All J. D. Greear Quotes
- In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more and nothing I have done that makes You love me… Christ
- A Christianity that does not have as its primary focus the deepening of passions for God is a false Christianity, no matter how zealously it… Advocates
- Repentance is belief in action. Action
- What would your prayers look like if you believed that the cross really was the measure of God's compassion for someone? Believed
- Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another. Able
- Salvation is not a prayer you pray in a one-time ceremony and then move on from; salvation is a posture of repentance and faith that… Begin
- In a post-Christian, skeptical age, love on display is the most convincing apologetic. Age
- Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel. Audacious
- True worship is obedience to God for no other reason than that you delight in God. Delight
- When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it. Becomes
- My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a… Acceptance
- Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain… All
- Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts Alive
- Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt. Absence
- It is one thing to understand the gospel but is quite another to experience the gospel in such a way that it fundamentally changes us… Becomes
- Often the strongest evidence of my growth in grace is my growth in the knowledge of my need for grace. Evidence
- The gospel has done its work in us when we crave God more than we crave everything else in life and when seeing His kingdom… Advance
- We are changed not by being told what we need to do for God, but by hearing the news about what God has done for… Changed
- True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God. Many people use religion as a way of getting something… Becomes
- The goal of the gospel is to produce a type of people consumed with passion for God an love for others. Consumed
- Satan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel. Declared
- Worry springs from not being convinced of a sovereign God's absolute love for you. Worry disappears when you realize that God loves you unfailingly and… Absolute
- Surveys show that more than 50 percent of people in the U.S. have prayed the sinner's prayer and think they're going to heaven because of… Absolutely
- Focusing on what we ought to do for God creates only frustration and exhaustion; focusing on what Jesus has done for us produces abundant fruit.… Abundant
- The amount which you understand the gospel is measured by your ability to be joyful in all circumstances. If you grasp what a treasure the… Ability