Quotes about Obedience
The only safe evidence that we are in Christ is a holy life.
— Jerry Bridges
If we think about it, we realize that obedience that is not delighted in is not perfect obedience.
— Jerry Bridges
The Scriptures never indicate that God is frustrated to any degree by our failure to act as we should.
— Jerry Bridges
We might agree with what the Bible says about a certain sin, "and even make a commitment of sorts to put it out of our lives…..We would like to be rid of that sin, and even pray to God to take it away, but are we willing to say no to it?
— Jerry Bridges
His agenda for our lives that God will guard, protect, and advance. We must learn to live by His agenda if we are to trust Him.
— Jerry Bridges
We must learn to live by His agenda if we are to trust Him.
— Jerry Bridges
The pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian.
— Jerry Bridges
The reality, though, is that our very best efforts at following his example are always imperfect and defiled by our sinful nature. By contrast, his obedience was always perfect and complete and never defiled. Therefore, we should always look first at what Jesus did as our representative before looking at him as our example.
— Jerry Bridges
Our motive for obedience is just as important, probably more so, to God than the level of our performance. A person who struggles with some persistent sin but does so out of love for God is more pleasing to Him than the person who has no such struggle but is proud of his or her self-control. Of course, the person who obeys from a motive of love will be concerned about his or her performance. There will be a sincere desire and an earnest effort to please God in every area of life.
— Jerry Bridges
Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.
— Jerry Falwell
If every one said orders were impossible to carry out when they were received where would you be? Where would we all be if you just said, Impossible, when orders came?
— Ernest Hemingway
God has a plan for His Church upon earth. But alas! we too often make our plan, and we think that we know what ought to be done. We ask God first to bless our feeble efforts, instead of absolutely refusing to go unless God go before us.
— Andrew Murray