Art & Creativity Quote by Jim Bakker

Bakker leans on Colossians the way a celebrity leans on a comeback narrative: not to argue a theology so much as to stage a moral reset. The line is built around a clean, emotionally satisfying trade. Christ did the work; therefore “we are pure”; therefore “without judgment on ourselves.” It’s absolution rendered in the grammar of exemption. The passive voice matters. Purity isn’t practiced, it’s granted. Judgment isn’t wrestled with, it’s removed.

That framing has a very specific cultural job in Bakker’s mouth. As a televangelist whose fame is inseparable from scandal, he isn’t just preaching doctrine; he’s reasserting eligibility. “Without judgment on ourselves” sounds like comfort for the believer, but it also functions as a preemptive defense against public scrutiny: if the deepest court has already acquitted you, who are outsiders to keep the case open? The quote quietly collapses the distance between spiritual conviction and reputational repair.

The final clause, “Only through him can we do something like this,” seals the emotional logic. It turns whatever “this” is - repentance, restoration, even returning to the spotlight - into a Christ-branded impossibility without divine sponsorship. That’s persuasive because it flatters the audience’s own longing to be unburdened. It offers a shortcut around the modern demand for accountability: not denial, exactly, but transcendence. The subtext is a familiar American promise, recast as scripture: you can start over, and the ledger doesn’t get to follow you.