 Partial obedience is not obedience at all; to single out easy things that do not oppose our lusts, which are not against our reputation, therein some will do more than they need; but our obedience must be universal to all God's commandments, and that because He commands it. Empty relationships are nothing; if we profess ourselves God's servants and do not honour Him by our obedience, we take but an empty title. Author: Richard Sibbes |
| When the voice of Christ speaks through the Word, then you will arise, and leave all, and follow Him. Author: Robert Murray McCheyne
Source: Comfort and Sorrow |
| We must not think that obedience leads to an easier life, nor should we assume that when things fall apart it is always a sign of our specific disobedience - God's ways with us in the Christian life are usually much more intricate and complex than that! Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson
Source: Healthy Christian Growth |
| So what is the place of the Law in the life of the Christian? Simply this: We are no longer under the Law to be condemned by it, we are now "in-lawed" to it because of our betrothal to Christ! He has written the Law, and love for it, into our hearts! Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson
Source: Tabletalk |
| The way in which God leads us is the way of following Christ in bearing the cross. Any "guidance" which contradicts this principle will lack the familiar autograph of Christ. Any "voice" which beckons us to forsake this pathway we will silence. For we will have come to recognize the accents of our Master. There is no voice like the voice of the One who has been crucified. Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson
Source: Discovering God's Will |
| There is no such thing as genuine knowledge of God that does not show itself in obedience to His Word and will. The person who wants to know God but who has no heart to obey Him will never enter the sacred courts where God reveals Himself to the soul of man. God does not give divine knowledge to those who have no desire to glorify Him. Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson
Source: A Heart for God, 1987 |
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| In a nutshell, abiding in Christ means allowing His Word to fill our minds, direct our wills, and transform our affections. In other words, our relationship to Christ is intimately connected to what we do with our Bibles! Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson |
| We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination. Author: Warren Wiersbe
Source: Live Like a King |
| If a commission by an earthly king is considered an honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? Author: David Livingstone |
| If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth's grandest empire, the other to go and sweep the streets of its meanest village, it would be a matter of entire indifference to each which service fell to his lot, the post of ruler or the post of scavenger; for the joy of the angels lies only in obedience to God's will. Author: E.M. Bounds
Source: The Essentials of Prayer, Baker Book House, 1979, p. 19. |
| The end of life is not to do good, although many of us think so. It is not to win souls, although I once thought so. The end of life is to do the will of God whatever it may be. Author: Henry Drummond |
| Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience. Author: John Stott
Source: Authentic Christianity. Christianity Today, v. 40, n. 3. |
