Quote

Christians have a new identity. We are no longer 'in Adam' but 'in Christ' no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit.

Sinclair B. Ferguson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sinclair B. Ferguson
Flesh
Identity
Longer
Christian
Christ
Spirit
Adam
Christians

More quotes by Sinclair B. Ferguson

Image
How do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
The notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters, lies at the heart of all Christian theology, and is the mainspring of all Christian living.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
Inerrancy matters because it honors the Spirit, who wants to honor the Son, who wants to honor the Father.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
God's guidance will require patience on our part. His leading is not usually a direct assurance, a revelation, but His sovereign controlling of the circumstances of our lives, with the Word of God as our rule. It is therefore, inevitable that the unfolding of His purposes will take time - sometimes a very long time.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
The weakest faith gets the same strong Christ as does the strongest faith.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
Secular humanism debases the human.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional (I feel full of worship or The atmosphere is so worshipful). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we work up, it is something that comes down to us, from the character of God.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
When man became the measure of all things what was lost was man.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
There is a difference between a well-instructed congregation and a well-nourished one.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
God can be trusted even when he cannot be seen or understood.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
God's promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual fix for the day.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
Until we acknowledge our sin and guilt, we will never come to discover that it can be forgiven.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
It's the centrality of the Word and not the person who preaches it that's important.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
Without the spirit of the Lord Jesus, we will look upon 'the least of these' simply as the least.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
Jesus undid everything that Adam did, and did everything Adam failed to do.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Image
Most Christians have more Bibles than they know what to do with, but have little understanding of what is in them.
Sinclair B. Ferguson