Jesus in the Present Tense Quotes

“God doesn’t want us to ignore the past; the past should be a rudder to guide us, not an anchor to hold us back.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“My past may discourage me and my future may frighten me, but “the life I now live” today can be enriching and encouraging because “Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20).”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“People still ask questions and hope the answers will be what they think they already know. They need to pray this prayer by an anonymous believer: From the cowardice that shrinks from new truths, From the laziness that is content with half-truths, From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, O God of truth, deliver us!”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“Divine truth becomes dynamic life only when we yield to Jesus by faith and follow Him.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“I hear Christians complaining about the moral and spiritual darkness in the world, but if there was more light—Christian light—there would be less darkness. Experts say that things are decaying in our society, and I believe it; but if we had more salt—Christian salt—we would have less decay.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“No problem is too large, when Jesus is in charge. No gift is too small, if you give Him your all.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“Those who make them [idols] will be like them, and so will all who trust in them” (see Ps. 115:1–8). We become like the gods that we worship!”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“When man’s tradition replaces God’s Word, then illusion replaces reality. We glory in the past but never grow in the present.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“The most dangerous darkness in our “enlightened age” is the dense spiritual darkness that blinds the minds and controls the hearts of people who have never trusted Christ or who claim to know Him but don’t follow Him.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“God commands us to know Him and worship Him because He wants to give us the joyful privilege of serving and glorifying Him.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“This introduces a second reason why we must know who God is and what His name is: We were created to worship and glorify Him.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“Daily I have asked Him to feed me from His Word, and there has always been bread in the cupboard.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ

“The I AM statements recorded in Scripture reveal the depths of the Christian life and how God’s children can go deeper by living with Jesus in the present tense.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