Christ Quotes - Page 27

• True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person - Jesus Christ.

  J. C. Ryle

  Jesus, Believe, Communication

  J.C Ryle, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “PRACTICAL RELIGION”, Lulu.com

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• Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.

  J. C. Ryle

  Offensive

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.228, Editora Dracaena

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• Christ offers something for nothing: He even offers everything for nothing.

  C. S. Lewis

  Offers

  C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.127, HarperCollins UK

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• By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, makes us long for heaven.

  J. C. Ryle

  Long, Heaven, Grace

  "Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Mark".

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• It is only serving God that is doing immortal work; it is only living for Christ that is living at all.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Immortal, Working It, Serving God

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• Has there not been, sometimes, this temptation to do a great deal for Christ, but not to live a great deal with Christ?

  Charles Spurgeon

  Temptation, Sometimes, Deals

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2012). “The Spurgeon Series 1857 & 1858: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language”, p.1679, New Leaf Publishing Group

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• Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for himself.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Church

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• A godly man often grows best when his worldly circumstances decay. He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for loaves and fishes are children of the devil; but they who attend Him out of love to Himself are His own beloved ones. Lord, let me find my life in Thee, and not in the mire of this world's favour or gain.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Children, Godly, Men

  C. H. Spurgeon (2006). “Morning by Morning”, p.362, Hendrickson Publishers

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• Mi fe no descansa en lo que soy, o lo que seré, o como me siento, o lo que sé, sino en lo que Cristo és, en lo que él ha hecho, y en lo que él está haciendo en mí - My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Done, Soy, Feels

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• Christ honors our submission even when our only motivation is obedience.

  Beth Moore

  Motivation, Honor, Obedience

  Beth Moore (2014). “Portraits of Devotion”, p.196, B&H Publishing Group

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• If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.

  J. C. Ryle

  Debt, Reason, Let Me

  "Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots".

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• If you do not make it a matter of study, how you may successfully act in building up the kingdom of Christ, you are acting a very wicked and absurd part as a Christian.

  Charles Grandison Finney

  Christian, Building Up, Acting

  Charles Grandison Finney (1835). “Lectures on revivals of religion”, p.159

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• Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you....Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked- the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you myself: my own will shall become yours.

  C. S. Lewis

  Thinking, Self, Hands

  C. S. Lewis (1998). “C. S. Lewis on Joy”, Thomas Nelson Incorporated

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• Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they would be brought to faith and their salvation made actual.

  J. I. Packer

  Would Be, Salvation, Made

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• The higher we go, the better we shall hear the voice of Christ

  Pier Giorgio Frassati

  Voice, Higher

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• Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel.

  J. C. Ryle

  Mind, Church, Principles

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.56, Editora Dracaena

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• If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.

  J. C. Ryle

  Speak, Ashamed, Witness

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.326, Letcetera Publishing

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• It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth.

  Ignatius of Antioch

  Jesus, Earth, Reign

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• We want Christ to hurry and calm the storm. He wants us to find him in the midst of it first.

  Beth Moore

  Storm, Want, Firsts

  Beth Moore (2013). “Whispers of Hope: 10 Weeks of Devotional Prayer”, p.157, B&H Publishing Group

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• Living life with a clear conscience is the fruit of a repentant heart and new life through Jesus Christ.

  Brian Houston

  Jesus, Live Life, Heart

  Twitter post from Feb 27, 2015

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• In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.

  Oswald Chambers

  Christian, Jesus, Motivation

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.405, Discovery House

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• The whole purpose of spiritual direction is to penetrate beneath the surface of a man's life, to get behind the façade of conventional gestures and attitudes which he presents to the world, and to bring out his inner spiritual freedom, his inmost truth, which is what we call the likeness of Christ in his soul.

  Thomas Merton

  Spiritual, Attitude, Men

  Thomas Merton (1960). “Spiritual Direction and Meditation”, p.16, Liturgical Press

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• If we are truly disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, we will reach out with love and understanding to all of our neighbors at all times.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Jesus, Understanding, Neighbor

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• You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it.

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Watches, Wrecks

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.187, Discovery House

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• It makes no difference whether they be Catholics, Orthodox, Copts or Protestants. They are Christians! Their blood is one and the same. Their blood confesses Christ.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Blood, Differences

  "Coptic Patriarch Calls 21 Beheaded Christians 'Martyrs for the Faith;' Pope Francis Says 'Their Blood Confesses Christ'" by Stoyan Zaimov, www.christianpost.com. February 16, 2015.

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