Following Jesus Quotes

• When we come to Christ, we’re no longer the most important person in the world to us; Christ is. Instead of living only for ourselves, we have a higher goal: to live for Jesus.

  Billy Graham

  Jesus, Goal, Important

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• Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ."

  Watchman Nee

  Strength, God, Faith

  Watchman Nee (1999). “Secrets to Spiritual Power: From the Writings of Watchman Nee”, p.74, Whitaker House

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• Jesus says, "I want you to follow me so fully, so intensely, so enduringly that all other attachments in your life look weak by comparison"

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Attachment, Looks

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• You find that the things you let go of while following Jesus were the things that were going to destroy you in the end.

  Francis Chan

  Letting Go, Jesus, Ends

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• The road that leads to heaven is risky, lonely, and costly in this world, and few are willing to pay the price. Following Jesus involves losing your life-and finding new life in him.

  David Platt

  Lonely, Jesus, Pay The Price

  David Platt (2013). “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.”, p.11, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• You cannot be Christ’s servant if you are not willing to follow him, cross and all. What do you crave? A crown? Then it must be a crown of thorns if you are to be like him. Do you want to be lifted up? So you shall, but it will be upon a cross.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Crowns, Want, Thorns

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• Our Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so.

  John Stott

  Christian, Decision, Christ

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Galatians”, p.98, SPCK

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• It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  God, Christian, Spiritual Wisdom

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.304, Simon and Schuster

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• If I am to wholly follow the Lord Jesus Christ, I must forsake everything that is contrary to Him.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Jesus, Christ, Lord

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• Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Kings, People

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• If you have the smile of God what does it matter if you have the frown of men?

  Leonard Ravenhill

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Sin is not wrong doing, it is wrong BEING, deliberate and emphatic independence of God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Life, God, Faith

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “Conformed to His Image / Servant as His Lord: Lessons on Living Like Jesus”, p.21, Discovery House

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• If I am going to know who Jesus is, I must obey Him. The majority of us don't know Jesus because we have not the remotest intention of obeying Him.

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Majority, Intention

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.265, Discovery House

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• My prayer is that people will see that following Jesus costs you everything you are and everything you have. And my prayer is that people will see that Jesus is worth it.

  David Platt

  Jesus, Prayer, People

  "A summons to lose your life". Interview with Jonathan Merritt, religionnews.com. March 26, 2013.

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• Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Jesus, Hurt

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• The victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His interests have shifted from self to Christ.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Those who aren't following Jesus aren't his followers. Its that simple. Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers. To follow Jesus means to follow Jesus into a society where justice rules, where love shapes everything. To follow Jesus means to take up his dream and work for it.

  Scot McKnight

  Dream, Jesus, Mean

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• Faith in Jesus must be personal but it cannot be private.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Faith In Jesus

  Twitter post from Apr 22, 2014

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• God doesn't break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.

  Bob Goff

  God, Faith, Christian

  FaceBook post by Bob Goff from Jul 17, 2013

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• Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Grace, Hopeless

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Apr 24, 2013

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• A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Believe, Generations

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• If following Jesus Christ doesn't cost you anything, it's because you've bought into 'American Christianity.'

  Paul Washer

  Jesus, Cost, Christianity

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• To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God.

  Henri Nouwen

  God, Christian, Religious

  Henri Nouwen (2011). “The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life”, p.27, Orbis Books

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• Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ.

  Henry Blackaby

  Relationship, Faith, God

  Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby (2006). “Experiencing God Day-By-Day: Devotional”, p.337, B&H Publishing Group

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• We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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