Billy Graham Quotes

Not one word about hell in the Bible would ever make you want to go there.

~ Billy Graham

I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial, and misunderstood . . .As a minister I must deal with it. I cannot ignore it.

~ Billy Graham

Among those Christians to whom hell means little, Calvary means less.

~ Billy Graham

Will a loving God send a man to hell? The answer from Jesus and His teachings of the Bible is, clearly, “Yes!” He does not send man willingly, but man condemns himself to eternal hell because . . .he refuses God’s way of salvation and the hope of eternal life with Him.

~ Billy Graham

The Bible teaches there is hell for every person who willingly and knowingly rejects Christ as Lord and Savior. Many passages could be quoted to support that fact.

~ Billy Graham

Hell has been cloaked in folklore and disguised in fiction for so long, many people deny the reality of such a place.

~ Billy Graham

Some teach “universalism”—that eventually everybody will be saved and the God of love will never send anyone to hell. They believe the words “eternal” or “everlasting” do not actually mean forever. However, the same word which speaks of eternal banishment from God is also used for the eternity of heaven.

~ Billy Graham

A seminary professor I once knew told his students, “Never preach about hell without tears in your eyes.

~ Billy Graham

I would not change places with the wealthiest and most influential person in the world. I would rather be a child of the King, a joint-heir with Christ, a member of the Royal Family of heaven!

~ Billy Graham

Your life is intricately woven into the lives of scores and hundreds of others around you. Consider the variety of lives that you influence in one day. Somewhere within your circle of contacts someone is being hurt. Are you aware of it?

~ Billy Graham

Apart from religious influence, the family is the most important unit of society.

~ Billy Graham

God will never lead contrary to His word—so get acquainted with the Word of God, the Bible. Pray. He leads through the illumination of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. Use whatever you have and be faithful. We are called to serve Christ in our sphere of influence.

~ Billy Graham

It doesn’t take great wealth or social influence to be faithful, but it does take obedience and endurance.

~ Billy Graham

The way in which we react to hurts and disappointments influences the shaping of our personalities.

~ Billy Graham

Salt and light speak of the influence Christians can exercise for good in society.

~ Billy Graham

We must understand what the word believe implies. It means “commit” and “surrender.

~ Billy Graham

We can hold nothing back [from God]. He must control and dominate us [wholly]. It is a surrender without any conditions attached. This surrender is a definite and conscious act on our part in obedience to the Word of God.

~ Billy Graham

There is not one verse of Scripture that indicates you can be a Christian and live any kind of a life you want to. When Christ enters into the human heart, He expects to be Lord and Master. He commands complete surrender.

~ Billy Graham

Faith actually means surrender and commitment to the claims of Christ. It means an acknowledgment of sin and a turning to Christ.

~ Billy Graham

Jesus expects one hundred percent surrender, and when that is accomplished He rewards a thousandfold.

~ Billy Graham

Surrendering to Christ is like signing your name to a blank check and letting the Lord put in the amount.

~ Billy Graham

In our spiritual pilgrimage we see sins which mar our relationship with God, but beneath it is a commitment which seeks to move beyond to a higher life, based on wholehearted surrender to God.

~ Billy Graham

Pentecost was the day of power of the Holy Spirit. It was the day the Christian church was born.

~ Billy Graham

The word church as applied to the Christian society was first used by Jesus Himself when He told Peter, “Upon this rock I will build my church” [Matthew 16:18]. He is the foundation of all Christian experience.

~ Billy Graham

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

~ Billy Graham

The blood of Christ purchased the church.

~ Billy Graham

If we in the church want a cause to fight, let’s fight sin. Let’s reveal its hideousness. Let’s show that Jeremiah was correct when e said: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” [Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV].

~ Billy Graham

I am convinced if the church went back to the main task of proclaiming the Gospel it would see people being converted to Christ, and it would have a far greater impact on the social, moral, and psychological needs of people than anything else it could possibly do.

~ Billy Graham

I have met men who are habitual liars. They have lied so long that they no longer can distinguish between the truth and a lie. Their sensitivity to sin has been almost completely deadened.

~ Billy Graham

Movie and television stars lay down the law offashions, manners, speech, and even moral behavior. It has been proven that a movie or a television program can brainwash.

~ Billy Graham

New morality is nothing more than the old immorality brought up to date.

~ Billy Graham

Truth is timeless. Truth does not differ from one age to another, from one people to another, from one geographical location to another . . . the great all-prevailing Truth stands for time and eternity.

~ Billy Graham

Because truth is unpopular does not mean that it should not be proclaimed.

~ Billy Graham

Our emotions can lie to us, and we need to counter our emotions with truth.

~ Billy Graham

Where there is truth and error there is always compromise. Within some churches there is a movement to reshape the Christian messageto make it more acceptable to man.

~ Billy Graham

If our minds and hearts are not filled with God’s truth, something else will take His place: cynicism, occultism, false religions and philosophies, drugs—the list is endless.

~ Billy Graham

At the end of his life Buddha said: “I am still searching for truth.” This statement could be made by countless thousands of scientists, philosophers, and religious leaders throughout all history. However, Jesus Christ made the astounding claim: I am . . . the truth” [John 14:6]. He is the embodiment of all truth. The only answer to man’s search is found in Him.

~ Billy Graham

It is Satan’s purpose to steal the seed of truth from your heart by sending distracting thoughts . . . The difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is: though they both may have good and evil thoughts, Christ gives His followers strength to select the right rather than the wrong.

~ Billy Graham

The Holy Spirit can take God’s word of truthand minister it to our deepest needs.

~ Billy Graham

It is far better to know God’s truth than to be ignorant of it.

~ Billy Graham