven

  John Wesley, Bp. John Emory, Thomas Jackson (1831). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Sermons”, p.512

• They (the creatures) encourage us to imitate Him whose mercy is over all His works. It may enlarge our hearts toward these poor creatures to reflect that not one of them is forgotten in the sight of our Father which is in heaven.

  John Wesley

  Father, Heart, Sight

• I want to know one thing: The way to Heaven. How to land safe on that happy shore.

  John Wesley

  Land, Heaven, Safe

  John Wesley (1980). “John Wesley”, p.89, Oxford University Press

• Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he comes in the clouds of heaven.

  John Wesley

  Heart, Eye, Clouds

  John Wesley, John Emory (1853). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley”, p.609

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