J. Vernon McGee Quotes

all taken from Matthew [Volume I]

Can a person be a Christian and deny the virgin birth? Hear me very carefully: I believe that it is possible to accept Christ as your Saviour without knowing much about Him. You may not even know that this record is in the Bible. But after you have become a child of God, you will not deny the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus. You may not have to know it to be saved, but as a child of God you cannot deny the virgin birth of Christ. - J. Vernon McGee [pg. 27]


Why is it that many of us are have trouble living the Christian life? May I say this very kindly" It is ignorance of the Word of God. Notice that out Lord [Mt. 4] always answered by giving the Word of God. I believe that the Word of God has an answer for your particular problem. That doesn't mean that I know the answer for your problem. It doesn't mean that your psychologist or psychiatrist knows the answer for your problem. But God has an answer for your problem, and it is in His Word. That is the reason we should know the Book better than we do. - J. Vernon McGee [pg. 50]


In this verse [Mt. 6:28[ the question is asked, "Why take ye thought for raiment?" Think of the time that is consumed by both men and women when it comes to buying clothes. And almost everyone has had the experience at some time of saying, "I can't go tonight, I don't have the right suit or dress to wear." Well, consider the lilies of the field. They cannot toil or spin, and yet God takes care of them. Of course, a Christian should dress as well as he can. To be slovenly in dress or in any action is not honoring to God. Our Lord called attention to the beauty of the flowers-

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  [Mt. 6:29]

I think he wants us to be as beautiful as possible. Some of us don't have much to work with, but we ought to do the best we can with what we've got. - J. Vernon McGee [pg. 88-89]


When our Lord asked the disciples to pray for laborers [Mt. 9:37, 38], He sent into the harvest these very men whom He asked to pray about it. This is very interesting indeed. An old bishop in the Methodist church in Georgia years ago said, "When a man prays for a corn crop, the Lord expects him to say 'Amen' with a hoe." I have always believed that you should not pray about anything unless you are willing to do it yourself. - J. Vernon McGee [pg.130]


"A bruised reed shall he not break" [Mt. 12:20] -no, He will instead bind up that "reed" who will let Him do so. "And smoking flax shall He not quench" -no, if that one continues to reject Him, the smoking flax will break out into the fire of judgment. The Lord won't quench it because man has a free will. - J. Vernon McGee [pg.157]