Paul Washer Quotes

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The Gospel does not call us to receive Christ as an addition to our life, but as our life

When we realize what we were before Christ and what we deserved in that state, it further magnifies the enormity of the gospel for us.

You cannot learn doctrine well until you follow the doctrine you learn!

The goal of the Christian life is the pursuit of an intimate knowledge of God that leads to a greater estimation of His worth, a greater satisfaction and joy in His person, and a greater giving of oneself for His glory.

salvation is a supernatural work of God that will always produce fruit. And the evidence, not the cause, but the evidence of salvation is a changed life, a changing life.

Salvation is by repentance and faith, and if you have truly believed unto salvation, you have been regenerated, which means you have become a new creature, and you are going to live a different life. And so works do not result in salvation.

There is a power of God for salvation. And it is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

If Jesus is not enough to motivate you to godly living, you don't know Jesus.

If you need me to tell you that if you serve God, you'll get a Mercedes, you're lost.

One of the greatest attacks of the enemy is to make you busy, noisy & distracted, to fill the people of God and the Church of God with so much noise and activity that there is no room for prayer. There is no room for being alone with God. There is no room for silence & meditation

A lot of people think that Christianity is you doing all the righteous things you hate and avoiding all the wicked things you love in order to go to Heaven. No, that's a lost man with religion. A Christian is a person whose heart has been changed; they have new affections.

I have given God countless reasons not to love me. None of them has been strong enough to change Him.

The true convert does not receive the gospel as an addition to his previous life, but in exchange for it.

You are a steward of every moment, of every talent, of every gift, of every resource that God has given you. Chose wisely what you do today!

Why would we want fame, when God promises us glory? Why would we be seeking the wealth of the world when the wealth of heaven is ours? Why would we run for a crown that will perish with time, when we're called to win a crown that is imperishable?

The church must seek to be biblical rather than relevant. We are not going to leave a mark upon our culture because we have studied its ways and adapted ourselves to it

We are relevant when we reject the world..This present darkness provides a great opportunity for the church to be the salt of the earth, but if we mix with the very impurities we are supposed to expose... we are as useless as our culture already believes us to be.

You ask me 'What’s the the greatest act of faith?' To me is to look in the mirror of God’s word, and see all my faults, all my sin, all my shortcomings and to believe that God loves me exactly as he says he does.

Radical Christians are not people who wear Christian t-shirts. Radical Christians are those who bear fruit of the Holy Spirit.

How would you ever learn unconditional love if you were married to someone who met all the conditions?

All my weak days have a common cause - I have neglected communion with God through my neglect of the Scriptures & prayer. When will I learn?

Can you honestly tell me that your great desire is to be holy?Can you honestly tell me your great desire is to not be like the world, but to be like Jesus Christ? Because if you cannot, you should be afraid.Those who love the world do not have the love of the Father (1John 2:15).

It’s not comparing yourself with others who call themselves Christians. Compare yourself to the Scripture.

Repentance is simply giving up to stop fighting against God and to stop attempting to gain your own salvation through your own works; to literally give up and fall upon Christ. That is salvation.

We must not adopt the world's view and then tweak it to make it Christian. We must draw a line in the sand and stand firm in the radical teachings of Christ and His gospel. We must preach the truth and be the examples of the truth we preach.