Quotes about Christ

I know the vanity of your heart, and that you will feel mortified that your congregation is very small, in comparison with those of your brethren around you; but assure yourself on the word of an old man, that when you come to give an account of them to the Lord Christ, at his judgment-seat, you will think you have had enough.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.

You aren't what's been done to you but what Jesus has done for you. You aren't what you do but what Jesus has done. What you do doesn't determine who you are. Rather, who you are in Christ determines what you do.

If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future.

Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your plans and dreams?

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy down here today.

When we come to Christ, we're no longer the most important person in the world to us; Christ is. Instead of living only for ourselves, we have a higher goal: to live for Jesus.

The goal of revelation is not information only, but affection, worship, and obedience. Christ in us will be realized only as we drink deeply of the Bible, which is God's word outside of us

Don't be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and his will first in everything you do.

Whatever attracts the mind from God, whatever draws the affections away from Christ, is an enemy to the soul.

To submit to anyone less than Christ is difficult in a marriage. Yet it is Christ who commands women to be submissive to their sinful, fallible husbands. In this sense Christ is the silent partner of the marriage. It is hard for a wife to submit when she disagrees with her husband. But when she knows her submission is an act of obedience to Christ and honors Christ, it is much less difficult.

The cross is the lightning rod of grace that short-circuits God's wrath to Christ so that only the light of His love remains for believers.