Bunyan Bits
Bunyan Bit No. 8: Happiness and the Glory of Heaven
If the sight of sin and the love of God accomplishes such an effect in the soul that still experiences doubt, blindness, distrust, and forgetfulness, what will the sight of sin do in the soul that has been swallowed up by love, the soul that is no longer selfish, not even tempted to be, because [...]
Bunyan Bit No. 7: Watchfulness
The person who tries to keep water in a sieve must be extremely careful. Our heart is also a leaky container and therefore we need to pay close attention to the things we have heard, so they will not slip away when we aren’t noticing.
– John Bunyan, The Riches of Bunyan (p. 196)
Bunyan Bit No. 6: Encouraging the Weak
If those who are first coming to Jesus Christ are often frightened along the way, then this should teach older Christians to have compassion on younger ones and pray for them. You know the hearts of these strangers, for you yourselves were once strangers in the land of Egypt. You know the fears [...]
Bunyan Bit No. 5: God’s Protection
Here is something that may surprise you Christians, if your eyes are awake enough to see: a person is assaulted with all hell’s power, and yet comes out the conqueror. Isn’t it amazing to see a poor creature, weaker than a moth, yet able to stand against devils and overcome not only them, [...]
Bunyan Bit No. 4: The Glory of God
God is the highest good — good as nothing else is but Himself. He is intrinsically happy; in fact, all good and all true happiness are to be found only in God, since they are essential to his nature. No one can be happy or experience any goodness unless God communicates His [...]
Bunyan Bit No. 3: God Will Not Fail You
It has been a while since I have posted some Bunyan! I’m submitting many wonderful passages from The Riches of Bunyan that will be automatically posting during the next few months. Enjoy!
God has strewed the way from the gate of hell where you used to be, you who are on your way, all [...]
Bunyan Bit No. 2: Christ the Advocate
“There is someone to plead for you with the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who pleases God completely” (1 John 2:1). This thought will bring you relief when your faith is discouraged and afraid. Satan can take some of Christ’s other functions and twist them around to frighten us. [...]
Bunyan Bit No. 1: Conscience
This is my first posting of the “nuggets” that I will be posting regularly from John Bunyan which I mentioned in my previous post. There are so many that I have already marked and highlighted; they are so good! So I just picked one of the ones I have read first and will post [...]