--- title: "19 Ifs Quotes By Matt Chandler" description: "19 Ifs quotes by Matt Chandler. Plus more from Matt Chandler and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/matt-chandler-2213_christ_if-you-are-in-christ-you-are-fully-and-c_759704.png" --- > [If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-are-in-christ-you-are-fully-and-completely-forgiven-for-all/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/matt-chandler-2213_christ_if-you-are-in-christ-you-are-fully-and-c_759704.png) > [If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-re-not-confident-in-the-authority-of-the-scriptures-you-will/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/matt-chandler-2213_authority_if-you-re-not-confident-in-the-authority_158455.png) > [If someone doesn't have much use for praising Him now, it's foolish to think they're ready for heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-someone-doesn-t-have-much-use-for-praising-him-now-it-s-foolish-to/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/matt-chandler-2213_broccoli_if-someone-doesn-t-have-much-use-for-pra_2031413.png) > [If you want to grow in true wisdom, grow in a knowledge of the God of the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-want-to-grow-in-true-wisdom-grow-in-a-knowledge-of-the-god-of/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/matt-chandler-2213_bible_if-you-want-to-grow-in-true-wisdom-grow_1319537.png) > [If we could understand how impossible our situation is, we would grow in reverence for the kingship of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-we-could-understand-how-impossible-our-situation-is-we-would-grow/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/matt-chandler-2213_christ_if-we-could-understand-how-impossible-ou_2152905.png) > [If you're a beast in the pulpit but a coward in your neighborhood, something has gone wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-re-a-beast-in-the-pulpit-but-a-coward-in-your-neighborhood/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/matt-chandler-2213_animals_if-you-re-a-beast-in-the-pulpit-but-a-co_887318.png) > [If all you got is "I don't want to be that" then sell insurance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-all-you-got-is-i-don-t-want-to-be-that-then-sell-insurance/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/matt-chandler-2213_ifs_if-all-you-got-is-i-don-t-want-to-be-tha_1817056.png) > [If you add to or subtract from the cross, even if it is to factor in biblically mandated religious practices like prayer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-add-to-or-subtract-from-the-cross-even-if-it-is-to-factor-in/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/matt-chandler-2213_add_if-you-add-to-or-subtract-from-the-cross_871830.jpg) > [If the gospel of Jesus Christ is not at the center of a wedding ceremony, it is likely not going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ-is-not-at-the-center-of-a-wedding/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/matt-chandler-2213_ceremony_if-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ-is-not-at_2796109.png) > [The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine might be the most helpful and profound book I've read in years. If you're in pastoral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/the-imperfect-pastor-by-zack-eswine-might-be-the-most-helpful-and/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/matt-chandler-2213_book_the-imperfect-pastor-by-zack-eswine-migh_287617.png) > [God is not in love with some future version of you. It’s not you tomorrow that He loves and delights in. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/god-is-not-in-love-with-some-future-version-of-you-it-s-not-you/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/matt-chandler-2213_believe_god-is-not-in-love-with-some-future-vers_1952803.png) > [Grace-driven effort wants to get to the bottom of behavior, not just manage behavior. If you're simply managing behavior but not removing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/grace-driven-effort-wants-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-behavior-not-just/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/matt-chandler-2213_behavior_grace-driven-effort-wants-to-get-to-the_2245876.jpg) > [When you blow it, God still celebrates His Son in you. The litmus test of whether or not you understand the gospel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/when-you-blow-it-god-still-celebrates-his-son-in-you-the-litmus-test/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/matt-chandler-2213_approach_when-you-blow-it-god-still-celebrates-hi_1504347.png) > [We’ve got to get past this idea that God is most glorified when we’re rich, healthy and wealthy and we go, “Isn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/we-ve-got-to-get-past-this-idea-that-god-is-most-glorified-when-we-re/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/matt-chandler-2213_car_we-ve-got-to-get-past-this-idea-that-god_1511144.png) > [No matter what our job is, we view it not as our purpose in life but rather as where God has sovereignly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/no-matter-what-our-job-is-we-view-it-not-as-our-purpose-in-life-but/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/matt-chandler-2213_agriculture_no-matter-what-our-job-is-we-view-it-not_509028.png) > [This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/this-avoidance-of-the-difficult-things-of-scripture-of-sinfulness-and/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/matt-chandler-2213_avoidance_this-avoidance-of-the-difficult-things-o_201662.jpg) > [If we confuse the gospel with response to the gospel, we will drift from what keeps the gospel on the ground, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-we-confuse-the-gospel-with-response-to-the-gospel-we-will-drift/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab8/matt-chandler-2213_bunch_if-we-confuse-the-gospel-with-response-t_1464911.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) > [Truth is never our enemy, ever. So we should never freak out about people who claim to have discovered truth. If it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/truth-is-never-our-enemy-ever-so-we-should-never-freak-out-about/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/matt-chandler-2213_christ_truth-is-never-our-enemy-ever-so-we-shou_375276.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Matt Chandler > [Engaging the city around us and ministering to its needs reveal to us the remaining bastions of sin in our lives, the areas we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/engaging-the-city-around-us-and-ministering-to-its-needs-reveal-to-us/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [You and I are stymied in our own creativity. We can only create as sub-creators, and even then our best work is only sub-creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/you-and-i-are-stymied-in-our-own-creativity-we-can-only-create-as-sub/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [So what does it look like to live a life worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ? It looks like walking with, loving with,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/so-what-does-it-look-like-to-live-a-life-worthy-of-the-gospel-of/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [The universe shudders in horror that we have this infinitely valuable, infinitely deep, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, infinitely loving God, and instead of pursuing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/the-universe-shudders-in-horror-that-we-have-this-infinitely-valuable/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [“A schoolmate of Matt Chandler's with the locker next to his: "I need to tell you about Jesus. When do you want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/a-schoolmate-of-matt-chandler-s-with-the-locker-next-to-his-i-need-to/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [The cross of Christ is the response of God to men for belittling His name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/the-cross-of-christ-is-the-response-of-god-to-men-for-belittling-his/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God. You can scare people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/heaven-is-not-a-place-for-those-who-are-afraid-of-hell-it-s-a-place/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-re-not-confident-in-the-authority-of-the-scriptures-you-will/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [Lots of neat Christian boys, not a lot of Godly men. And we are working our tails off for you to try to develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/lots-of-neat-christian-boys-not-a-lot-of-godly-men-and-we-are-working/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [“But isn’t the whole idea of sanctification the fact that we’re not really there yet? That we’re still growing and becoming? Still learning how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/but-isn-t-the-whole-idea-of-sanctification-the-fact-that-we-re-not/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly. If a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/this-avoidance-of-the-difficult-things-of-scripture-of-sinfulness-and/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [Grace does not make sin safe. But grace does make sinners safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/grace-does-not-make-sin-safe-but-grace-does-make-sinners-safe/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [“But either way, the fruit of turning to God—before we sin, after we’ve sinned, even right there in the middle of our sin—is where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/but-either-way-the-fruit-of-turning-to-god-before-we-sin-after-we-ve/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [The great message that we call the gospel begins, then, not with us, or our need, or even the meeting of that need, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/the-great-message-that-we-call-the-gospel-begins-then-not-with-us-or/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [Worship is the way of life for those entranced by and passionate for the glory of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/worship-is-the-way-of-life-for-those-entranced-by-and-passionate-for/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/matt-chandler/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ifs Quotes By Matt Chandler", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matt Chandler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-are-in-christ-you-are-fully-and-completely-forgiven-for-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/matt-chandler-2213_christ_if-you-are-in-christ-you-are-fully-and-c_759704.png", "contentUrl": 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