G. C. Berkouwer famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Scripture ... does not derive its authority from the fact that we use it, not even when we use Scripture in faith.
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Doe #Use #Scripture
In Scripture the election of God ... does not come out of works but out of grace. God's electing plan prepares the way of salvation in which man learns that salvation is obtained only as a divine gift an never as an acquisiton because of good works.
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Men #Grace #Doe
We can hardly say that the Pharisees had an accurate â€˜knowledgeâ€™ of man when they pointed to the sins (the real sins) of publicans and sinners. This judgment, which separated knowledge of man from self-knowledge, was as nothing in Godâ€™s eyes. The Jew did not have a better understanding because he was able to judge the heathen. In the sphere of abstract morality this could possibly be said, but this is not Biblical morality - O man, who judgest others!
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Real #Eye #Biblical
In the doctrine of Providence, we have a specific Christian confession exclusively possible through faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is no general, vague notion of Providence. It has a concrete focus: â€˜If God is for us, who is against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?â€™ (Rom.8:31, 32).
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Christian #Jesus #Son
Bonhoeffer's emphasis on the deep this-worldliness of Christianity does not lead to de-escahtologizing the gospel.
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Doe #Christianity #Bonhoeffer
In the New Testament, myth stands over against the truth of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been already cast in the New Testament opposition to myth.
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Jesus #Christ #New Testament
The confession of the authority of the Word of God can never be isolated from the saving content of the Word of God.
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Saving #Confession #Authority
Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Character #Scripture #Christ
Grace is the essence of theology and gratitude is the essence of ethics.
-- G. C. Berkouwer

#Gratitude #Essence #Grace

There is not a command God gives to His children for which He does not provide the enablement for obedience.
Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.
We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full.
Random? You'Â€Â™d almost think we were dealing with an identifiable enemy motivated by a distinct ideology that is drawn verbatim from a particular belief system'Â€Â™s scriptures. Nah . . .
Scriptures are Letters from Home. Can you imagine getting a letter from home and not even bothering to open it?
To realize that the Holy Scriptures are a revelation from the Most High, communicating to us His mind and defining for us His will, is the first step toward practical godliness. To recognize that the Bible is God's Word, and that its precepts are the precepts of the Almighty, will lead us to see what an awful thing it is to despise and ignore them.

G. C. Berkouwer famous quotes

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