Christianity Quote by Jay E. Adams

““They speak the truth with their neighbor for his welfare. Christians must willingly unveil their own hearts and share matters of mutual importance with one another, knowing others need information, encouragement, rebuke, correction, etc. They need one another, as truly as the parts of the body need each other. Just as in a well-coordinated organism all the parts of the body obey the head, the work of the Church must be coordinated by obedience to Jesus Christ. Each part needs him and needs the other parts of the body. The way in which we are bound together, the way in which we work together, the way in which we serve Christ together is by communicating his truth.””

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“No man is free to ignore God’s standards. No one has the right to choose not to serve God, for God has made man to serve him and has-commanded “all men everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30). He has called them to turn from idols to the true and living God, to serve him and to wait for his Son from…

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“When clients think they are helpless, that some strange mysterious force is at work overpowering them, and they say that I Corinthians 10:13 does not apply to their case, the truth may be that they are not serious about wanting to do the Lord’s will. They may be talking out of both sides of their mouths. They may deceive others…

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“Nouthetic counseling, then, necessarily embodies involvement of the deepest sort.”

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“While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving just such…

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“But even that distress must be balanced by enthusiastic hope. It is his task always to sound the note of biblical optimism that is…

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“The fourth response is Christian: “It can be solved through Christ.” Notice that the first three responses leave the problem intact and as a result the person and his course of activity is changed. Man adapts to the problem; man is subdued by the problem; whereas in the fourth situation, the problem is dealt with. The problem is sliced in…

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“Nowhere does the Bible say that one must wait for change. Jesus did not ask people to wait. He expected and effected change right away. Not everything, of course, but something can be changed as the result of every session, including the first. There is a solution to every unsolved problem; this is the Christian conviction that emerges from I…

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“the Christian cheerfully asserts the possibility of thorough, rapid change. This is a very crucial plank in the Christian counselor’s platform. As a basic assumption, he presupposes the possibility of radical change in the personality and life style of the counselee. He believes in conversion and in the sanctifying power of the Spirit. He believes that it is possible for…

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“There are at least seven separately definable elements involved in biblical change. These cannot be viewed merely as successive steps, since most of them must be introduced into the counseling process and pursued simultaneously. The elements are as follows: Becoming aware of the Practice (pattern) that must be dehabituated (put off); Discovering the biblical alternative; Structuring the whole situation for…

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