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was said of Anglican George Whitefield (by no less a preacher than John Newton) that “he never preached in vain.”[3] J. C. Ryle describes him as “the first to see that Christ’s ministers must do the work of fishermen. They must not wait for souls to come to them, but must go after souls, and ‘compel them to come in.� “[4]
Because that is so, the Scriptures go on to affirm that faith can indeed do marvelous things. Perhaps the most astonishing passage on the subject is Mark 9:23: “All things are possible to him who believes� (NASB). Our familiarity with this verse has done much to weaken the impact of its promise, but the words hit us with renewed force when we realize that ultimately it is of God alone that we can say, “All things are possible to Him.� Men and angels certainly lack that power in themselves, yet God, through Christ, promises all power to our faith. What Christ is actually saying is that faith,
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