Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. John Stott More Quotes by John Stott More Quotes From John Stott Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible. There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without the Spirit of truth, no fellowship without the unity of the Spirit, no Christlikeness of character apart from His fruit, and no effective witness without His power. As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead. John Stott understandingchristiancharacter No man preaches his sermon well to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart. John Stott doeheartmen God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us. John Stott god-lovedoechrist An unchurched christian is a grotesque anomaly. The New Testament knows nothing of such a person. For the church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought. It is not an accident of history. On the contrary, the church is God's new community. John Stott communitychristianlying We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve. John Stott expressionworldjesus Here's how to determine God's will for your life: Go wherever your gifts will be exploited the most. John Stott gods-willdetermine Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it. John Stott conservativeshouldchristian Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience. John Stott obediencegreatnesskingdoms Grace is God loving, God stooping, God coming to the rescue, God giving himself generously in and through Jesus Christ. John Stott gracegivingjesus A man who loves his wife will love her letters and her photographs because they speak to him of her. So if we love the Lord Jesus, we shall love the Bible because it speaks to us of him. John Stott christianmenjesus The Cross is the blazing fire at which the flame of our love is kindled, but we have to get near enough for its sparks to fall on us. John Stott firelove-isfall Because in no other person but the historic Jesus of Nazareth has God become man and lived a human life on earth, died to bear the penalty of our sins, and been raised from death and exalted to glory, there is no other Savior, for there is no other person who is qualified to save. John Stott earthmenjesus These then are the marks of the ideal Church - love, suffering, holiness, sound doctrine, genuineness, evangelism and humility. They are what Christ desires to find in His churches as He walks among them. John Stott churchhumilitysuffering Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony John Stott togethermaychildren We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess. John Stott moneylightenemy The Spirit of God leads the people of God to submit to the Word of God. John Stott submitspiritpeople It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size. John Stott sizecrossesfeet Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to his. John Stott bendingprayerway When we look at the cross we see the justice, love, wisdom and power of God. It is not easy to decide which is the most luminously revealed, whether the justice of God in judging sin, or the love of God in bearing the judgment in our place, or the wisdom of God in perfectly combining the two, or the power of God in saving those who believe. For the cross is equally an act, and therefore a demonstration, of God’s justice, love, wisdom and power. The cross assures us that this God is the reality within, behind and beyond the universe. John Stott justice-of-godbelievereality At every step of our Christian development and in every sphere of our Christian discipleship, pride is the greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend. John Stott pridehumilitychristian
