The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God. Matt Chandler More Quotes by Matt Chandler More Quotes From Matt Chandler Men of God are those who walk in the fear of the Lord. Matt Chandler man-of-god lord men Our senses are never more awakened to our need for His love than when our need is most exposed. Matt Chandler exposed his-love needs God is more interested in declaring than explaining. Matt Chandler declaring explaining If you add to or subtract from the cross, even if it is to factor in biblically mandated religious practices like prayer and evangelism, you rob God of His glory and Christ of His sufficiency. Matt Chandler religious practice prayer He can heal me. I believe He will. I believe I'm going to be an old surely Baptist preacher. And even if He doesn't...that's the thing: I've read Philippians 1. I know what Paul says. I'm here let's work, if I go home? That's better. I understand that. Matt Chandler baptists home believe Church of Jesus, let us please be men and women who understand the difference between moralism and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let’s be careful to preach the dos and don’ts of Scripture in the shadow of the cross’s ‘Done!’ Matt Chandler differences men jesus Truly, God's plan of redemption is about more than me and you and our neighbor down the street. It's about men and women from every tribe, tongue, and nation on earth becoming a part of His covenant community. Matt Chandler redemption community men The drug of choice in the modern age is levity. We want everything to be light and bubbly. We just want to feel good. Matt Chandler feel-good light choices Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss. Matt Chandler dental-floss ocean trying The context of the gospel message is not our benefit or our salvation; the context of the gospel is the supremacy of Christ and the glory of God. Matt Chandler benefits messages christ Our goal is transformed hearts that lead to transformed lives. Transformed lives do not lead to transformed hearts. Are you trackin' with that? Matt Chandler transformed goal heart We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply, trying to gaze upon the wonder of Jesus Christ and have that transform our affections to the point where our love and hope are steadfastly on Christ. Matt Chandler enough-time trying jesus When I think about sanctification, a couple things immediately pop into my head. One is how slow it actually is. I think everybody wants the silver-bullet, the thing that makes sanctification move like a superhighway rather than the dirt path that it is. The other is that, by in large, the greatest single asset in ongoing sanctification is a serious pursuit of joy in the face of Jesus Christ. Matt Chandler couple moving jesus In 10,000 years you will not regret anything you didn’t have or do in this life. Matt Chandler this-life regret years I believe the sovereign God of the universe justifies us freely, and then we are called to run with him in sanctification. Matt Chandler sovereign running believe Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God. Matt Chandler hell god-love heaven I preach hard against that idea and plead with people to make war against sin. I tell them it's not going to be easy. Some people are meant to wrestle with their sin a long time before God brings them to freedom, but let's wrestle. Let's fight. Let's do something besides just complain. Matt Chandler fighting war ideas There isn’t a violent soul on the planet that God might not save and transform for himself. Matt Chandler violent soul might We carry an insidious prosperity gospel around in our dark, little, entitled hearts. Matt Chandler dark heart littles Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God. Matt Chandler grace missionary ordinary
