J. Vernon McGee Quotes & Sayings

Do-gooders
if theyd only do good. — J. Vernon McGee

Faith is not a leap in the dark. Faith is not a "hope so." Faith is substance and evidence - substance for a scientific mind, and evidence for a legal mind. — J. Vernon McGee

Babies cannot eat meat but some adults like milk. — J. Vernon McGee

When I hear Christians say, "I don't do this, and I don't do that, and I am following a set of rules," I immediately recognize that they know very little about the grace of God. They are trying to live the Christian life in their own strength. But Paul says, "Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." — J. Vernon McGee

The great sin of the average Christian is ignorance of the word of God. — J. Vernon McGee

In my opinion, the greatest sin in the church of Jesus Christ in this generation is ignorance of the Word of God. Many times I have heard a church officer say, "Well I don't know much about the Bible, but ... " and then he gives his opinion, which often actually contradicts the Word of God! Why doesn't he know much about the Bible? These things were written aforetime for our learning. God wants you to know His Word. — J. Vernon McGee

Don't tell me you're trusting God until you trust Him with your pocketbook. — J. Vernon McGee

When you reject the genuine, you are wide open for the spurious. Paul wrote to the Thessalonians that when someone rejects the love of the truth that they might be saved, they will believe the big lie. — J. Vernon McGee

In the Old Testament ... God is the owner of the vineyard. Here He is the Keeper, the Farmer, the One who takes care of the vineyard. Jesus is the genuine Vine, and the Father takes care of Him ... In the Old Testament it is prophesied that the Lord Jesus would grow up before Him as a tender plant and as a root out of the dry ground. Think how often the Father intervened to save Jesus from the devil who wished to slay Him. The Father is the One who cared for the Vine, and He will care for the branches, too. — J. Vernon McGee

If you lack wisdom in regard to a problem, you need to go to God in prayer. — J. Vernon McGee

Have you ever stopped to think in your own personal life why God permits certain people to cross your path? Do you wish that you had never met certain people? Are there people whom you would call your enemies? Someone may have caused you sorrow, but it is all for His purpose. God has permitted all that for a particular purpose. Learn to recognize the hand of God in your life. — J. Vernon McGee

Our Lord even gives you suffering that you might share the comfort you receive from Him with somebody who is suffering! — J. Vernon McGee

Satan never gets very far from the Bible. And every one of the cults, even Satanism, uses the Bible. — J. Vernon McGee

How I wish that more men who claim to be evangelical really believed the Word of God--that it IS the Word of God, that it is God speaking. — J. Vernon McGee

If you feel that you can follow a few little rules or some clever gimmicks to make you a mature Christian, then you have fallen into a subtle trap of legalism. — J. Vernon McGee

That all of God's men are immortal until God is through with them is a wonderful comforting thought for today. And when He is through with you, He will remove you from the earth. — J. Vernon McGee

God's Word is as good as He is. There is an old saying that a man is as good as his word. Well, God is as good as His Word. His character is behind what He has said. — J. Vernon McGee

The greatest sin today in the church is the man in the pew who is ignorant of the Bible. — J. Vernon McGee

This is God's universe and He does things His way. You may have a better way, but you don't have a universe. — J. Vernon McGee

We either crucify or crown Jesus by our lives. — J. Vernon McGee

What is your ambition in life today? Is it to get rich? Is it to make a name for yourself? Is it even to do some wonderful thing for God? Listen to me, beloved. The highest desire that can possess any human heart is a longing to see God. — J. Vernon McGee

Men call their sons Paul and their dogs Nero today. — J. Vernon McGee

There are only two kinds of religion in the world ... They all say, "Do, do, do." Only Christianity says, "Done." Christ has done it all. — J. Vernon McGee

When a man and a woman give themselves to each other in an act of marital love, they can know the love of Christ as no one else can know it. — J. Vernon McGee

It is blasphemous rebellion against God thatmarks the Antichrist as the final and logical expression of humanism. — J. Vernon McGee

If a sinner comes into your assembly or you otherwise come into contact with him, remember that he is a human being for whom Christ died. He stands at the foot of the cross, just as you stand at the foot of the cross. — J. Vernon McGee

