Quotes about Obedience

One side effect of our individualized reading of the Gospel is that it allows the clergy great control over individual behavior, via threats and rewards. Obedience to authorities became the highest virtue in this framework, instead of love, communion, or solidarity with God or others, including the marginalized.

What is the gospel itself but a merciful moderation, in which Christ's obedience is esteemed ours, and our sins laid upon him, wherein God, from being a judge, becomes our Father, pardoning our sins and accepting our obedience, though feeble and blemished? We are now brought to heaven under the covenant of grace by a way of love and mercy.

The whole conduct of a Christian is nothing else but knowledge reduced to will, affection and practice.

see 1 Sam. 22:28).

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.

Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.

Every parent knows that delayed obedience is really disobedience.

Surrendered people obey God's word, even if it doesn't make sense.

When you use your life for God's glory, everything you do can become an act of worship. The Bible says, "Use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God."12

God wants your life — all of it. Ninety-five percent is not enough.

There are three barriers that block our total surrender to God: fear, pride, and confusion. We don't realize how much God loves us, we want to control our own lives, and we misunderstand the meaning of surrender.

Surrender is hard work.