Criteria Quote by J. D. Greear
“Satan's primary temptation strategy is to try and make us forget what God has said about us and to evaluate our standing before God by some other criteria”
About This Quote
Source Sermon: "The Temptation of Forgetting", 2015
The temptation is to replace God's truth about us with worldly standards, leading to self‑judgment.
In simple terms: We may ignore divine truth and judge ourselves by other measures.
Key Takeaway
Check your standards against Scripture.
Themes
faith
temptation
identity
spirituality
Mood
concerned
reflective
Type
spiritual
didactic
When to use this quote
- personal prayer
- counseling
- teaching
- self‑reflection
Key Concepts
theology
self‑evaluation
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you recognize when you’re using non‑spiritual criteria?
- What biblical truth can replace that metric?
A Different Perspective
Human nature often clings to familiar metrics, making divine truth feel foreign.
![“[ When a religious couple wrote to Sagan about fulfilled prophecies, he wrote back in May 1996 :] If ‘fulfilled prophecy’ is your criterion, why do you not believe in materialistic science, which has an unparalleled record of fulfilled prophecy? Consider, for example, eclipses.” quote by Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/875/carl-sagan-160_belief_when-a-religious-couple-wrote-to-sagan-a_25095.jpg)
