Erwin Lutzer Quotes

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There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.

Erwin Lutzer
If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

Erwin Lutzer
Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.

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Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care.

Erwin Lutzer
Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.

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Temptation is God's magnifying glass; it shows us how much work he has left to do in our lives.

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Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.

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You become stronger only when you become weaker. When you surrender your will to God, you discover the resources to do what God requires.

Erwin Lutzer
Are we as willing to go into debt for the work of God as we are for a vacation to Hawaii?

Erwin Lutzer
No matter how many pleasures Satan offers you, his ultimate intention is to ruin you. Your destruction is his highest priority.

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Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.

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Often the doorway to success is entered through the hallway of failure.

Erwin Lutzer
We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better.

Erwin Lutzer
Mass communication can aid in personal evangelism and the development of Christians, but it cannot be a substitute for the world seeing the truth lived through us.

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The man who commits immorality does so because he thinks it will maximize pleasure if he can minimize the pain by keeping it secret.

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Make no mistake about the intention of these secularists: It is to discredit the voice of Christians so that America will tolerate only one view.

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It is not enough to do God's work; it must be done in His way and for His credit.

Erwin Lutzer
Paul taught that religions evolved because man did not honor the true God. Because of rebellion, they "exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of the corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures." One characteristic of idolatry is that it always confuses the creature with the creator.

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Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.

Erwin Lutzer
Don't ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified mediator, the only qualified sacrifice, and the only qualified savior.

Erwin Lutzer
The most important part of us is the part that no one ever sees.

Erwin Lutzer
The work that God does in us when we wait is usually more important than the thing for which we wait!

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The ability to make judgments lies at the heart of Christian living. Unless we are able to judge doctrine, lifestyles, and entertainment, unless we are able to distinguish between outer appearance and inner character, we just might miss the purpose for which God placed us on this earth. We might end up accepting a stone for bread and a snake for a fish.

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Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero.

Erwin Lutzer
Worship is not an external activity precipitated by the right environment. To worship in spirit is to draw near to God with an undivided heart. We must come in full agreement without hiding anything or disregarding His will.

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Those who give much without sacrifice are reckoned as having given little.

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There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy.

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Someone has said that the marks of a strong church are wet eyes, bent knees, and a broken heart. We'll never be powerful until we let God be God and jealously guard His honor.

Erwin Lutzer
Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful.

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Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity.

Erwin Lutzer