--- title: "14 Ifs Quotes By Tullian Tchividjian" description: "14 Ifs quotes by Tullian Tchividjian. Plus more from Tullian Tchividjian and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/tullian-tchividjian-1105_crush_grace-could-not-have-done-it-s-curing-wo_1362353.png" --- > [Grace could not have done it’s curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/grace-could-not-have-done-it-s-curing-work-if-the-law-had-not-first/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/tullian-tchividjian-1105_crush_grace-could-not-have-done-it-s-curing-wo_1362353.png) > [If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-the-depths-of-everyone-s-sin-was-made-public-we-would-all-be-much/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/tullian-tchividjian-1105_depth_if-the-depths-of-everyone-s-sin-was-made_1851491.png) > [If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-you-feel-compelled-to-respond-every-time-you-re-criticized-it/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/tullian-tchividjian-1105_built_if-you-feel-compelled-to-respond-every-t_1007185.png) > [If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-people-knew-the-real-us-they-would-run-god-knows-stays-and-loves/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/tullian-tchividjian-1105_and-love_if-people-knew-the-real-us-they-would-ru_842147.png) > [If we're not reaching the same people Jesus reached, then we're not preaching the same message Jesus preached.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-we-re-not-reaching-the-same-people-jesus-reached-then-we-re-not/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/tullian-tchividjian-1105_ifs_if-we-re-not-reaching-the-same-people-je_1782229.png) > [If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-your-theological-convictions-are-not-producing-a-deeper-love-for/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/tullian-tchividjian-1105_conviction_if-your-theological-convictions-are-not_2367107.png) > [I was spending too much time thinking about how I was doing, if I was learning everything I was supposed to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/i-was-spending-too-much-time-thinking-about-how-i-was-doing-if-i-was/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/tullian-tchividjian-1105_difficult_i-was-spending-too-much-time-thinking-ab_1142899.png) > [My lifestyle got so disruptive to my family that my parents had no choice but to say, "You can't live here any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/my-lifestyle-got-so-disruptive-to-my-family-that-my-parents-had-no/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/tullian-tchividjian-1105_choices_my-lifestyle-got-so-disruptive-to-my-fam_344405.jpg) > [Only when you realize that the gospel has nothing to do with your obedience but with Christ's obedience for you, will you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/only-when-you-realize-that-the-gospel-has-nothing-to-do-with-your/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/tullian-tchividjian-1105_christ_only-when-you-realize-that-the-gospel-ha_197978.png) > [If you look at the gospel, it just doesn't break things apart. The gospel brings things together. One of the great demonstration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-you-look-at-the-gospel-it-just-doesn-t-break-things-apart-the/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/tullian-tchividjian-1105_break_if-you-look-at-the-gospel-it-just-doesn_1838763.png) > [God's grace is so counterintuitive and everything we do in our life is just based on conditions. You do this for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/god-s-grace-is-so-counterintuitive-and-everything-we-do-in-our-life/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/tullian-tchividjian-1105_conditions_god-s-grace-is-so-counterintuitive-and-e_312978.png) > [If you have suffered the loss of a family member to chronic disease, if you suffer debilitating seasons of depression, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-you-have-suffered-the-loss-of-a-family-member-to-chronic-disease/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/tullian-tchividjian-1105_blue_if-you-have-suffered-the-loss-of-a-famil_101817.jpg) > [Self-righteousness is unavoidable. You can either be a self-righteous Pharisee where you think you are better than everyone else or you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/self-righteousness-is-unavoidable-you-can-either-be-a-self-righteous/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/tullian-tchividjian-1105_better-than-you_self-righteousness-is-unavoidable-you-ca_2529348.png) > [Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/our-hearts-are-continuously-rebellious-every-time-we-sin-in-thought/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/tullian-tchividjian-1105_cease_our-hearts-are-continuously-rebellious-e_2836289.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Tullian Tchividjian > [Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/grace-is-upside-down-to-do-list-wrecking-scandalous-and-way-too-free/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [“There is but one good,” C. S. Lewis writes in The Great Divorce; “that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/there-is-but-one-good-c-s-lewis-writes-in-the-great-divorce-that-is/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/once-god-saves-us-he-doesn-t-move-us-beyond-the-gospel-but-he-moves/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [“An institution theoretically devoted to providing comfort to those in need (the church) is in trouble because it has embraced the same pressure cooker…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/an-institution-theoretically-devoted-to-providing-comfort-to-those-in/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [A preacher who doesn't believe he's that bad will attract people who don't think they're that bad. And that's bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/a-preacher-who-doesn-t-believe-he-s-that-bad-will-attract-people-who/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/our-assurance-is-anchored-in-the-love-and-grace-of-god-expressed-in/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [I think for far too long the Church has concluded that Christians don't need the gospel, it's simple what non-Christian people need in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/i-think-for-far-too-long-the-church-has-concluded-that-christians-don/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [While our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. God came after us not to strip away our freedom but to strip away our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/while-our-sin-reaches-far-god-s-grace-reaches-farther-god-came-after/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [Jesus has done everything for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/jesus-has-done-everything-for-you/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [If you have suffered the loss of a family member to chronic disease, if you suffer debilitating seasons of depression, if you have lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-you-have-suffered-the-loss-of-a-family-member-to-chronic-disease/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/sanctification-consists-of-the-daily-realization-that-in-christ-we/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [The ironic thing about legalism is that it not only doesn't make people work harder, it makes them give up. Moralism doesn't produce morality;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/the-ironic-thing-about-legalism-is-that-it-not-only-doesn-t-make/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/the-good-news-of-suffering-is-that-it-brings-us-to-the-end-of/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [The Gospel is not ultimately a defense from pain, it is the message of God's rescue through pain. In fact, it allows us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/the-gospel-is-not-ultimately-a-defense-from-pain-it-is-the-message-of/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) > [God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/god-is-inviting-you-today-to-appropriately-grieve-your-pains-and/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/tullian-tchividjian/#itemlist", "name": "14 Ifs Quotes By Tullian Tchividjian", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Grace could not have done it’s curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tullian Tchividjian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/grace-could-not-have-done-it-s-curing-work-if-the-law-had-not-first/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/tullian-tchividjian-1105_crush_grace-could-not-have-done-it-s-curing-wo_1362353.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/tullian-tchividjian-1105_crush_grace-could-not-have-done-it-s-curing-wo_1362353.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/tullian-tchividjian-1105_crush_grace-could-not-have-done-it-s-curing-wo_1362353.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Grace could not have done it’s curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work.” — Tullian Tchividjian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tullian Tchividjian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-the-depths-of-everyone-s-sin-was-made-public-we-would-all-be-much/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/tullian-tchividjian-1105_depth_if-the-depths-of-everyone-s-sin-was-made_1851491.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/tullian-tchividjian-1105_depth_if-the-depths-of-everyone-s-sin-was-made_1851491.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/tullian-tchividjian-1105_depth_if-the-depths-of-everyone-s-sin-was-made_1851491.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.” — Tullian Tchividjian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tullian Tchividjian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/if-you-feel-compelled-to-respond-every-time-you-re-criticized-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/tullian-tchividjian-1105_built_if-you-feel-compelled-to-respond-every-t_1007185.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/tullian-tchividjian-1105_built_if-you-feel-compelled-to-respond-every-t_1007185.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/tullian-tchividjian-1105_built_if-you-feel-compelled-to-respond-every-t_1007185.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your…” — Tullian Tchividjian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If people knew the REAL us, they would run. 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