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> [The essence of Christianity is centered upon the Lord Jesus Christ. The sum and substance of being a Christian is trusting Christ with the entirety of one's being. The height of the Christian life is adoring Christ, the depth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/the-essence-of-christianity-is-centered-upon-the-lord-jesus-christ/)

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## More by Steven J Lawson

> [The Bible is shallow enough for a new believer to wade in, but deep enough for a theologian to drown in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/the-bible-is-shallow-enough-for-a-new-believer-to-wade-in-but-deep/)

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> [A high view of God leads to high worship and holy living, but a low of God leads to trivial worship and low living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/a-high-view-of-god-leads-to-high-worship-and-holy-living-but-a-low-of/)

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> [With arms outstretched on the cross. Jesus took holy God in one hand and sinful man with the other and brought the two together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/with-arms-outstretched-on-the-cross-jesus-took-holy-god-in-one-hand/)

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> [We become like what we focus upon. Fix your eyes upon Christ and be conformed into His image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/we-become-like-what-we-focus-upon-fix-your-eyes-upon-christ-and-be/)

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> [Better to have small faith in a great God than to have great faith in a small god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/better-to-have-small-faith-in-a-great-god-than-to-have-great-faith-in/)

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> [It would be easier to grow oak trees by planting marbles than for someone to be saved without the seed of the word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/it-would-be-easier-to-grow-oak-trees-by-planting-marbles-than-for/)

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> [God will honor the preaching that honors Christ, but abandon the pulpit that abandons Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/god-will-honor-the-preaching-that-honors-christ-but-abandon-the/)

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> [Hell is a real place, more real than the city in which you live, much hotter and more populated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/hell-is-a-real-place-more-real-than-the-city-in-which-you-live-much/)

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> [Souls must be converted here, and if there be not many born to Christ, may the Lord grant to me that I may sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/souls-must-be-converted-here-and-if-there-be-not-many-born-to-christ/)

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> [The voice of Christ is so powerful that it awakens the spiritually dead in the grave of sin to hear it and live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/the-voice-of-christ-is-so-powerful-that-it-awakens-the-spiritually/)

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> [If your repentance has not changed your life, you need to repent of your repentance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/if-your-repentance-has-not-changed-your-life-you-need-to-repent-of/)

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> [At the cross, the worst about us-our sins-was laid upon Christ, and the best about Him-His righteousness-was laid upon us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/at-the-cross-the-worst-about-us-our-sins-was-laid-upon-christ-and-the/)

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> [Church hoppers are like wandering dogs. If they are not regularly patted on the head, they will go elsewhere until they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/church-hoppers-are-like-wandering-dogs-if-they-are-not-regularly/)

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> [If Christ is not everything, He is nothing. He who has Christ has everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/if-christ-is-not-everything-he-is-nothing-he-who-has-christ-has/)

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> [There is a vast difference between merely knowing about Christ and actually knowing Him-the difference between heaven and hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/there-is-a-vast-difference-between-merely-knowing-about-christ-and/)

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