J. D. Greear Quotes - Page 2

A Christianity that does not have as its primary focus the deepening of passions for God is a false Christianity, no matter how zealously it seeks conversions or how forcefully it advocates righteous behavior.

Often the strongest evidence of my growth in grace is my growth in the knowledge of my need for grace.

As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says,"Stop sinning", it says,"Behold your God".

Awe combined with intimacy is the essence of Christian worship.

Satan's primary temptation strategy is to try and make us forget what God has said about us and to evaluate our standing before God by some other criteria

Lord, as You have been to me, so I will be to others. As I pray, I'll measure Your compassion by the cross and Your power by the resurrection.

The goal of the gospel is to produce a type of people consumed with passion for God an love for others.

Repentance is belief in action.

Don’t feel your way into your beliefs; believe your way into your feelings.

Surveys show that more than 50 percent of people in the U.S. have prayed the sinner's prayer and think they're going to heaven because of it even though there is no detectable difference in their lifestyles from those outside of the church. On this issue- the most important issue on earth- we have to be absolutely clear. We need to preach salvation by repentance before God and faith in the finished work of Christ.

Getting doctrine right is a matter of life and death, but holding that doctrine in the right spirit is essential too. A great deal of damage is done by those who hold the truth of Christ with the spirit of Satan.

Satan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel.

God calls us first... not to a platform, but to an altar!

True worship is obedience to God for no other reason than that you delight in God.

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Being converted to Jesus is learning to so adore God that we would gladly renounce everything we have to follow Him.

Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.