Billy Graham Quotes

Sinful pleasure can ruin our appetite for the things of God.

My job is to preach the Gospel, which has the power to change men’s lives from the inside out.

It is impossible to believe anything into existence. The Gospel did not come into being because men believed it . . .The fact always precedes the faith.

Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the message of good news—the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The first hint of the Gospel comes from Genesis 3:15, this is the first promise of salvation.

Jesus Christ is God in human flesh, and the story of His life, death, and resurrection is the only Good News the world will ever hear.

The cause of all trouble, the root of all sorrow, the dread of every man lies in this one small word—sin. It has crippled the nature of man . . .It has caused man to be caught in the devil’s trap.

True repentance is a turning from sin . . . Humanly speaking, it is our small part in the plan of salvation. Our part is repenting. God will do the converting, the transforming, and the forgiving.

The Bible says there is a certain pleasure in sin.However, it is short-lived and fatal.

Sin is the great clogger, and the blood of Christ is the great cleanser.

When we do good—even when others are doing wrong—God will bless us.

It is entirely possible to be deeply sorry because of the devastation which sin has wrought in our lives—and yet not repent.

To find the right path, we first need to remember why we are on the wrong path. The reason can be put in one word: sin.

There is a right way and a wrong way to make contact with God.

You and I, God’s ambassadors, are called to sound the warning, to call sinners to repentance, to point the way to peace with God and the hope that is in Christ.

Christians need to take a stand for what is right and not let evil go unchallenged.

Before one can know what is right and wrong, he must first align himself with God. Only then is one in a position to do right.

A transformed life is the greatest of all miracles. Every time a person is “born again” by repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ, the miracle of regeneration is performed.

We can be convicted of sin—we can pray and confess our sin—we can repent—but the real test is our willingness to obey.

When something brings profit or pleasure to us, we are inclined to call evil good, even if we know it is dead wrong.

[Christians] are commanded to warn the nations of the world that they must repent and turn to God while there is yet time.

Repentance is mentioned seventy times in the New Testament . . . the Bible says God commands repentance . . . it is a command . . .God says, “Repent! Or perish!

If evil were not made to appear attractive, there would be no such thing as temptation.It is in the close similarity between good and evil, right and wrong, that the danger lies.

Our relationship must be right with God before it can be right with man.

The influence of sin touches the innocent as well as the guilty.

The essence of sin is self-will—placing ourselves at the center of our lives instead of Christ.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not anti-intellectual. It demands the use of [the] mind, but the mind is affected by sin.

Only the Holy Spirit can open our eyes. Only He can convict us of the depth of our sin, and only He can convince us of the truth of the Gospel.

True freedom consists not in the freedom to sin, but the freedom not to sin.

Sin is a revolt against God.

Galatians 5:21 constitutes the most serious warning to those who may think they can sin that grace may abound.

There is less teaching about sin, and very little warning of judgment.

As much as we hate to admit it, we are sinners by birth. We are also sinners by choice. We are also sinners by practice.

Sin pierced the very heart of God. God felt every piercing nail and spear thrust. God felt the burning sun. God felt the mocking derision and the body blows.

cannot come to Christ unless the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin.

Sin is serious—so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ.

We all have a terminal disease far worse than cancer that will kill us morally and spiritually.It’s called sin.

We don’t need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin—because God has provided the cure.

Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.

We have largely lost sight of the holiness and purity of God today. This is one reason why we tolerate sin so easily.

Sooner or later we must leave our dream world and face up to the facts of God, sin, and judgment. The Bible says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God” [Romans 3:23 NIV].

Our magazine covers frequently feature the immoral, the perverted, the psychologically sick. Sin is “in.” People don’t like to be told they are sinners.

Sin is often, if not always, the perversion of something good. In the midst of all our sinning, though, God is willing to forgive us, change us, and give us a new power to overcome that sin.

Revelation is a pastor’s letter to his floundering flock, an urgent telegram bearing a brilliant battle plan for a people at war.

When the “evil day” comes, we do not have to be dependent upon the circumstances around us, but rather on the resources of God!

I have become more deeply aware of the enormous problems that face our world today, and the dangerous trends which seem to beleading our world to the brink of Armageddon.

A new world is coming . . . The paradise that man lost will be regained . . . One day we will live in a brand-new world.

The study [of Revelation] instructs us not only about the storms to come, but how to endure and come through them with great victory.

We see the storm clouds gathering and events taking place that herald the second coming of Jesus Christ.

The book of Revelation may be difficult and demanding to read, yet it is the only biblical book whose author promises a blessing to those who read it.