#jesus

A dead Christ I must do everything for; a living Christ does everything for me. ↗

— Andrew Murray

#death #jesus #resurrection #death

Wouldn't you like to have heard the voice of Shakespeare, or Jesus Christ? ↗

— Henry Irving

#heard #jesus #jesus christ #like #shakespeare

I would not be practicing love toward God OR my neighbour if I were to smile benignly on an unjust social order. It is not charitable to refrain from moral judgment: when Jesus says 'Judge not, lest ye be judged," he is forbidding condemnation, not discernment. There are times indeed when Christian charity demands that one speak forcibly. ↗

— Alan Jacobs

#jesus #judging-actions #morality #age

It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts...It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity of faith, which is the point to be considered. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#faith #jesus #salvation #faith

When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person. ↗

— David Kirk

#breaking #brotherhood #brothers #calls #concept

He forgives without any strings attached. ↗

— Jestoni Revealed

#forgiveness #jesus #forgiveness

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you? ↗

— Stephen King

#jesus

Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings! ↗

— Dwight L. Moody

#jesus #king #kings #may #terrors

Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves. ↗

— Gary North

#commands #contrary #denying #enforce #first

One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever. ↗

— Luis Palau

#christ #encounter #enough #forever #instantly