David Platt Quotes - Page 6

[...]there is no injustice in God. The injustice lies in Christians who possess the gospel and refuse to give their lives to making it known among those who haven't heard.

God blesses his people with extravagant grace so they might extend his extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth

My life is a blank check before God... No strings attached.

Do we believe the reward found in Jesus is worth the risk of following Him?

The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability.

He (Jesus) came so that we might receive new life through supernatural regeneration.

There is a sense in which the danger of our lives increases in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.

We are afraid that if we stop and really look at God in his Word, we might discover that he evokes greater awe and demands deeper worship than we are ready to give him.

Instead of imagining all the things we can accomplish, we ask God to do what only he can accomplish. Yes, we work, we plan, we organize, and we create, but we do it all while we fast, while we pray, and while we constantly confess our need for the provision of God.

As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in the meaningless sea of world religions that actually condemn the human race by exalting our supposed ability to get to God. On the other hand, when you and I realize that we are morally evil, dead in sin and deserving of God's wrath with no way out on our own, we begin to discover our desperation for Christ.

We can so easily deceive ourselves, mistaking the presence of physical bodies in a crowd for the existence of spiritual life in a community.

The church I lead could have the least gifted people, the least talented people, the fewest leaders, and the least money, and this church under the power of the Holy Spirit could still shake the nations for his glory.

Jesus is not some puny religious teacher begging for an invitation from anyone. He is the all-sovereign Lord who deserves submission from everyone.

Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.

Are We Going to die in our religion or are we going to die in our devotion?

The body of Christ is a multicultural citizenry of an otherworldly kingdom.

The gospel beckons our sin-sick souls to simple trust in Christ, the only One who is truly radical enough.

The price of our non-discipleshi p is high for those without Christ.

The Life of Christ determines everything about us.

Repentance is a rich biblical term that signifies an elemental transformation in someone's mind, heart, heart, and life.

The gospel reveals the glory of God. According to God's Word, he is the sovereign Creator of all things.

God has made a way of salvation for the lost. Not a way, but the way. And this is the good news - the gospel.

No matter how many red Xs we write on our hands to end slavery, as long as these same hands are clicking on pornographic websites and scrolling through sexual pictures and videos, we are frauds to the core.

If we are going to accomplish the global purpose of God, it will not be primarily through giving our money, as important as that is. It will happen primarily through giving ourselvs. This is what the gospel represents and this is what the gospel requires.

If you claim to be a follower of Christ, I encourage you to consider your present commitment to a local church.