It seemed too good to be true. That’s grace.
JUDAH SMITHDon’t cheapen Jesus’s sacrifice by trying to pay him back
More Judah Smith Quotes
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Our righteousness doesn’t depend on our present performance but on Jesus’ finished performance.
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I’ve never met a person who exaggerated God’s love. Never. It’s impossible.
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Don’t you know you are the only Jesus many people will ever see? In compromising your lifestyle, you forfeit your capacity to accurately reflect God’s image and endanger an entire generation’s understanding of Jesus.
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What an opportunity we have to be a community….A community where there are models.
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Sometimes our brains are our own worst enemy because grace isn’t logical.
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It is absolutely essential to have a living visible example of what a Christian ought to be.
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If you dont love, youve lost your distinction, definition, uniqueness, and identity.
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Don’t cheapen Jesus’s sacrifice by trying to pay him back
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What we do on Sunday absolutely doesn’t matter unless it meets us on Monday. Changes us on Monday. Transforms us on Monday.
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Notorious sinners didn’t kill Jesus. Religious people did.
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We need a bigger estimation of God and a smaller estimation of sin.
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Responsibility is good for your soul.
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I wonder if we have a lot of sons running around saying, “I want a Dad.” But you won’t abide in anyone.
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Nowhere in the Bible, however, do we find God distinguishing between levels of sin. God doesn’t share our rating system. To him, all sin is equally evil, and all sinners are equally lovable.
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Jesus didn’t care about the scandal. He cared about the scandalous.
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You don’t have to be good to be Jesus’s friend. You just have to be honest.
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Indifference was our greatest enemy.
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Don’t allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out.
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God is not in a hurry to fix us. Our behavior is not his first priority. We are his first priority. Loving us, knowing us, affirming us, protecting us. That is his top goal and his main concern.
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Once you savor God’s goodness, sin holds no lasting appeal.
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Be the same person privately, publically and personally.
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The Bible is meant to be down-to-earth. It was written for real people facing real issues.
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But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness.
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Rules are not bad, but they can’t save anyone.
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Are you struggling with sin? You don’t need more will power. You need more of Jesus.
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When you look in the eyes of grace, when you meet grace, when you embrace grace, when you see the nail prints in grace’s hands and the fire in his eyes, when you feel his relentless love for you – it will not motivate you to sin. It will motivate you to righteousness.
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