Max Lucado Quotes

Though it may seem overdue, righteousness is always rewarded. Don't be impatient with God. He'll never forget to reward your efforts for Him.

God may not accept a person to forgive him his sins, without an atonement, else he must give free license to sin both in angels and men, and then sin were no sin, and our God were no God.

Mercy is what moves us toward God, while justice makes us tremble in his sight.

A day of grace is yet held out to us. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the Christian Church has a heavy account to answer. Not by combining together, to protest injustice and cruelty, and making a common capital of sin, is this Union to be saved-but by repentance, justice and mercy; for, not surer is the eternal law by which the millstone sinks in the ocean, than that stronger law, by which injustice and cruelty shall bring on nations the wrath of Almighty God.

Christian ethics demand that you should not take revenge. The paradox is, naturally, that Christians worship a God who is the greatest avenger of them all. Defy him and you burn in eternal hell, an act of revenge which is completely out of proportion to the crime

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

The fact is you cannot talk about the love of God. The love of God has no meaning whatsoever unless you understand the judgment of God that all of us deserve.

Let the Lord judge the criminals.

There is no injustice in the grace of God. God is as just when He forgives a believer as when He casts a sinner into hell.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.

Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in the hands of God.

I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.

God is glorified by this exemplary punishment.

The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?

I strongly believe vengeance is not mine; it is for God to decide.

Everyone will be judged one day, but it's not up to me to judge somebody.

We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we on His side?

Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.

There is no physician like Him, none can save as He can; we love Him, and He loves us, and therefore we put ourselves into His hands.

But by faith you look in the mirror and see a robed prodigal bearing the ring of grace on your finger and the kiss of your Father on your face.

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.