Obedience is the fruit and proof of love; and the words of the Master are suggestive, "If a man love Me he will keep My words" (John 14:23). One has forcibly remarked, "When people speak of 'essentials' and 'non-essentials' they generally mean by the former what concerns their own salvation, and by the latter those things which only concern the glory of God!
Alexander MarshallTags: obedience no-essentials-and-non-essentials
Whatsoever the Lord Jesus commands you, do it, irrespective of consequences. Many who greatly delight to expatiate on the "Whosoever" of John 3:16, are not so much concerned about the "Whatsoever" of John 2:5, "Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.
Alexander MarshallTags: obedience
In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful conviction remained the case in most well-heeled homes up until at least the time of the First World War.
Bill BrysonTags: parenthood obedience victorian-era
move from an earthly mindset that makes us bristle at the thought of submission to a joyful expectation of good, we must focus on the One who is leading. We must look at the full spectrum of His love, grace, and wisdom.
Amy Layne LitzelmanTags: obedience glory-of-god
The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.
Robert Anton WilsonTags: authoritarianism obedience 1975
Obedience is the virtue that determines whether a person is either a servant or a rebel. Life of integrity is built on obedience of God's statutes and nothing else.
Israelmore AyivorTags: love integrity christianity god virtue jesus christian rebellion jesus-christ rebel building obedience obedient i-am christ jehovah obey servant build statues do-unto-others god-d-laws i-am-that-i-am statute true-christians
We all have individually special kingdoms of success in each of us. Obedience is the throne of those kingdoms without which the real person we are is sure to suffer eviction.
Israelmore AyivorTags: success god suffer law instruction individual food-for-thought talents obedience obedient kingdom king special obey throne israelmore-ayivor eviction obey-the-law
The suicide committed by Sampson was partly determined by the craftiness of Delilah and partly decided by the disobedience of Sampson. Satan uses crafty means to set traps for us, but by our obedience of the laws of God, the traps remain functionless.
Israelmore AyivorTags: devil arrogance suicide satan foolishness commandments kill sermon craft deceit obedience obedient disobedience old-testament holy-bible obey satanic preaching scriptures god-s-word trap arrogant crafty whore craftiness prostitute deceiving delilah woman-power obey-the-law disobedient disobey god-s-laws philistines sampson take-instructions the-laws-of-god
Our central problem is not sin and guilt, as it is within the monarchical model. For the Spirit model, our central problem is “estrangement,” whose specific meaning of “separated from that to which one belongs” is most appropriate. ... For the monarchical model, sin is primarily disloyalty to the king, seen especially as disobedience to his laws. The metaphors used to express the Spirit model suggest something else. For the metaphor of God as lover, sin is unfaithfulness—that is, sin is going after other lovers.
Marcus J. BorgTags: love god relationship obedience unfaithfulness
Command is a mountaintop. The air breathed there is different, and the perspectives seen there are different, from those of the valley of obedience. The passion for order and the genius for construction, which are part of man's natural endowment, get full play there. The man who has grown great sees from the top of his tower what he can make, if he so wills, of the swarming masses below him.
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