Quotes about Instruction

The Lord clearly defined the roles of providing for and rearing a righteous posterity. In the beginning, Adam, not Eve, was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow.

Convince them what a contradiction it is to be a Christian and yet to refuse to learn. For what is a Christian but a disciple of Christ, and how can he be his disciple if he refuses to be taught by him? He who refuses to be taught by his ministers refuses to be taught by Christ. He will not come down from heaven again to teach them by his own mouth, but he has appointed his ministers to keep school and to teach those under him.

Every parent knows that delayed obedience is really disobedience.

Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading.

The Bible is an ocean of instruction and wisdom. Dip daily into the vast pool to discover its truths. Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.

One of God's high callings for His people is that they be teachers of good things.

Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.

It is not often that any man can have so much knowledge of another, as is necessary to make instruction useful.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?

What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning.

Let us be so taken up with the knowledge of God's goodness and the desire to fellowship with Him that our emotions are warmed and our outer man reflects great love. Although we must not seek emotional experiences for their own sake, we must not shun them merely because others misuse them or ignore God's instructions on worship.