Grace Week - Favorite Quotes

Some of my favorite quotes from this week:

“Stories are the language of The Kingdom” (Which is why Jesus told so many parables)
“Sin is the faithless rebellion of the creature against the just authority of the creator.” - Max Lucado
“The Tree of Life represented living under grace, the Tree of Knowledge represented living under the law. We were meant to live by grace, not the law.” - Daniel S
“Religion is man’s pursuit of God. Christianity is God’s pursuit of man.”
“The cross is about restoration - we limit the cross when we think of it as only being about forgiveness.” - Daniel S
“Jesus not only died for you, he lived for you. That is of equal importance. His death dealt with sin, his life with restoration.” Daniel S (I’ll likely write another mini essay on the topics of “position“ and “relationship” brought up in this quote)
“Oh the folly of trying to enter a room you are already in.” - Watchman Nee (This was speaking of Christians foolishly trying to do things in order to be more righteous when their spirits are already perfect because they have accepted the Holy Spirit)
“You don’t need a good self image, it’s about having a biblical image of yourself.” - Daniel S
“Discipleship is the process of learning to live consistently with who you already are in Christ.” - Daniel S
“If you teach people who they are, you don‘t have to tell them what to do.” (another essay on those three later)
“Embrace a formula or list in order to live a Christian life and you are doomed to a life of frustration.”
“There are a lot of spiritual cross-dressers in the church today - a lot of people who live like they’re sinners even though they’re saints.” - Daniel S
“Faith alone saves, but faith that saves is never alone.” - John Calvin
“Works will never save you, but works are evidence of salvation.” Daniel S
“There is no greater threat to the true Christian walk under grace than legalism.”
“If people are not abusing your message of grace, then you are not preaching grace.” - Martin Luther
“Grace is the heart and soul of the Christian faith.”
“To love a person is to see them as God intended them to be.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky
“The world can do anything as well or better than the church. There is only one thing the world cannot offer - grace.”