Oswald Chambers Saint Quotations

A saint is never consciously a saint- a saint is consciously dependent on God.

God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He came to save men because He had created them to be holy.

The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is.

Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.

The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.

The one true mark of a saint of God is the inner creativity that flows from being totally surrendered to Jesus Christ.

The loadstar of a saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that count, not what we do for him.

God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.

When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured out wine, we have yet another level to reach - a level where all awareness of ourselves and what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint - a saint is consciously dependent on God.

God saved us to make us holy, not happy. Some experiences may not contribute to our happiness, but all can be made to contribute to our holiness. Vance Havner The destined end of man is not happiness, nor health, but holiness. God's one aim is the production of saints.