--- title: "16 God Owes Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 God Owes quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best God Owes sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/nishan-panwar-14_god_god-owes-us-nothing-yet-gives-us-everyth_1015820.jpg" --- > [God owes us nothing, yet gives us everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/god-owes-us-nothing-yet-gives-us-everything/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/nishan-panwar-14_god_god-owes-us-nothing-yet-gives-us-everyth_1015820.jpg) > [We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/we-get-angry-when-we-feel-like-god-owes-us-a-better-life-than-we-have/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/timothy-keller-240_angry_we-get-angry-when-we-feel-like-god-owes_2942962.png) > [“While God desires salvation for everyone, God owes salvation to no one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-minton/while-god-desires-salvation-for-everyone-god-owes-salvation-to-no-one/) [Evan Minton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-minton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/evan-minton-33994_bible_while-god-desires-salvation-for-everyone_2248402.jpg) > [“God owes me nothing, yet has given me everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-rife/god-owes-me-nothing-yet-has-given-me-everything/) [Eileen Rife](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-rife/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/eileen-rife-234974_quote_god-owes-me-nothing-yet-has-given-me-eve_1165717.jpg) > [Comfort, or revelation: God owes us one of these, but surely not both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mignon-mclaughlin/comfort-or-revelation-god-owes-us-one-of-these-but-surely-not-both/) [Mignon McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mignon-mclaughlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/mignon-mclaughlin-742_comfort_comfort-or-revelation-god-owes-us-one-of_2053498.png) > [When you’re reminded that God owes you nothing you find yourself more grateful and less entitled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae/when-you-re-reminded-that-god-owes-you-nothing-you-find-yourself-more/) [LeCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecrae/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/lecrae-981_entitled_when-you-re-reminded-that-god-owes-you-n_324286.png) > [God owes me nothing. He doesn't have to work for anything good in my life. That is only for those who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/god-owes-me-nothing-he-doesn-t-have-to-work-for-anything-good-in-my/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/rick-warren-230_god_god-owes-me-nothing-he-doesn-t-have-to-w_2125593.png) > [We assume that our race simply deserves heaven; that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-platt/we-assume-that-our-race-simply-deserves-heaven-that-god-owes-heaven/) [David Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-platt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/david-platt-1251_assuming_we-assume-that-our-race-simply-deserves_1077440.png) > [Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-chan/can-you-worship-a-god-who-isn-t-obligated-to-explain-his-actions-to-2/) [Francis Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-chan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/francis-chan-548_action_can-you-worship-a-god-who-isn-t-obligate_3066399.jpg) > [“I spent 43 years believing in a false religion. Now I want my 43 years as an atheist. God owes me that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-whitefield/i-spent-43-years-believing-in-a-false-religion-now-i-want-my-43-years/) [Jim Whitefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-whitefield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/jim-whitefield-58965_faith_i-spent-43-years-believing-in-a-false-re_937443.jpg) > [When God's justice falls, we are offended because we think God owes perpetual mercy. We must not take His grace for granted.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-god-s-justice-falls-we-are-offended-because-we-think-god-owes/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/anonymous-1_amazed_when-god-s-justice-falls-we-are-offended_2249369.jpg) > [Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/believing-with-you-that-religion-is-a-matter-which-lies-solely-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/thomas-jefferson-43_faith_believing-with-you-that-religion-is-a-ma_1293732.jpg) > [“Sin can only grow in the soil of self-pity and a feeling of “owed-ness.” I’m not getting a fair shake! I’m not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-keller/sin-can-only-grow-in-the-soil-of-self-pity-and-a-feeling-of-owed-ness/) [Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-j-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/timothy-j-keller-3733_hard-life_sin-can-only-grow-in-the-soil-of-self-pi_1248498.jpg) > [I've discovered most Christians don't know what to do with difficult situations because they have bought into the lie that God owes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/i-ve-discovered-most-christians-don-t-know-what-to-do-with-difficult/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/matt-chandler-2213_behaviour_i-ve-discovered-most-christians-don-t-kn_2669487.jpg) > [“In his book Where Was God? Erwin Lutzer writes, Often the same people who ask where God was following a disaster thanklessly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-jeremiah/in-his-book-where-was-god-erwin-lutzer-writes-often-the-same-people/) [David Jeremiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-jeremiah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/david-jeremiah-990_bad-time_in-his-book-where-was-god-erwin-lutzer-w_3069917.jpg) > [“The grandeur of the poem is that Job pleads his cause with God against all the remonstrance of religious authority, recognizing no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-grandeur-of-the-poem-is-that-job-pleads-his-cause-with-god/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/george-macdonald-295_poetry_the-grandeur-of-the-poem-is-that-job-ple_2702879.