Billy Graham Quotes - Page 30

We have seen moral and religious leaders,men who claim to be followers of Jesus,fall into disgrace in the eyes of God and man, and worst of all we have seen the Gospel of Jesus Christ and twisted and distorted it by false teachers to accommodate the destructive morals and secular behavior of these times.

We say, “Happy are the clever, for they shall inherit the admiration of their friends”; “Happy are the aggressive, for they shall inherit a career”; “Happy are the rich, for they shall inherit a world of friendsand a house full of modern gadgets.” Jesus said, “[Happy] are the meek; for they shallinherit the earth” [see Matthew 5:5]. If we want the secret of happiness . . ."meekness” is a basic key.

Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness.

Have we just been placed here by some unknown creator or force without any clue as to where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going? The answer is “no.” We do have a code. We do have a key . . . the Bible.

None of us deserves God’s love. All of us deserve His righteous judgment and wrath (John 3:18, 36; Romans 3:9–12). It is easy to think of an evil and depraved man like Adolf Hitler deserving divine judgment . . .But think of the kind and good people that you know . . .They too will be lost if they refuse and neglect God’s offer of mercy and forgiveness. God’s judgment applies to them too.

No subject is closer to my heart than the family . . . The moral foundation of our country is in danger of crumbling as families break up and parents neglect their responsibilities.

Nothing brings more joy than a good marriage, and nothing brings more misery than a bad marriage.

Prayer is key to our effort to communicate the Gospel and win men and women to Christ.

We spend all our time and energy pampering our bodies and minds, but if we ignore our souls, we will end up spiritually starved and malnourished.

One-third of Matthew . . . one-third of Mark . . . one-fourth of Luke, and one-half of John are given to [Christ’s] death . . .Jesus came for the express purpose of dying for sinners. When He left heaven, He knew He was going to the cross.

Why is it that the cross has become the symbol of Christianity? It is because at the cross Jesus purchased our redemptionand provided a righteousness which we could not ourselves earn.

The goal of a child’s life is maturity—and the goal of a Christian’s life is spiritual maturity.

Today an educated, civilized society is turning its face while thousands of unborn babies are being killed. God Himself, if not history, will judge this greater holocaust.

God doesn’t say to be perfect and you’ll get to heaven. He says to confess that you’re a sinner and come to the cross, and whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

The Scripture warns about evil communications that corrupt good manners. Off-color jokes and dirty stories have no place in the Christian life. Thousands of people are engaging in immorality by the way they talk. Keep your talk pure. Ask God to purify your tongue.

God is not a bargaining God. You cannot barter with Him. You must do business with Him on His own terms.

Philip is the only person in the Bible who was called an evangelist, and he was a deacon!

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

No personality in history stands above Jesus Christ . . .He alone is able to meet every need of the human race.

Perhaps the greatest psychological, spiritual, and medical need that all people have is the need for hope.

If [Christian leaders] do not teach Christian principles to all followers of Christ, we are not equipping them with God’s truth that willovercome worldly influence.

The more we yield to pressure, the more easily we will yield next time.

When the “evil day” comes, we do not have to be dependent upon the circumstances around us, but rather on the resources of God!

We need to fortify ourselves with the Word of God.

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.

From the moment a child is born, the death process, and the fight against it, begins.

Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon your shoulder and this brief message will be given: “Come home.

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person—the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments—is the true measure of lasting greatness.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’s Word.

We are to till the soil and work the land—not worship it.

Oh God, if You want me to serve You, I will. I’ll be what You want me to be. I’ll go where You want me to go.

When we all reach the end of our earthly journey, we will have just begun.

For Satan’s deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles.

When troubles come may prayer be your automatic response.

Can we overcome our anger, instead of constantly being overcome by it? Yes—with God’s help. Peter’s anger was channeled into boldness for Christ. Paul’s anger against Christians was replaced with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. Is this your goal?

The church should not reflect pop culture but portray godly attributes. The church should not seek pleasures but seek after God.

Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous.

No form of government has been able to establish righteousness, justice, and peace, the three elements without which we can never have continued national prosperity or international peace.

I learned the importance of the Bible and came to believe with all my heart in its full inspiration. It became a sword in my hand to break open the hearts of men, to direct them to the Lord Jesus Christ.

The more man learns, the less he knows.

Hypochondriacs who have a fanciful anxiety about their health will never be well regardless of their physical condition.

When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.

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.

What right does any church have even attempting to approve of lifestyles or certain acts for which God prescribed the death penalty in the Old Testament?

A computer . . . has no worth unless it is programmed . . . The believer has tremendous potential, but that potential cannot be used until he is programmed with the Word of God.

Young people are experts on leisure, water skiing, dancing, rock music, rapping, TV watching . . . by and large, chores are a thing of the past.

Two thousand years ago God invited a morally corrupt world to the foot of the cross. There God held your sins and mine to the flames until every last vestige of our guilt was consumed.

We shouldn’t refer to the Spirit as “it”; instead we should always refer to the Spirit as “He”—because the Holy Spirit is a Person. He speaks to us, He commands us, He intercedes for us, He hears us, He guides us.

If our minds and hearts are not filled with God’s truth, something else will take His place: cynicism, occultism, false religions and philosophies, drugs—the list is endless.

You can have religion but not know Christ. It’s having Christ that counts.

When one bears suffering faithfully, God is glorified and honored.

The blood of Christ “purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation” (Revelation 5:9 NIV).

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.

A survey reported that the majority of the seminaries [in the United States] had no classes on prayer. That really shouldn’t surprise us when we consider how many local churches offer classes on gardening and the “Art of Conversation” instead of the study of God’s Word and prayer.

Fear can banish faith, but faith can banish fear.

The resurrection is our great hope.

[God] alone is perfect. Even His anger is righteous, because it is directed solely against evil.

A call for national and individual repentance is urgently needed today, or judgment is certain to fall.

Thousands of young couples go through with a loveless marriage because no one ever told them what genuine love is. If people today knew that kind of love, the divorce rate would be sharply reduced.

Don’t take the holiness of God lightly, for it is the very essence of His character.