John 16:8-28 

They were looking for a king
To slay their foes and lift them high;
Thou cam'st, a little baby thing
That made a woman cry. 
   –George McDonald  

John 17:2-26 

"If the Lord had put a yellow stripe down the backs of the elect, I'd go up and down the street lifting up shirt tails, finding out who had the yellow stripe, and then I'd give them the gospel. But God didn't do it that way. He told me to preach the gospel to every creature that 'whosoever will may come.'"
   –Charles Spurgeon 

"It is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee. It is Christ. It is not thy faith in Christ, though that be the instrument. It is Christ's blood and merit."
   –Charles Spurgeon