Alistair Begg Quotes - Page 5

The glory does not lie in our inadequacy, but lies in the adequacy of Christ discovered in our weakness and in our insufficiency.

It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I’m not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.

If the law does not lead us to Christ and redemption, it will lead us to despair.

Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.

If truth were told, most of us spend longer each day on personal cleanliness than on practical godliness.

God's concern is for His name, His glory, His people, His unfolding eternal purpose and for His Kingdom.

Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.

Singleness and marriage are both evidences of God’s grace that are to be experienced and sustained purely by the strength which God supplies.

Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be a typist and a mom; that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do.

How immense God is, that He is able to sweep into His purposes even foolish requests and bad motivations.

Consider how Jesus came from a position of glory and consistently reached out to the lowly.

I listen to some of you guys out there, hyper-reformed boys, you're concerned if you preach the gospel to the wrong person, the wrong person might get saved. So you don't want to preach it too good, 'well wait a minute, I don't think you should've been getting saved, I'm not sure you're in the group.' What do you mean in the group! If you breath you're in the group! If you have ears to hear you're in the group! And if you choose not to respond it's your own fault, not God's.

The protestant martyrs and their monuments testify to the fact that they died, not on account of ecclesial differences, but because the issue was the way of salvation.

Let us remember the loving-kindness of the Lord and rehearse His deeds of grace. Let us open the volume of recollection, which is so richly illuminated with memories of His mercy, and we will soon be happy.

Human mercy is proof of having received divine mercy.

People may not be impressed by our theological grasp, but they may be impressed by our expressions of practical godliness.

We Christians are secure, realizing that even our failures and our sins are under His control.

It is imperative that those who name the name of Christ would be instructed in the truth of Scripture.

Father, look upon us in Your goodness and kindness, we pray as a church. Help us to love each other.

The mercy of God is an all-embracing mercy and it breaks down the barriers that man erects.

We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full.

The providence of God does not relieve us of our human responsibility: it doesn't call for inactivity, it calls for activity.

Our gracious God, we need the ministry of the Spirit of God within our lives so that Your Word may take root within us.

The pathway to lasting honor is to honor Christ.

We are not brought by faith into a realm of passivity, but rather, we are brought into the realm of diligent activity.