Quotes About Faith

Romans 1 informs us that an innate knowledge of God has been placed in the mind of man, and it is from this that we derive a concept of what is good.

True faith in God's revelation, or the biblical doctrines, will produce the necessary implications and effects of belief in these doctrines.

Those whom God has chosen will accept God the way he is, and worship him for his sovereignty and righteousness. Others will prefer a God of their own imagination, and for this they will be condemned.

Knowledge about God is the most valuable treasure, and everything else is "dung" in comparison (Philippians 3:8, KJV). In offering his chosen ones reliable information about himself, God is giving them one of the greatest gifts that he can give anyone.

our objective standard for determining what is good is the Bible.

There was no matter at all before creation. God made everything by agency of the Word.

Regardless of whether or not man is free, is man "expected or obliged to account" for his actions to God? Yes, because Scripture says, "For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil" (Ecclesiastes 12:14).

A spiritually productive person understands and persists in the biblical truths that he learns from Scripture.

The Bible never teaches that man is responsible for his sins because he is free. Man is responsible for his sins not because he is free to do otherwise; this verse says that he is not free. Whether man is responsible has to do with whether God decides to hold him accountable; it has nothing to do with whether man is free. Man is responsible because God has decided to judge him for his sins.

when a person says that he believes in the absolute sovereignty of God but then denies the sovereignty of God when it comes to certain things, creatures, and events, he deceives himself. He does not really assent to the absolute sovereignty of God.

The Bible denies that man has "free will." Although the will of man exists as a function of the mind, it is not "free" in the sense that it can operate apart from God's constant and complete control.

Scripture exceeds what men could produce without divine inspiration, but it is not beyond the ability of men to understand.

In other words, moral responsibility does not presuppose human freedom, but it presupposes divine sovereignty. We are responsible not because we are free, but we are responsible precisely because we are not free.

No one is wise, and no one has true knowledge without first having the fear of the Lord.

Christians should not let the world convince them that it is foolish to believe in God or to obey his commands.

out of this mass of sinful humanity, he would call and draw out his chosen ones, removing them from the kingdom of darkness and placing them into the kingdom of his Son (Colossians 1:13).

It is not up to you to uphold or ignore an essential aspect of a biblical doctrine just because it is convenient for you at the moment or because you want to make a point.

It is not clever to be an atheist; it is not clever to rebel against God; it is not clever to mock those who devote themselves to Christian theology; rather, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36).

Dogmatic" can simply mean "doctrinal"[42] or "based on a priori principles, not on induction."[43]

Either we think that all non-Christians are stupid and in the dark, or we call God a liar.

Christians are often ridiculed by friends or coworkers when they seem to lack knowledge or experience in secular and sinful activities.

We are not saved by our own goodness, because we have none, but we are saved by God's sovereign mercy.

We were at one time also "alienated from God and were enemies in [our] minds" (Colossians 1:21), but God has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ (v. 22). In contrast, non-Christians are "separate from Christ…without hope and without God in the world" (Ephesians 2:12).

The Christian faith is here to stay forever. It will never be destroyed. It will never be forgotten. It will never be replaced. It will never lose its influence. It will never lose its relevance. In fact, the Christian faith will not only survive, but it will prosper in whatever purpose Christ has for it.