Billy Graham Quotes - Page 18

We relegate God to our spare time—but end up never having any spare time! Jesus said, “Seek first his kingdom” [Matthew 6:33 NIV].
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The resurrection blasts apart the finality of death, providing an alternative to the stifling settling dust of death and opens the way to new life.
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The most important events in human history were the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.
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Take your eyes and your ears and your hands and your feet and your thoughts and your heart: Give them completely and unreservedly to Christ.
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Because of what Jesus Christ did for us through His cross and resurrection, we know that we have hope for the future.
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By [Christ’s] resurrection life, He gives us the power over the tendency to sin as we allow Him to control our lives.
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Never forget that the resurrection of Christ is in many ways the central event of all history.
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At the return of Christ the resurrection of believers will take place. It will take the unbelieving world by surprise.
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Death has two stages, first the separation of the body from the spirit . . . for a purely spiritual existence, and second, reunion with the body and a glorious resurrection at the Second Coming of Christ.
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The resurrection is our great hope.
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The Bible teaches that you have three enemies . . . the devil . . . the world . . . the flesh.
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Christ broke the bonds of death by His resurrection, and from that moment on, Satan was a defeated foe.
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The [twentieth century] could well go down in history not so much as a century of progress but as “the century of superficiality.
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You cannot build a superstructure on a cracked foundation.
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Christians are to be “the light of the world” [Matthew 5:14], illuminating the darkness caused by sin and giving guidance to a world that has lost its way.
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As Christians we have a responsibility toward the poor, the oppressed, the downtrodden, and the many innocent people around the world who are caught in wars, natural disasters, and situations beyond their control.
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The Bible teaches that we have a Christian duty to help our neighbors in their time of need. We are called by God to bring the water of life for both soul and body. God created them both, and His purpose is to redeem them both.
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Our creativity, our inner sense of right and wrong, our ability to love and to reason—all bear witness to the fact that God created us in His image. The Bible says God “has not left himself without testimony” [Acts 14:17 NIV].
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No Christian has the right to go around wringing his hands, wondering what we are to do in the face of the present world situation. The Scripture says that in the midst of persecution, confusion, wars, and rumors of wars, we are to comfort one another with the knowledge that Jesus Christ is coming back in triumph, glory, and majesty.
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Subtle persecution may happen to you in your office, school, or social gathering. You may not be “with it,” or be “one of the crowd.” No suffering that the Christian endures for Christ is ever in vain.
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If you take a stand [for God] and mean it, you may suffer persecution. Some of your friends will drift away. They don’t want to be with people like you. You speak to their conscience. They feel uncomfortable in your presence because you live for God.
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We can take persecution because we know the purpose behind it. The purpose is to glorify God.
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While Christians in America have worshipped without the fear or threat of physical abuse for their beliefs, thousands of their brothers in Christ throughout the world have been tortured and martyred for confessing the name of Christ.
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In a country where Christians were looked upon with suspicion and disfavor, a government leader said to me with a twinkle in his eye, “Christians seem to thrive under persecution. Perhaps we should prosper them, and then they would disappear.
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Throughout the world today there are people who are enduring cruelties and persecution because of their Christian faith. We must pray for them, and for ourselves, so that in our own dying hour God will give us grace to endure until the end, anticipating the certainty of His glory to come.
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Persecution may wear an insulting face. Insults may come as a result of a Christian’s lifestyle, which should be different from that of the secular world.
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The Bible clearly says that faithfulness and persecution often go hand in hand.
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A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.
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Bearing our cross does not mean wearing gunny sacks and long faces. Some people . . . wear the look of a martyr every time they hear criticism. Sometimes we deserve the criticism we receive; however, we are blessed only when men speak evil against us falsely for Christ’s sake.
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When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite “thank you,” it is the recognition of dependence.
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We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world.
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Why should we give God thanks? Because everything we have comes from God.
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Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won’t grumble. Grumble and you won’t be grateful.
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As you think about the future . . . give thanks and trust God . . . Even when life may be difficult, we should thank God for all He does for us—which we do not deserve.
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It is not just becoming a Christian; it is also being a Christian all the time, 24 hours a day.
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Time is running out. The seconds are ticking away toward midnight. The human race is about to take the fatal plunge . . . Is there any authority left? Is there a path we can follow? Can we find a code book that will give us the key to our dilemmas? We do have authoritative source material. It is found in the ancient and historic Book we call the Bible.
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We are accountable to [God] for the way we use our time.
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War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross.
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What is your story? Be ready to share it when the Lord gives you the opportunity.
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Be a good witness by the way you live. The way we live is often more convincing than the words we say.
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One faithful witness is worth a thousand mute professors of religion . . . Our faith grows by expression . . . we must share it—we must witness.
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We witness in two ways: by life and by word . . . God’s purpose . . , after we have been converted is that we be witnesses to His saving grace and power. We are to be commandoes for Christ. We are to be minute-men for Him.
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When brothers and sisters in Christ unite in the common bond of the Word of God and prayer, they are strengthened in their faith and witness.
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The Spirit goes ahead of us when we witness— preparing the way, giving us the words, and granting us courage.
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The lukewarm Christian can accomplish nothing with a whole life in which to do it. If you have lived for sin and self . . . your witness will have [a] telling effect on all who have known you.
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Christians ought to carry written in our hearts the solemn truth of how short is our opportunity to witness for Christ and live for Him.
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While separation does not mean disengagement from the world, there are certain activities and places that God clearly wants us to avoid not only to protect ourselves from spiritual harm but so that the witness we have will not be tarnished.
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The greatest way to witness is through the life you live. Let the radiance of your Christian life be such that it will make [others] ask questions about your [faith].
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I am convinced the greatest act of love we can ever perform for people is to tell them about God’s love for them in Christ.
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When Christ’s love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.
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The mystery of God’s love would not be a mystery if we knew all the answers.
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I urge new converts to take plenty of time in Bible study and prayer before getting on a public platform to testify.
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The unbelieving world should see our testimony lived out daily because it just may point them to the Savior.
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We should not let a day go by without thanking God for His mercy and grace to us in Jesus Christ.
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Thanksgiving is recognition of a debt that cannot be paid. We express thanks, whether or not we are able otherwise to reimburse the giver.
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The greatest testimony to this dark world today would be a band of crucified and risen men and women, dead to sin and alive unto God, bearing in their bodies “the marks of the Lord Jesus” [Galatians 6:17 NKJV].
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The devil will try to discourage you, to divert you; he will seek to dilute your testimony; he will attempt anything to destroy your relationship to Christ and your influence upon others.
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[Satan] has hundreds of agents writing pornographic literature and producing sex movies to pollute [the mind]. He has intellectuals in high positions teaching a hedonistic and permissive philosophy . . .They lack an anchor for their real self.
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We are going through a sexual tempest, a bombardment provided by unprecedented exploitation of cheap sex by moviemakers, theater owners, publishers, and producers of pornography. [There is more] openness of talk about sex, acceptance of public nudity . . . homosexuality. Sex revolution, no! But sex pollution? Yes!!
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