Quotes about Obedience

He who has ascended the cross and refuses to drink the vinegar mingled with gall is the one who knows the Lord. Many go up to the cross rather reluctantly, still thinking of drinking vinegar mingled with gall to alleviate their pain. All who say—"The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"—will not drink the cup of vinegar mingled with gall.

Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.

The life of faith can be called the life of the will since faith is impervious to how one feels but chooses through volition to obey God's mind.

Whenever man touches God's delegated authority he touches God within that person; sinning against delegated authority is sinning against God.

If man's soul wills to obey God, it will allow the spirit to rule over the man as ordered by God. The soul, if it chooses, also can suppress the spirit and take some other delight as lord of the man.

How much in our prayers is self completely forgotten and the will of the Lord is alone the thing that is sought?

Whatever prayer is not according to God's will is utterly

How many of Gods servants are used by Him, as we say in China, to build a 12 feet of wall, only when they have done so to undo it all by themselves pulling down 15 feet!

God never asks us to do anything we can do. He asks us to live a life which we can never live and to do a work which we can never do. Yet, by His grace, we are living it and doing it.

How many of Gods servants are used by Him, as we say in China, to build 12 feet of wall, only when they have done so to undo it all by themselves pulling down 15 feet!

The life of faith can be called the life of the will since faith is impervious to how one feels but chooses through volition to obey God's mind. Though the Christian may not feel like obeying God

since God's Word is living, he who listens and does not have a living response is he who has not actually heard the Word of God.