Billy Graham Quotes
What happens when lying and stealing and immorality and murder become the norm? The result can be summarized in one word: chaos.
The Bible teaches that man can undergo a radical spiritual and moral change that is brought about by God Himself.
We have glamorized vice and minimized virtue. We have played down gentleness, manners, and morals—while we have played up rudeness, savagery, and vice . . . and the philosophy of “might is right.
We have changed our moral code to fit our behavior instead of changing our behavior to harmonize with God’s moral code.
Honesty means exactly what it says. We are honest and trustworthy in all our dealings. People can trust our word, because we refuse to lie or shade the truth.
It is far better to know God’s truth than to be ignorant of it.
The Holy Spirit can take God’s word of truthand minister it to our deepest needs.
If our minds and hearts are not filled with God’s truth, something else will take His place: cynicism, occultism, false religions and philosophies, drugs—the list is endless.
Where there is truth and error there is always compromise. Within some churches there is a movement to reshape the Christian messageto make it more acceptable to man.
Our emotions can lie to us, and we need to counter our emotions with truth.
Because truth is unpopular does not mean that it should not be proclaimed.
New morality is nothing more than the old immorality brought up to date.
Movie and television stars lay down the law offashions, manners, speech, and even moral behavior. It has been proven that a movie or a television program can brainwash.
I have met men who are habitual liars. They have lied so long that they no longer can distinguish between the truth and a lie. Their sensitivity to sin has been almost completely deadened.
Pentecost was the day of power of the Holy Spirit. It was the day the Christian church was born.
In our spiritual pilgrimage we see sins which mar our relationship with God, but beneath it is a commitment which seeks to move beyond to a higher life, based on wholehearted surrender to God.
Surrendering to Christ is like signing your name to a blank check and letting the Lord put in the amount.
Jesus expects one hundred percent surrender, and when that is accomplished He rewards a thousandfold.
Faith actually means surrender and commitment to the claims of Christ. It means an acknowledgment of sin and a turning to Christ.
We must understand what the word believe implies. It means “commit” and “surrender.
Salt and light speak of the influence Christians can exercise for good in society.
The way in which we react to hurts and disappointments influences the shaping of our personalities.
It doesn’t take great wealth or social influence to be faithful, but it does take obedience and endurance.
Apart from religious influence, the family is the most important unit of society.
I would not change places with the wealthiest and most influential person in the world. I would rather be a child of the King, a joint-heir with Christ, a member of the Royal Family of heaven!
A seminary professor I once knew told his students, “Never preach about hell without tears in your eyes.
Hell has been cloaked in folklore and disguised in fiction for so long, many people deny the reality of such a place.
The Bible teaches there is hell for every person who willingly and knowingly rejects Christ as Lord and Savior. Many passages could be quoted to support that fact.
Among those Christians to whom hell means little, Calvary means less.
I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial, and misunderstood . . .As a minister I must deal with it. I cannot ignore it.
Not one word about hell in the Bible would ever make you want to go there.
The subject of heaven is much easier to accept than the subject of hell. And yet the Bible teaches both.
The Lord did not design the church to cater to people’s needs—the Lord breathed life into the church to proclaim His truths.
Many churches have molded their programs around the community—not the Word of God.
Escapism seems to be the order of the day . . .Escape with drugs or alcohol, and the bitterness of living will be blurred . . .We can’t escape from God.
Our voices, our service, and our abilities are to be employed, primarily, for the glory of God.
What greater glory can we anticipate than to stand before the throne of God, to humble ourselves before His great and incomparable majesty.
When one bears suffering faithfully, God is glorified and honored.
We glorify Christ when we live for God—trusting, loving, and obeying Him.
What you do with Christ here and now decides where you shall spend eternity.
We are so caught up with the affairs of this life we give little attention to eternity.
One of the bonuses of being a Christian is the glorious hope that extends out beyond the grave into the glory of God’s tomorrow.
Drinking has become one of the most serious social problems. It is basically the result of an attempt to escape from the responsibilities and realities of life.
In Houston, Texas, a man was born again in one of our meetings. He owned a liquor store. The next morning he had a sign on the front of his door saying, “Out of business.
Liquor is not necessary either for health or for so-called gracious living . . .It is the cause of untold sorrow, suffering, and material loss, not to mention the spiritual implications of drinking.
God’s holiness demands that sin be punished—but God’s love has provided the way of redemption through Christ.
God will never—never—lead you to do something that is contrary to His written Word, the Bible.
Some of the most heart-breaking letters I receive are from people who tell how alcohol or drugs have ravaged their lives and destroyed their families.