Jacques Ellul Quotes

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

I am a little too absorbed by science to be able to philosophise much; but the more I look into myself, the more I find myself possessed by the conviction that it is only the science of Christ running through all things, that is to say true mystical science, that really matters. I let myself get caught up in the game when I geologise.

The world is God’s salvation.

The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.

The crucifixion saved him [Jesus]. He never had to deal with the fact that the kingdom of God wasn't ever going to come. His disciples, of course, had to deal with it, and little by little they had to realize that it's a metaphorical thing. Well, that's not what Jesus meant. I'm fairly sure he meant it literally. But he must have been the most fascinating man.

I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death

Tell me there is still good in the world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.

If we get it wrong about Jesus, it doesn’t matter what else we get right.

I do believe that the Kingdom of God is present wherever Jesus is king. That's my definition of the Kingdom of God.

You are so amazed by grace, you're not picking a fight with anyone, you're just crying tears of amazement that should lead to a heart for lost people, that God does indeed save, when he doesn't have to save anybody.

We must refuse to lean upon the broken staff of human wisdom & cling to the gospel alone as the power of God to save a hardened humanity.

Jesus is the human face on the kingdom of God. He makes it concretely accessible.

Jesus, Thou art all compassion, pure unbounded love Thou art; Visit us with Thy salvation, enter every trembling heart.

Coming forth, you've got to love each other and you have to have faith. And you never lose hope. Even when things are really, really, really bad - there's always hope.

Salvation is an act of God. It is initiated by God, wrought by God, and sustained by God.

My friends, look to Christ, and not to yourselves. That is what is the matter with a great many sinners; instead of looking to Christ, they are looking at the bite of sin.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

No matter how good you think yourself to be, you cannot enter heaven unless it is under the terms of sovereign grace.

The Gospel that represents Jesus Christ, not as a system of truth to be received into the mind like I should receive a system of philosophy, or astronomy, but it represents Him as a beal, living, mighty Saviour, able to save me now.

The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.

I cannot bring myself to believe that any human being lives who would do me any harm.

Grace alone brings about every good work in us.

The proof of how real Jesus knew hell to be is that He came to earth to save us from it.

Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.

A reduced Christ is the same as a rejected Christ.