Category: Writings of John Ritchie

  • What Church Should I Join, by John Ritchie

    “What Church Should I Join?” An Address To Young Believers John Ritchie Many of you here tonight have recently been converted to God. A few weeks agoyou were asking the all-important question — “What must I do to be saved?” And this you had answered, by the Word of God…

  • The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, by John Ritchie

    The Personal return of the Son of God from Heaven is the hope of the Believer and of the Church. This is the great event to which the Lord Himself has directed the hearts of His people. It was for this that the saints of early days were looking. The…

  • The Basis of Fellowship, by John Ritchie

    In Reply To A Letter Written Over 60 Years Ago… You ask me, “What is now the basis of fellowship among believers, assembling as we were accustomed to do thirty years ago, and what is the way of reception to that fellowship?” Judging from certain pamphlets which have reached us,…

  • Regeneration, or the New Birth, by John Ritchie

    Regeneration, or the new birth, is the initial act of true Christian life. Apart from this, there is no Christianity according to God. Yet this vital and fundamental truth is sadly obscured in popular theology, and frittered away alike by rationalism and ritualism. Nevertheless, it abides as that great operation…

  • Redemption, by John Ritchie

    Redemption is the “act of buying back.” It has also in it the thought of taking possession of that which has been thus bought. There is a redemption by purchase, and also a redemption by power, spoken of in the Scriptures. There is a redemption which the believer has now,…

  • Conversion, by John Ritchie

    Conversion, as the word is used in the Scriptures, means— “a turning to God.” Regeneration is a change of nature; the implanting of a new and heavenly life within. Conversion is the outward and manifest turning of the person to God, and as a consequence, from sin and Satan. In…

  • Assurance, by John Ritchie

    The Scriptures bearing on Assurance may, for the sake of simplicity and clearness, be divided into sections, viz.:— The Position, Possessions, and Prospects of Believers; or, in other words, the assurance of what we are, of what we have, of what we know, and of what we shall be. Concerning…