Quotes by Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas (1914–2007) — Bibellehrer · Evangelikal · England
Der britische Heeresoffizier und Bibellehrer Walter Ian Thomas (1914–2007) gründete 1946 im englischen Capernwray die weltweite Missions- und Freizeitzentrenbewegung der Fackelträger. Seine von der Keswick-Bewegung geprägte Verkündigung stellte das Prinzip des „innewohnenden Lebens Christi“ gegen jede Form religiöser Selbstanstrengung. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt er Impulse zur Befreiung von geistlichem Leistungsdruck, wobei seine Heiligungsauffassung im reformierten Raum auch kritisch diskutiert wird.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: Discipleship, Faith & Trust, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Grace & Redemption, Growth & Character, Guidance & God's Will, Humility & Pride, Meaning & Identity
Quotes by Ian Thomas
Nothing is as boring as being religious, but nothing is as exciting as being a Christian. Sadly, most people have never discovered the difference between the two.
Ian Thomas
Not training, but direction; not ability, but availability — these are the qualities that make one fit for God.
Ian Thomas
He doesn't give you strength - he is your strength! He doesn't give you victory - he is your victory!
Ian Thomas
Christ has been made your righteousness, and all his riches have been given to you because of what he did for you.
Ian Thomas
I knew Christ only as the way, and it took seven laborious and impoverished years until I finally grasped that he is also my life.
Ian Thomas
In Christ everything has been given to you. Through his death and resurrection you have all you need.
Ian Thomas
God did not love you for what you had been. He loved you and still loves you for what he will make of you.
Ian Thomas
If you walk step by step in an attitude of complete dependence on the Lord Jesus Christ, then he will celebrate in you the victory he has already won over sin, death and the devil.
Ian Thomas
Learn to give God room to act!
Ian Thomas
When God forgives, he also forgets.
Ian Thomas
Countless Christians live, in disregard of the words they speak, sing, or pray, as if God were dead. The church of Jesus Christ must today above all rediscover that God lives, and must act accordingly.
Ian Thomas
There is no better commentary on the Bible than the Bible itself.
Ian Thomas
When you grant the Holy Spirit the right to re-establish the lordship of Jesus Christ in your heart, you lose the right to live according to your own will and to do what is right in your own eyes.
Ian Thomas
Baptism cannot make us Christians. If the outward sign has no spiritual content, there is a danger that it will sink into empty superstition.
Ian Thomas
Jesus Christ himself is the final revelation and interpretation of the whole truth. In him is revealed everything we need to know about God.
Ian Thomas
God can do without man, but man cannot do without God.
Ian Thomas
We are heirs of the tears, the fear, the grief, the pain and the decay of a world sick with sin, into which we were plunged by rebellion against God's calling and order.
Ian Thomas
The devil loves to twist the truth and turn it into a lie.
Ian Thomas
The fundamental mark of truth is its constancy.
Ian Thomas
I know of no word in Scripture that promises you deliverance from condemnation without at the same time demanding a radical change of your life.
Ian Thomas
It is frightening to realize that you can stand before the congregation with God's word in your hand and deliver a thoroughly biblical message; but if this does not happen out of an attitude of complete dependence on Christ, then your preaching is sin.
Ian Thomas
All the inexhaustible gifts of God are available to the person who is open to all the inexhaustible gifts of God.
Ian Thomas
The Lord Jesus Christ claims the right of disposal over your body, your whole being, and your entire personality.
Ian Thomas
We live either in the past or in the future. We either say 'ebenezer' - thus far the Lord has helped - or we comfort ourselves with 'maranatha' - behold, the Lord is coming - but we forget that he is the eternal 'I am', the eternal present, who is fully sufficient here and now for every lack.
Ian Thomas
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Sources: 2prophetu.com, torchbearers.org, theopedia.com, johnharmstrong.com
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