Jesus Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

That fact that Jesus Christ died is more important than that fact that I will die.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus calls men, not to a new religion, but to life.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In Jesus Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Only in Jesus are we able to pray, and with Him we also know that we shall be heard.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In Jesus, the service of God and the service of the least of the brethren were one.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbor hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step all the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Who is pure in heart? Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that he may reign in them alone.…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

After he has been following Christ for a long time, the disciple of Jesus will be asked, "Lacked ye anything?" and he…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

By his willingly renouncing self-defence, the Christian affirms his absolute adherence to Jesus, and his freedom from the tyranny of his own…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be proved, but rather God's presence and help have…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There are only two places where the powerful and great in this world lose their courage, tremble in the depths of their…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The love for our enemies takes us along the way of the cross and into fellowship with the Crucified. The more we…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“But God does not neglect his lost creature. He plans to re-create his image in man, to recover his first delight in…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The Christian, however, must bear the burden of a brother. He must suffer and endure the brother. It is only when he…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Therefore let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers' (Rom 13.1). The Christian must not be drawn to the bearers…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“God sends his Son – here lies the only remedy. It is not enough to give man a new philosophy or better…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“God did not make this person as I would have made him. He did not give him to me as a brother…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“And in the Incarnation the whole human race recovers the dignity of the image of God. Henceforth, any attack even on the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“...do we realize that this cheap grace has turned back upon us like a boomerang? The price we are having to pay…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Why is it that it is often easier for us to confess our sins to God than to a brother? God is…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“There is a kind of listening with half an ear that presumes already to know what the other person has to say.…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer