Josh McDowell Quotes

Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire.

The words 'come unto Christ' are an invitation. It is the most important invitation you could ever offer to another person. It is the most important invitation anyone could accept.

Christ does not fulfill the human element, but he certainly fulfills every other need in your life. As far as I'm concerned, there's no better love affair.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.

It's easy to look at the things of this world to solve our challenges and obstacles in life, but when we submit our lives to Christ, His grace, mercy, peace and love will bring true fulfillment to our lives.

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.

Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill... With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum.

Honesty is the door to finding a love that brings an identity found only in Christ.

The most important thing in my life is Christ.

To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.

There is nothing in this universe you need more desperately than Christ.

There is nothing more certain in Time or Eternity than what Jesus Christ did on the Cross.

What sets Christian spiritual activity apart from all other religions is that they have knowledge of Christ as their goal; not moral perfection (although you will become more moral), not tranquility (although your life will be remarkably more peaceful). And because of the grace you have in Christ, the disciplines will do nothing to make you more accepted by the Father. You cannot be more accepted than you already are in Christ, since He has already done it all for you!

If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.

When we end up in a situation where we have been rejected, there is an acceptance in Christ of a new place He is going to take us. It is like nothing we have ever experienced. You are accepted in Christ, never rejected by Him.

Heaven would be hell to me without Christ.

I don't want revival...I WANT CHRIST! And if we have Christ, there will be a revival.

The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept His offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness, and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew.

Come as you are. If you are the blackest soul out of hell, trust Christ, and that act of trust shall make you clean.

Without Christ there is no hope.

Learn, brethren, before it be too late, that ‘without Christ you can do nothing:’ that ‘all your fresh springs are in him:’ and ‘of him must your fruit be founds:’ ‘in him alone shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.’

Only in Christ can men and women find answers to the ultimate questions that trouble them. Only in Christ can they fully understand their dignity as persons created and loved by God.

Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make bad people good; it makes dead people alive...the gospel is God's acceptance of us based on what Christ has done, not on what we can do.

Only a relationship with Christ can satisfy our hearts. Without Him we have nothing. With Him we have all things to enjoy.

By trusting Christ's redemptive work for us, we can enter into what we long for: the happiness found only in God.