Quotes by Gene Getz
Gene Getz (b. 1932) — Pastor, Theologieprofessor und Autor · Evangelikal / überkonfessionell · USA
Gene Getz (* 1932) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Theologieprofessor und Autor, der am Moody Bible Institute sowie am Dallas Theological Seminary lehrte und die Fellowship-Bible-Church-Bewegung initiierte. Bekannt wurde er durch Veröffentlichungen wie „Sharpening the Focus of the Church“ und „The Measure of a Man“, die sich mit biblischer Gemeindepraxis, Ältestenschaft und christlicher Charakterbildung befassen. Für Bibelleser heute erschließen seine Arbeiten und Studienbibeln biblische Texte vor allem durch die Formulierung lebensnaher Prinzipien für Glaubensalltag und Gemeindearbeit.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Discipleship, Church & Congregation, Guidance & God's Will, Relationships & Family, Money & Possessions, Faith & Trust, Humility & Pride
Quotes by Gene Getz
A leader should be able to communicate in a nonargumentative, nondefensive and nonthreatening way – demonstrating gentleness, patience and teachability without compromising the message of the Word of God.
Gene Getz
Biblically speaking, there are no exceptions or exemptions for a father when it comes to overseeing family responsibilities. This does not mean, of course, that he is to do all the work, but ultimately he is responsible to make sure that all members of his family are loved, cared for, encouraged, and taught God’s truth. In turn, he is responsible for each person to function properly (according to age levels) within this God-ordained social unit.
Gene Getz
Money can quickly become an end in itself rather than a means to godly ends.
Gene Getz
Though true Christianity uniquely involves a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, it is also a corporate experience…Christians cannot grow spiritually as they ought to in isolation from one another.
Gene Getz
A Christian man who loves himself is a victim of the “I,” “me” and “mine” syndrome. He is self-involved and self-orientated. His needs are central in all that he does. He is driven by self-interest. In short, he is selfish.
Gene Getz
Someone has said that more is learned from what is “caught” that “taught”… Though it is certainly important to communicate God’s Word didactically, it’s what people see in our lives that gives weight to our words. That is why the qualifications for elders are so important. If we are to “teach the Word of God” effectively, we must simultaneously “live the Word of God.”
Gene Getz
We should remember that it’s always very important to evaluate impressions, ideas, and experiences in the light of the revealed Word of God. If we do not, we could make some serious errors in judgment and behavior. I’ve known some Christians who have had certain “religious experiences” which contradicted the Bible. Yet they chose to follow their religious experiences rather than the Word of God. The results were spiritually disastrous.
Gene Getz
Statistics reveal that most Christians in America do not include God in their budgets… Sadly, God often gets what is leftover, if anything.
Gene Getz
Without the message of the Scriptures we would have nothing with which to encourage one another. We would have no purpose for meeting together. Our knowledge of God would be so limited we would have no rational object for our faith, no doctrine on which to build our hope, and no way of even knowing the meaning of genuine love.
Gene Getz
“Fixing our eyes on Jesus” is perhaps the most important lesson in this athletic metaphor. Any runner in the Greek stadium who took his eyes off the goal and either looked at the crowds, or his competitors, would lose valuable time and concentration. So it is in the Christian life. When we get our eyes off the Lord, and onto others, we are in danger of getting sidetracked spiritually.
Gene Getz
The extent to which I love God and reflect that love by doing His will revealed in the Word of God is also the degree to which I “love what is good” [see Rom. 12:9]. Consequently, the real questions I must face are: Do I really love God? How much do I really love God?
Gene Getz
What are my motives in relationship to what I wear? Am I merely attracting attention to myself or to the Lord Jesus Christ who lives within me? Remember: You can dress elaborately to attract attention to yourself, or you can be shabby, unkempt or unclean to attract attention to yourself. Both lead to a lack of respectability.
Gene Getz
One of God’s primary means of encouraging Christians everywhere is with truth – truth revealed by the Holy Spirit. The repository of that truth is the Bible. That is what Paul wrote, “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Rom. 15:4).
Gene Getz
Paul presented this "older woman (teaching) younger woman" model as one of the greatest teaching opportunities mature Christian women can have in the church. They carefully share wisdom out of their years of experience, something even mature men have no capacity to do. Furthermore, these mature women can do what men should not do in a personal setting – to communicate with women regarding very intimate matters. It’s obvious Timothy faced this challenge in Ephesus when Paul exhorted him – particularly as a young single man – to "treat…older women as mothers, and younger woman as sisters, with absolute purity" (1 Ti. 5:1-2).
Gene Getz
Sources: octabernacle.org, bhpublishinggroup.com, pastorwriter.com, biola.edu
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