Billy Graham Quotes - Page 19

Sex-centered magazines litter our newsstands . . . each edition trying to escape new laws from the bottom of the sewers. We put lids on sewer holes. Ought we not to do something about the pornography which is spewing out a polluted river of filth which can destroy us faster than any chemical pollution we seem so worried about?7
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The serious student of the Bible cannot dismiss homosexual behavior simply as an alternate lifestyle. Nor can it be argued that homosexuals were “born this way” or that such behavior is an illness.
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The greatest waste in all of our earth is our waste of the time God has given us each day.
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Philosophically, war is an extension of man’s struggle with sin and evil in the world.
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There is for each man a day, an hour, a minute. The Bible talks in many places about the brevity of life, and the Bible warns that we should be prepared to meet God at all times.
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God has given us a message that is not only for past times and this time, but for all time.
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Every day has exactly 1,440 minutes; can’t you find even ten of them to be with your heavenly Father? Doesn’t God deserve the best minutes of your day?
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God can do more with a few days of your time if given completely to Him, than He can with a whole life characterized by a half-hearted service.
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You can trust Christ at this moment. The Bible says, “Now is the accepted time” [2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV]. Don’t put it off. Don’t say, “I’ll think about it.” Don’t say, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” Do it right now. At this moment, say yes to Jesus Christ.
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Allow the resurrected Christ to allocate your time as His own . . . and have complete right-of-way throughout your being.
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If ever we are to study the Scriptures, if ever we are to spend time in prayer, if ever we are to win souls for Christ, if ever we are to invest our finances for His kingdom—it must be now.
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How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war?
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Modern war is the most highly developed of all sciences. We have perfected our weapons but failed to perfect the men who use them.
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The Charter of the United Nations said in its preamble: “We the people determined to save succeeding generations from war . . .” Can the United Nations save the world from war? The answer is No! It was conceived and created by statesmen who knew little of the significance of the biblical concept of history and the nature of man. When the perspective is wrong, the whole viewpoint will be wrong.
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The Garden of Eden was somewhere in present-day Iraq. The turmoil and war [we are witnessing] in that part of the world . . .is occurring in the land where God established the first perfect civilization.
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If the human race would turn from its evil ways and return to God, putting behind its sins of disobedience, idolatry, pride, greed, and belligerence, and all the various aberrations that lead to war, the possibility of peace exists.
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Scripture indicates that deception, false religions, and apostasy lead to war, and that war in turn leads to famine and pestilence.
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We all have exactly the same number of minutes in a day. The question is, how will we use them? Most people today are either too busy—or not busy enough. The Bible tells us that both extremes are wrong.
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[The] love of God that reaches to wherever man is, can be entirely rejected. God will not force Himself upon anyone against his will. It is your part to believe. It is your part to receive. Nobody else can do it for you.
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God’s love did not begin at the cross. It began in eternity before the world was established, before the time clock of civilization began to move.
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It was God’s love which knew that men were incapable of obeying His law, and it was His love which promised a Redeemer, a Savior, who would save His people from their sins.
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No one can grasp the love of the God of the universe without knowing His Son.
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Speak about the love of God and faces light up, but speak of God as a Judge, and our attitudes change.
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There is one thing God’s love cannot do. It cannot forgive the unrepentant sinner.
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Our popular music talks constantly about love, and yet divorce rates skyrocket.
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God is love” means that He tries constantlyto block your route to destruction.
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What relationships need strengthening in your life? Don’t wait for them to grow cold or bitter, but ask God to help you strengthen them by putting God’s love into action—begin today.
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[Christians] are commanded to love our neighbors, and the first step in doing this is to show a watching world that Christ reigns within us.
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Agape love is selfless love . . . the love God wants us to have isn’t just an emotion but a conscious act of the will—a deliberate decision on our part to put others ahead of ourselves. This is the kind of love God has for us.
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Until the Good News of Jesus Christ burst onto the human scene,the word love was understood mostly in terms of seeking one’s own advantage. Loving the unlovely was incomprehensible A loving God reaching down to sinful humans was unthinkable.
