We need to abandon our scale and adopt God's because our misguided labels keep us from the right kind of interaction with people. Judah Smith More Quotes by Judah Smith More Quotes From Judah Smith Jesus didn’t care about the scandal. He cared about the scandalous. Judah Smith scandal care jesus Sometimes we get way too fixated on how powerful sin is and how weak we are. We worry that if we relax for a second, we'll mess up royally and ruin everything. Ironically, our paranoia only serves to make us more conscious of our sinfulness. Judah Smith relax powerful worry If you dont love, youve lost your distinction, definition, uniqueness, and identity. Judah Smith definitions identity love-you We are often harsher judges than God himself. Judah Smith judging When we meet grace, it becomes the fuel of our faith. We pray, we read our Bibles, we worship and we live the purest lifestyle we can because we love a person. Judah Smith fuel grace praying A moment with Jesus changed everything. Judah Smith changed moments jesus Grace is a person. And his name is Jesus. Judah Smith grace names jesus It seemed too good to be true. That's grace. Judah Smith too-good-to-be-true being-true grace Don't cheapen Jesus's sacrifice by trying to pay him back Judah Smith sacrifice trying jesus I think people would be surprised to discover that their challenges and struggles are not too dissimilar to us, average ordinary people. We're all looking for essentially the same thing and I think that's faith and hope and love and meaning and of course satisfaction, peace, joy. Judah Smith struggle love peace The Bible is meant to be down-to-earth. It was written for real people facing real issues. Judah Smith issues real people Christianity is not about not swearing. It’s not about not having impure thoughts. Really, it’s not about not at all. Christianity is about Jesus. Judah Smith swearing christianity jesus Once you savor God's goodness, sin holds no lasting appeal. Judah Smith appeals sin goodness Rules are not bad, but they can't save anyone. Judah Smith If we could get people to think about Jesus, we reasoned, Jesus was more than able to reveal himself to them. Judah Smith people jesus thinking A father doesn't say, 'Don't go that way.' He says, 'ome follow me.' Judah Smith follow-me father way I wonder if we have a lot of sons running around saying, "I want a Dad." But you won't abide in anyone. Judah Smith dad running son We need a bigger estimation of God and a smaller estimation of sin. Judah Smith bigger sin needs I’ve never met a person who exaggerated God’s love. Never. It’s impossible. Judah Smith mets persons impossible Responsibility is good for your soul Judah Smith your-soul soul responsibility
