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QUOTES ON JESUS CHRIST

 

I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man.
Between Him and every other person in the world there is no possible term of
comparison. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on
what did we rest the creation of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded
His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.
–Napoleon

 

No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the
world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other
man has been so devoutly loved. –John Knox

 

Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in
their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their
subtlety nor the ardour of their hearts has been able to create a higher ideal
of man and of virtue than the ideal given by Christ of old. –Fyodor
Dostoyevsky

 

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a
sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom
of the world. It was a perfect act. –Mahatma Gandhi

 

Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more
millions than Alexander the Great, Caesar, Mohammed, and Napoleon; without
science and learning, he shed more light on things human and divine than all
philosophers and scholars combined; without the eloquence of school, he spoke
such words of life as were never spoken before or since, and produced effects
which lie beyond the reach of orator or poet; without writing a single line, he
set more pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations,
discussions, learned volumes, works of art, and songs of praise than the whole
army of great men of ancient and modern times. –Philip Schaff

 

I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess
as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the
very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all
history.–H.G. Wells

 

As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that,
measured by His effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life ever
lived on this planet. — Historian Kenneth Scott Latourette

 

Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the Child
of a peasant woman. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then
for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never
held an office. He never owned a home. He never had a family. He never went to
college. He never put His foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred
miles from the place where He was born. He never did one of the things that
usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself. He had nothing
to do with this world except the naked power of His Divine manhood. While still
a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. He was turned over
to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a
Cross between two thieves. His executioners gambled for the only piece of
property He had on earth while He was dying—and that was His coat. When He was
dead He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a
friend. Such was His human life—He rises from the dead. Nineteen wide
centuries have come and gone and today He is the Centerpiece of the human race
and the Leader of the column of progress. I am within the mark when I say that
all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and
all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put
together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as
has that One Solitary Life. –James C. Hefley

 

Socrates taught for 40 years, Plato for 50, Aristotle for
40, and Jesus for only 3. Yet the influence of Christ’s 3-year ministry
infinitely transcends the impact left by the combined 130 years of teaching
from these men who were among the greatest philosophers of all antiquity.
–Unknown

 

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise
and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: “Come unto me all
ye that labour and are heavy laden.” –Augustine

 

Buddha never claimed to be God. Moses never claimed to be
Jehovah. Mohammed never claimed to be Allah. Yet Jesus Christ claimed to be the
true and living God. Buddha simply said, “I am a teacher in search of the
truth.” Jesus said, “I am the Truth.” Confucius said, “I
never claimed to be holy.” Jesus said, “Who convicts me of sin?”
Mohammed said, “Unless God throws his cloak of mercy over me, I have no
hope.” Jesus said, “Unless you believe in me, you will die in your
sins.” –Unknown

 

Fundamentally, our Lord’s message was Himself. He did not
come merely to preach a Gospel; He himself is that Gospel. He did not come
merely to give bread; He said, “I am the bread.” He did not come
merely to shed light; He said, “I am the light.” He did not come
merely to show the door; He said, “I am the door.” He did not come
merely to name a shepherd; He said, “I am the shepherd.” He did not
come merely to point the way; He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the
life.” –J. Sidlow Baxter

 

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and
before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. – Blaise Pascal

 

As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in
the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the
Nazarene….No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of
Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such
life. –Albert Einstein

 

An unsurpassed master of the art of laying bare the inmost
core of spiritual truth. –Geza Vermes

 

There is something so pure and frank and noble about Him
that to doubt His sincerity would be like doubting the brightness of the sun.
— Charles Edward Jefferson

 

Only Christ could have conceived Christ. — Joseph Parker

 

In Jesus, God wills to be true God not only in the height
but also in the depth – in the depth of human creatureliness, sinfulness and
mortality. –Karl Barth

 

It was this same Jesus, the Christ who, among many other
remarkable things, said and repeated something which, proceeding from any other
being would have condemned him at once as either a bloated egotist or a
dangerously unbalanced person…when He said He himself would rise again from
the dead, the third day after He was crucified, He said something that only a
fool would dare say, if he expected longer the devotion of any
disciples—unless He was sure He was going to rise. No founder of any world
religion known to men ever dared say a thing like that! –Wilbur Smith

 

Because Christianity’s influence is so pervasive throughout
much of the world, it is easy to forget how radical its beliefs once were.
Jesus’ resurrection forever changed Christians’ view of death. Rodney Stark,
sociologist at the University of Washington, points out that when a major
plague hit the ancient Roman Empire, Christians had surprisingly high survival
rates. Why? Most Roman citizens would banish any plague-stricken person from
their household. But because Christians had no fear of death, they nursed their
sick instead of throwing them out on the streets. Therefore, many Christians
survived the plague. –“2000 Years of Jesus” by Kenneth L. Woodward,
NEWSWEEK, March 29, 1999, p. 55.

 

Despite our efforts to keep him out, God intrudes. The life
of Jesus is bracketed by two impossibilities: “a virgin’s womb and an
empty tomb”. Jesus entered our world through a door marked,”No
Entrance” and left through a door marked “No Exit.” –Peter
Larson

 

I would like to ask Him if He was indeed virgin born,
because the answer to that question would define history. – Larry King

 

The most pressing question on the problem of faith is
whether a man as a civilized being can believe in the divinity of the Son of
God, Jesus Christ, for therein rests the whole of our faith. –Fyodor
Dostoevski

 

If I might comprehend Jesus Christ, I could not believe on
Him. He would be no greater than myself. Such is my consciousness of sin and
inability that I must have a superhuman Saviour. –Daniel Webster

 

Jesus Christ: The meeting place of eternity and time, the
blending of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth – Anonymous