The price of our non-discipleshi p is high for those without Christ. David Platt More Quotes by David Platt More Quotes From David Platt Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us. David Platt encouraging faith god It is impossible to be a follower of Christ while denying, disregarding, discrediting, and disbelieving the words of Christ. David Platt followers impossible christ In every genre of biblical literature and every stage of biblical history, God is seen pouring out his grace on his people for the sake of his glory among all peoples. David Platt biblical grace people May even the concept of unreached peoples be totally intolerable to us. David Platt concepts may To be a Christian is to realize that in your sin, you were separated from God's presence, and you deserved nothing but God's wrath. David Platt realizing wrath christian I believe that the gospel and the American Dream have fundamentally different starting points. The American Dream begins with self, exalts self, says you are inherently good and you have in you what it takes to be successful so do all you can, work with everything you have to make much of yourself. The gospel begins with God, the reality that we were created to exalt his name to the ends of the earth. David Platt successful dream believe We assume that our race simply deserves heaven; that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise. David Platt assuming race heaven What if the word of God was enough to inspire passionate worship among his people? David Platt what-if inspire people He (Jesus) came so that we might receive new life through supernatural regeneration. David Platt new-life might jesus I want to move from what we let go of to whom we hold on to. I want to explore not just the gravity of what we forsake in this world, but also the greatness of the one we follow in this world. David Platt greatness letting-go moving Should it concern us that the bible never calls us to ask Jesus into our hearts. Should it concern us that the bible never mentions such a superstitious sinners prayer and yet that is exactly what we have sold to so many as salvation. David Platt prayer heart jesus I always questioned if I was CALLED to adopt, but then I realized no child was ever CALLED to be an orphan. David Platt i-realized orphan children We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they’re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes. David Platt arms real names The church I lead could have the least gifted people, the least talented people, the fewest leaders, and the least money, and this church under the power of the Holy Spirit could still shake the nations for his glory. David Platt church leader people Whereas disinfecting Christians involves isolating them and teaching them to be good, discipling Christians involves propelling Christians into the world to risk their lives for the sake of others. Now the world is our focus, and we gauge success in the church not on the hundreds or thousands whom we can get into our buildings but on the hundreds or thousands who are leaving our buildings to take on the world with the disciples they are making David Platt focus teaching christian As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in the meaningless sea of world religions that actually condemn the human race by exalting our supposed ability to get to God. On the other hand, when you and I realize that we are morally evil, dead in sin and deserving of God's wrath with no way out on our own, we begin to discover our desperation for Christ. David Platt wrath race hands If we are going to accomplish the global purpose of God, it will not be primarily through giving our money, as important as that is. It will happen primarily through giving ourselvs. This is what the gospel represents and this is what the gospel requires. David Platt important purpose giving Instead of imagining all the things we can accomplish, we ask God to do what only he can accomplish. Yes, we work, we plan, we organize, and we create, but we do it all while we fast, while we pray, and while we constantly confess our need for the provision of God. David Platt provision praying needs We can so easily deceive ourselves, mistaking the presence of physical bodies in a crowd for the existence of spiritual life in a community. David Platt encouraging community spiritual The price is certainly high for people who don’t know Christ and who live in a world where Christians shrink back from self-denying faith and settle into self-indulging faith. While Christians choose to spend their lives fulfilling the American dream instead of giving their lives to proclaiming the kingdom of God, literally billions in need of the Gospel remain in the dark David Platt christian dark dream
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