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We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died.
The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment.
Salvation always results because God first pursues sinners, not because sinners first seek God.Gospel According to Jesus 3e(86)
if it was considered an honor to be the slave of one of the Caesars, it is infinitely more so to be the slave of ChristSlave (97)
Children are born sinful, and that sinfulness manifests itself not because of what parents do, but because of what they don't do.
For the faithful, Spirit-filled Christian, every place becomes a place of prayer.
Sixteen of the thirty-eight parables of Jesus deal with money. One out of ten verses in the New Testament deals with that subject. Scripture offers about five hundred verses on prayer, fewer than five hundred on faith, and over two thousand on money. The believer's attitude toward money and possessions is determinative.
A true Christian does not see God's promise of forgiveness as a license to sin, a way to abuse His love and presume on His grace. Rather, he sees God's gracious forgiveness as the means to spiritual growth and sanctification. He continually thanks God for His great love and willingness to forgive.
If I could simplify the Christian life to one thing, it would be obedience.
It wasn't a potential atonement actuated by the sinner, it was an actual atonement initiated by the savior.
The cross is proof of both the immense love of God and the profound wickedness of sin.
Scripture does what psychoanalysis can't do-it pierces the heart, penetrates deep into the soul and judges the motives. To see yourself in the light of Scripture, is to see yourself as you really are.
Prayer is not an attempt to get God to agree with you or provide for your selfish desires, but that it is both an affirmation of His sovereignty, righteousness, and majesty and an exercise to conform your desires and purposes to His will and Glory
You can't confuse childlike faith with childish thinking.
Why is discipline important? Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire. Saying no to our impulses (even the ones that are not inherently sinful) puts us in control of our appetites rather than vice versa. It deposes our lust and permits truth, virtue, and integrity to rule our minds instead.
Those believers who spend their lives in temporal and worthless pursuits should expect minimal reward from Christ.slave 184
The power of evangelism comes from holy, transformed lives lived out in the world, and the proclamation of the glorious reason for that transformation -- the gospel of Jesus Christ coming out of the lips of credible lives.
If you preach the Gospels, you have the history of Christ. If you preach the Epistles of the New Testament, you have the theology concerning Christ. If you preach the Revelation, you have the eschatological presentation of Christ. But it's always Christ!
Let me tell you something, if you could lose your salvation, you would.Shepherds Conference 2012
The Savior emphasized that God Himself is the determinative factor in salvation. We who witness for Christ are not ultimately responsible for how people respond to the gospel. We are only responsible to preach it clearly and accurately, speaking the truth in love.Gospel According to Jesus 3e(117)
The mark of a true disciple is not that he never sins, but rather that when he does sin he inevitably returns to the Lord to receive cleansing and forgiveness. Unlike a false disciple, the true disciple will never turn away completely. He may occasionally turn back to his fishing nets, but ultimately he is drawn again to the Master.Gospel According to Jesus 3e(114-115)
Much of contemporary evangelism is woefully deficient when it comes to confronting people with the reality of their sin. Preachers offer people happiness, joy, fulfillment, and everything positive. Present-day Christians are taught that all they have to do is find a person's psychological needs then offer Jesus as a panacea for whatever the problem is. It is very easy to get a response, because people are looking for quick solutions to their felt needs. But if that is all we do, it is not legitimate evangelism.Gospel According to Jesus 3e(95)
The gospel is not a sterile set of facts; it is the dynamic through which God redeems sinners from the bondage of sin (Rom 1:16).Gospel According to Jesus 3e(81)
The truth is that unless people realize they have a sin problem, they will not come to Christ for a solution. People do not come for healing unless they know they have a disease; they do not come for life unless they are conscious that they are under the penalty of death; they co not come for salvation unless they are weary of the bondage of sin.Gospel According to Jesus 3e(75)
The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay. If you keep listening, and keep listening, and keep listening and keep denying the role your conscience plays you're gonna get very good at becoming hard. Resolved 2005
What I'm concerned about, there are congregations of people who come into a minimalist understanding of the gospel. And who the rest of their life are going to try to battle and live a life to the glory of GOd with a conscience that has no information. There isn't any radar, nothing's coming in. So the conscience is unable to function. Resolved 2005 Talk 3 (around 25 minutes in)
Hell is a fully informed conscience. Resolved 2005
Modern and postmodern evangelicalism has aimed at making the gospel sound as easy and appealing as possible. Jesus' evangelistic approach was exactly the opposite. He responded to people's queries about how to gain eternal life by making salvation sound well-nigh impossible (Mark 10:17-26)- because for fallen sinners who are trying to save themselves, it is impossible (v27). The Gospel According to Jesus 3e(10)
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