The Christian views trials as a pathway to maturity. Matt Chandler More Quotes by Matt Chandler More Quotes From Matt Chandler If you want to grow in true wisdom, grow in a knowledge of the God of the Bible. Matt Chandler true-wisdomgrowswant The marker of those who understand the gospel of Jesus Christ is that, when they stumble and fall, when they screw up, they run to God and not from him, because they clearly understand that their acceptance before God is not predicated upon their behavior but on the righteous life of Jesus Christ and his sacrificial death. Matt Chandler runningfalljesus The universe shudders in horror that we have this infinitely valuable, infinitely deep, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, infinitely loving God, and instead of pursuing him with steadfast passion and enthralled fury — instead of loving him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; instead of attributing to him glory and honor and praise and power and wisdom and strength — we just try to take his toys and run. It is still idolatry to want God for his benefits but not for himself. Matt Chandler passionwiserunning If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future. Matt Chandler sinpastchrist The single most loving act we can do is share the good news of Jesus Christ, that God saves sinners. Matt Chandler newsjesuschrist Thanksgiving is worry's kryptonite. Matt Chandler kryptoniteworry When God saves you, he doesn’t do it because you gave him permission. He did it because he’s God. Matt Chandler permission The idolatry the exists in a man's heart always wants to lead him away from his Savior and back to self-reliance no matter how pitiful that self-reliance is or how many times it has betrayed him. Matt Chandler selfheartmen The commands of God are given, not to rob me of joy, but lead me into the fullness of joy. Matt Chandler fullnessgivenjoy This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly. If a man or a woman who teaches the Scriptures is afraid to explain to you the severity of God, they have betrayed you, and they love their ego more than they love you. Matt Chandler egolove-youmen Your approval before God is woven into the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, not what other men and women think about you. Matt Chandler sacrificemenjesus Discipline will never bring about love for God, but love for God will bring about discipline. Matt Chandler gods-willdisciplinegod-love Everybody knows something's broken in the world. But illogically, foolishly, we are looking for fixes from broken people with broken ideas in broken places. Matt Chandler brokenpeopleideas Trying to make the Gospel relevant is like trying to make water wet. Matt Chandler relevanttryingwater Love says: I’ve seen the ugly parts of you, and I’m staying. Matt Chandler stayingugly Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness. Matt Chandler gracedarknessheart No matter what our job is, we view it not as our purpose in life but rather as where God has sovereignly placed us for the purpose of making Christ known and his name great. If you are a teacher, if you are a politician, if you are a businessman, if you are in agriculture, if you are in construction, if you are in technology, if you are in the arts, then you should not be saying, ‘I need to find my life’s purpose in this work,’ but rather, ‘I need to bring God’s purpose to this work.’ Matt Chandler teacherjobsart You're exhausted in the faith because you're looking at you. The more you look at yourself and the less you look at God, the more you get frustrated at yourself. Matt Chandler exhaustedfrustratedlooks Choosing one thing over another doesn't necessarily mean we love the thing we choose. If given the choice to eat spinach or broccoli, you may choose broccoli. It may only mean you don't want to eat spinach. Heaven is not for people who just want to skip Hell. Heaven is reserved for those who love Jesus, who have been rescued by Him and who long to praise Him. If someone doesn't have much use for praising Him now, it's foolish to think they're ready for Heaven. Matt Chandler meanjesusthinking So relational evangelism? Go for it, as long as it turns into real evangelism. You hanging out having a beer with your buddy so he can see that Christians are cool is not what we’re called to do. You’re eventually going to have to open up your mouth and share the gospel. When the pure gospel is shared, people respond. Matt Chandler realchristianbeer