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Scripture makes it clear that our first love is always to be for our Lord.
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When you truly love someone, you want to please and honor them by the way you act. How you treat someone shows whether or not you really care about them.
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If we truly love Christ, we will want to please and honor Him by the way we live. Even the thought of hurting Him or bringing disgrace to His name will be abhorrent to us.
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True love is an act of the will—a conscious decision to do what is best for the other person instead of ourselves.
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An unbelieving world may say otherwise, but so-called “sexual liberation” is actually sexual slavery—slavery to our own lusts.
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Pornography is anything that depicts lewdness in such a way as to create impure thoughts and lusts. However, the sewers continue to flow, destroying the moral fabric of our society.
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It has always been a mark of decaying civilizations to become obsessed with sex. When people lose their way, their purpose, their will, and their goals, as well as their faith . . . they go “a whoring.” It is a form of diversion that requires no thought, no character, and no restraint.
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Why shouldn’t we have laws forbidding pornography and obscenity? Many heroic leaders have tried, but they have stumbled over even the definition of the word “obscenity.” If we cannot agree on the length of a foot, it is because we have lost our yardstick.
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My father-in-law . . . was a great inspiration to me both in life and in his preparation for death.
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What a blessing it is for parents to believe in their children.
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Parents, pray that God may crown your home with grace and mercy.
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Jesus worked all His life. But the greatest work that Jesus did was not in the carpenter’s shop . . .His greatest work was achieved in those three dark hours on Calvary . . . dying for us.
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Calloused hands were the badge of the pioneer, while furrowed brows are the insignia of modern man.
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[Every] believer will receive a reward for his works. The New Testament teaches these rewards are called “crowns.” We will surely be surprised to note who receives the crowns and who doesn’t. The lowliest servant may sparkle with more jewels than the philanthropist who endowed the church and whose name is engraved on the plaque in the narthex.
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One of the Christian’s responsibilities in following Christ is to have a new attitude toward work. So many young people want Christ without responsibility . . . whatever work a Christian does . . . he should do his best.
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Think of working forever at something you love to do, for [the] one you love with all your heart, and never getting tired! We will never know weariness in heaven.
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God did not intend for us to be idle and unproductive. There is dignity in work.
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Both my parents had a great influence on me. I never heard my father use a profane or even a slang word. I always respected him because of his complete integrity. In his business dealings his handshake was like a contract. He was as good as his word. Of all the people I have ever known, my mother had the greatest influence on me.
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Society has become so obsessed with sex that it seeps from all the pores of our national life.
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In the face of legalized pornography, the conscience of America seems to be paralyzed. More serious than our fakery in art, literature, and pictures is the collapse of our moral standards and the blunting of our capacity as a nation for righteous indignation.
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The word lust [can] mean “selfish desire.” . . .It is wanting something so badly you will do anything to get it. That is one of the tricks of the devil. It is too high a price to pay.
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It is a source of encouragement that many homosexuals report being transformed through the power of the Gospel.
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No matter how we may rationalize the practice [of homosexuality] . . . Romans 1 makes it clearly the product of a reprobate mind . . .I am not exonerating all heterosexual activity . . . When we come to Christ, we are called upon to repent of our sins and no longer to practice the ungodly patterns of living.
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God has not changed. His laws have not changed. He is still a God of love and mercy But He is also a God of righteousness and judgment.
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God is sending forth His message of love, but you must tune in. You must be willing to listen and to receive His message and then to obey it.
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Don’t make the mistake of thinking that because God is love everything is going to be sweet, beautiful, and happy and that no one will be punished for his sins . . . God’s love provided the cross of Jesus, by which we can have forgiveness and cleansing.
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A God of love must be a God of justice. It is because God loves that He is just. His justice balances His love and makes His acts of bothlove and justice meaningful.
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God could not consistently love men if He did not provide for the judgment of evildoers.
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Memorizing the Bible is most important. “Thinking God’s thoughts” will take the place of worried, anxious concerns.
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Only the Holy Spirit can give us peace in the midst of the storms of restlessness and despair. We should not grieve our Guide by indulging in worry or paying undue attention to self.
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