Let us take with us to church, not only our bodies, but our minds, our reason, our hearts and our consciences. Let us often ask ourselves, ‘What have I got from this sermon?’, ‘What have I learned?’, ‘What truths have been impressed on my mind?’.
The heart is unquestionably the main point: but we must never forget that the Holy Spirit generally reaches the heart through the mind. Sleepy, idle, inattentive hearers are never likely to be converted.
The heart is unquestionably the main point: but we must never forget that the Holy Spirit generally reaches the heart through the mind. Sleepy, idle, inattentive hearers are never likely to be converted.
~ J.C. Ryle
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1986], 155.
