--- title: "11 Christ Followers Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Christ Followers quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Christ Followers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/charles-spurgeon-82_bears_whenever-there-is-a-cross-to-be-carried_2872770.png" --- > [Whenever there is a cross to be carried by any of Christ’s followers, He always bears the heavy end on His own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/whenever-there-is-a-cross-to-be-carried-by-any-of-christ-s-followers/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/charles-spurgeon-82_bears_whenever-there-is-a-cross-to-be-carried_2872770.png) > [“Christ-followers are called, in the present, to live the future ethic of the coming Kingdom. Love is the currency of the coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-glenn/christ-followers-are-called-in-the-present-to-live-the-future-ethic/) [Mike Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-glenn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/mike-glenn-43983_followers_christ-followers-are-called-in-the-prese_2996185.jpg) > [Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ's followers get from the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/laughter-ridicule-opposition-persecution-are-often-the-only-reward/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/anonymous-1_christ_laughter-ridicule-opposition-persecution_1825282.jpg) > [Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-henry/christ-s-followers-cannot-expect-better-treatment-in-the-world-than/) [Matthew Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/matthew-henry-903_christ_christ-s-followers-cannot-expect-better_898739.jpg) > [Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/nothing-is-wrong-with-peace-and-love-it-is-all-the-more-regrettable/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/richard-dawkins-115_and-love_nothing-is-wrong-with-peace-and-love-it_2351229.jpg) > [“Christ-followers contract malaria, bury children, and battle addictions, and, as a result, face fears. It’s not the absence of storms that sets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/christ-followers-contract-malaria-bury-children-and-battle-addictions/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/max-lucado-190_children_christ-followers-contract-malaria-bury-c_2289574.jpg) > [“Christ-followers contract malaria, bury children & battle addictions & as a result, face fears. Its not the absence of storms that sets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/christ-followers-contract-malaria-bury-children-battle-addictions-as/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/max-lucado-190_children_christ-followers-contract-malaria-bury-c_998819.jpg) > [“When people seek to follow Christ, according to Origen, God forms them into people who embody this patience. Christ’s followers are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-kreider/when-people-seek-to-follow-christ-according-to-origen-god-forms-them/) [Alan Kreider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-kreider/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/alan-kreider-21061_christianity_when-people-seek-to-follow-christ-accord_1008141.jpg) > [Christianity has always been against the flow of culture and continues to call us in the opposite direction of the way the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-west/christianity-has-always-been-against-the-flow-of-culture-and/) [Matthew West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/matthew-west-16888_acknowledge_christianity-has-always-been-against-the_737630.jpg) > [“Why do so many seekers report that they are attracted to Jesus but not to the church? Perhaps the problem is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-t-olson/why-do-so-many-seekers-report-that-they-are-attracted-to-jesus-but/) [David T. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-t-olson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/david-t-olson-60141_seekers_why-do-so-many-seekers-report-that-they_3105341.jpg) > [The rest of the story from Acts 1:8 explains that Christ-followers have a mission while here on earth. They are to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hybels/the-rest-of-the-story-from-acts-1-8-explains-that-christ-followers/) [Bill Hybels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hybels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/bill-hybels-2766_ability_the-rest-of-the-story-from-acts-1-8-expl_459536.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ-followers/#itemlist", "name": "Christ Followers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever there is a cross to be carried by any of Christ’s followers, He always bears the heavy end on His own shoulders.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Spurgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/whenever-there-is-a-cross-to-be-carried-by-any-of-christ-s-followers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/charles-spurgeon-82_bears_whenever-there-is-a-cross-to-be-carried_2872770.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/charles-spurgeon-82_bears_whenever-there-is-a-cross-to-be-carried_2872770.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/charles-spurgeon-82_bears_whenever-there-is-a-cross-to-be-carried_2872770.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whenever there is a cross to be carried by any of Christ’s followers, He always bears the heavy end on His…” — Charles Spurgeon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Christ-followers are called, in the present, to live the future ethic of the coming Kingdom. 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When they are subjected to penitential discipline, they “patiently bear the judgment made about them, whether they have been rightly or wrongly deposed.” 28 Their reflexes are nonviolent—when others treat them violently, they never exact an eye for an eye but respond in silence and patience, and even offer words of blessing. 29”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Kreider" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-kreider/when-people-seek-to-follow-christ-according-to-origen-god-forms-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/alan-kreider-21061_christianity_when-people-seek-to-follow-christ-accord_1008141.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/alan-kreider-21061_christianity_when-people-seek-to-follow-christ-accord_1008141.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/alan-kreider-21061_christianity_when-people-seek-to-follow-christ-accord_1008141.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When people seek to follow Christ, according to Origen, God forms them into people who embody this patience…” — Alan Kreider", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Christianity has always been against the flow of culture and continues to call us in the opposite direction of the way the world is heading. Instead of falling in love with ourselves, Christ followers are called to deny themselves. Instead of trusting in the power they possess, they are called to surrender to God's higher power. Instead of looking within for the answers in life, they are called to acknowledge that His ways are higher. The decision to follow Christ has always been an \"all or nothing\" decision. 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Perhaps the problem is that the church has done a splendid job of concealing the powerful life-giving Jesus. We domesticate him; we make him our servant; we assume that people have more knowledge about him than they do. We are producing Christians who lack the vitality and depth that should mark Christ-followers.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David T. 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