Quotes by Evangelists - Page 35

If we have our eyes upon ourselves, our problems, and our pain, we cannot lift our eyes upward. A child looks up when he’s walking with his father, and the same should be true for the Christian.
Billy Graham
What makes us Christians shrug our shoulders when we ought to be flexing our muscles? What makes us apathetic in a day when there are loads to lift, a world to be won, and captives to be set free? Why are so many bored, when the times demand action? Christ told us that in the last days there would be an insipid attitude toward life.
Billy Graham
To a sinner, a righteous person is an oddity and an abnormality. A Christian’s goodness is a rebuke to the wicked; his being right-side up is a reflection upon the worldling’s inverted position.
Billy Graham
Ninety-five percent of the difficulties you will experience as a Christian can be traced to a lack of Bible study and reading.
Billy Graham
God says it is our duty as Christians to take care of widows and orphans and to help the poor within the Christian society . . .And Jesus said, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” Matthew 25:40 KJV].
Billy Graham
We must have a virile, dynamic, aggressive Christian who lives Christ seven days a week, who is ready to die, if necessary, for his faith.
Billy Graham
We can never live this [Christian] life on the highest plane unless we are continually growing and moving forward. You should be closer to God today in heart, soul, and body than at any other time so far in your life.
Billy Graham
A great problem in America is that we have an anemic and watered-down Christianity that has produced an anemic, watered-down, and spineless Christian who is not willing to stand up and be counted on every issue.
Billy Graham
Christianity is not primarily a matter of externals, nevertheless it does find expression in conversation, habits, recreation, emphasis, and ambitions to be noted in our daily life.
Billy Graham
The Christian is to take his place in society with moral courage to stand up for that which is right, just, and honorable.
Billy Graham
Christianity has become so respectable and so conventional that it is now insipid. The salt has lost its flavor.
Billy Graham
Millions of professing Christians are only just that—“professing.” They have never possessed Christ. They live lives characterized by the flesh.
Billy Graham
Christianity is not an accretion, it is not something added. It is a new total outlook which is satisfied with nothing less than penetration to the furthest corners of the mind and the understanding.
Billy Graham
We have made Christianity too easy.
Billy Graham
Our generation has become well versed in Christian terminology but is remiss in the actual practice of Christ’s principles and teachings. Hence, our greatest need today is not more Christianity but more true Christians.
Billy Graham
All of Christianity is based on a person—Jesus Christ. Christ Himself is the embodiment of the Gospel.
Billy Graham
Christianity cannot expect the world to live the truths of the Gospel until it has the life that the Gospel provides in Christ. We Christians ought to be light and salt in the society in which we live.
Billy Graham
Christianity increases the scope and area of our lives.
Billy Graham
Christianity is not a spectator sport, it’s something in which we become totally involved.
Billy Graham
Affliction may be for our edification and Christian development.
Billy Graham
In some churches and religious television programs, we see an effort to make Christianity popular and always positive. This may be a comfortable cushion for those who find the hard facts too difficult.
Billy Graham
Christianity has its roots in the deep, firm soil of history. Jesus’ incarnation—God invading human history with His presence in the form of man—is on the record. Every time you write the date, you attest to the fact that God entered human history.
Billy Graham
I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is a serious business.
Billy Graham
Christianity is not an insurance policy against life’s ills and troubles.
Billy Graham
Christians, pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit upon a willful, evil, unrepentant world.
Billy Graham
As Christians we are constantly bombarded with attitudes and values which are contrary to biblical teaching.
Billy Graham
The faithful Christian steward acknowledges that God owns all he has, and it is his responsibility to manage and dispose of his possessions in a way that is acceptable to the Lord.
Billy Graham
I fear that so often we Christians give the idea that the truth is fiction by the way we live and by the lack of dedication to the teachings of our Lord.
Billy Graham
Don’t be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.
Billy Graham
Too many so-called Christians are like the little chameleon which adapts its coloration to that of its surroundings. Even a critical world is quick to recognize a real Christian and just as quick to detect a counterfeit.
