If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for the poor, there is reason to wonder if Christ is really in us at all David Platt More Quotes by David Platt More Quotes From David Platt People who claim to be Christians while their lives look no different from the rest of the world are clearly not Christians David Platt different christian people The gospel does not prompt you to mere reflection; the gospel requires a response. In the process of hearing Jesus, you are compelled to take an honest look at your life, your family, and your church and not just ask, 'What is he saying?' but also ask, 'What shall I do?' David Platt church reflection jesus God beckons storm clouds and they come. He tells the wind to blow and the rain to fall, and they obey immediately. He speaks to the mountains, 'You go there,' and He says to the seas, 'You stop here, and they do it. Everything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator...until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No. David Platt blow rain fall My prayer is that people will see that following Jesus costs you everything you are and everything you have. And my prayer is that people will see that Jesus is worth it. David Platt prayer people jesus We desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical. David Platt biblical understanding needs The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy. David Platt outcast poor care This is the gospel. The just and loving Creator of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent His Son, God in the flesh, to bear His wrath against sin on the cross and to show His power over sin in the resurrection so that all who trust in Him will be reconciled to God forever. David Platt wrath people son If we want to know the Glory of God, if we want to experience the beauty of God, and if we want to be used by the hand of God, then we must LIVE in the WORD of God. David Platt glory want hands This is the curse of superficial religion: the constant attempt to do outward things apart from inward transformation. David Platt inward follow-me transformation Disciple making is not a call for others to come to us to hear the gospel but a command for us to go to others to share the gospel. David Platt disciple command share God's ultimate concern is not to get you or me from point A to point B along the quickest, easiest, smoothest, clearest route possible. Instead, his ultimate concern is that you and I would know him deeply as we trust him more completely. David Platt routes concern knows Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it’s needed most? David Platt used careers needed Do you believe that Jesus is worth abandoning everything for? Do you believe him enough to obey him and to follow him wherever he leads, even when the crowds in our culture - maybe even our churches - turn the other way? David Platt christian believe jesus To be a disciple of Jesus is to make disciples of Jesus. David Platt disciple jesus While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God. David Platt american-dream goal dream Do you and I believe him (Christ) enough to obey him and to follow him wherever he leads, even when the crowds in our culture - and maybe in our churches - turn the other way?...For the sake of an increasingly marginalized and relatively ineffective church in our culture, I want to risk it all. For the sake of my life, my family, and the people who surround me, I want to risk it all. David Platt risk believe people The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world. David Platt safety risk letting-go Consider the cost when Christians ignore Jesus commands to sell their possessions and give to the poor and instead choose to spend their resources on better comforts, larger homes, nicer cars, and more stuff. Consider the cost when these Christians gather in churches and choose to spend millions of dollars on nice buildings to drive up to, cushioned chairs to sit in, and endless programs to enjoy for themselves. Consider the cost for the starving multitudes who sit outside the gate of contemporary Christian affluence. David Platt nice christian jesus As Elisabeth Elliot points out, not even dying a martyr’s death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross. Suddenly a martyr’s death seems like normal obedience. David Platt faith god death God involves us in his mission not because he needs us but because he loves us. David Platt missions needs
