Quotes from Neil T. Anderson

churches start looking for bodies to fill slots rather than spiritually alive saints to assume responsibility.

There are always a few sad souls who want to be king.

Having the right goal is essential for Christian education to be effective. According

I told my students that the greatest liability they will have is old saints who never matured

What a privilege we have to tell the world how Christ has come to meet our most critical and foundational needs: identity, acceptance, security and significance.

Before we received Christ, we were slaves to sin. But because of Christ's work on the cross, sin's power over us has been broken. Satan has no right of ownership or authority over us. He is a defeated foe, but he is committed to keeping us from realizing that. He knows he can block your effectiveness as a Christian if he can deceive you into believing that you are nothing but a product of your past, subject to sin, prone to failure, and controlled by your habits.

If we abide in Christ, we will bear fruit. Trying

You are not who you are in Christ because of the things you have done; you are in Christ because of what He has done. He died and rose again so that you and I could live in the freedom of His love.

Unconditional love and acceptance is one of the most basic needs of all humanity.

If you get any two evangelicals together, you will have at least three opinions! I

You could summarize Jesus' leadership strategy as follows: I'll do it; you watch. We'll do it together. You do it; I'll watch. You do it!

We will never learn so much that we will no longer need to be dependent upon the Lord. A

It's up to you to choose whether you're going to use your body, which includes your brain, for sin or for the sake of righteousness.

Christ has done everything necessary for us to be free. He wants us to be free so much that He gave Himself as a ransom to die on a cross. Then He gave Himself to us. We are one with Christ because our souls are in union with Him. There is nothing else God needs to do for us to be free.

But when you know who you are in Christ, you no longer need to be threatened by people or compete with them, because you are already secure and loved.

The Lord gave David plenty of time to repent of his sins, but when he didn't, He sent the prophet Nathan to confront him (see 2 Samuel 11–12). The guilt tore up David and made him physically sick (see Psalm 32:3–4). He finally confessed his transgressions to the Lord and received forgiveness (see verse 5).

Eternal life is not something you get when you physically die; it is something you get the moment you are born again! "He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life" (1 John 5:12). Contrary to what Satan would like you to believe, he can't ever take away your eternal life because he can't take Jesus away from you, who promised never to leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5).

God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27

Rich Miller, Letting Go of Fear (Harvest House Publishers, 2018).

18). If you want the truth to set you free, you have to know who the Truth is, not just what it is.

Once we have fallen in love with God and all that is true and good, we will naturally (or better, supernaturally) fall in love with all others created in the image of God. Whoever loves God must also love his brother (1 John 4:21). The love of God simply compels us to do so.

To confess (homologeo) means to acknowledge or to agree. You confess your sin when you say what God says about it: "I entertained a lustful thought, and that's a sin"; "I treated my spouse unkindly this morning, and that was wrong"; "Pride motivated me to seek that board position, and pride doesn't belong in my life.

I am no longer a product of my past, I am a product of the work of Christ on the cross.

AS BELIEVERS, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO BECOME SAINTS; WE ARE SAINTS WHO ARE BECOMING LIKE CHIRST.