Being a square keeps you from going around in circles. — J. Vernon McGee

The key verse to the Book of Daniel is Daniel 2:44: "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom,which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. — J. Vernon McGee

I wish I could get you to seriously study the Word of God in order that you might see His road map. — J. Vernon McGee

The greatest sin is sinning against love. — J. Vernon McGee

If God has saved you, He has saved you by faith--plus nothing. God is not accepting any kind of good works for salvation. But after you are saved, God talks to you about your works. — J. Vernon McGee

What is in the well of the heart will come up through the bucket of the mouth. — J. Vernon McGee

There are so many people who want to get together to have a great prayer meeting or other great gatherings. Friend, have you ever tried being alone? That is where God will meet with you. Take the Word of God and go off alone with Him. It will do you a lot of good. — J. Vernon McGee

Walking by faith will cause all of us to recognize that as children of God we are just pilgrims and strangers down here on this earth. — J. Vernon McGee

Immorality is just as bad now as it was in the past. The difference is that now we flaunt it. It used to be done in secret, but now it is done in the open. — J. Vernon McGee

A poor believer [monetarily] certainly is looked down upon in certain churches, and yet he may be the richest man spiritually in that church. — J. Vernon McGee

Today, when people say they cannot believe, it is not a mental problem; it is a matter of the will of the heart- they do not want to believe. Some say they have certain 'mental reservations,' mental hurdles which they cannot get over. My friend, your mind is not big enough to take even one little hurdle. The problem is never in the mind but in the will. There is sin in the life, and a man does not want to turn to God; he does not want to believe Him. — J. Vernon McGee

May God richly bless you, my beloved. — J. Vernon McGee

Don't say that a loving God is going to send you to hell- He's not. The thing that's going to send you to hell is that you're a sinner and you don't want to admit it. — J. Vernon McGee

You can believe a whole lot of foolish things, but God doesn't want you to do that. He wants your faith to rest upon the Word of God. — J. Vernon McGee

In order to live a life of holiness, we must first receive new life from God - we must be born from above. — J. Vernon McGee

Something of eternal significance transpired there.
Not only was the calendar of the world changed,
but heaven itself and eternity were affected. — J. Vernon McGee

When God speaks, when the Word speaks, energy is translated into matter. What is atomic fission? It is matter translated back into energy - poof! it disappears. Creation began with energy. In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God. The Word was God. — J. Vernon McGee

He is preeminent in creation because He is the Creator. He is preeminent in redemption for He is the Redeemer. He is preeminent in the church because He is the One who gave Himself for the church. — J. Vernon McGee

I can fill a church speaking on Revelation and empty it speaking on Romans. — J. Vernon McGee

Jesus was not tempted to see if He would fall. He was tempted to show that He could not fall. — J. Vernon McGee

An expert is an ordinary fellow from another town. — J. Vernon McGee

If there is no deep yearning for a life that is well pleasing to Him, if there is no
stimulating desire to know Him and His Word, church membership is just like
a young man falling in love with a furnished apartment and marrying an electric
stove, a refrigerator, a vacuum cleaner, a garbage disposal, and a wet mop!
That is just about all it amounts to. Let's stop playing church today and start
loving Christ and living for Him! — J. Vernon McGee

Any place you can take Jesus Christ with you is ok to go. — J. Vernon McGee

There is a brotherhood within the body of believers, and the Lord Jesus Christ is the common denominator. Friendship and fellowship are the legal tender among believers. — J. Vernon McGee

I believe in the eternal security of the believer and in the insecurity of the make-believer. — J. Vernon McGee

Someday, when in the presence of our Savior, we will thank Him for every burden, every trial, and every heartache. — J. Vernon McGee

The Bible. Know it in your head. Stow it in your heart. Show it in your life. Sow it in the world. — J. Vernon McGee

If you learn to trust God when the sun is shining, it is easier to trust Him on the day when there are dark and lowering clouds in the sky and you are in one of life's storms. — J. Vernon McGee

There's a pardon for every sinner on the topside of the earth, but you have to call for it by faith before it becomes yours. In other words, you have to trust Christ as your Savior. — J. Vernon McGee