The important thing?
Not did you believe John
(Calvin OR Wesley)
But do you fully believe Jesus.
– eab, 6/24/11
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– eab, 6/24/11
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On this date, 1/25/1738, John Wesley is said to have penned in his journal,
“I went to America to convert the Indians. But oh! Who shall convert me? I have a fair summer religion…But let death look me in the face, and my spirit is troubled.”
He had come here as a “missionary.” (How many modern pastors are unconverted?)
Thank the Lord John Wesley was genuinely converted to Christ on May 24th (of that same year) at 8:45 PM, at Aldersgate Chapel, London. To his journal he again turned, stating, “I felt my heart strangely warmed…”
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“Chance has no share in the government of the world. The Lord reigns, and disposes all things, strongly and sweetly, for the good of them that love Him.”
John Wesley on this date, 2/11/1779, is said to have penned the above in a letter.
Wesley the founder of Methodism was born 6/28/1703, at Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. He died 3/2/1791, at London, England.
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Thomas Coke on this date, 11/3/1784, landed in New York City. He, at age 37, was the first Methodist bishop to come to what was then dubbed the “New World.” John Wesley had designated Coke to ordain the first Methodist elders and bishops here; one of the first ordained was none other than the minister Francis Asbury.
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“You have but one Pattern; follow Him inwardly and outwardly.
If other believers will go step for step with you, well; but if not, follow Him!”
John Wesley, on the date, 8/9/1765, is said to have written the above. Wesley, of course, was the Brit (along with his brother Charles and to some extent, George Whitfield) who founded Methodism.
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“I look on all the world as my parish;
thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden
duty, to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation. ”
John Wesley wrote this in his Journal on June 11, 1739.
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Two hundred and seventy-one years ago this evening in London, England, a very religious man was converted to Jesus Christ. His name?
John Wesley. On May 24th, 1738 (about 8:45 PM we are told) Wesley felt his heart “strangely warmed.” It would be difficult to find one, let alone two men, who were more “religious” yet unconverted, than John and Charles (Charles was converted before John, 5/21) Wesley. They had Disciple with a capital “D,” they were reading some of the right things, they were active in helping others but were not truly converted.
Quakers know (others should know more than they do) that George Fox was advocating holiness a century (round figures) before Wesley. But Wesley and Wesley (and others) saw a greater surge toward heart purity in their day. While we are not Wesleyan in name, we can appreciate the dramatic and lasting influence the Wesleys had on England and (via Asbury, et al) on our native, needy land.
Personally, I could wish John had had a happier marriage (Charles did), and would have had more haircuts. He is not on a pedestal with me as with some men, but I’m very glad for his salvation, his emphasis on heart purity, and his view of and practice of evangelism. Thank God for the 24th of the 5th month in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven-hundred and thirty eight. Thank God for John (and Charles) Wesley!
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“Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness”
(translated John Wesley)
Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
’Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
Bold shall I stand in Thy great day;
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.
The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb,
Who from the Father’s bosom came,
Who died for me, e’en me to atone,
Now for my Lord and God I own.
Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,
Which, at the mercy seat of God,
Forever doth for sinners plead,
For me, e’en for my soul, was shed.
Lord, I believe were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
Thou hast for all a ransom paid,
For all a full atonement made.
When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
Ev’n then this shall be all my plea,
Jesus hath lived, hath died, for me.
This spotless robe the same appears,
When ruined nature sinks in years;
No age can change its glorious hue,
The robe of Christ is ever new.
Jesus, the endless praise to Thee,
Whose boundless mercy hath for me—
For me a full atonement made,
An everlasting ransom paid.
O let the dead now hear Thy voice;
Now bid Thy banished ones rejoice;
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness.
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf died this date (5/9/1760) at Herrnhut. He was Count Zinzendorf, born at Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 5/26/1700. He wrote several works including at least nine hymns.
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[I] wrote and published the sermon on Christian perfection. In this I endeavoured to show, (1.) In what sense Christians are not,
(2.) In what sense they are, perfect…St. John affirms expressly; and it cannot be disproved by the examples of the Old Testament. For what, if the holiest of the ancient Jews did sometimes commit sin? We cannot infer from hence, that ‘all Christians do and must commit sin as long as they live.'”
– Plain Account of Christian Perfection, Section 12
(1.) In what sense they are not. They are not perfect in knowledge. They are not free from ignorance, no, nor from mistake. We are no more to expect any living man to be infallible, than to be omniscient. They are not free from infirmities, such as weakness or slowness of understanding, irregular quickness or heaviness of imagination. Such in another kind are impropriety of language, ungracefulness of pronunciation; to which one might add a thousand nameless defects, either in conversation or behaviour. From such infirmities as these none are perfectly freed till their spirits return to God; neither can we expect till then to be wholly freed from temptation; for ‘the servant is not above his master.’ But neither in this sense is there any absolute perfection on earth. There is no perfection of degrees, none which does not admit of a continual increase.
(2.) In what sense then are they perfect? Observe, we are not now speaking of babes in Christ, but adult Christians. But even babes in Christ are so far perfect as not to commit sin. This
John Wesley died this date (3/2/1791) in London. He preached thousands of sermons, edited his brother Charles’ hymns (a bit too freely J), and wrote Plain Account of Christian Perfection, Explanatory Notes on the NT, Primitive Physick. Wesley was born 6/17/1703.