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Spirit Quotes by John Stott

10 Spirit quotes by John Stott

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If you’ve ever felt the pull of something deeper, Stott’s brief set of thoughts offers a clear, earnest look at that inner force. Though the list is modest, each line captures his theological clarity and pastoral warmth, giving you a quick, thoughtful glimpse into how he frames the spirit’s role in faith and life.

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The Spirit of God leads the people of God to submit to the Word of God.

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As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.

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What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy…

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We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never…

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Baptism with water is the sign and seal of baptism with the Spirit, as much as it is of the forgiveness of…

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...The first and great evidence of our walking by the Spirit or being filled with the Spirit is not some private mystical…

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Faith, Hope & Love. Faith is directed towards God, love towards others (both within the Christian fellowship and beyond it) and hope…

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So, because in no other person but Jesus of Nazareth did God first become human (in his birth), then bear our sins…

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Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible. There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without…

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Do we claim to believe in God? He's a missionary God. You tell me you're committed to Christ. He's a missionary Christ.…

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Mission arises from the heart of God Himself and is communicated from His heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global…

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[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets…

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All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousn ess, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at…

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A deaf church is a dead church: that is an unalterable principle.

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So there is such a thing as perfect hatred, just as there is such a thing as righteous anger. But it is a hatred…

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The reason I am a Christian is not that it is nice, but that it is true.

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“Unless some people are commissioned for the task, there will be no gospel preachers; unless the gospel is preached, sinners will not hear Christ’s…

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“many former sins have become crimes’, so that responsibility for dealing with them has passed from church to state, from priest to policeman (p.50),…

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When we look at the cross we see the justice, love, wisdom and power of God. It is not easy to decide which is…

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If God speaks to us about himself and his own glorious greatness, we respond by humbling ourselves before him in worship... If He speaks…

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There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.

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