Jesus Quotes - Page 27

• It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Hands, Weapons, Awful

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar (1852). “Memoir and remains of the rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, minister of St. Peter's church, Dundee”, p.243

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• Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.

  John Stott

  Transformation, Resurrection, Evidence

  John Stott, Rick Warren (2012). “Basic Christianity, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition”, p.70, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him.

  William Carey

  Missionary, Embrace, Missions

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• I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.

  Shane Claiborne

  People, What If, Stuff

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• Christmas has a certain universal appeal that gives it meaning well beyond a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but Christians have a special duty to experience its sacred and profound spiritual significance and non-Christians have a duty to treat the day with special respect.

  Michael Josephson

  Christmas, Christian, Spiritual

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• Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more loving than Jesus Christ. Yet even His love made people angry. His love was a perfect love, a transcendent and holy love, but HIs very love brought trauma to people. This kind of love is so majestic we can't stand it.

  R. C. Sproul

  Love Is, Men, People

  R. C. Sproul (2013). “The Holiness of God”, p.68, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Moses led his people through the wilderness and he wasn't permitted to enter the Promised Land. Jesus was crucified. Mohammad founded a state which soon became an empire, so that Islam from the very beginning is involved with government, with politics. And therefore there is a very clear strong political tradition in Islam.

  Bernard Lewis

  Strong, People, Political

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• True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide behind their own good works. This is the reason that self-righteous people are so angry with gospel preachers, because the gospel does not spare those who will not submit to the righteousness of Jesus Christ!

  George Whitefield

  Mean, Self, People

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• The purest joy in the world is joy in Christ Jesus.  When the Spirit is poured down, his people get very near and clear views of the Lord Jesus.  They eat his flesh and drink his blood.  They come to a personal cleaving to the Lord.  They taste that the Lord is gracious.  His blood and righteousness appear infinitely perfect, full and free to their soul.  They sit under his shadow with great delight. . . . They lean on the Beloved.  They find infinite strength in him for the use of their soul — grace for grace — all they can need in any hour of trial and suffering to the very end.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Views, Blood, People

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• Get your texts from God - your thoughts, your words, from God... It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God. A word spoken by you when your conscience is clear, and your heart full of God's Spirit, is worth ten thousand words spoken in unbelief and sin.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Heart, Hands, Weapons

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• Now, I believe that one of the reasons that Jesus was accused of being a homosexual is because he spent time with homosexuals. I've often had people ask me, would you allow a homosexual to be your friend. Yes, I will. And the reason I will is because I know that that person has problems, and if I can minister to those problems, I will.

  Reggie White

  Believe, People, Problem

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• What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything else of that sort. Christians come together because they have all been loved by Jesus himself. They are a band of natural enemies who love one another for Jesus' sake.

  D. A. Carson

  Christian, Jobs, Race

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• The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making--just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Self, Decision, Risk

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• Vast multitudes of professing Christians fit into the category spoken of here. They call Jesus 'Lord,' but they practice lawlessness. They profess faith in Jesus, but have no regard for the divine law.

  Ray Comfort

  Christian, Law, Practice

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• Jesus did not send us into the world to make believers but to make disciples.

  Shane Claiborne

  World, Believer, Disciple

  Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.9, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Well, to take me from where I was, and the life I was leading, to the life I lead now with the church and with the Lord and with Jesus Christ, it's a total, total turn-around.

  Pat Summerall

  Church, Christ, Lord

  "Pat Summerall: Gridiron, God, and Graham". Interview With Andrew Knox, www.cbn.com.

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• People want to recommend themselves to God by their sincerity; they think, 'If we do all we can, if we are but sincere, Jesus Christ will have mercy on us.' But pray what is there in our sincerity to recommend us to God? ... therefore, if you depend on your sincerity for your salvation, your sincerity will damn you.

  George Whitefield

  Thinking, Damn You, People

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• Christians pretty much live like everybody else, they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way.

  Shane Claiborne

  Christian, Sprinkles, Littles

  Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.72, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely . . . . Live much in the smiles of God. Bask in his beams. Feel his all-seeing eye settled on you in love. And repose in his almighty arms.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Eye, Lovely, Looks

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar (1852). “Memoir and remains of the rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, minister of St. Peter's church, Dundee”, p.254

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• The most common way Jesus comes into our lives is through a broken heart.

  Rick Warren

  Heart, Broken, Way

  Twitter post from Sep 14, 2010

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• When Jesus invites sinners, 'Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,' he immediately adds,'take my yoke upon you, and learn from me' (Matt. 11:28-29). To come to him includes taking his yoke upon us, being subject to his direction and guidance, learning from him and being obedient to him. If we are unwilling to make such a commitment, then we have not truly placed our trust in him.

  Wayne Grudem

  Commitment, Giving, Add

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• The important thing, Jesus is saying (in Matthew 5:33-37), is to tell the truth and keep one's pledges without insisting that a certain form of words must be used if it is to be binding. No oath is necessary for the truthful person... Their word is so reliable that nothing more than a statement is needed from them.

  D. A. Carson

  Important, Truthful, Telling The Truth

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• Jesus is hungry but feeds others; He grows weary but offers others rest; He is the King Messiah but pays tribute; He is called the devil but casts out demons; He dies the death of a sinner but comes to save His people from their sins; He is sold for thirty pieces of silver but gives His life a ransom for many; He will not turn stones to bread for Himself but gives His own body as bread for people.

  D. A. Carson

  Kings, People, Giving

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• Yeah, we were in the game, until Jesus made me fumble. He hates our team.

  Jeff Stilson

  Hate, Team, Games

  "Comedy Central Presents: Jeff Stilson". Documentary, Comedy, 2003.

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• I don't watch football anymore, I gave that up. I got tired of the interviews after the games, because the winning players always give credit to God, and the losers blame themselves. You know, just once I'd like to hear a player say, 'Yeah, we were in the game, until Jesus made me fumble. He hates our team.'

  Jeff Stilson

  Football, Hate, Team

  "Comedy Central Presents: Jeff Stilson". Documentary, Comedy, 2003.

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