Quotes about Rulership

Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." —Mark 10: 42—45

Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.

you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

It is not I that smite, stab, and slay, but God and my prince, for my hand and my body are now their servants.

Being ruled by anything other than God is something God takes quite seriously. And so should I. I don't want to live as an enemy to the cross of Christ. In other words, I don't want to live resistant to the power Christ's death and resurrection provides for me just because I can't walk away from my unhealthy cravings.

Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.

He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

When a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all regal powers, he then, in the single person of a man, fights against his own majesty and kingship.

God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.