Quotes about Law
Love is much more demanding than law.
— Desmond Tutu
By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.
— Alphonsus Liguori
We learn brevity from Jesus. His greatest sermon can be read in eight minutes. His best-known story can be read in ninety seconds. He summarized prayer in five phrases. He silenced accusers with one challenge. He rescued a soul with one sentence. He summarized the Law in three verses and reduced all his teachings to one command. He made his point and went home.
— Max Lucado
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. JOSHUA 1:8 (NIV)
— Max Lucado
If I'm not saved by my works, then why work? If I'm not saved by the law, then why keep the law? If I'm not saved by what I do, then why do anything?" You've got to admit, grace is risky. There is the chance that people will take it to an extreme. There is the possibility that people will abuse God's goodness.
— Max Lucado
The second redemption upstaged the first. God sent not Moses but Jesus. He smote not Pharaoh but Satan. Not with ten plagues but a single cross. The Red Sea didn't open, but the grave did, and Jesus led anyone who wanted to follow him to the Land of No More. No more law keeping. No more striving after God's approval. 'You can rest now,' he told them.
— Max Lucado
Similarly, if the American people and their representatives do not know and understand what is in our Constitution, others will take advantage of them. Only when we understand the law of our land can we effectively hold our representatives accountable. Knowledge is power, and we must refuse to be bullied.
— Ben Carson
So highly revered was commingle, that the Jews called him the beauty of the Law.
— Beth Moore
The law perfected nothing, but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:19
— Beth Moore
These are opposed to each other, so that you don't do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Galatians 5:17—18
— Beth Moore
The revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29
— Beth Moore
They want to be teachers of the law, although they don't understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on. 1 Timothy 1:7
— Beth Moore