John Quotes

Grace is not just enough, it is more than enough. 2 Peter 1:2

When you GIVE under “compulsion” or “Grudgingly” you are giving under the LAW of giving and NOT the GRACE given for giving.

The Holy Spirit will always point people to the finish work of Jesus

There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus

Jesus conformed to our image so we could be transformed into His likeness

Grace has a face. It is Jesus Christ.

The law says do good be right. Grace says Jesus made you right so now you are good.

Your life is a witness to the world of a loving savior and His redemptive plan for man.

Grace is not just enough, it is more than enough.

The law provides expert diagnosis of our sin problem, which is absolutely essential. But the law does not provide the cure to our sin problem. Only Jesus can save us from our sin problem.

The Law was never given to gentiles but to Jews only, so why do so many gentiles struggle today with mixing law and grace?

Spiritual maturity is not defined by how well one applies Biblical principles to “suppress sin”.

The LAW points you to self-efforts. GRACE points you to the finished work of Jesus Christ.

The sin and guilt of the human race was imputed to the spotless lamb of God, Jesus Christ when He became the sin offering for the world.

Never compromise the glorious Gospel. It is the Gospel "from" Christ and not merely a Gospel "about" Christ. Gal 1:6-12

There but for the grace of God go I.

Jesus said when you pray say "Our Father which art in heaven." He did not say "Our Judge which art in heaven". #grace #gospel

legal declaration by God through Jesus Christ!

You have FALLEN from Grace when you seek to be Justification by your own self effort (the Law). Gal 5:4 AMP

A godly life is lived out of an astonished heart—a heart that is astonished at grace.

There is in Jesus Christ more merit and righteousness than the whole world has need of.

The fragility of human emotions are not to be trusted but to validate the necessity of Grace.

The Church is not called to overthrow government but to influence culture.

It is not the balance in your check book that makes life count. It is the investment one makes in the lives of others.

Life should be lived more from the heart and less from the head.

Your purpose is great than your problems.

Wherever the plan of God takes you, the grace of God will sustain you.

Refuse to be content with the knowledge of God. Insist on experiencing His presence.

So many today want merely to be familiar with Jesus in contrast to being intimate with Him.

Love is a heart smile.

God love's in the dark.

The burden of sin leads you to the need for a Savior.

Reading the scriptures through the lenses of the Law you see God as unapproachable, through the lenses of Grace you see the outstretched arms of Jesus saying "come".

The fire of God comes where ever there is a sacrifice.

Repentance is not merely turning away from your sin but turning to the Lamb who takes away your sin. "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world". 1 John 1:29

Spiritual maturity is not defined by how well one applies Biblical principles to “suppress sin”. If you are capable of suppressing your sins or managing them, you would have no need for a Redeemer.

ritual maturity is not defined by how well one applies Biblical principles to “suppress sin”. If you are capable of suppressing your sins or managing them, you would have no need for a Redeemer.

The “Gospel” is not a sermon title or the name of a book in the Bible. The Gospel is the person of Jesus Christ and it is the power of God to bring people to salvation. Romans 1:16

I am relentlessly determine to be occupied with Jesus Christ and His Glorious Gospel and nothing else.

Grace (the Gospel) is under attack today simply because it reveals the GOODNESS of God. Nothing reveals the GOODNESS of God more than grace.

We have taught this generation how to "market" the Gospel but we have neglected to encourage them to "preach" the Gospel.

We have created a culture of leadership "development" in the Church at the expense of ignore the ministry of the Church to making disciples.

The fallacy in Peter's mind was this: he believed his relationship was dependent on his consistency in producing the qualities he thought had earned him the Lord's approval.

Grace is not a doctrine or a religion. It is a person, Jesus Christ.

We start each day with a blank sheet of paper in front of us, and what we write on it is up to us.

It is the lumps and trialsThat tell us whether we shall be knownAnd whether our fate can be exemplary, like a star.

But they are many and he is alone.This has not come to pass yet, he thinks, this is not happening. I am not dying. This is my fate, what shall be. This is the future, it has not happened yet.

Who am I to say that these things might nit be forever? Who is Peter Van Houten to assert as fact the conjecture that our labor is temporary?

Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flingsOf kings makes peasants, And of peasants kings.

There is no shortage of fault to be found amidst our stars.