Billy Graham Quotes

Theres some inherently unique characteristics of Christianity, the chief of which is that Christianity teaches that we are saved by what Christ has done for us, instead of we are saved by what we do for God.

Scripture knows no other way to glory, but Christ put on and applied by faith.

Nothing can damn a man but his own righteousness; nothing can save him but the righteousness of Christ.

The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.

The hub of Christianity is not "do something for Jesus." The hub of Christianity is "Jesus has done everything for you".

Right now if this preacher died he would go to heaven. Not because I spent years in the jungles and the Andes Mountains of Peru. Not because of piety, devotion or bible study. Not because of denominational affiliation, baptism, or participation in the Lord’s supper. If I died right now, I would go to heaven because two thousand years ago the Son of God shed His blood for this wretched man. And that is my hope.

We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him.

If you could work your way to heaven, you would said look what I did, I got myself here by my good works. The only way you are going to make it is to come to that Cross.

There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ.

The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

A Christian expects to go to Heaven on the virtue of another.

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

The saved are singled out not by their own merits, but by the grace of the Mediator.

You are not saved by your works. You work because youre saved.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

As a pastor in a Protestant church, my whole ministry centers on the conviction that by grace we are saved through faith. And it's not our faith that delivers us, as if believing something, anything at all were pleasing to God. It's the object of our faith - Christ's life, death, and resurrection - that saves us.

To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.

The overwhelming emphasis of contemporary Christianity: "Just do it." The overwhelming emphasis of Biblical Christianity: "It is finished"

One of the most staggering truths of the Scriptures is to understand that we do not earn our way to heaven. ...works have a place--but as a demonstration of having received God's forgiveness, not as a badge of merit of having earned it.

It is not your hold of Christ that saves you, but His hold of you.

There is no other salvation except that which begins and ends with grace.

Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make bad people good; it makes dead people alive...the gospel is God's acceptance of us based on what Christ has done, not on what we can do.

Trust in the power of Christ’s Cross! Receive his reconciling grace and share it!