John Gerstner famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works.
-- John Gerstner

#Sin #Good Work
To the artist He is the one altogether lovely, and to the educator He is the master teacher. To the philosopher He is the wisdom of God, and to the lonely He is a brother; to the sorrowful, a comforter to the bereaved, the resurrection and the life. And to the sinner he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin from the world.
-- John Gerstner

#Lonely #Teacher #Brother
We have already shown that there is no such thing as free will. That's a will-o'-the-wisp. You never make choices without reasons, not as a responsible or a rational person
-- John Gerstner

#Choices #Free Will #Reason
The idea of a hell that involves some kind of eternal punishment at the hands of a just and holy God is so profoundly difficult for us to handle emotionally, that the only person who would have enough authority to convince us of the reality of such a place would be Jesus Himself.
-- John Gerstner

#Jesus #Reality #Hands
So when we call pain a problem, we claim we do not deserve it. We are even prepared to scuttle God to maintain our own innocence. We will say that God is not able to do what He would like, or He would never permit persons such as ourselves to suffer. That puffs up our egos and soothes our griefs at the same time. "How could God do this to me?" is at once an admission of pain and a soporific for it. It reduces our personal grief by eradicating the deity. Drastic medicine, indeed, that only a human ego, run wild, could possibly imagine.
-- John Gerstner

#Running #Pain #Grief
If the perfect Son of God is unattractive to you, then obviously you are an unattractive person.
-- John Gerstner

#Son #Perfect #Unattractive
Alongside getting faith out of a heart that is utterly hostile and unbelieving, making a silk purse out of a sow's ear or getting blood from a turnip is child's play.
-- John Gerstner

#Children #Heart #Blood

He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
Cease to sin, because you will not meet Allah with anything [as valuable] as few sins.
He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to free myself. According to him, human justice was nothing and divine justice was everything. I pointed out it was the former that had condemned me.
The absurd is sin without God.
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
Believing right doctrine will no more save you, than doing good works will save you.
It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works.
I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent.
To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.
Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

John Gerstner famous quotes

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