God's wrath was not just withdrawn. It was spent. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior! Kevin DeYoung More Quotes by Kevin DeYoung More Quotes From Kevin DeYoung Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange. Kevin DeYoung normal strange looks You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin. Kevin DeYoung savior sin reality The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply Kevin DeYoung building church goal Holiness is the sum of a million little things — the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of worldliness and little acts of compromise, the putting to death of little inconsistencies and little indiscretions, the attention to little duties and little dealings, the hard work of little self-denials and little self-restraints, the cultivation of little benevolences and little forbearances. Kevin DeYoung hard-work self evil Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think. Kevin DeYoung encouragement christian thinking Our first love is Jesus. Holiness is not ultimately about living up to a moral standard. It's about living in Christ and living out of our real, vital union with him. Kevin DeYoung first-love real jesus God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god. Kevin DeYoung virtue ideas son The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart. Kevin DeYoung heart men children We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator. Kevin DeYoung glory broken people To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own. Kevin DeYoung start-the-day devil prayer Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God Kevin DeYoung submission-to-god rebellion scripture The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God. Kevin DeYoung passion christian country Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is. Kevin DeYoung likes america jesus The goal of revelation is not information only, but affection, worship, and obedience. Christ in us will be realized only as we drink deeply of the Bible, which is God's word outside of us Kevin DeYoung affection information goal Everything before Jesus is preface. Everything after Jesus is appendix. Jesus is the story. Kevin DeYoung appendix stories jesus We can stop pleading with God to show us the future, and start living and obeying like we are confident that He holds the future. Kevin DeYoung pleading obeying shows Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else. Kevin DeYoung faithful christian mean ...,the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God. Kevin DeYoung spirit life-is jesus To build your house on the rock is to hear what Jesus says and obey. To be foolish and build your house on the sand is to hear and ignore. Kevin DeYoung rocks house jesus God tends to do his best work when the odds appear stacked against him. Kevin DeYoung best-work odds
