Quotes by Oswald J. Smith

It is even possible to be a martyr for the Faith and yet not love Jesus Christ.

Only those who spend much time in HIs presence will ever become like Him.

To be a Christian for ten year and to be no more like Jesus then than at the time of conversion, is a tragedy.

There can be no prevailing in prayer without travailing in prayer.

God can accomplish more through one message in the fulness of the Spirit than through hundreds given in the energy of the flesh.

The three representative men of the Bible, the natural, the carnal, and the spiritual - Which are you? Are you living in Egypt, the world and home of the natural man, or in the wilderness, the abode of the carnal? ... Are you already through the wilderness, and dwelling in Canaan, the land of the spiritual?

The fulness of the Spirit is not a question of our getting more of the Holy Spirit, but rather of the Holy Spirit getting more of us.

And they continued steadfastly (Acts 2:42) - That is to say, they did not backslide. The real reason there are so many backsliders is because there are so many who have never had a forward slide to Jesus Christ.

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women (Acts 5:14)- So not only was there Holy Ghost boldness and Holy Ghost power and Holy Ghost conviction, but also Holy Ghost conversions.

Power in Service - The carnal man can never be used in spiritual service. There is so much of the self life about him that God cannot gain control. The Spirit-filled life is necessary for fruitful Christian service.

Why should anyone hear the Gospel twice, before everyone has heard it once?

No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once.