Living Out the Gospel Quotes

There are many in the Church as well as out of it who need to learn that Christianity is neither creed nor a ceremonial, but a life vitaly connected with a loving Christ.

Does the Gospel I preach and teach have a natural tendency to cause people who hear it to become full-time students of Jesus? Would those who believe it become his apprentices as a natural 'next step'? What can we reasonably expect would result from people actually believing the substance of my message?

It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.

The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.

The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.

You want to represent Christ well with doing you job, first and foremost, because that's what you're there to do.

The truly simple way of presenting Christianity is to do it.

Do I take the Gospel message of reconciliation and love into the places where I live and work?

The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.

For years I thought my assignment or the Church's assignment was to articulate the Gospel and nothing more. Now I believe that if we don't support the verbal expression of the Gospel with physical demonstration of compassion, we are not imitating Jesus.

The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.

Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying something true about Jesus Christ and the way He relates to his people. It is about showing in real life the glory of the gospel.

Let us all remember this: one cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one's life.

A true life is at once interpreter and proof of the gospel.

Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers.

The best sermons are those that are lived.

The most effective way to share the gospel is to live it. When we live like disciples of Christ should live, when we aren't just good but happy to be good, others will be drawn to us.

I have little doubt that the single greatest obstacle to the impact of the gospel has not been its inability to provide answers, but the failure on our part to live it out.