--- title: "18 God History Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 18 God History quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best God History sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/david-wilkerson-3994_history_god-has-never-in-the-history-of-mankind_2227342.png" --- > [God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed His name to go long offended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wilkerson/god-has-never-in-the-history-of-mankind-allowed-his-name-to-go-long/) [David Wilkerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wilkerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/david-wilkerson-3994_history_god-has-never-in-the-history-of-mankind_2227342.png) > [In Him (God), history and prophecy are one and the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/in-him-god-history-and-prophecy-are-one-and-the-same/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christian_in-him-god-history-and-prophecy-are-one_2026613.png) > [God first , well the others will be history](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maskgenius/god-first-well-the-others-will-be-history/) [Maskgenius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maskgenius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a69/maskgenius-103637_god_god-first-well-the-others-will-be-histor_1697144.jpg) > [I am responsible only to God and history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-franco/i-am-responsible-only-to-god-and-history/) [Francisco Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-franco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/francisco-franco-41725_god_i-am-responsible-only-to-god-and-history_317368.jpg) > [If you go back through 2000 years, I guess luck, Marx, and God have made history, the three of them together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/if-you-go-back-through-2000-years-i-guess-luck-marx-and-god-have-made/) [Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/theodore-white-19249_history_if-you-go-back-through-2000-years-i-gues_1384268.png) > [“God manifests himself in historical revelation, in history. Time initiates processes, and space crystallizes them. God is in history, in the processes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/god-manifests-himself-in-historical-revelation-in-history-time/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/pope-francis-85_history_god-manifests-himself-in-historical-reve_442135.jpg) > [I have the greater glory of God, the history is His story, that He is in charge and ultimately He knows what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/i-have-the-greater-glory-of-god-the-history-is-his-story-that-he-is/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/rick-warren-230_glory_i-have-the-greater-glory-of-god-the-hist_2207218.png) > [Whatever conclusions we reach about the reality of God, the history of this idea must tell us something important about the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/whatever-conclusions-we-reach-about-the-reality-of-god-the-history-of/) [Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/karen-armstrong-1053_aspiration_whatever-conclusions-we-reach-about-the_1005079.jpg) > [“The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons, with Himself included in that community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/the-aim-of-god-in-history-is-the-creation-of-an-all-inclusive/) [Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/dallas-willard-819_fellowship_the-aim-of-god-in-history-is-the-creatio_59622.png) > [God did not bear the cross only 1900 years ago, but he bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/god-did-not-bear-the-cross-only-1900-years-ago-but-he-bears-it-today/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/mahatma-gandhi-23_cross_god-did-not-bear-the-cross-only-1900-yea_732868.jpg) > [The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons with God himself at the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/the-aim-of-god-in-history-is-the-creation-of-an-all-inclusive-2/) [Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/dallas-willard-819_aim_the-aim-of-god-in-history-is-the-creatio_806742.png) > [If something comes up that is completely freaky, it's spiritual-looking to the scientist, the first explanation is not going to be that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-something-comes-up-that-is-completely-freaky-it-s-spiritual/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_come-up_if-something-comes-up-that-is-completely_378899.png) > [“The prophets never taught that God and history are one, or that whatever happens below reflects the will of God above. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-heschel/the-prophets-never-taught-that-god-and-history-are-one-or-that/) [Abraham Heschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-heschel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/abraham-heschel-58103_history_the-prophets-never-taught-that-god-and-h_2470294.jpg) > [It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-better-to-allow-our-lives-to-speak-for-us-than-our-words-god/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/mahatma-gandhi-23_bears_it-is-better-to-allow-our-lives-to-speak_1634699.jpg) > [Maybe the growth of "God" signifies the existence of God. That is: if history naturally pushes people toward moral improvement, toward moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wright/maybe-the-growth-of-god-signifies-the-existence-of-god-that-is-if/) [Robert Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/robert-wright-8640_becoming_maybe-the-growth-of-god-signifies-the-ex_1158620.jpg) > [“Deeply ingrained in the Christian tradition, as in the Jewish and Muslim faiths, is the concept of a God who intervenes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jenkins/deeply-ingrained-in-the-christian-tradition-as-in-the-jewish-and/) [Philip Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/philip-jenkins-10529_bible_deeply-ingrained-in-the-christian-tradit_2530428.jpg) > [“The God who is ever uttering himself in the changeful profusions of nature; who takes millions of years to form a soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-god-who-is-ever-uttering-himself-in-the-changeful-profusions-of/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/george-macdonald-295_christianity_the-god-who-is-ever-uttering-himself-in_1001381.jpg) > [“But did he go to heaven?" Katherine persisted. "That's between him and God, not him and history," JB said. Alex started, jerking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-peterson-haddix/but-did-he-go-to-heaven-katherine-persisted-that-s-between-him-and/) [Margaret Peterson Haddix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-peterson-haddix/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/margaret-peterson-haddix-19372_believe-in-god_but-did-he-go-to-heaven-katherine-persis_1473124.