Saturday, January 7, 2012

Adrian Rogers Quotes (4)

* Try to define the Trinity, and you'll lose your mind; deny the Trinity, and you'll lose your soul.
* Every time God says, "Thou shalt not," He's simply saying, "Don't hurt yourself." And every time He says, "Thou shalt," He's saying, "Help yourself to happiness."
* God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves, if we were smart enough to want it.
* Christianity is not a code, a cause, or a creed, but Christ.
* It's not Jesus and -- , or Jesus or -- it's Jesus ONLY.
* We can preach truth, but only the Holy Spirit can impart truth.
* If I put things between Christ and me, it is idolatry. If I put Christ between me and things, it is Victory!
* The Christ-filled life is a self-emptied life.

* The will of God is not just something you have to do, it is something you get to do.
* There's only one alternative to obedience to Christ, and that's disobedience.
* No man can serve two masters, but he *must* serve one.
* I read other books, but the Bible reads me.
* The best lies sound the most like the truth.
* If you want to understand the part of the Bible you don't understand, then obey the part you do understand, and before long you'll begin to understand what you didn't understand. Understand?
* The Bible is God's love letter to His children. If you don't understand it, it's because you're reading someone else's mail.
* Prophecy is history pre-written.
* How to understand a Bible passage: Read it through, Think it clear, Write it down, Pray it in, Live it out, Pass it on.
* Your spiritual life will never rise above your prayer life.
* When trials come, don't wring your hands -- bend your knees.
* Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
* The greatest problem we face is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.
* Prayer is the Christian's greatest privilege.
* We can do more than pray after we've prayed, but we can do no more than pray until we've prayed.
* Prayer is never an excuse for laziness.
* Happiness is like a thermometer, it registers conditions. Joy is like a thermostat, it controls them.
* The devil would rather you believe a wrong thing than do a wrong thing.
* Humility is knowing what I am, acknowledging that God made me that way, and giving Him glory for it.
* Justice is God giving us what we deserve. Mercy is God not giving us what we deserve. Grace is God giving us what we don't deserve.
* The devil's four main lies - 1. God is not good; He is severe, harsh and cruel. 2. God is not truthful; His word cannot be trusted. 3. God is not just; He will not judge you or punish your sin. 4. You can live without God; you need to be liberated, you can be your own god and do your own thing. The devils denies the Goodness, Truthfulness, Holiness, and Graciousness of God. The devil wants you to think negatively and skeptically about God. The devil hates Genesis and Revelation; in Genesis his doom is pronounced; and in Revelation, his doom is carried out.
* If we believe what we believe, why do we do what we do?
* Holiness is not the way to Christ, Christ is the way to Holiness.
* God doesn't want me to do anything for Him. He wants to do something through me.
* The most miserable man on Earth is not an unsaved man. The most miserable man on Earth is a saved man out of fellowship with Jesus Christ.
* Don't ever insult God by saying He can't use you.
* God will give you more light when you live up to the light you have.
* The devil tells lies about the biggest subject - God.
* The best way to know God's will for the rest of your life is to do His will right now. It's hard to steer a ship that's not moving.


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