C Quotes
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“Christ often take the crown off his own head, and puts it upon the head of faith; witness such passages as these, which are frequent in Scripture; ‘Thy faith hath save thee’ Luke 7:50). ‘Thy faith hath made thee whole’ (Matt. 9:22). And no wonder that Christ crowns faith, for of all the graces, faith takes the crown off a man’s own head, and puts it upon the head of Christ.”
Source: Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks
“Christ on a cracker. You raped Achilles!”
Source: Warrior Rising
“Christ ought to be preached with this goal in mind--that we might be moved to faith in him so that he is not just a distant historical figure but actually Christ for you and me.”
Source: Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings
“Christ pitied because He loved, because He saw through all the wretchedness, and darkness, and bondage of evil; that there was in every human soul a possibility of repentance, of restoration; a germ of good, which, however stifled and overlaid, yet was capable of recovery, of health, of freedom, of perfection.”
“Christ prayed for those that crucified Him: 'Father, count not this sin against them; they know not what they do.' Archdeacon Stephen prayed for those who stoned him so that the Lord would not judge this sin against them. And so we, if we wish to retain grace, must pray for our enemies. If you do not find pity on a sinner who will suffer in flames, then you do not carry the grace of the Holy Spirit, but rather an evil spirit; and while you yet live, you must free yourself from his clutches through repentance.”
“Christ prays in me, Christ works in me, Christ thinks in me, Christ looks through my eyes, Christ speaks through my words, Christ works with my hands, Christ walks with my feet, Christ loves with my heart. As St Paul's prayer was: I belong to Christ and nothing will separate me from the love of Christ. It was that oneness, oneness with God in the Holy Spirit.”
Source: Mother Teresa: Essential Writings
“Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves.”
Source: On the Social Contract
“Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.”
“Christ quickens none but the dead. Why do not the papists attain to this grace of justification? They never see themselves wholly dead, but join some life to the natural estate of man. Therefore Christ quickens them not.”
Source: Works of Richard Sibbes: Expositions and treatises from portions of several of the Epistles of St. Paul
“Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer.... Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.”
Source: U.S.A.--the Message of Justice, Peace, and Love: Pastoral Visit of Pope John Paul II, October 1-7, 1979
“Christ remains the most influential figure in history. Any list of world-transforming individuals would no doubt include Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad. Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad, however occupy totally different places in Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam than Christ occupies in Christianity. Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad never professed to perform miracles; indeed they never claimed to be anything more than men. They viewed themselves simply as God's messengers. Christ is the only person in history who has defined a whole religion around his person.”
“Christ represents originally: 1) men before God; 2) God for men; 3) men to man. Similarly, money represents originally, in accordance with the idea of money: 1) private property for private property; 2) society for private property; 3) private property for society. But Christ is alienated God and alienated man. God has value only insofar as he represents Christ, and man has value only insofar as he represents Christ. It is the same with money.”
Source: Collected Works
“Christ rises above all things.”
Source: Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire
“Christ's command to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth should inform and shape our theology of musical worship. It's unwise and unbiblical to think that churches in Bolivia, Indonesia, Uganda, and elsewhere must conform to an American definition of 'appropriate worship music'.
When someone insists that we should only use 'the best music' to worship God, I scratch my head. Is the best music simple or complex, written or spontaneous, short or long? Do they mean the best aesthetically, pragmatically, emotionally, or historically? We usually already have in mind what we mean by 'best' and it often says more about our preferences than our theology. As I understand it, the 'best music' enables people to genuinely and consistently magnify the greatness of the Savior in their hearts, minds, and wills. (ch. 12)”
Source: Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God
“Christ’s fourth indirect claim was to judge the world. This is perhaps the most fantastic of all his statements. Several of his parables imply that he will come back at the end of the world, and that the final day of reckoning will be postponed until his return. He will himself arouse the dead, and all the nations will be gathered before him. He will sit on the throne of his glory, and the judgment will be committed to him by the Father. He will then separate men from one another as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats. Some will be invited to come and inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world. Others will hear the dreadful words, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.' Not only will Jesus be the judge, but the criterion of judgment will be men’s attitude to him as shown in their treatment of his 'brethren' or their response to his word. Those who have acknowledged him before men he will acknowledge before his Father: those who have denied him, he will deny. Indeed, for a man to be excluded from heaven on the last day, it will be enough for Jesus to say, "I never knew you.”
Source: Basic Christianity
“Christ's vast benevolence must, from the very nature of things, have afforded Him the deepest possible delight, for benevolence is joy.”
Source: Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version
“Christ's version of kindness:
I know you are hurt. I contributed to that. Maybe, I should have said more. Done more. Listened. I am sorry for my part in the situation. I am sorry if I caused you any pain or confused you with my actions or words. How can I help you move on? I want you to have peace in your life. Let's end this by communicating.
The world's perverted version of kindness:
You caused your own pain. You get what you get. Get over it and move on. Maybe, one day you will figure out what happiness really means. By the way, I am not responsible for giving it to you. Nor, do I have to put up with people that don't bring me joy or who I can't trust. I am only responsible for myself. I will pray for you because I am a good Christian.”
“Christ said "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" and when asked "who is thy neighbour? went on to the parable of the Good Samaritan. If you wish to understand this parable as it was understood by his hearers, you should substitute "Germans and Japanese" for Samaritan. I fear my modern day Christians would resent such a substitution, because it would compel them to realize how far they have departed from the teachings of the founder of their religion.”
“Christ said, "I and my father are one", and you repeat it. Yet it has not helped mankind. For nineteen hundred years men have not understood that saying. They make Christ the saviour of men. He is God and we are worms!”
