Quotes about Qualification

Those that have done nothing in life, are not qualified to judge of those that have done little

The issue is never, "Are you qualified?" The issue is always, "Are you called?

A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline -- who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices -- do not qualify to lead.

Why do we act as though our sin disqualifies us from the grace of God? That is the only thing that qualifies us! Anything else is a self-righteous attempt to earn God's grace. You cannot trust God's grace 99 percent. It's all or nothing. The problem, as I pointed out earlier, is that we want partial credit for our salvation. We want to be 1 percent of the equation. But if we try to save ourselves, we forfeit the salvation that comes from Jesus Christ alone, by grace through faith.

Three, Christians who practice repentance should be the only ones allowed into church membership and leadership.

When Jesus wanted to be baptized in water by John, John knew he wasn't qualified (see Matt. 3:14). But when you're willing to do what you're unqualified to do, that's what qualifies you.

no man who has a broken foot or hand,

Despite the obvious qualifications of all of Jesse's other sons, God appoints the unlikely David to become the king of Israel.

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. -The Circle Maker-

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there's no danger that we will confuse God's work with our own, or God's glory with our own.