Billy Graham Quotes

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. Greed and envy have their roots in selfishness.

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.

Life is not a matter of dollars and cents, houses and lands, earning capacity and financial achievement. Greed must not be allowed to make man the slave of wealth.

Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is that it is never satisfied. Greed is repeatedly condemned in the Bible.

We need to be on guard against greed . . . above all we need to make sure our lives are centered in Christ and not things.

To be a disciple is to be committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and committed to following Him every day. To be a disciple is also to be disciplined in our bodies, minds, and souls.

Our minds must be set always to seek the will of the Lord. Following the progressive discipline revealed through the Bible will result in a walk of obedience to God.

Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.

Jesus Christ spoke frankly to His disciples concerning the future . . .In unmistakable language He told them that discipleship means a life of self-denial, and the bearing of a cross.

Many Christians want the benefits of their belief, but they hesitate at the cost of discipleship.

To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high.

We are commissioned to make disciples, to bring them into the same direct relationship with Christ as those who left their nets and their fishing boats to become “fishers of men.

An evangelist is like a newscaster on television or a journalist writing for a newspaper . . . except that the evangelist’s mission is to tell the Good News that never changes.

Itinerant evangelists are the most important ambassadors and messengers on earth. They are a mighty army, spreading out across the world with a vision to reach their own people for Christ.

Some evangelists spend too much time thinking and even planning about how to achieve visible results. This is an easy trap to fall into.

Nowhere do the Scriptures tell us to seek results, nor do the Scriptures rebuke evangelists if the results are meager.

The Bible opens with a tragedy and ends in a triumph.

The Bible is God’s love letter to us.

The whole world ought to know the story of the Bible.

When you are told that science has disproved the Bible, ask specifically where such is the case. True science and a true understanding of the Bible are never at variance.

The Bible is a living Book and can be trusted for its advice and direction and knowledge of God.

We should read the Bible expectantly, systematically, and obediently . . .The Bible can change our lives as we read it and obey its teachings every day.

God has spoken to us through a Book: the Bible.

No book ever takes the place of the Bible. It is its own best commentary.

Most of us do not understand nuclear fission, but we accept it . . . Why is it so easy to accept manmade miracles and so difficult to accept the miracles of the Bible?

The Bible is God’s gift to us. It came from God, and it points us to God.

The Bible is a guidebook, leading men [and women] to God in a personal faith. Like a map or guidebook, it will show you the way, but you must take it one step at a time.

I’m afraid most Bibles remain unopened and unread. Don’t let this be true of yours!

The vitality [of] the Bible [is] exhibited in every generation . . .Its power to transform lives is its best apologetic.

Just as the Bible is God’s written Word, so Jesus is God’s living Word.

One can approach the Bible with a cold, rationalistic attitude, or one can do so with reverence and the desire to hear God speak.

I do not understand why reading the Bible in public should make others feel uncomfortable . . . it may be such an example that serves to remind them of the Book they have neglected.

The [Bible’s] message is concerned with earth dwellers, their origin, the reason for their existence, the cause of their misery, and the plan of redemption for a fallen race.

We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it, and we should be obedient to all of it.

Psalms teaches us how to relate to God, and Proverbs teaches us how to relate to others.

The Bible is our authority in everything it touches. This means the Bible is our guide to show us how to live . . . it is our instructor.

The Bible has stood the test of time because it is divinely inspired by Almighty God, written in ink that cannot be erased by any man, religion, or belief system.

Man has not changed. Man still rejects the testimony of the Scripture.

Every generation has found [the Bible’s] message indispensable, and its influence on individuals and society over the centuries has been enormous.

God’s laws for the spiritual world are found in the Bible. Whatever else there may be that tells us of God, it is more clearly told in the Bible.

The Bible will always be the center of controversy.

The only place we can find a clear, i unmistakable message is in the Word of God [the Bible].

The central theme of the Bible is salvation, and the central personality of the Bible is Christ.

The Bible is to be our basis of authority. We must “by faith” accept [Jesus] as the Son of the living God. This sounds narrow and intolerant, and in a sense it is!

People from all walks of life are searching for answers to life’s problems. I believe the Bible has the answer to man’s deepest needs.

The main “food” God has given to strengthen us is the Bible, the Word of God.

Each of us has our reference point and as a Christian the reference point by which I measure my life and thought is the Bible.

I don’t think people can live without hope. What oxygen is to the lungs, hope is to our survival in this world. And the Bible is filled with hope.

The Bible is the constant fountain for faith, conduct, and inspiration from which we drink daily.

God gave the Bible to us because He wants us to know Him and love Him and serve Him. Most of all, He gave it to us so we can become more like Christ.