All-Sufficient Christ

Quotes from men and women from the bible and history who came to know HIM in particular ways.

“They have taken away MY LORD, and I know not where they have laid him"

(Mary Magdalene, the one who used to be demon-possessed, Satan lording over her)

While blessed with a sense of His love,

A palace a toy would appear;

All prisons would palaces prove,

If Jesus would dwell with me there.

(John Newton, the one who used to capture, imprison and trade black slaves)

"And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness"

(Apostle Paul, the self-righteous Jewish extremist who used to murder Christians)

"Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee;

(Rev. Toplady, the one who found HIM in a storm)

'Casting all my cares upon him; for he cares for me"

(Apostle Peter, the one who used to be self-sufficient, overconfident, presumptuous and brash).

"Stand up, stand up for Jesus,

each soldier to his post,

Close up the broken column, and shout through all the host:

Make good the loss so heavy, in those that still remain,

And prove to all around you that death itself is gain."

(George Duffield, the one who found HIM in the words of a dying friend)

" I am James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ"

(James, the brother who once disowned his "mentally deranged" older brother - Jesus)

He’s fairer than lilies of rarest bloom;

He’s sweeter than honey from out the comb;

He’s all that my hungering spirit needs;

I’d rather have Jesus and let Him lead.

(Rhea Miller, the one who saw Jesus rescue an alcoholic relative)

"My Lord and My GOD!"

(Apostle Thomas, the one who once said, "I will not believe unless....")

Thou the Spring of all my comfort,

More than life to me,

Whom have I on earth beside Thee?

Whom in Heav’n but Thee?

(Fanny Crosby, the blind one who 'saw' Jesus and wrote what she saw...8,000 times over)

Let the unsaved come to him as they are and the saved person remain in him still. No matter what our faults and failings may be, Christ alone is sufficient.