Source: Complete Works
“Christ said, "Resist not evil", and we do not understand it until we discover that it is not only moral but actually the best policy, for anger is loss of energy to the man who displays it. You should not allow your minds to come into those brain-combinations of anger and hatred.”
Source: Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation
“Christ said, 'Seek and ye shall find.' Learn the ways to seek which will expedite your journey and make it more fun.”
“Christ said, The Truth shall make you free, but Truth is not found once and forever. Truth is eternal, and the quest for Truth must also be eternal.”
Source: The Rosicrucian Cosmo-conception: Or, Mystic Christianity ; an Elementary Treatise Upon Man's Past Evolution, Present Constitution and Future Development
“Christ said: Blessed are the peace-makers, not blessed are the peace-sayers. If the world fell into the hands of totalitarian factions, there is still the possibility that they might fight amongst themselves. Surrender to them would not encourage the kingdom of peace and love - and those that desire it, or with passionate intensity permit it, know not what they do.”
“Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over: but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.”
“Christ sayeth not, Abstain from the flesh, from marrying, from housekeeping, etc., as the Papists teach, for that were even to invite the devil and all his fellows to a feast.”
“Christ says, “If anyone asks you for your coat, give him your overcoat also.” A worldly man will say, “It is not practical; if someone asked this of me every day, I would be continually buying new coats!” Yet, at the same time, it is more than practical from the point of view of the Master, for according to his view we cannot give anything, in whatever form, without getting it back in some way or other. Pure thought, goodwill, our service, our time— whatever we give—is never lost. It comes back to us according to our willingness to give; it comes back to us a thousandfold. That is why one is never the loser by being generous; one only gains. The mystic sees the law in all things, and this gives him an insight into life. He begins to see why this misery has come upon him, why that pleasure has come; why one person is prospering and another not, why one is progressing and not the other. All these things become clear to him, because he sees the law working in all things. The law of the mystic is not the law of the people. It is the law of nature; it is the real law.”
Source: The Heart of Sufism: Essential Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan
“Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You.'”
Source: Joyful Christian
“Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you....Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked- the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you myself: my own will shall become yours.”
Source: C. S. Lewis on Joy
“Christ seeketh your help in your place; give Him your hand.”
Source: Joshua redivivus, or Mr Rutherford's letters
“Christ sent me to preach the gospel and he will look after the results.”
“Christ sets us free by the power of His Spirit; then He maintains our freedom as we learn to live from day to day in the power of that Spirit.”
Source: Breaking Free: Discover the Victory of Total Surrender
“Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between good and evil.”
Source: Cardinal Hume: A Spiritual Companion : Reflections Through the Year
“Christ, Simon, do you have anything that wasn’t bought from an op-shop?”
“It’s my style,” was my weak defence.
“Your style says you’re cheap,” Roger told me.”
Source: Tigers and Devils
“Christ sits in the body at the right hand of God the Father, but we do not hold that the right hand of the Father is actual place. For how could He that is uncircumscribed have a right hand limited by place? But we understand the right hand of the Father to be the glory and honor of the Godhead in which the Son of God, Who existed as God before the ages, and is of like essence to the Father, and in the end became flesh, has a seat in the body, His flesh sharing in the glory. For He along with His flesh is adored with one adoration by all creation.”
“Christ so loves his people that he sings with joy over them.”
“Christ sometimes delays His help so He may test our faith and energize our prayers. Our boat may be tossed by the waves while he continues to sleep, but He will awake before it sinks.”
Source: Streams in the Desert, KJV
“Christ sometimes provokes a question so that He can be the answer.”
Source: Portraits of Devotion
“Christ speaks through the Bible and every means of divine revelation in the Bible.”
Source: Exposing the REAL Creation-Evolution Debate
“Christ speaks to us through the Bible. He confirms to us that the history in the Bible is accurate. He reveals that we’ll never find any conflict between Scripture and what can be observed in science. Faith comes when He speaks. Christ authors our faith.”
Source: Exposing the REAL Creation-Evolution Debate
“Christ stands for love and compassion, christian nationalism is Christ's death.”
Source: Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth
“Christ, Stephanie, he raped and tortured her and then he slit her throat. If this wasn’t horrific enough, he used a knife on her to write your name in her arm. Cynthia thinks he did it while she was still alive. It’s how we know this murder is linked to you. He wrote your fucking name on her.” – Jase Devlin.”
Source: Nowhere to Hide
“Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was "one of the children of the year," growing through rest, secret in his mothers womb, receiving the warmth of the sun through her, living the life of dependence, helplessness, littleness, darkness, and silence which, by a mystery of the Eternal Law, is the life of natural growth.”
Source: A Child in Winter: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany with Caryll Houselander
“Christ surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen. ... what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every soul and is never extinguished.”
Source: The Witch of Portobello
“Christ taught an astonishing thing about physical death: not merely that it is an experience robbed of its terror but that as an experience it does not exist at all. To "sleep in Christ," like one that wraps the drapery of his couch about him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.”
“Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth; devising various calumnies against it.”
“Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.”
Source: Bible commentary - Gospel of Matthew
“Christ, that my inglorious downfall is wrought by an illiterate teenage girl!”
Source: Aulisyn A Gothic Sci-Fi Novel
“Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.”
Source: Charles Wesley seen in his finer and less familiar poems. [A collection of his poems edited by F. M. Bird.]
“Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.”
“Christ the man died long ago, but Christ the idea of love, still exists, not in any church, rather in the mind of humans.”