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-owes/#itemlist", 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I’m not getting my needs met! I’ve had a hard life! God owes me; people owe me; I owe me! That’s the heart attitude of “owed-ness” or entitlement. But,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Timothy J. Keller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-keller/sin-can-only-grow-in-the-soil-of-self-pity-and-a-feeling-of-owed-ness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/timothy-j-keller-3733_hard-life_sin-can-only-grow-in-the-soil-of-self-pi_1248498.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/timothy-j-keller-3733_hard-life_sin-can-only-grow-in-the-soil-of-self-pi_1248498.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/timothy-j-keller-3733_hard-life_sin-can-only-grow-in-the-soil-of-self-pi_1248498.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sin can only grow in the soil of self-pity and a feeling of “owed-ness.” I’m not getting a fair shake! I’m…” — Timothy J. 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AND God is still God IN that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matt Chandler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/i-ve-discovered-most-christians-don-t-know-what-to-do-with-difficult/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/matt-chandler-2213_behaviour_i-ve-discovered-most-christians-don-t-kn_2669487.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/matt-chandler-2213_behaviour_i-ve-discovered-most-christians-don-t-kn_2669487.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/matt-chandler-2213_behaviour_i-ve-discovered-most-christians-don-t-kn_2669487.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've discovered most Christians don't know what to do with difficult situations because they have bought…” — Matt Chandler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In his book Where Was God? Erwin Lutzer writes, Often the same people who ask where God was following a disaster thanklessly refuse to worship and honor Him for years of peace and calmness. They disregard God in good times, yet think He is obligated to provide help when bad times come. They believe the God they dishonor when they are well should heal them when they are sick; the God they ignore when they are wealthy should rescue them from impending poverty; and the God they refuse to worship when the earth is still should rescue them when it begins to shake. We must admit that God owes us nothing. Before we charge God with not caring, we must thank Him for those times when His care is very evident. We are ever surrounded by undeserved blessings. Even in His silence, He blesses us.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Jeremiah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-jeremiah/in-his-book-where-was-god-erwin-lutzer-writes-often-the-same-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/david-jeremiah-990_bad-time_in-his-book-where-was-god-erwin-lutzer-w_3069917.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/david-jeremiah-990_bad-time_in-his-book-where-was-god-erwin-lutzer-w_3069917.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/david-jeremiah-990_bad-time_in-his-book-where-was-god-erwin-lutzer-w_3069917.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In his book Where Was God? 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Perhaps the worst thing in a theology constructed out of man's dull possible, and not out of the being and deeds and words of Jesus Christ, is the impression it conveys throughout that God acknowledges no such obligation. Are not we the clay, and he the potter? how can the clay claim from the potter? We are the clay, it is true, but his clay, but spiritual clay, live clay, with needs and desires—and rights; we are clay, but clay worth the Son of God's dying for, that it might learn to consent to be shaped unto honour. We can have no merits—a merit is a thing impossible; but God has given us rights. Out of him we have nothing; but, created by him, come forth from him, we have even rights towards him—ah, never, never against him! his whole desire and labour is to make us capable of claiming, and induce us to claim of him the things whose rights he bestowed in creating us. No claim had we to be created: that involves an absurdity; but, being made, we have claims on him who made us: our needs are our claims. A man who will not provide for the hunger of his child, is condemned by the whole world.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George MacDonald" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-grandeur-of-the-poem-is-that-job-pleads-his-cause-with-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/george-macdonald-295_poetry_the-grandeur-of-the-poem-is-that-job-ple_2702879.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/george-macdonald-295_poetry_the-grandeur-of-the-poem-is-that-job-ple_2702879.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/george-macdonald-295_poetry_the-grandeur-of-the-poem-is-that-job-ple_2702879.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The grandeur of the poem is that Job pleads his cause with God against all the remonstrance of religious…” — George MacDonald", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-owes/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-owes/", "name": "God Owes Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-owes/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/nishan-panwar-14_god_god-owes-us-nothing-yet-gives-us-everyth_1015820.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 16 God Owes quotes by 16 authors. 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