Sebastian Faulks Quotes

The purpose of God's creations and of His giving us life is to allow us to have the learning experience necessary for us to come back to Him, to live with Him in eternal life.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.

I discovered who I was when I discovered God. You are just like your father God.

I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I'm a Christian, and I believe that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of our lives and that He can intercede in all kinds of situations, and we need to have a little faith in many things.

You know what, my faith is like this - when I die, I'm going to live with God forever and ever. But I believe He wants us to have a good life here on Earth.

The living Church of the redeemed is his book. He founded a religion of the living spirit, not of a written code, like the Mosaic law. Yet his words and deeds are recorded by as honest and reliable witnesses as ever put pen to paper.

What's different about the Gospel of Thomas is that, instead of focusing entirely on who Jesus is and the wonderful works of Jesus, it focuses on how you and I can find the kingdom of God, or life in the presence of God.

Everywhere I go I find that people... both leaders and individuals... are asking one basic question, 'Is there any hope for the future?' My answer is the same, 'Yes, through Jesus Christ.'

My belief in God is that God wants you. God wants you to believe in him, or it, whatever you would call it.

As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God.

Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him.

From the early Seventies to the mid-Eighties, I approached Rome at a snail's pace. Having concluded that God existed, I could not seriously entertain the thought of not trying to be in contact with Him.

God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.

That's all I want in life is to be remembered as a guy that really loved God.

Once I realized the emptiness of life apart from knowing God, when I embraced God and the truth of the gospel and the truth of the Bible, it was a no-brainer decision to see that that was a treasure that was infinitely more valuable than some sort of an atheistic Hollywood party life.

Our life here on Earth has as its purpose precisely to prepare for our eternal happiness. This world is a large womb. It is a 'test' as all opportunities are tests.