In The World Quotes

Mrs. Bulstrode's naïve way of conciliating piety and worldliness, the nothingness of this life and desirability of cut glass, the consciousness at once of filthy rags and the best damask...

Spring, love, happiness! Are you not weary of that stupid, meaningless, constantly repeated fraud? Always the same and always a fraud! There is no spring, no sun, no happiness!

We live in an upside-down world, in which people hate what they should love and love what they should hate.

We’re heading for a world showdown, a worldwide confrontation. If we think we can solve our problems without God, then we’re living in a fool’s paradise.

The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically . . . I don’t even recognize the world we live in today.

The world judges the Christian by his life, not by his belief.

The world’s sewage system threatens to contaminate the stream of Christian thought. Satan will contest every hour you spend in Bible reading or prayer.

Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the Gospel truth.

The world by its advertisements, its conversation, and its philosophy is engaged in a gigantic brainwashing task . . . The Christian is beset by secular and worldly propaganda.

The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against changed lives.

How do we counter the trend of worldliness? We must saturate our minds, hearts, and souls with God’s Word. The Bible says, “Train yourself to be godly” (1 Timothy 4:7).

I have heard the hollow, shallow laughter of the world. I have heard the genuine laughter of the beaming young Christian. I know there is a difference.

Any Christian whose interest is directed toward himself is worldly.

Jesus told His disciples that the “world, ” meaning the world system, the political and social order organized apart from God, will despise Christians.

Those who believe [in Christ] are expected to be different from the world . . . they are members of a new society.

Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage. He offered us, not an excursion, but an execution. Our Savior said that we would have to be ready to die to self, sin, and the world.

Those who have actually experienced daily fellowship with Christ know that it surpasses all worldly activities.

There are so many professing Christians who are walking hand in hand with the world that you cannot tell the difference between the Christian and the unbeliever. This should never be.

As Christians, we are not to get our worlds mixed up . . . We are not to mingle with the world, but we are to witness to the world.

Do not expect me to fall in with the evil customs and ways of the world. I am in Rome, but I will not do as Rome does. I am an alien, a stranger, and a foreigner. My citizenship is in heaven.

It is only the consecrated, Spirit-filled Christian who can have victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil. It is the Holy Spirit who will do the fighting for you.

Worldliness is actually a spirit, an atmosphere, an influence permeating the whole of life and human society, and it needs to be guarded against constantly and strenuously.

Our world needs to be touched by Christians who are Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, and Spirit-empowered.

The entire world is in turmoil. We are living in a time of enormous conflict and cultural transformation. We have been stunned by shockwaves of change in nation after nation, all around the globe.

Too many people want to have one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom of God, and it is like straddling a fence. You are not happy either way. Declare yourself for Christ.

We live in a hostile world that constantly seeks to pull us away from God.

It is strange that the world accepts enthusiasm in every realm but the spiritual.

We don’t live in an ideal world, but in a world dominated by sinful, selfish desires.

Worldliness is an inner attitude that puts self at the center of life instead of God.

Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.

Only God knows when the alarm will sound, ending the work and ministry of evangelism as we have known it.

Nations and civilizations rise, flourish for a time, and then decay. Eventually each comes to an end. This, because of sin, is the decree of history and the way of life on this planet.

Ask God to help you see the world the way He sees it.

One of the great joys of my life has been to travel around the world and meet thousands of Christians in every country.

All over the world God is opening doors of opportunity, making it possible for us to take the Gospel to millions who have never heard of Christ.

The Bible tells us that the state of the world will grow darker as we near the end of the age.

A new world is coming . . . The paradise that man lost will be regained . . . One day we will live in a brand-new world.

Why did Jesus Christ leave heaven’s gloryand enter this sin-infested world? For one reason: to make our eternal salvation possible.

Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the message of good news—the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The world is being created and destroyed in this very moment.

And what is it, according to Plato, that philosophy is supposed to do? Nothing less than to render violence to our sense of ourselves and our world, our sense of ourselves in the world. (p. 40)

I decided to stay in bed until noon. Maybe by then half the world would be dead and it would only be half as hard to take.

No - the stars are close and dear and I have joined the brotherhood of the worlds. And everything's holy - everything, even me.

Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do.

Isolation is a gift. Everything else is just a test of your endurance. You will be alone with the Gods. Your nights will flame with fire.

God is constantly talking to us but we can't hear him because we pay too much attention to the noise from the world. Genesis 12:22.

But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.

I have not loved the world nor the world me I have not flatter'd its rank breath nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee.

Come follow me and leave the world to its babblings.

Good-bye proud world! I'm going home Thou are not my friend I am not thine.