Quotes by Richard Wurmbrand

Richard Wurmbrand (1909–2001) — Pastor, Zeuge der Verfolgung · Evangelikal · Rumänien

Richard Wurmbrand war ein rumänischer lutherischer Pastor jüdischer Herkunft, der wegen der Leitung einer christlichen Untergrundkirche 14 Jahre in kommunistischer Haft verbrachte und nach seiner Ausreise das Hilfswerk für verfolgte Christen (Hilfsaktion Märtyrerkirche / Voice of the Martyrs) gründete. Bekannt wurde er weltweit durch Berichte über seine Foltererfahrungen und das Buch „Gefoltert für Christus“, während seine scharfe antikommunistische Rhetorik sowie spekulative Thesen über Karl Marx auch auf fachliche Kritik stießen. Heutigen Bibellesern dient er als Zeugnis für Standhaftigkeit im Leiden und für das Festhalten an Feindesliebe und Vergebung unter extremen Bedingungen.

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Recurring topics: Witness & Mission, Hope & Confidence, Love, Prayer & Silence, Discipleship, Courage & Strength, Suffering & the Question of God, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death

Quotes by Richard Wurmbrand

I have no idea why I have to suffer so much. But what I do know is that God is determined to make masterpieces out of you and me.
Richard Wurmbrand

Snow melts in spring. It cannot destroy the sun's rays. In the same way, evil cannot destroy love.
Richard Wurmbrand

I don't know where Christians got the habit of closing their eyes in prayer. There is nothing about it in the Bible. Personally, I never close my eyes in prayer, but open them wide, so that in prayer I may see my brothers.
Richard Wurmbrand

God will one day judge us not by how much we have endured, but by how much love we have shown.
Richard Wurmbrand

Friendship with Jesus is costly. Faith alone saves, but saving faith is never alone. It is always accompanied by great sacrifices for Christ’s sake.
Richard Wurmbrand

What encourages us to preach the gospel to bound nations is the love and zeal of those who have become Christians.
Richard Wurmbrand

God is the truth. The Bible is the truth about the truth; theology is the truth about the truth about the truth.
Richard Wurmbrand

A person doesn't really believe the creed they recite, but only what they would be willing to die for. The Christians of the underground church have proven that they are ready to die for their faith.
Richard Wurmbrand

The only explanation of the present is the future.
Richard Wurmbrand

The outstanding mark of the underground church is the earnestness of its faith.
Richard Wurmbrand

The world needs your smile.
Richard Wurmbrand

Communism makes no one happy, not even its rulers. They all need Christ.
Richard Wurmbrand

The noise of this technological age is part of a conspiracy against spirituality. Radio and television, among other things, ensure that you never have a moment of quiet.
Richard Wurmbrand

If you are not willing to die for what is written in the Bible, then you should not spend money on it. Because if you donate it, we will smuggle more Bibles. And if we smuggle more Bibles, there will be more martyrs.
Richard Wurmbrand

I suffer more in the West than I suffered in communist countries.
Richard Wurmbrand

The further communism advances in a country, the deeper the church must go underground.
Richard Wurmbrand

Every second of my life that I do not devote to destroying what stands in the way of love, but waste on other things, is sin.
Richard Wurmbrand

Every prayer for a person that is not accepted by the one you are interceding for returns to you with blessings, but becomes judgment for the one who was the cause of your prayer.
Richard Wurmbrand

God does not always expect the same from people of the most varied temperaments and different upbringing and background. Each should serve God according to his calling and not torment his conscience with the fact that he is not capable of deeds for which he is not qualified.
Richard Wurmbrand

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Sources: wikipedia.org, christianhistoryinstitute.org, vu.nl, sobrief.com

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