J Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with J. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Jesus recognized that God within him and became Christ - so did Siddhartha Gautama and became Buddha - so did I - and so can you.”
Source: Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
“Jesus recognized that love is greater than like.”
Source: Strength to Love
“Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of the poor. And yet, I find that when Christians talked about values in this last election that was not on the agenda, that was not a concern. If you were to get the voter guide of the Christian Coalition, that does not rate. They talk more about tax cuts for people who are wealthy than they do about helping poor people who are in desperate straits.”
“Jesus refused to produce a sign for Herod because it was not the Father's will.”
“Jesus regularly visualized the success of his efforts ... 'I always do what pleases God.' ... Was this conceit? Or was it enlightened creativity and self-knowledge? ...Jesus was full of self-knowledge and self-love. His 'I am' statements were what he became.”
“Jesus rejected hatred because he saw that hatred meant death to the mind, death to the spirit, and death to communion with his Father. He affirmed life; and hatred was the great denial.”
Source: Jesus and the Disinherited
“Jesus remains unshaken as the practical man; and we stand exposed as the fools, the blunderers, the unpractical visionaries.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“Jesus reminds us in Luke 16:10, "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much" (NIV). Obedience-both in big ways and small ones-matters if we want to live a life of strength and purpose.”
Source: A Woman of Strength and Purpose: Directing Your Strong Will to Improve Relationships, Expand Influence, and HonorGod
“Jesus reminds us that prayer is a little like children coming to their parents. Our children come to us with the craziest requests at times! Often we are grieved by the meanness and selfishness in their requests, but we would be all the more grieved if they never came to us even with their meanness and selfishness. We are simply glad that they do come--mixed motives and all.”
Source: Prayer - 10th Anniversary Edition: Finding the Heart's True Home
“Jesus reminds us that the good life combines the toughness of the serpent and the tenderness of the dove. To have serpent-like qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish. To have dovelike without serpent-like qualities is to be sentimental, anemic and aimless. We must combine strongly marked antitheses.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“Jesus removes all that is superfluous & unclean from our prayers, & adds His perfection, beauty & fragrance to them!”
“Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to the Buddhist, a great prophet to the Muslim. Even to the New Age guru, Jesus is the pinnacle of God-consciousness. At the same time, Jesus is the divider. None but Christians see Him as a member of the Godhead on an exclusive mission to repair the broken world.”
“Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism.”
“Jesus resisted the temptation of outrage and the quick fix of condemnation. He spent most of his time preparing wineskins before pouring new wine into them. Our tendency is to start pouring the wine into skins that will only burst.”
“Jesus resolved the false opposition between obedience and freedom and opened the path to freedom”
“Jesus revealed a face of God that bothered society profoundly! (Carlos Mesters, p. 122)”
Source: The Struggle Is One: Voices and Visions of Liberation
“Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.”
“Jesus rose from the grave and you, you can't even get out of bed.”
“Jesus ruined every funeral he attended including his own.”
Source: God is Good: He's Better Than You Think
“Jesus’s admonition to not look on women lustfully is not anti-sex—it’s anti–sexual harassment.”
Source: Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
“Jesus’s awake. Shame unto the storm!”
Source: Six Words Inspiration
“Jesus’s use of the phrasing “a new commandment” is frequently scanted in light of its implicit ramifications. Because Jesus at the Last Supper has executed the “new covenant” with his disciples, the Great Commandment itself now acquires an unprecedented meaning. Its new meaning belongs to this sudden revelation not merely about who God is but also about what love is. Previously the Great Commandment bade us to love God and our neighbor. Now this love can be comprehended only in an incarnational situation. Its incarnate presence is the activation of profound rhizomic relations that explode from the center toward the ends of the earth. We are commanded to be incarnational in relation to one another just as God at the cross was incarnational in Christ. . . . We are no longer simply Christ’s “followers" - the pre-Easter form of relation to a master-and-teacher that is conventionally called “disciple” - but also perpetual Christ incarnators . . .”
Source: GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn
“Jesus's words are the best information on the subjects of greatest importance to human beings—whether they know it or not. He is the only solid foundation for our ideas.
So here's an example of a big idea from Jesus: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matt. 4:17, KJV). The time is fulfilled. The kingdom of the heavens is right here. That is what Jesus preached. He preached the immediate availability of the kingdom of the heavens to anyone who would simply turn and walk into it. He preached discipleship as the greatest opportunity that any human being will ever have. He preached discipleship, because discipleship is how we get our ideas corrected.”
Source: The Allure of Gentleness: Defending the Faith in the Manner of Jesus
“Jesus said "love," "forgive," have "compassion" and "don't judge." Buddha said "observe," "be silent," and "serve."”
