Adrian Rogers Quotations | Page 2

Our great need is to discover that Jesus is all we need.

Every time you say no to Jesus Christ, it makes it that much harder for you to say yes to Jesus Christ.

If you find a reluctancy to go into the presence of God, there may be unconfessed, unrepented sin in your life. Part of your quiet time is to get your heart clean and pure. Each of us needs to take ourselves by the nap of our necks and confess and repent before we come into God's holy presence to fellowship.

Sin is not just breaking God's laws; it is breaking His heart.

The Word of the Lord endures forever. The Bible is to judge us; we're not to judge the Bible.

God grades on the Cross not on the curve.

There is no book that has had as much opposition as the Bible. Men have laughed at it, they have scorned it, they have ridiculed it, they have made laws against it.

One of these days the dam of Gods mercy will give way to his justice.

Leave the woodpile higher than you found it.

The resurrection is not merely important to the historic Christian faith; without it, there would be no Christianity. It is the singular doctrine that elevates Christianity above all other world religions.

When a man jumps out of a ten-story building, he doesn't break the law of gravity, he demonstrates it.

Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God?

To be almost saved is to be totally lost.

You are not saved by the plan of salvation. You are saved by the man of salvation.

It has been wisely said that you can take a child of God, put him in a dungeon with a Bible and a candle and lock him away, and he will know more about what's going on in today's world with the Word of God than all the pundits in Washington.

When you read the Bible, read for quality not quantity.

Jesus did not bathe this planet with his blood to have you serve the world, the flesh, and the devil. He died to make you holy. You are not your own. First Corinthians 6:20 says 'For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.'

Sometimes we smile at a child thats afraid of the dark. I think more ridiculous is a man or woman afraid of the light.

The devil gives the best first and the worst last, but the Lord saves the best for last.

Much of God's will for your life is already found in the Bible.

A church is an incubator, a nursery, a grade school. You start where people are and move them to where they need to be.

Satan wants to cripple me and then blame me for limping.

Anything with no head is dead, and anything with two heads is a freak.

A thorn in the flesh is nothing compared to a thorn in the conscience.

The devils more orthodox than some theologians I know.

It’s what you sow that multiplies, not what you keep in the barn.

Indeed, your scars may be your greatest ministry. Just as the scars of Jesus convinced Thomas, perhaps your scars will convince someone today.

Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.

The Bible says the fruit of the spirit is longsuffering. I'll tell you one thing about fruit: you will never see a fruit factory. Isn't that right? You see a shirt factory, but you see a fruit orchard. You see, there is no fruit without life. You cannot manufacture patience. The fruit of the Spirit is patience.

Study the Bible to know about God. Obey the Bible to really know God.

Death is just a comma to a Christian, not a period.

You can save a lot of time waiting on God.

The man molds the idol and then the idol molds the man.

A marriage is not primarily a duet but a holy trio.

Theres heaven in the sweet by and by but there is to be victory in the nasty now and now.

I wouldn’t trust the best fifteen minutes I ever lived to get me into heaven.

You can detect Satan's schemes and overcome his world system.

There are those who say that children make a rich man poor. No, they have it backward. Children make a poor man rich. A rich man can't take his riches to heaven, but I'm taking my children

I believe in miracles, but I trust in Jesus. If you believe the Bible, you know that God is a miracle-working God. And God is not limited in any degree nor any respect. He is totally sovereign. Do you believe that? I hope you do. Believe in miracles, but don’t put your faith in miracles. Put your faith and your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.

I'm not always what I think I am, but I am what I think.

You can be too big for God to use, but you can never be too small for God to use.

I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.

Some people brighten up a room just by leaving it.

Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences.

Never let the things money can buy, rob you of the things money can't buy.

And the Bible is not primarily a book of history. It is "His story," the story of God.

Holiness is not the way to Christ. Christ is the way to holiness.

You don't make Him Lord. He's Lord already. You just recognize it.

Men study science as god not the God of science.

Everybody needs a hero. Jesus is mine.

It doesn't matter if you please the whole world and don't please Jesus. But if you please Jesus, it doesn't matter whom you displease.

When you have His joy in your heart, it doesn't necessarily mean your pain or hurt will be taken away. It means you'll be able to bear it.

Christianity is a love relationship between a child of God and his Maker through the Son Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

But I believe the greatest enemy of the Bible is the so-called Christian who simply ignores the Bible or disregards it.

God prefers fruits of the spirit over religious nuts.

It's a fact of earthly life that when God opens the windows of heaven to bless us, the devil opens the doors of hell to blast us. When God begins moving, the devil fires up all his artillery.

Study the history of revival. God has always sent revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today!

The Church is not a showboat; it's a battleship.

The church is not the way to heaven; the church is the sign that points to heaven.

I’m a nobody telling everybody about Somebody who can save anybody.

Two words that will change your life.... Yes Lord!

It is more important to influence people than to impress them.

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation

If your religion has not changed your life, youd better change your religion.

This is the essence of Kingdom Authority. Fathers can have no authority in the home until they have surrendered to the headship of Jesus. Mothers cannot pray with authority for their children when they have no submissive spirit to their own husbands. Pastors cannot lead, teach, or preach with anointing and supernatural power without being fully broken and surrendered to the lordship of Christ, the authority of the Word, and the commands of the Spirit.

Knowledge come from looking around; wisdom comes from looking up.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it.

If I put things between me and Christ, it is idolatry. If I put Christ between me and things, it is victory!

The same Jesus Who turned water into wine can transform your home, your life, your family, and your future. He is still in the miracle-working business, and His business is the business of transformation.

The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.

We’re to love people and use things, not love things and use people.

A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus. Our scars may be our greatest ministry.

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.

I believe that a great number of people are going to die and go to hell because they’re counting on their religiosity in the church instead of their relationship with Jesus to get them to heaven. They give lip service to repentance and faith, but they’ve never been born again.

Anything you love more, fear more, serve more, or value more than God is your idol.

Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.

Adrian Rogers told us as often as he could he took the Bible literally. He illustrated by saying he believed the world was created in six 24-hour days. And he repeated this to make an impression upon us. In private (Jerry Vines was with us), I asked Rogers what he did with the slavery passages of the New Testament. Did he take them literally? He paused and said, 'Well, I believe slavery is a much-maligned institution. If we had slavery today, we would not have this welfare mess.'

You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is better to be hated for telling the truth than to be loved for telling a lie. It is better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with a multitude. It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie. There is only one Gospel.

Friend, you cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. And what one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government can't give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody. And when half of the people get the idea they don't have to work because the other half's going to take care of them, and when the other half get the idea it does no good to work because somebody's going to get what I work for. That, dear friend, is about the end of any nation.

The idea is to minister to pastors and share with them what God has taught me over 50 years of ministry,

The city has come together for strength and to rally -- that is a good thing,