Billy Graham
Would Christ feel comfortable in an environment where men and women are consuming alcoholic beverages, gambling away their money, and engaging in conversation that is often filled with the baser things of life? It is a relevant question. As a Christian, Christ lives in you and you carry Him wherever you go. The Bible tells us to “come out from them and be separate” [2 Corinthians 6:17 NIV].
Billy Graham
For the Christian, all is not hopeless unless his affections are centered on the things of this world.
Billy Graham
There are too many professed Christians who never get “wrought up” about anything; they never get indignant with injustice, with corruption in high places, or with the godless traffics which barter away the souls and bodies of people.
Billy Graham
The Christian is not to be disturbed by thechaos, violence, strife, bloodshed, and threat of war that fill the pages of our daily newspapers. We know that these things are the consequences of man’s sin and greed. Every day as I read my newspaper I say: “The Bible is true.
Billy Graham
Christianity is a Gospel of crisis. It proclaims unmistakably that this world’s days are numbered.
Billy Graham
It is a tragic fact that the vast majority of Christians today are living a sub-normal Christian life.
Billy Graham
The greatest need in the world today is for fully committed Christians.
Billy Graham
It’s tough to be a Christian in our world. We need to be willing to take on Jesus’ unpopularity and the scorn that is often heaped on Him.
Billy Graham
There are Christians who have never really learned the biblical truth of separation: separation from unclean thoughts and unclean habits.
Billy Graham
The Christian’s journey through life isn’t a sprint but a marathon.
Billy Graham
Tragic as it is when a child fails to develop physically or mentally, even more tragic is a Christian who fails to develop spiritually.
Billy Graham
Within the New Testament, there is no indication that Christians should expect to be healthy, wealthy, and successful in this present age.
Billy Graham
Many people ask about Christianity the same [way] they ask about everything else today: “What’s in it for me?” In our selfishness, we think of God as we think of everyone else. What can He contribute to us, personally?
Billy Graham
Just because a person claims to be a Christian does not necessarily mean that he is one.
Billy Graham
The Christian has a great obligation to be ethical and honest in all things, even sometimes at personal hazard. It is in the difficult situation that the qualities of a Christian are seen.
Billy Graham
A baby isn’t meant to stay a baby forever, and neither is a new Christian.
Billy Graham
The goal of a child’s life is maturity—and the goal of a Christian’s life is spiritual maturity.
Billy Graham
Today our churches are filled, but how many are actually practicing Christianity in daily life?
Billy Graham
My wife has said that a bitter, sour Christianis one of Satan’s greatest trophies—and she’s right.
Billy Graham
Christians are becoming disengaged in following the Scripture that tells us not to conform to the world’s system.
Billy Graham
Christians, saints of God, pray that the dew of heaven may fall on earth’s dry thirsty ground, and that righteousness may cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Billy Graham
I like the bumper sticker that reads, “Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven.” But that does not give us license to live below God’s standard.
Billy Graham
When confronted with the world’s problems, we Christians say automatically: “Christianity is the answer.” But this is not true! It is the application of Christianity that is the answer.
Billy Graham
We cannot inherit Christianity . . . God has no grandchildren.
Billy Graham
A contentious, belligerent Christian isn’t living according to the Spirit but according to the flesh. When we stubbornly insist on our own way and are insensitive to others, peace is not our goal.
Billy Graham
What makes Christians different from everyone else is that God Himself lives within them by His Holy Spirit. When we come to Christ and give our lives to Him, God actually takes up residence within us.
Billy Graham
Every Christian should become an ambassador of Christ . . .every Christian should be so intoxicated with Christ and so filled with holy fervor that nothing could ever quench his [passion] . . .Let us capture some of the magnificent obsession that [the] early Christians had!
Billy Graham
When Rome was at the height of her glory and power, there appeared a disturbing sect called Christians. Because of a fire that burned within them, these people dared to be different . . . they refused to be defiled by the sensual practices of a disintegrating civilization. In a period when human life was cheap, they put a high value upon human beings, their souls, and their destiny. These Christians refused to be absorbed into the godless society of Rome. They had not heard of the rule that we hear today, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Billy Graham
The feet of the Christian need to tread the narrow path that the Savior trod, keeping in step with Him.
Billy Graham
Christians are not powerless. We have the mighty power of God available through God the Holy Spirit, even in this world.
Billy Graham