But I Say to You... Quotes

“We need to emphasize that what the Spirit speaks he speaks through what has already been spoken, and that what the Spirit does he does through what has already been done.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“But when the teaching of the Bible is plain, then continuing to maintain an open mind is a sign not of maturity, but of immaturity.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“Nowadays the really great mind is thought to be both broad and open – broad enough to absorb every fresh idea which is presented to it, and open enough to go on doing so for ever.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“To love the glory of God more than our own glory is also to seek approval from God rather than other people.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“For ‘worship’ is an abbreviation of ‘worthship’.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“The teachers of the law not only attempted to extend the law’s permissions; they also tried to restrict the law’s uncomfortable commands. For example, God’s law said ‘love your neighbour’. Tradition interpreted the word ‘neighbour’ narrowly, applying it only to a fellow-Israelite, or even simply to a friend.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“So then, according to Jesus, the ‘evils’ which we think, say and do are not due primarily to our environment, nor are they bad habits picked up from bad teaching, bad company or bad example; they are due to the inward corruption of our heart.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“Jesus evidently thought that human beings still retained a residue of their former glory.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“The power to save lies in the one who is gazed upon, not the one who does the looking.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“The forgiveness of God is a gift to be received, not a reward to be merited.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...

“There is no value in the reading of Scripture for its own sake, but only if it effectively introduces us to Jesus Christ.”
― John R.W. Stott, But I Say to You...