Experiencing The Depths Of Jesus Christ - One of the greatest Christian writings of all
time! - By Jeanne Guyon - One of the most influential spiritual books
ever penned, even secular historians acknowledge the great impact
Experiencing the Depths Of Jesus Christ has had in Christian history.
Madame Guyon is generally credited, even by her enemies, as being one of the
best known women in church history. Will Durant, in his 11 volume
Story of Civilization, recounts the impact of Jeanne Guyon's life and
writings on French history. At one time this book was publicly burned
in France and yet it has also been received by seeking Christians as one of
the most helpful and powerful Christian books ever written. It has
played a major part in the lives of more famous Christians than perhaps any
other Christian book! This is the first edition written in modern
English. Watchman Nee saw that this book was translated into Chinese and
made available to every new convert. Fenelon, Count Zinzendorf, John Wesley,
the early quakers, Jessie Penn-Lewis and Hudson Taylor all highly
recommended it to the believers of their day. This book will
introduce you to a whole new - and deeper - relationship to Jesus Christ.
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"I have written this book with a desire that you might
wholly give yourself to God. This book has no other purpose than this:
to invite the simple and the child-like to approach their Father... a Father
who delights in seeing the humble confidence of His children and is grieved
by their distrust." Jeanne Guyon, Grenoble, France about 1685
Sample Chapters and
quotes:
Introduction
On
seeking the Lord - "Did the Lord not say, 'You seek me and shall not find
me?"... (Jn.7:34) and yet say to all, "Seek, and you shall find."
(Mt.7:7) "Yes, it is true, if you seek the Lord and yet are unwilling
to stop sinning, you shall not find Him. Why? Because you are
seeking Him in a place where He is not. Therefore, it is said, 'You
shall die in your sins.'
But if
you will take the trouble to seek God in your own heart, if you sincerely
forsake your sins so that you may draw near to Him, you shall infallibly
find Him.
Oh, if
only once we could be convinced of God's goodness towards His children and
of His desire to reveal Himself to them! We would no longer seek our
own selfish desires."
1. From the
Shallows to the Depths
"Let
me ask you, then, do you desire to know the Lord in a deep way? How
then will you come to the Lord to know Him in such a deep way? Prayer
is the key... a certain kind of prayer. This type of prayer will
deliver you from enslavement to ever sin. It is a prayer that will
release to you every Godly virtue."
5. Periods of
Dryness
"Yours
is a God who often hides Himself. He hides Himself for a purpose.
Why? His purpose is to rouse you from spiritual laziness. His
purpose in removing Himself from you is to cause you to pursue Him."
7. Abandonment
"To
penetrate deeper in the experience of Jesus Christ, it is required that you
abandon your whole existence, giving it up to God. You must utterly
believe that the circumstances of your life, that is, every
minute of your life, as well as the whole course of your life - anything,
yes, everything that happens - have all come to you by His
will and permission. You must utterly believe that everything
that has happened to you is from God and is exactly what you
need."
17. Prayer
Requests?
In
prayer and in life, you "must give up your attachment to everything.
This means you must live a life in which there is nothing you want!
Be attached to nothing, no matter how good it is or appears to be."
23. To Christian
Workers
"Once
the heart has been gained by God, everything else will eventually take care
of itself. That is why He requires the heart above everything else.
Dear reader, it is by the Lord gaining your heart, and no other way, that
all your sins can be put away."
25. From Prison
"Learn, then, the lesson of becoming a little one, of becoming nothing.
Oh my God, be my all! Let everything else be as nothing to me."
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Experiencing The
Depths Of Jesus Christ