“The forgiveness of God is a gift to be received, not a reward to be merited.” — John R.W. Stott Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“The power to save lies in the one who is gazed upon, not the one who does the looking.” — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“Jesus evidently thought that human beings still retained a residue of their former glory.” — John R.W. Stott Jesus Copy Share Image
“What God said to Abraham was not 'Obey this law and I will bless you', but 'I will bless you; believe my… — John R.W. Stott Abraham Copy Share Image
“We need to emphasize that what the Spirit speaks he speaks through what has already been spoken, and that what the Spirit… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“So here, too, we see the need for a deeper work of the Holy Spirit, since he is the author of unity,… — John R.W. Stott Books Copy Share Image
“We state and commend the faith only in so far as we go out and put ourselves inside the doubts of the… — John R.W. Stott Doubt Copy Share Image
“To love the glory of God more than our own glory is also to seek approval from God rather than other people.” — John R.W. Stott Glory Copy Share Image
“First, our common desire and duty as Christians must be to enter into the full purpose of God for us.” — John R.W. Stott Christianity Copy Share Image
“Second, we are to discover this purpose of God in Scripture. The will of God for the people is in the Word… — John R.W. Stott Bible Copy Share Image
“Jesus Christ, we believe, is the fulfilment of every truly human aspiration. To find him is to find ourselves.” — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“To be “in the Spirit” (which in Pauline language is the same as to be “in Christ”), to “have” the Spirit, to… — John R.W. Stott Christianity Copy Share Image
“It is that the promise of the “gift” or “baptism” of the Spirit is to as many as the Lord our God… — John R.W. Stott Holy Copy Share Image
“So then, according to Jesus, the ‘evils’ which we think, say and do are not due primarily to our environment, nor are… — John R.W. Stott Bad example Copy Share Image
“P. T. Forsyth’s book Positive Preaching and the Modern Mind. These are its opening words: ‘It is, perhaps, an overbold beginning, but… — John R.W. Stott Books Copy Share Image
“What we seek for ourselves, and what we teach to others, must be governed by the Scripture alone. Only when the Word… — John R.W. Stott Scripture Copy Share Image
“So then, the unbelief of Israel, which in Romans 9 is attributed to God’s purpose of election, in Romans 10 is attributed… — John R.W. Stott Unbelief Copy Share Image
“The teachers of the law not only attempted to extend the law’s permissions; they also tried to restrict the law’s uncomfortable commands.… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“He taught consistently, as we have seen, that the Spirit is given to believers; so how could he have asked his questions… — John R.W. Stott Christian life Copy Share Image
“The astonishing paradox of Christ's teaching and of Christian experience is this: if we lose ourselves in following Christ, we actually find… — John R.W. Stott Christianity Copy Share Image
“Many people visualize a God who sits comfortably on a distant throne, remote, aloof, uninterested, and indifferent to the needs of mortals,… — John R.W. Stott Bible Copy Share Image
“Third, this revelation of the purpose of God in Scripture should be sought primarily in its didactic rather than its descriptive parts.… — John R.W. Stott Bible Copy Share Image
“Thomas Cranmer in his ‘Homily of Salvation’ explained that three things had to go together in our justification: on God’s part ‘his… — John R.W. Stott Compassion Copy Share Image
“Even the excruciating pain could not silence his repeated entreaties: ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“Your call is clear, cold centuries across; You bid me follow you, and take my cross, And daily lose myself, myself deny,… — John R.W. Stott Christianity Copy Share Image
“We “receive the Spirit,” he insisted, not because of any good works of obedience that we may have done, but “by hearing… — John R.W. Stott Faith Copy Share Image
“In the light of all this biblical testimony it seems to me clear that the “baptism” of the Spirit is the same… — John R.W. Stott Christianity Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is a deep-seated reluctance to face up to the gravity of sin which has led to its omission from the… — John R.W. Stott Human condition Copy Share Image
“It is now time for us to ask the personal question put to Jesus Christ by Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus… — John R.W. Stott Bible Copy Share Image
“The Christian message has a moral challenge. If the message is true, the moral challenge has to be accepted. So God is… — John R.W. Stott Challenge Copy Share Image
“Jesus never concealed the fact that his religion included a demand as well as an offer. Indeed, the demand was as total… — John R.W. Stott Cheap grace Copy Share Image
“Christ’s fourth indirect claim was to judge the world. This is perhaps the most fantastic of all his statements. Several of his… — John R.W. Stott Christ Copy Share Image
“There is much shallowness and levity among us. Prophets and psalmists would probably say of us that ‘there is no fear of… — John R.W. Stott Fear Copy Share Image
“When sinners repent and believe, Jesus not only takes away their sins but also baptizes them with his Spirit.” — John R.W. Stott Repentance Copy Share Image
“There is no value in the reading of Scripture for its own sake, but only if it effectively introduces us to Jesus… — John R.W. Stott Bible Copy Share Image
“Nowadays the really great mind is thought to be both broad and open – broad enough to absorb every fresh idea which… — John R.W. Stott Psychology Copy Share Image
“The gift of singleness is more a vocation than an empowerment, although to be sure God is faithful in supporting those He… — John R.W. Stott God is faithful Copy Share Image
“But when the teaching of the Bible is plain, then continuing to maintain an open mind is a sign not of maturity,… — John R.W. Stott Bible Copy Share Image
“The New Testament uses five main Greek words for sin, which together portray its various aspects, both passive and active. The commonest… — John R.W. Stott Goals Copy Share Image
