According to the website GotQuestions.org: “Arthur Walkington Pink was a pastor, theologian, and author. He was born in Nottingham, England, in 1886. He became entangled in the occult as a young man and joined a local gathering of the then-popular Theosophical Society. However, a verse his father quoted to him from the book of Proverbs led to his conversion: “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death” (Proverbs 16:25).”1
A. W. Pink spent many years as a pastor, began a monthly magazine, Studies in Scripture, which ran for over 30 years, and authored many Christian books. Pink was not particularly renowned during his lifetime, but after his death, like many an artist, his writings have become very popular among pastors and teachers. Below are a sampling of Pink’s insightful spiritual quotes that I pray will bless you.2
“Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.”
“True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.”
“The Bible is no lazy man’s book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker.”
“The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone.”
“The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.”
“Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God’s majesty.”
“In praying for His enemies not only did Christ set before us a perfect example of how we should treat those who wrong us and hate us, but He also taught us never to regard any as beyond the reach of prayer.”
“How blessed to know that when the world hates us, God loves us!”
“Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of glory which is awaiting us.”
“A consciousness of our powerlessness should cast us upon Him who has all power. Here then is where a vision and view of God’s sovereignty helps, for it reveals His sufficiency and shows us our insufficiency.”
“An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none.”
“God was under no constraint, no obligation, no necessity to create. That He chose to do so was purely a sovereign act on His part, caused by nothing outside Himself, determined by nothing but His own mere good pleasure.”
“Just as the sinner’s despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer’s growth in grace.”
“Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God. Prayer is a confession of creature weakness, yes, of helplessness. Prayer is the acknowledgment of our need and the spreading of it before God.”
“We must not forget that the issues of Eternity are settled in Time.”
“When we complain about the weather, we are, in reality, murmuring against God.”
“Chastisement is designed for our good, to promote our highest interests. Look beyond the rod to the All-wise hand that wields it!”
“No sinner was ever saved by giving his heart to God. We are not saved by our giving—we are saved by God’s giving.”
1 Who was Arthur Pink? | GotQuestions.org
2 All of these quotes by Pink are from the following website:
TOP 25 QUOTES BY ARTHUR W. PINK (of 80) | A-Z Quotes (azquotes.com)