Michael Youssef > Quotes

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing (1:22-25). James is talking about those who read the Bible regularly but whose lives are no different from the lives of unbelievers. They hear sermons, go to midweek Bible studies, and keep a Bible on their nightstand—but the Word of God has no impact or influence on the way they live. They fill their minds with the same filth their worldly counterparts wallow in. They tell the same jokes, use the same filthy speech, they cheat the boss and the government, and maybe even cheat on their spouses. What is the point of reading God’s Word when it has no effect on their daily lives?”
― Michael Youssef, God, Just Tell Me What to Do: How to Put Your Faith into Action

“Jesus taught us that instead of beheading our enemies, we are to pray for our enemies, do good to them, and “turn to them the other cheek”when they mistreat us (Matthew 5:39). We don’t demand that unbelievers convert to Christ at the point of a sword. We appeal to unbelievers to accept God’s mercy and forgiveness through Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20). If they reject our gospel, we don’t slay them—we pray for them and love them. If Allah and Jehovah are the same God, why does Allah speak and act so differently from the God of the Bible?”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“In Christianity, God has promised to avenge attacks against His people. We trust the One who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay” (Romans 12:19 KJV)—but to the Muslim mind, this makes us look like cowards. In Islam, it’s the opposite: the people are commanded to punish insults to the honor of Allah and Muhammad.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“The Christian message is not an inclusive message that embraces all religions; it’s not a message that there are many paths to the same place. The Christian message is summed up in the brave words of Peter before the Sanhedrin: “Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:11–12).”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“Agape love is the decision to keep loving and seeking the best for someone even when we don’t feel like it, even when that person sins against us.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“Even when it seems that we’re surrounded by apostates and enemies, even when it seems we’re alone and that everyone around us has defected, we must remember God’s message to Elijah. Listen for the gentle whisper of the Spirit. Remember that God always reserves a remnant of faithful followers for himself. Therefore, stand strong in your faithfulness to the Lord, so that you will always be counted among God’s faithful remnant.”
― Michael Youssef, Saving Christianity?: The Danger in Undermining Our Faith – and What You Can Do about It

“In the Koran, Jesus is called Muhammad’s “Lord” (Koran 89:22) and the Truth (Koran 2:91). The Koran also describes Jesus as the “Word” of God (Koran 3:45; 4:171) and a “spirit proceeding from Him” (Koran 4:171).”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“war alone is not the answer. We must also fight for the hearts and minds of those who would do us harm.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“The Koran presents Allah as being forever hidden from humanity. The Bible presents Jehovah as drawing near and seeking us out.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“The Koran calls upon all Muslims to convert or conquer unbelievers. For those who take the Koran seriously, there is no room for moderation or tolerance.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“To be a genuine Christian, you must believe the claims of Christ.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“Ironically, while modern-day Islam rejects the Gospel accounts as corrupt, the Koran itself commands Muslims to read the Injeel—that is, the Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“Genuine biblical Christianity does not impose itself on unwilling people at the point of a sword. If you choose to reject Jesus, you’re perfectly free to do so.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“Islamophobia” is merely a label that radical Muslims use to silence and intimidate anyone who disagrees with them.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“The War on Terror is ultimately a battle for the human mind and heart.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“The truth that sets us free is this: Jesus is the one and only way to everlasting life.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“Don't let the "scars" keep you from the STARS.”
― Dr. Michael Youssef 8/7/22

“the most dangerous lie is the lie that resembles the truth”.
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― Michael Youssef, Conquer: Your Battle Plan for Spiritual Victory

“If people can be saved and accepted by God the Father apart from the saving work of Jesus Christ on the cross, then why was He crucified?”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“If you accomplish anything in life, you will be criticized.”
― Michael Youssef

“The cross of Christ gave power to the powerless. It gave strength to the weak. It brought salvation to repentant sinners. It brought hope to the hopeless. It gave peace to troubled hearts. What was true then it is still true today.”
― Michael Youssef, When the Crosses Are Gone: Restoring Sanity to a World Gone Mad

“we are emotional, vulnerable and hapless individuals. It is an attack on human potential.”12”
― Michael Youssef, When the Crosses Are Gone: Restoring Sanity to a World Gone Mad

“At the time of Christ the world population stood at about 200 million. By AD 1200 the world population had doubled to about 400 million. By the time of the American Revolution, in 1776, the world population had doubled again, to about 800 million. The population doubled again by 1900, to about 1.6 billion. The population doubled again by 1960, to more than 3 billion.1 From the time of Christ the population doubles in”
― Michael Youssef, Is The End Near?: What Jesus Told Us About the Last Days

“The first word Palestinian schoolchildren learn in their reading primers is jihad.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“How we relate to God is generally how we relate to others.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“increasingly short periods of time—first 1,200 years, then less than 600 years, then less than 125 years, then 50 years.”
― Michael Youssef, Is The End Near?: What Jesus Told Us About the Last Days

“There are only three ways to deal with non-Muslims under Islamic law: They must be converted, they must be subjugated and humiliated, or they must be eliminated”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“Doors of opportunity do not remain open forever. This is my own opinion, not a statement from the Word of God, but based on my observation of the political and social climate of the world around us, I feel very strongly—and urgently—that we in the West have a very narrow period of opportunity left to share Christ openly, to proclaim the truth without fear, and to exercise our freedom of speech and religion. This moment of opportunity is fleeting and will disappear before long. The world is changing quickly, and our freedoms are crumbling so swiftly that it may be only a matter of months, not years, before we lose it altogether.”
― Michael Youssef, God's Final Call: How the Book of Revelation Pulls Back the Veil on Current Events and Our Ultimate Future

“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). The peace that Jesus brings is divine peace, the peace of God, the only peace worthy of the name. Divine peace is the only permanent peace. Divine peace is that kind of peace you feel inside even when the world is falling apart all around you.”
― Michael Youssef, Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today

“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day” (Quran 9:29), kill”
― Michael Youssef, The Barbarians are Here: Preventing the Collapse of Western Civilization in Times of Terrorism