“Jesus said, 'Enter into My rest' and let God do what He does best”
Source: The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal
“Jesus said, "Forgive them, because they don't know what they are doing."
Maybe in those days it was like that; Today, I am afraid we know very well what we do and yet we do it.”
“Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses”
“Jesus said: “I say unto you, That ye resist not evil” Matthew 5:39
To resist evil is to become evil, there is no exception to this rule. In the end, only a universal oneness will overcome evil. Where any division/separateness is perceived there will be evil.”
“Jesus said, " I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself," knowing that the nature of a forgiving Christ on the cross would compel people to follow Him. As long as the church remains an effective platform for God's light to reveal to the world the sacrifice Jesu samde, the church will be anturally irresistible. Light is inherently inviting-- just think of a porch light left on late into the night. Light communicates comfort, warmth, and healing. It gives direction and hope so we can see better and understand more fully. Most people I meet are looking for light. The problem is that the emphasis is of too many churches has gradually shifted and changed.”
Source: Think Orange: Imagine the Impact When Church and Family Collide...
“Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, it is a wonder. But if spirit came into being because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders. Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty.”
“Jesus said in Luke 6, 'Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.' (v. 27). And that's what we are called to do.”
Source: The Opposite Life: Unlocking the Mysteries of God’s Upside-Down Kingdom
“Jesus said in Matthew 5:45, “He causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” This was certainly a far cry from the cruel and vengeful god of the Qur’an.”
“Jesus said: "JUDGE not, that you may not be judged. For with the same judgment that you judge, you will be judged, and with the same measure with which you measure, it will be measured to you."
-Matthew 7:1-2
Paul said: "...it is of little importance that I am judged by you or by any one else: because I do not judge myself."
-1 Corinthians 4:3
Judgments are the source of ALL suffering. The totality of this life is a gift from God, which means the totality of this life is GOOD. When the whole is GOOD ALL other perceived states must be false. It is not possible for one to judge "outside" without inevitably turning that same judgment inward.”
“Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.”
“Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.”
Source: The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
“Jesus said take up your cross and follow Me, but He didn't ast us to go out and nail ourselves to a board.”
“Jesus said that I am the only way. So it is illogical to say all religions are true, but it is not illogical to say all religions are false. All religion could be false but they can't all be true because there are direct logical contradictions.”
“Jesus said that when confronted with Caesar's coin, to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's but unto God what is God's.”
“Jesus said the great tribulation would take place before the generation He was speaking to passed away [Matt 24:34]. Also, He said it would never be repeated [Matt. 24:21].”
“Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth, but so far all we've gotten is Minnesota and North Dakota.”
“Jesus said the weeds would grow with the wheat until the Judgement," Dietrich answered, "so one finds both good men and bad in the Church. By our fruits we will be known, not by what name we have called ourselves. I have come to believe that there is more grace in becoming wheat than there is in pulling weeds.”
Source: Eifelheim
“Jesus said they would be able to escape the great tribulation if they followed His exact instructions.”
“Jesus said whatever you do to the least of these my brothers you've done it to me. And this is what I've come to think. That if I want to identify fully with Jesus Christ, who I claim to be my Savior and Lord, the best way that I can do that is to identify with the poor. This I know will go against the teachings of all the popular evangelical preachers. But they're just wrong. They're not bad, they're just wrong. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken-hearted.”
“Jesus said when the woman poured the alabaster bottle of perfume on him that was worth almost a year's wages, and Judas, who was very money-minded, said you shouldn't have done that, because you're wasting that, we could have sold that and given it to the poor. And Jesus himself said, you will always have the poor with you, but she has done this as an honor to me, and she will be honored for it all of her days. And so you never run out of poor people. You could give everything you had, I could give everything I had, and the world would still be full of poor people.”
“Jesus said: Wretched is the body which depends upon another body, and wretched is the soul which depends upon their being together.”
“Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or habit that is keeping me from holiness?" It is at this point of commitment that most of us fail. We prefer to dally with sin, to try to play with it a little without getting too deeply involved.”
Source: The Pursuit of Holiness
“Jesus said, "I am the way to heaven." I'm betting that he's not a liar. I'm betting that he told the truth.”
“Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." In order for you yourself to become the way, the truth, and the life, you must embrace the whole universe and bring harmony to it.”
“Jesus said, "My Father is the gardener...He trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit".”
“Jesus said, "Teach all nations." He never said that we need governmental permission to evangelize. Faithfulness to God and the Great Commission compels us to reach beyond borders to people in restricted nations.”