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-history/#itemlist", "name": "God History Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed His name to go long offended.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Wilkerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wilkerson/god-has-never-in-the-history-of-mankind-allowed-his-name-to-go-long/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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Their vision is of man defying God, and God seeking man to reconcile with Him.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Heschel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-heschel/the-prophets-never-taught-that-god-and-history-are-one-or-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/abraham-heschel-58103_history_the-prophets-never-taught-that-god-and-h_2470294.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/abraham-heschel-58103_history_the-prophets-never-taught-that-god-and-h_2470294.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/abraham-heschel-58103_history_the-prophets-never-taught-that-god-and-h_2470294.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The prophets never taught that God and history are one, or that whatever happens below reflects the will of…” — Abraham Heschel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand years ago. He bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from day to day. It would be a poor comfort to the world if it had to depend on a historical God who died two thousand years ago. Do not, then, preach the God of history, but show him as he lives today through you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-better-to-allow-our-lives-to-speak-for-us-than-our-words-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/mahatma-gandhi-23_bears_it-is-better-to-allow-our-lives-to-speak_1634699.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/mahatma-gandhi-23_bears_it-is-better-to-allow-our-lives-to-speak_1634699.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/mahatma-gandhi-23_bears_it-is-better-to-allow-our-lives-to-speak_1634699.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand…” — Mahatma Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe the growth of \"God\" signifies the existence of God. That is: if history naturally pushes people toward moral improvement, toward moral growth, and their God, as they conceive their God, grows accordingly, becoming morally richer, then maybe this growth is evidence of some higher purpose, and maybe - conceivably - the source of that purpose is worthy of the name divinity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wright/maybe-the-growth-of-god-signifies-the-existence-of-god-that-is-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/robert-wright-8640_becoming_maybe-the-growth-of-god-signifies-the-ex_1158620.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/robert-wright-8640_becoming_maybe-the-growth-of-god-signifies-the-ex_1158620.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/robert-wright-8640_becoming_maybe-the-growth-of-god-signifies-the-ex_1158620.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe the growth of \"God\" signifies the existence of God. That is: if history naturally pushes people toward…” — Robert Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Deeply ingrained in the Christian tradition, as in the Jewish and Muslim faiths, is the concept of a God who intervenes in history, through many and diverse ways. In the Bible, we hear of God guiding history through determining the outcome of battles, through granting or withholding children, through shortening or extending lives. Often, God permits his chosen people to suffer defeat and dispersal, for reasons no mortal can discern at the time. The book of Isaiah presents the pagan king Cyrus as the agent fulfilling God’s will in this world, whether or not the Persian ruler had any inkling of the fact. To paraphrase an earlier remark, the fact that we cannot discern purpose or guidance in earthly events does not mean that none exists. To the contrary, we might argue that a purpose that can be easily traced—for instance, God always granting victory to his Catholic servants, or his Muslim followers—would be evidence of a simple deity of brute strength more like those of pagan Greece or Rome, rather than the complex God of history presented by later faiths.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Jenkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jenkins/deeply-ingrained-in-the-christian-tradition-as-in-the-jewish-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/philip-jenkins-10529_bible_deeply-ingrained-in-the-christian-tradit_2530428.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/philip-jenkins-10529_bible_deeply-ingrained-in-the-christian-tradit_2530428.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/philip-jenkins-10529_bible_deeply-ingrained-in-the-christian-tradit_2530428.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Deeply ingrained in the Christian tradition, as in the Jewish and Muslim faiths, is the concept of a God who…” — Philip Jenkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The God who is ever uttering himself in the changeful profusions of nature; who takes millions of years to form a soul that shall understand him and be blessed; who never needs to be, and never is, in haste; who welcomes the simplest thought of truth or beauty as the return for seed he has sown upon the old fallows of eternity, who rejoices in the response of a faltering moment to the age-long cry of his wisdom in the streets; the God of music, of painting, of building, the Lord of Hosts, the God of mountains and oceans; whose laws go forth from one unseen point of wisdom, and thither return without an atom of loss; the God of history working in time unto christianity; this God is the God of little children, and he alone can be perfectly, abandonedly simple and devoted.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George MacDonald" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-god-who-is-ever-uttering-himself-in-the-changeful-profusions-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/george-macdonald-295_christianity_the-god-who-is-ever-uttering-himself-in_1001381.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/george-macdonald-295_christianity_the-god-who-is-ever-uttering-himself-in_1001381.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/george-macdonald-295_christianity_the-god-who-is-ever-uttering-himself-in_1001381.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The God who is ever uttering himself in the changeful profusions of nature; who takes millions of years to…” — George MacDonald", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But did he go to heaven?\" Katherine persisted. \"That's between him and God, not him and history,\" JB said. 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