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title: "2 Body of christ Quotes By Mark Dever"
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> [When a person becomes a Christian, he doesn’t just join a local church because it’s a good habit for growing in spiritual maturity. He joins a local church because it’s the expression of what Christ has made him—a member of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/when-a-person-becomes-a-christian-he-doesn-t-just-join-a-local-church/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

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> [If you have no interest in actually committing yourself to an actual group of gospel-believing, Bible-teaching Christians, you might question whether you belong to the body of Christ at all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/if-you-have-no-interest-in-actually-committing-yourself-to-an-actual/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

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## Other authors on Body of christ

- [Henry Hon 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-of-christ/henry-hon/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dietrich-bonhoeffer-29418.jpg) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-of-christ/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

## More by Mark Dever

> [“not the writings that come from prophets inspired by the one true God revealed in Jesus Christ, then why do we find those passages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/not-the-writings-that-come-from-prophets-inspired-by-the-one-true-god/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/i-think-it-s-unhelpful-to-suggest-that-the-task-of-evangelism-is/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/people-forget-that-there-is-a-big-difference-between-coercion-and/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [ T\]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/t-he-church-is-not-a-place-it-s-not-a-building-it-s-not-a-preaching/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/what-really-concerns-me-is-for-christians-to-understand-the/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [Prayer is the preview of God's action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/prayer-is-the-preview-of-god-s-action/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [I assume that normally the Lord will be bringing people to himself through the instrumentality of the preached word. However, we have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/i-assume-that-normally-the-lord-will-be-bringing-people-to-himself/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [“The motive for discipling others begins in the love of God and nothing less. He has loved us in Christ, and so we love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/the-motive-for-discipling-others-begins-in-the-love-of-god-and/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [If joy or urgency are missing from our presentation of the gospel, then our testimony to Christ will be missing that sort of fullness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/if-joy-or-urgency-are-missing-from-our-presentation-of-the-gospel/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [“Yet the Bible teaches that the local church is the natural environment for discipling. In fact, it teaches that the local church is itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/yet-the-bible-teaches-that-the-local-church-is-the-natural/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [Sin claims to free but in fact it kills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/sin-claims-to-free-but-in-fact-it-kills/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [Some believers are faithful in the way that they live, but at the end of the day, they will not share the gospel with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/some-believers-are-faithful-in-the-way-that-they-live-but-at-the-end/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [We do not fail in our evangelism if we faithfully tell the gospel to someone who is not subsequently converted; we fail only if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/we-do-not-fail-in-our-evangelism-if-we-faithfully-tell-the-gospel-to/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [Once we see more of our need and understand more of what Christ has done for us, he will become more precious to us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/once-we-see-more-of-our-need-and-understand-more-of-what-christ-has/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

> [Unfortunately, many of our churches calibrate their life to these nominal Christians. The predictable result is that you get fake, hypocritical churches that confuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/unfortunately-many-of-our-churches-calibrate-their-life-to-these/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

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