Quotes About Christ

Christ then will be seen as fully African and black, fully one of them and on their side. It is this Christ that will lead the Africans to the achievement of the new earth and the new heaven. For

Christ has to be more than a friend of the middle and upper classes.

Eve was formed from out of his opened side, is an emblem of Christ's death,

President Howard W. Hunter explained that "the gospel of Jesus Christ, which gospel we teach and the ordinances of which we perform, is a global faith with an all-embracing message. It is neither confined nor partial nor subject to history or fashion.

Faith in Christ brings peace. Faith in Christ brings rest. Faith in Christ brings contentment and true fulfillment.

To have faith in Christ is to believe in him, and, as Stephen Robinson pointed out beautiful in his book Believing Christ (Deseret Book, 1992), it is to believe what the Lord says.

To have faith in Christ is to rely wholly upon him—to lean upon him in times of crisis, to draw strength from him in times of weakness, to receive peace from him in moments of tragedy, to repose oneself in his person and his powers.

Hope in Christ always flows from faith in Christ and represents anticipation, expectation, and assurance that through our acceptance of the terms and conditions of the gospel covenant, we will gain everlasting life, eternal life, God's life.

To have faith in Christ is to trust him.

The incarnation is the indispensable basis for union with Christ.

Union with Christ is the foundational basis for sanctification and the dynamic force that empowers it.

Union with Christ is right at the center of the Christian doctrine of salvation. The whole of our relationship with God can be summed up in such terms. John Calvin agreed when he wrote: "For we await salvation from him not because he appears to us afar off, but because he makes us, ingrafted into his body, participants not only in all his benefits but also in himself."1

Christian sources, both literary and iconographic, do in fact draw parallels between Orpheus and Christ, just as Jewish art draws them between Orpheus and David. These, however, normally refer to the story of Orpheus as a musician whose playing could tame wild animals. Early Christian texts and images then adapted this theme to describe Christ as a "new Orpheus" who could tame human souls.

Anchoring our hope to Christ means we live with a confident expectation that he will therefore fulfill his promises to us.

Pain and suffering are frequently the means by which we become motivated to finally surrender to God and to seek the cure of Christ.

Is Christ being offensive when he says that he is the only way to God? Judging by the number of people who are offended, you'd better believe it! Is Christ being exclusive? That's a different question.

Contrast that with the depiction of Jesus Christ in the gospels. They talk about someone who actually lived several decades earlier, and they name names—crucified under Pontius Pilate, when Caiaphas was the high priest, and the father of Alexander and Rufus carried his cross, for example. That's concrete historical stuff. It has nothing in common with stories about what supposedly happened 'once upon a time.

The church needs to be so clear about its identity as the body of Christ that everything it does generates a gravitational pull toward the heart.

disciples are not copiers of Christ but continuing incarnations of Jesus' life and love.

The essential element of Christian truth is that the risen Christ is not something you mimic but someone you manifest.

Every crisis raises relational issues: Will you try it and handle it yourself? Will you find a new partner? Or will you and Jesus tackle the crisis together? In tackling the stuff of life together, you'll see that your relationship with God will deepen. In pondering Christ, you find that you are in fact living His life, and God is living yours. Christ in you and you in Christ. God doesn't lead you through phases or steps.

The currency of the gospel of religion is fear and imposition. The currency of the gospel of Christ is love and invitation.

Christians have made the gospel about so many things—things other than Christ. But Jesus Christ is the gravitational pull that brings everything together and gives it meaning. Without Him, all things lose their value. They are but detached pieces floating around in space. That includes your life.1

The more we are the Presence of Christ for others, the more present we are for Christ to speak to us.