If we all had faith to wait upon God in intense believing prayer there would be genuine Holy Ghost revival, and the living God would get all the glory. In Manchuria and China, when we did nothing else than give the address and let the people pray, and kept out of sight as far as possible, we saw the mightiest manifestations of Divine power.
– Smith, Oswald J. The Revival We Need, London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1953, – from preface by Jonathan Goforth,
…We speak of the manifestations at Pentecost as being abnormal, yet we maintain that Pentecost was normal Christianity.
Jonathan Goforth, By My Spirit (Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, 1964), 10.
Our Lord did not permit His chosen followers to witness a word in His name until endued with power from on high. It is true that before that day they were the “born-again” children of the Father and had the witness of the Spirit. But they were not the Lord’s efficient co-workers and never could be until Spirit-filled.
Jonathan Goforth, By My Spirit, (Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, 1964), 11.
There can be no alternative; it is either Holy Ghost revival or apostasy.
Jonathan Goforth, By My Spirit, (Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, 1964), 13.
We cannot emphasize too strongly our conviction that all hindrance in the Church is due to sin.
Jonathan Goforth, By My Spirit, (Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, 1964), 13.
Surely, since the sinless Son of God had to be made sin for us an over‑emphasis upon sin is in the nature of things impossible.
Jonathan Goforth, By My Spirit, (Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, 1964), 16.
Jonathan Goforth died this date, 10/8/1936, at Wallaceburg, Ontario. He was a product of Knox College, who married Rosalind Bell-Smith and went to China. Goforth was born 2/10/1859 at Thorndale, (near London) Ontario, Canada.
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