We are not to stand on the adversary’s ground by any attitude or disobedience. In so doing we give him a certain power over us which, while God will restrain in great mercy and kindness, He will not fully remove until we get fully on holy ground. We must therefore be armed with the breastplate of righteousness as well as the shield of faith, if we would successfully resist the prince of darkness and the principalities in heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12).
— A. B. Simpson (1843–1919), Prediger
Related Bible passage: EPH.6.12
Topics: Temptation & Struggle, Growth & Character
Occasions: For Reflection
A. B. Simpson
Albert Benjamin Simpson war ein kanadisch-US-amerikanischer Pastor und Evangelist der Heiligungsbewegung, der Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts vor allem in New York City wirkte. Er gründete die Christian and Missionary Alliance, formulierte das Konzept des „Vierfachen Evangeliums“ und rief mit seiner Lehre zur göttlichen Heilung zeitgenössische theologische Kontroversen hervor. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch geistliche Lieder und Andachtstexte, die eine christuszentrierte Spiritualität sowie missionarische Hingabe betonen.
All quotes by A. B. Simpson (15)
The devil is a better theologian than any of us, and he is still a devil.
A.W. Tozer
Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.
Craig Groeschel
Martin Luther
Fyodor Dostoevsky
And Satan trembles when he sees, the weakest saint upon his knees.
William Cowper
Our old man is crucified, but he is long at dying.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Dante Alighieri
Gilbert Keith Chesterton