Some of you seek for faith much in the same way as you would dig for a well. You turn the eye inward upon yourself and search admidst the depths of your polluted heart to find if faith is there; you search admid all your feelings at sermons and sacraments to see if faith is there; and still you find nothing but sin and disappointment… Look full in the face of Jesus… Drink in His Word… Faith comes by hearing the voice of Jesus.

Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843), Pfarrer

Related Bible passage: ROM.10.17

Topics: Faith & Trust, Doubt & Hard Questions, The Bible & the Word of God

Occasions: Encouragement

Robert Murray McCheyne

Robert Murray McCheyne war ein schottischer presbyterianischer Pfarrer, der von 1836 bis zu seinem frühen Tod 1843 an der St. Peter’s Church in Dundee wirkte. Er stand für eine calvinistische Erweckungsfrömmigkeit, die persönliche Heiligung, leidenschaftliche Verkündigung und eine konsequente Verwurzelung in der Schrift betonte. Bibellesern ist er heute vor allem durch seinen weit verbreiteten Bibelleseplan sowie durch seine Texte über Gebet und geistliche Hingabe bekannt.

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