Jesus the Evangelist Quotes

“Believing in Christ is the world's great need, and our great obligation is to tell all people that they need to do so.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Our witness must center not on our experience but on the facts of Christ's coming to this world.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Let those who wish to witness Christ to the world therefore tend to their own faith in Jesus Christ above all else. It is often the simple exercise of faith in all of life's circumstances that bears the strongest witness.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“become so mechanical in his witness that he can go through all the motions of witnessing without actually looking and praying for the response to Christ in faith by the other person. If we could remember this, we would find witnessing exciting, and we would learn that winning the argument often becomes far less important than winning the person to the Lord. ,4 Since our goal is to persuade unbelievers and win over sinners, we should be eager to display the grace of the gospel in our lives; we should labor earnestly in prayer before and after our witness;”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“If people notice that you have changed, you should praise God and tell them that it was Jesus' work, for they will gain what you have, not by admiring you, but only by believing on Jesus. In some cases, redirecting praise in this manner will result in people who previously admired you becoming hostile; the world hated Christ, and it will often hate a faithful witness to Him. But we must accept this risk so as to bear testimony not to ourselves but to Christ.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“It is true that cults can help a person get off drugs, but that does not make their beliefs true. So it is with faith in Christ; its usefulness does not prove that it is true. Moreover, it is easy for people to brush testimonies aside, saying, "I'm glad it worked for him, but that has no relevance to me." Our witness must center not on our experience but on the facts of Christ's coming to this world.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Just as Jesus is our primary model for faith, obedience, prayer, and good works, Jesus the Evangelist should be our model for the sharing of His gospel.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Arthur W. Pink summarizes the human condition:
Whether he articulates it or not the natural man, the world over, is crying "I thirst." Why this consuming desire to acquire wealth? Why this craving for the honors and plaudits of the world? Why this mad rush after pleasure, the turning from one form of it to another with persistent and unwearied diligence? Why this eager search for wisdom-this scientific inquiry, this pursuit of philosophy, this ransacking of the writings of the ancients, and this ceaseless experimentation by the moderns? Why the insane craze for that which is novel? Why? Because there is an aching void in the soul. Because there is something remaining in every natural man that is unsatisfied. This is true of the millionaire equally as much as the pauper: the riches of the former bring no real contentment. It is as true of the globe-trotter equally as much as of the country rustic who has never been outside the bounds of his native country: traveling from one end of the earth to the other and back again fails to discover the secret of peace. Over all the cisterns of this world's providing is written in letters of ineffaceable truth, "Whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again."7”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“A voice is the vehicle by which a word is made known. Jesus is the eternal Word, but He enters into our world in part through our voices.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“We are not responsible for the outcome, but only for our faithful, loving witness.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“We are not called to give lifestyle tips or the self-help plumbing that today's worldly men and women crave. The Bible says the gospel is the "power of God for salvation to everyone who believes." (Romans 1:16b), so we must proclaim it.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“For one who believes in Christ, death is a gateway into a new life that will never end.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Salvation requires a radical revamping by which we are made inwardly new. J.C. Ryle explains, 'It is a thorough change of heart, will, and character. It is a resurrection. It is a new creation. It is a passing from death to life. It is the implanting of our death hearts of a new principle from above.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Sometimes, when doctrinal explanations have failed to move a sinner's heart, a biblical portrait of Jesus' beautiful love will bring him or her to salvation.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Christ... did not come on earth to be a conqueror or a philosopher, or a mere teacher of morality. He came to save sinners. He came to do that which man could never do for himself - to do that which money and learning can never obtain - to do that which is essential to man's real happiness. He came to 'take away sin'.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“You may think that you are just one "voice" and that your witness doesn't matter. But if Jesus is the Word your voice brings - and if He is living in you and you know Him - then your witness is mighty to cast down strongholds and lead dying sinners to salvation.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“...don't let what you don't know keep you from witnessing to what you do know.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“There is no other light other than Jesus that can lead to true joy now or to eternal life in days to come; not money, adventure, or success; not the pride of morality; not the pleasure of sin. The only true light is Jesus Christ, and God in His grace sent Him into this world to be our Savior.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“I may ... pass for being a relatively successful man. People occasionally stare at me in the streets-that's fame. I can fairly easily earn enough to qualify for admission to the higher slopes of the Inland Revenue-that's success. Furnished with money and a little fame ... [I] may partake of trendy diversions-that's pleasure. It might happen once in a while that something I said or wrote ... represented a serious impact on our time-that's fulfillment. Yet I say to you, and I beg you to believe me, multiply these tiny triumphs by a million, add them all together, and they are nothing-less than nothing, a positive impediment-measured against one draught of that living water Christ offers to the spiritually thirsty.8”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Donald Grey Barnhouse was one who set an example of combining gospel preaching with humble prayer. He often could be found in the sanctuary on Saturdays, kneeling beside each pew, thinking about the people who often sat there, and asking God to bless them with the following day's sermon.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“John Calvin said: "It is the nature of faith that we want to bring others to share eternal life with us when we have become partakers of it. The knowledge of God cannot lie buried and inactive in our hearts and not be made known to men."6
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― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Many believe that the new birth is caused by a profession of faith, but the situation is exactly reversed: A confession of faith in Christ is a result of a person being born again of the Holy Spirit. Jesus”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“There is no greater witness to the gospel than Jesus Himself, which is why the ultimate goal of our evangelism is to bring people to meet with Him. It”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Of this blest man, let this just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in heaven."9”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“The second sign that the Samaritan woman had been saved was the change that occurred in her life. According to the Bible, a bare confession of faith is not in itself enough to demonstrate a new birth. The reason is that a confession of faith is not credible unless it is accompanied by a changed life. It is one thing to recite "the sinner's prayer" or give verbal assent to the gospel, but a true conversion will lead to a living faith-not a dead faith-that bears the spiritual fruit of change in one's life.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“The third and best view takes into account that Jesus chided Nicodemus for his ignorance (John 3:10). So He must be referring to things taught in the Old Testament. It turns out that Jesus' description of the new birth as being by "water and the Spirit" corresponds to God's promise of the new birth in Ezekiel 36:25-27: "I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Likewise, if we care for others' salvation, we will expend ourselves in ministry to them-in prayer, in service, and in witness. If we are not willing to be wearied-if we do not find ourselves sometimes needing a rest from our labors-then we are not likely to accomplish much in Christian ministry.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Only God can enlighten the mind and open the heart to His gospel. So”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Arthur W. Pink rightly warns: "The fact that a preacher has graduated with honors from some theological center is no proof that he is a man taught of the Holy Spirit. No dependence can be placed on human learning."' The”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“But we should always emphasize the actual teaching of the Bible in our witness, because it is the Word of God that brings people to faith. Peter”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John