Cheap Grace Quotes

• When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Godly, Men, Christ

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.44, SCM Press

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• Cheap grace is the idea that "grace" did it all for me so I do not need to change my lifestyle. The believer who accepts the idea of "cheap grace" thinks he can continue to live like the rest of the world. Instead of following Christ in a radical way, the Christian lost in cheap grace thinks he can simply enjoy the consolations of his grace.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Thinking, Following Christ

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• Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession.... Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Jesus, Discipline, Grace

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2001). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.4, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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• Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all he has. It is the pearl of great price to by which the merchant will sell all his goods.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Men, Grace, Treasure

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.4, SCM Press

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• I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Brother, Hate, Matter

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.65, SCM Press

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• The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Essence, Grace, Discipleship

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.3, SCM Press

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• Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Men, Doors, Grace

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.5, SCM Press

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• My yoke is easy, and my burden light.

  Saint Boniface

  Bible, Jesus, Weary Heart

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• Christ did not suffer and die to offer cheap grace. Jesus did not go willingly to the cross so we could have an easy life or offer a faith built on easy-believism. As someone once said, 'Salvation is free, but not cheap.' It cost Jesus His life.

  Billy Graham

  Jesus, Grace, Suffering

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• We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that is free, but they are not interested in discipleship. They will take Christ as Savior but not as Lord.

  Vance Havner

  People, Grace, Christ

  Vance Havner (1967). “Living in Kingdom Come”

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• Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.

  Randy Alcorn

  Feel Good, Grace, Tolerance

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• In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Gratitude, Grateful, Giving

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• Do not think that your crying and complaints can force Jesus to become sentimental and then give Himself out so cheaply.

  T. B. Joshua

  Jesus, Thinking, Giving

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• Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Fighting, Grace, Enemy

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.3, SCM Press

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• The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Grace, Ruins

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.14, SCM Press

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• Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Grace, Discipleship, Christian Discipleship

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.4, SCM Press

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• Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Jesus, Grace, Christ

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.4, SCM Press

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