Quotable Quotes: Honoring Jesus

Today we gather in our churches around the US and all over the world for one central reason and for one special focus. To remember Jesus.

On the eve of the His crucifixion, during the Passover feast, Jesus instituted a memorial, later called by Paul, “The Lord’s Supper.” When partaking of it, Jesus instructed, “This do in remembrance of Me.”

Today we assemble because of who Jesus is. Because of what He did. And because of our relationship to Him.

For today’s seed thought, consider these great quotes about Jesus.

“Jesus is not one of many ways to approach God, nor is He the best of several ways; He is the only way.” – A. W. Tozer

“Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except through Jesus Christ.” – Blaise Pascal

“Only once did God choose a completely sinless preacher.” – Alexander Whyte

“There are two hundred and fifty-six names given in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppose this was because He was infinitely beyond all that any one name could express.” -Billy Sunday

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” ― Augustine of Hippo

“When we speak of faith – the faith that can move mountains – we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.” -Unknown

“Money can come and go, and fame comes and goes. The bottom line is, we all die, so Jesus is the answer.” –Phil Robertson

“It is in Jesus’ name that desperate people pray, grateful people worship, and angry people swear. From christenings to weddings to sick rooms to funerals, it is in Jesus’ name that people are hatched, matched, patched and dispatched.” –John Ortberg

“What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Savior.” -Walter Martin

“Jesus took the tree of death so you could have the tree of life.” – Tim Keller

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” –Jesus, Rev. 1:8

Finally, as we meet today, to honor Jesus and leave to minister in His name, remember these words from Jack Wellman, “{If}Jesus is the Head of the church. He expects His body to cooperate.”

–Ken Weliever, The Preacherman