Sinclair B. Ferguson Quotes
How do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.
My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibili ty of my Savior.
Thinking that I deserve heaven is a sure sign I have no understanding of the gospel.
Jesus Christ is able to set us free because He has dealt with the sin that enslaves us.
True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!
There is nothing more important to learn about Christian growth than this: Growing in grace means becoming like Christ.
The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.
We best defend the Lord's glory by speaking first TO Him about unbelieving men rather than speaking first ABOUT Him to unbelieving men.
The real test that I believe that God is love is that tragedies don't separate me from the conviction that God is love.
Our first priority in ministry must be love. Love for His Word, love for His people, and love for His appearing.
Repentance is a characteristic of the whole life, not the action of a single moment.
Humility is not simply feeling small and useless - like an inferiority complex. It is sensing how great and glorious God is, and seeing myself in that light.
It's the centrality of the Word and not the person who preaches it that's important.
When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing – not even the instinct to spare His own Son – will turn him back from keeping His word.
Those who are most conscious of forgiveness are invariably those who have been most acutely convicted of their sin.
Spiritual growth depends on two things: first a willingness to live according to the Word of God; second, a willingness to take whatever consequences emerge as a result.
You must know, rest in, think through, and act upon your new identity - you are in Christ
Our thinking about who we are as Christians should not begin with what we can discover about ourselves by self-analysis. Rather, it begins with what God says about those who trust in Christ.
Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.
Most Christians have more Bibles than they know what to do with, but have little understanding of what is in them.
We discover the will of God by a sensitive application of Scripture to our own lives.
The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.
Christians have a new identity. We are no longer 'in Adam' but 'in Christ'; no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit.
The Father did not require the death of Christ to persuade Him to love us. Christ died because the Father loves us.
There is a difference between a well-instructed congregation and a well-nourished one.
If you are justified, you can no more be unjustified than Christ can be pulled down from heaven.
God's promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual "fix" for the day.
The Son of God came to dwell in human flesh for us in order that He might come to dwell in us by His Spirit.
The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.
Regeneration, however it is described, is a divine activity in us, in which we are not the actors but the recipients.
The problem is not in the clarity of the revelation. The problem is in the darkness of the human mind.
No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever succeed in providing long-term spiritual therapy.
We are far too good at analyzing what is wrong with the culture and far too myopic at analyzing what is wrong in the church.
The jewels of spiritual service are always quarried in the depths of spiritual experience. Never is this more true than in revival. Bend the church and save the people.
God has chosen us. Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love.
