Alistair Begg Quotes

Those who love the Gospel will love to be stirred by its truth all over again.

A good church is a Bible-centered church. Nothing is as important as this
not a large congregation, a witty pastor, or tangible experiences of the Holy Spirit.

I am fat and flabby and that Dr. J. I. Packer is right when he says, "Here then is the root cause of our moral flabbiness; we have neglected God's Law."3

If [the devil has] brought you down, make sure that with Christ's enabling you stand back up.

The authority of God is behind the establishing of human authority.

Our words and our works are evidence that our profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is true.

The great need is for us to be taught theologically, not just stirred emotionally.

We Christians are secure, realizing that even our failures and our sins are under His control.

Do you want to lead, or do you want to be liked?

If the law does not lead us to Christ and redemption, it will lead us to despair.

There is a kind of life that leads to death. There is a kind of death that leads to life.

We mustn't say more than we should, but we mustn't say less than we must.

It is our response to temptation that leads us down the path of righteousness or into the dead end of disobedience.

When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness.

When my children hear godliness out of my mouth and they see wickedness in my life, then I point them to heaven and I lead them to hell.

If our Christianity doesn't work at home, it doesn't work.

It is not our believing of the Gospel that makes it true. It exists as independent, true Truth.

We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full.

It is in the context ... of the body in Christ that we understand who we are and where we fit.

The Bible comes both to warn and to encourage and always to turn us again to the Lord Jesus Christ.

We should not seek to confirm God's will by the absence of adversity.

When grace begins to rule, then our preoccupation with ourselves begins to leave.

Singleness is a gift; marriage is a gift. We should not misuse the gifts we've been given.

You will never have a better friend than a friend who points you to Christ.

I do not come to God so that Jesus can give me what I want. But I must come to God so that Jesus will grant me what I need.

Christianity is not about how to escape from the difficulties of life - it is about how to face the difficulties of life.

I know that a man is converted when he starts to sing

Many of us are tempted to find the key in doing, but the answer is actually found in being. It is vital that we are routinely humbled by the reminder that Christian life is grounded, not in what we can do, but what has been done for us and what we need done to us.

We find Christ in all the Scriptures. In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospels He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is expected.

Marriage, we learn, is supposed to be a model of Christ's love for the church. It is to be based not upon lust, but upon honor and holiness (Ephesians 5).

Even the most casual events are connected to God's purpose for His people from all eternity.

You need to be in a church where the pastors are urging you, not so much to listen to what they say as to turn to the Bible from which they teach.

I only need a mirror to see a sinner.

Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist.

I am weaker and more sinful than I ever before believed, but through Jesus Christ I'm more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope.

The mercy of God is an all-embracing mercy and it breaks down the barriers that man erects.

What's descriptive isn't necessarily prescriptive.

Undefined Christianity is not a problem in our generation. It is defined Christianity that brings the rub.

We're to love our children for who they are, not for what we want them to become.

Withhold no part of the precious truth, but speak what you know and declare what you have seen. Do not allow the toil or darkness or possible unbelief of your friends to dissuade you. Let us rise and march to the place of duty, and there declare what great things God has shown to our soul.

It's our Christian duty to offer spiritual worship to God that engages our minds, stirs our hearts & flows from our lips

As I am humbled by my difficulties, so I am strengthened by God's grace.

If truth were told, most of us spend longer each day on personal cleanliness than on practical godliness.

The ultimate fulfillment of God's mercy in Jesus is not something that is supplied in time to correct a default in the system, but is something that is planned from all of eternity.

We lose our way around the Bible when we take our eyes off the Cross.

Unfortunately, preachers who distort God's Word are all too common today. Sometimes this springs from a sincere desire to soften hard hearts, but hearts aren't changed by compromise.

Father, help us to rest our heads on the soft pillow of Your providence.

Question 1: What is the chief end of man? This most basic question confronts each of us. Why am I here? What is the reason for my existence? What is the purpose of my life? The catechism on the basis of 1 Corinthians 10:31 and Psalm 73:25 provides the familiar answer. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.

Consider how Jesus came from a position of glory and consistently reached out to the lowly.

We have taken the latter course as a culture. So there is mass confusion today
even in the evangelical church
over whether the Bible is true and over how far we should go in obeying it.

We can do more than pray, after we have prayed, but not until.

We as [churches] may be lampstands, but all of the light is Christ Himself. We exist in order that He might shine through us.

God's concern is for His name, His glory, His people, His unfolding eternal purpose and for His Kingdom.

Father, look upon us in Your goodness and kindness, we pray as a church. Help us to love each other.

Father, we long for the clarity of Your truth to dawn upon our minds and for the immensity of Your love to grip our hearts.

Unless the Bible is first taught to our own hearts, then we have no basis from which to teach it to others at all.

The wisdom of God is vaster than the wisdom of man. Failure to pay attention to it will have ramifications.

The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if doing what is right and believing what is true should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will regard it as a small loss, since his great Friend in heaven will be even more friendly and will reveal Himself to him more graciously than ever.

We are not brought by faith into a realm of passivity, but rather, we are brought into the realm of diligent activity.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.

I once was absolutely useless, and God in His grace has made me useful.

Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be a typist and a mom; that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do.

Prayer is the means that God has ordained for the supply of grace that is necessary to be joyful in hope.

The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.

The Bible is one book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God ... provides through Him.

There are no freelance Christians; there is no solo-flying to heaven.

When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed.

At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be published in heaven as a miracle that the Lord Jesus should set His heart's love upon people like us.

I never met a hopeful Christian who didn't read their Bible.

If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what we have (Hebrews 13:5). Much of our discontentment may be traced to expectations that are essentially selfish and more often than not completely unrealistic.

To expose our minds constantly to ungodly thinking is a great danger.

Gods law has been written on all of our consciences, but only in Christ is it written on our hearts.

The preacher's task is to declare what God has said, explain the meaning, and establish the implications so that no one will mistake its relevance.

Refusal to forgive reveals we have minimized our offense against God and we have maximized a brother's offense against us.

Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.

How do I know that I am in Christ? Because of my trusting, costly obedience to the Word.

The callings of God never leave you where they find you.

Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth.

People may not be impressed by our theological grasp, but they may be impressed by our expressions of practical godliness.

To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle that only the Spirit of God can work in you. Do not turn your back like a coward, but play the man. Follow boldly in your Master's steps, for He has made this rough journey before you. Better a brief warfare and eternal rest than false peace and everlasting torment.

Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.

If we do not roll up our sleeves to the task of the Gospel in our days, then we will amount to virtually nothing for God.

Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.

There is an old joke that went around- it goes, in the beginning God made man in His own image, and since the fall, man has been seeking to return the compliment.

Regular expository preaching of the Bible is the staple diet of a healthy church.

Sincere love is not as a result of emotional surges - it's a result of obedience to the Truth.

The death of Jesus is the pivotal event of human history and everything needs to be understood in light of that.

Father, write Your Word in our heart; make us men and women who understand Your truth.

When we become captive to the Word of God, then we discover true freedom.

It is impossible to serve God without serving one another.

Our relationship with God will never be right as long as our relationship with others is wrong.

Singleness and marriage are both evidences of God's grace that are to be experienced and sustained purely by the strength which God supplies.

When a man or woman is born again by the Spirit of God they will give evidence of it in part by striving to live a holy life.