Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.

It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will know the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.

In Christ the original image of God is restored, by faith in this world and by sight in the world to come.

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.

Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God; still greater was the love in that it was made known to them that they were called children of God, as it is written, 'Ye are the children of the Lord your God.'

God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now.

Humble prayer to our Heavenly Father, in deep faith in Jesus Christ, is essential to qualify us for the companionship of the Holy Ghost.

When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on what we do instead of on what Christ has done.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.

For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!

To every soul that knows how to pray, to every soul that by faith comes to Jesus, the true mercy seat, divine sovereignty wears no dark and terrible aspect but is full of love.

God lives. I know that He lives. I know that Jesus is the Christ and the Redeemer of the world.

Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news, glad tidings, and much more. It is the message of salvation as repeatedly announced by Jesus Christ and His apostles and prophets. It is my firm belief that all truth and light originating with God is embraced in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold fast to Christ.

I think that it's the love of God that brings man into repentance. Once you embrace that love and have that fellowship with God, all those things that you shouldn't be doing will go away.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness.

Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Only Begotten Son to be our Savior. He knew that in mortality we would be in grave danger, the worst of it from the temptations of a terrible adversary. That is one of the reasons why the Savior has provided priesthood keys so that those with ears to hear and faith to obey could go to places of safety.

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall.

When I preaches, I has just one text to preach from, an' I always preaches from this one. My text is, 'When I found Jesus.'