Alistair Begg Quotes

It is in our forgiveness of other people’s sins against us that we reveal the fact that we have been truly forgiven by God.

Christianity is not about how to escape from the difficulties of life - it is about how to face the difficulties of life.

We find Christ in all the Scriptures. In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospels He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is expected.

The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if doing what is right and believing what is true should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will regard it as a small loss, since his great Friend in heaven will be even more friendly and will reveal Himself to him more graciously than ever.

I am weaker and more sinful than I ever before believed, but through Jesus Christ I'm more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope.

Death for the Christian is to fall asleep in the arms of Jesus and waking up and finding out that you're home.

What kind of wonderful God is this who reaches down into the lives of people, picks them up, grants them faith, and changes them!

When grace begins to rule, then our preoccupation with ourselves begins to leave.

Unfortunately, preachers who distort God's Word are all too common today. Sometimes this springs from a sincere desire to soften hard hearts, but hearts aren't changed by compromise.

You don’t know who you are until you know God and you don’t know how to live until you've settled the question of how to die.

Faith is not a soft option offered to people who need a crutch to get through the rest of their lives. Faith is the supernatural activity of God whereby He opens blind eyes, unstops deaf ears, and a man or a woman says- “I see it now. I get it now. I am going to trust in God. I am going to trust in Jesus.

It takes a whole Bible to make a whole Christian.

You will never have a better friend than a friend who points you to Christ.

There is an old joke that went around- it goes, in the beginning God made man in His own image, and since the fall, man has been seeking to return the compliment.

This is no time for wimpy Christians. It's time for soldiers of Christ to arise!

It's all about God. May He forgive us for every time we start to think it's actually all about us.

I do not come to God so that Jesus can give me what I want. But I must come to God so that Jesus will grant me what I need.

It is impossible to serve God without serving one another.

A Christian way of thinking is not just thinking Christian thoughts, singing Christian songs, reading Christian books, going to Christian schools; it is learning to think about the whole spectrum of life from the perspective of a mind that has been trained in truth.

Many of us are tempted to find the key in doing, but the answer is actually found in being. It is vital that we are routinely humbled by the reminder that Christian life is grounded, not in what we can do, but what has been done for us and what we need done to us.

You need to be in a church where the pastors are urging you, not so much to listen to what they say as to turn to the Bible from which they teach.

The great need is for us to be taught theologically, not just stirred emotionally.

When a man or woman is born again by the Spirit of God they will give evidence of it in part by striving to live a holy life.

At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be published in heaven as a miracle that the Lord Jesus should set His heart's love upon people like us.

Sincere love is not as a result of emotional surges - it’s a result of obedience to the Truth.

‎"The best of men are just men at best.

Father, write Your Word in our heart; make us men and women who understand Your truth.

When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed.

Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.

If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what we have (Hebrews 13:5). Much of our discontentment may be traced to expectations that are essentially selfish and more often than not completely unrealistic.

We're to love our children for who they are, not for what we want them to become.

It is not our believing of the Gospel that makes it true. It exists as independent, true Truth.

As I am humbled by my difficulties, so I am strengthened by God's grace.

As a result of grace, we have been saved from sin’s penalty. One day we will be saved from sin’s presence. In the meantime we are being saved from sin’s power.

I know that a man is converted when he starts to sing

Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.

Our relationship with God will never be right as long as our relationship with others is wrong.

Do you want to lead, or do you want to be liked?

Jesus did not come to live as an example of how to die as a martyr, but as a substitute, taking the place that we deserve in order that we might enjoy what we don't deserve. This is good news. Let us tell all our friends!

It is in the context...of the body in Christ that we understand who we are and where we fit.

The fact that we have to discuss reality as though there were no reality is an indication of the confusion of our times.

Despite the obvious emphasis of Scripture (in regard to suffering), we are bombarded by suggestions that the 'successful' Christian living takes place in the realm of constant victory, health, wholeness, and financial prosperity. In response to this we are not to pretend that suffering doesn’t exist or that it might be instantly cured. Such notions are the product of empty heads and closed Bibles.

A good church is a Bible-centered church. Nothing is as important as this--not a large congregation, a witty pastor, or tangible experiences of the Holy Spirit.

Refusal to forgive reveals we have minimized our offense against God and we have maximized a brother's offense against us.

God is not counting our sins against us because He is counting our sins against Christ.

Father, we long for the clarity of Your truth to dawn upon our minds and for the immensity of Your love to grip our hearts.

The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.

The Creator of the universe knows me.

The Church is where it is today because it has decided that the advertising agents know better than the Holy Spirit of God.