David Platt Quotes About Christ

Quotes about: Christ

• Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.

  David Platt

  Christian, Powerful, Inspiration

• Somewhere along the way we have subtly and tragically taken the costly command of Christ to go, baptize, and teach all nations and mutated it into a comfortable call for Christians to come, be baptized, and listen in one location.

  David Platt

  Christian, Taken, Way

• A materialistic world will not be won to Christ by a materialistic church.

  David Platt

  Church, World, Materialistic

  Twitter post from Mar 14, 2013

• Making disciples by going, baptizing, and teaching people the Word of Christ and then enabling them to do the same thing in other people’s lives—this is the plan God has for each of us to impact nations for the glory of Christ

  David Platt

  Teaching, Impact, People

• And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.

  David Platt

  Generosity, Needs, Earth

• There is indescribable joy, deep satisfaction and an eternal purpose in dying to ourselves and living for Christ.

  David Platt

  Joy, Dying, Purpose

• The gospel beckons our sin-sick souls to simple trust in Christ, the only One who is truly radical enough.

  David Platt

  Simple, Sick, Soul

• There is a sense in which the danger of our lives increases in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.

  David Platt

  Depth, Christ, Our Relationship

• The more Christ fulfills the cravings of our souls, the more he changes our taste capacities from the inside out. The more we walk with him, the more we want him. The more we taste of him, the more we enjoy him. And this transforms how we live and what we live for.

  David Platt

  Soul, Want, Taste

  "What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said Follow Me?". Book by David Platt, October 2013.

• As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in the meaningless sea of world religions that actually condemn the human race by exalting our supposed ability to get to God. On the other hand, when you and I realize that we are morally evil, dead in sin and deserving of God's wrath with no way out on our own, we begin to discover our desperation for Christ.

  David Platt

  Wrath, Race, Hands

• Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.

  David Platt

  Encouraging, Faith, God

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2013

• To everyone wanting a safe, untroubled, comfortable life free from danger, stay away from Jesus. The danger in our lives will always increase in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.

  David Platt

  Jesus, Depth, Safe

• Caring for the poor is one natural overflow and a necessary evidence of the presence of Christ in our hearts. If there is no sign of caring for the poor in our lives, then there is reason to at least question whether Christ is in our hearts.

  David Platt

  Heart, Caring, Christ

• Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow as disciples of Jesus. In the same way, they are responsible for helping us. We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.

  David Platt

  Jesus, Brother, Mean

  David Platt (2013). “What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said Follow Me?”, p.39, Tyndale House

• We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.

  David Platt

  Worst Person, Debt, World

• Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.

  David Platt

  Encouraging, Trying, Our Actions

  David Platt (2013). “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.”, p.111, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• The price is certainly high for people who don’t know Christ and who live in a world where Christians shrink back from self-denying faith and settle into self-indulging faith. While Christians choose to spend their lives fulfilling the American dream instead of giving their lives to proclaiming the kingdom of God, literally billions in need of the Gospel remain in the dark

  David Platt

  Christian, Dream, Dark

• The body of Christ is a multicultural citizenry of an otherworldly kingdom.

  David Platt

  Body, Kingdoms, Christ

  David Platt (2015). “Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age”, p.209, Tyndale House

• The price of our non-discipleshi p is high for those without Christ.

  David Platt

  Christ

• We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.

  David Platt

  Encouraging, Fighting, Needs

  David Platt (2013). “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.”, p.159, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• As Christ begins to live in us, everything begins to change about us.

  David Platt

  Christ, Follow Me

  David Platt (2013). “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.”, p.23, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• This extremely shocking and utterly revolutionary call is the essence of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus: we are not called to simply believe certain points or observe certain practices, but ultimately to cling to the person of Christ as life itself.

  David Platt

  Jesus, Believe, Mean

  David Platt (2013). “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.”, p.54, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• The Life of Christ determines everything about us.

  David Platt

  Christ, Determine

• Real success is found in radical sacrifice. Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God. The purpose of our lives transcends the country and culture in which we live. Meaning is found in community, not individualism; joy is found in generosity, not materialism; and truth is found in Christ, not universalism. Ultimately, Jesus is a reward worth risking everything to know, experience, and enjoy.

  David Platt

  Country, Jesus, Real

• I am finding deep joy in depending on Christ for the guidance only He can provide as He produces the fruit of gospel in my life.

  David Platt

  Joy, Fruit, Guidance

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