The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word. — Charles Stanley
Christ Jesus left you this sweet key of obedience; for He left His Vicar, whom you are all obliged to obey until death. And whoever is outside his obedience is in a state of damnation. — St. Catherine of Siena
The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world. — A. B. Simpson
True obedience is the refusal to compromise in any regard our relationship with God, regardless of the consequences. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all. — Benedict of Nursia
Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility. — John Climacus
In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful. — Timothy Keller
The greatest test of life is obedience to God. — Ezra Taft Benson
Obedience to the Lord is not only measured by how much we do for our Savior, but by how we obey Him when nobody is looking. — John Wimber
True Christianity is a life of sacrifice. It requires that in everything we live for the Lord and others, not ourselves. — Rick Joyner
Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. — Eric Liddell
Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty. — Eric Liddell
The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do. — Bill Hybels
Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you — Sinclair B. Ferguson
Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence that creatures can exhibit of their sincere and supreme love to him. — Nathanael Emmons
Short Christian Obedience Quotes
The most beloved manifestation of obedience to God is trust in Him — Ibn Ata Allah
Somebody is waiting on the other side of your obedience. — Tim Storey
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God. — Ignatius of Antioch
Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him. — Charles Stanley
Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. — Richard J. Foster
The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience. — Saint Augustine
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey. — Saint Ignatius
Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinkng. They want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.
Christian Author Quotes
How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority. — Neal Boortz
The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. — John Stott
God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time. — Kirk Cameron
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
For a servant of God to have authority in every sentence he utters, he must first suffer for the message he is to deliver. Without great tribulation, there is no great illumination. — John Sung
Our generation is lost to the truth of God, to the reality of divine revelation, to the content of God's will, to the power of His redemption, and to the authority of His Word. For this loss it is paying dearly in a swift relapse into paganism. — Carl F. H. Henry
Authority in Christ can only be retained and increased as you witness about the Lord Jesus Christ. — Enoch Adeboye
Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by humility, that humility may render justice lovable. — Pope Gregory I
We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves. The idea is to live all of our lives in the presence of God, under the authority of God, and for the honor and glory of God. That is what the Christian life is all about. — R. C. Sproul
The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion. — Thomas Paine
I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths. — Jimmy Carter
God Obedience Quotes
God is responsible for the consequences of our obedience, WE are responsible for the consequences of our disobedience — Charles Stanley
When God calls you to something, He is not always calling you
to succeed, He’s calling you to obey! The success of the calling is up to Him;the obedience is up to you. — David Wilkerson
Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience. — Steven Furtick
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it. — John Bunyan
Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility. — Charles Grandison Finney
Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience. — George Muller
When we demonstrate our faith in God by our obedience, He not only promises to provide for us, He will provide. — Benny Hinn
O God, when my faith gets overladen with dust, blow it clean with the wind of your Spirit. When my habits of obedience get stiff and rusty, anoint them with the oil of your Spirit. Restore the enthusiasm of my first love for you. — Eugene H. Peterson
If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. — Erwin W. Lutzer
God is God. Because he is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what he is up to. — Elisabeth Elliot
If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him. — Charles Studd
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature into an understanding of God’s will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God. — Oswald Chambers
The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you. — Bob Jones, Sr.
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. — Susan B. Anthony
Ask yourself whose voice are you listening to? What you see in me is the result of prayer and hard work and obedience to the voice of God. — Folorunsho Alakija
Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him. — Elisabeth Elliot
Obedience Quotes
Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience. — John Locke
The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks. — John Vianney
I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience. — Dorothea Dix
Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us. — David Platt
Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience. — Benedict of Nursia
It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act. — Stanley Milgram
From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed service at the age of twenty-seven, I found being obedient not a bit more difficult than it had been during my life to that point. It was unthinkable that I would not follow orders. — Adolf Eichmann
Mafia is a process,not a thing. Mafia is a form of clan - cooperation to which it's individual members pledge lifelong loyalty....Friendship, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience - this was the glue that held us together. — Joseph Bonanno
But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power. — Howard Zinn
Obedient Quotes
It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation. (1974) — Stanley Milgram
A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act, and without pangs of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority. — Stanley Milgram
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow. — Martin Luther
Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager. — John Taylor Gatto
O Allah,
You know that the only thing I want in this life
Is to be obedient to Your command.
Even the living sight of my eyes
Is service at your court — Rabia Basri
Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day. — Ray Lewis
Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world. — Swami Vivekananda
Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The victims of injustice in our world do not need our spasms of passion; they need our long obedience in the same direction - our legs and lungs of endurance; And we need sturdy stores of joy. — Gary Haugen
Punishment only gets short term obedience. Praise gets long term loyalty. — Alex Hormozi
Faith And Obedience Quotes
We cannot understand the meaning of many trials; God does not explain them. To explain a trial would be to destroy its object, which is that of calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience. — Alfred Edersheim
Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one. — Oswald Chambers
To say that we are able by our own efforts to think good thoughts or give God spiritual obedience before we are spiritually regenerate is to overthrow the gospel and the faith of the universal church in all ages. — John Owen
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they only stand By ignorance? Is that their happy state, The proof of their obedience and their faith? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Their ruin! — John Milton
I believe a visible church to be a congregation of those who make a credible profession of their faith in Christ, and obedience to him, joined by the bond of the covenant. — Roger Sherman
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied. — Charles Hodge
Obedience is our responsibility. The outcome is God's responsibility. As we learn to trust him with our future, trust him with those we love, trust him as our provider, and trust his sovereign plan, that gives us the foundation to step out in faith. We can trust that he'll always be faithful. — Craig Groeschel
How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience. — Bill Hybels
When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons. — Brennan Manning
It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard. Obedience and faith at such time is a virtue. — Wilhelm Keitel
Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority. — Stanley Milgram
The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as an instrument for carrying out another person's wishes and he therefore no longer regards himself as responsible for his actions. — Stanley Milgram
For an American to be patriotic is to be loyal to the principles of our Constitution, and the First Amendment. The truth is that the policies of the government is sometimes in conflict with that. In our country, patriotism should not be defined as obedience to an authority. — Daniel Ellsberg
I was brought up to question authority, and thank God for that. — Pink
And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation. — Stanley Milgram
I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. — Bruno Bettelheim
The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine, to observe, to learn. And so there is no following, no accepting, no obedience. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is the duty of a woman to be obedient to her husband, and unless she is, I would not give a damn for all her queenly right and authority; nor for her either, if she will quarrel, and lie about the work of God and the principle of plurality. — Heber C. Kimball
Blind Obedience Quotes
War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder. — Alexander Berkman
There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust. — Klaus Balkenhol
Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience. — Mary Wollstonecraft
Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience. — Anthony Eden
The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism. — Angelina Grimke
Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other. — William Penn
Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous debate, and in many respects that's the secret of its success. — Carl Sagan
We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see. — Boyd K. Packer
Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged. — Charles Kimball
Disobedience Quotes
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness. — Mahatma Gandhi
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A defiant deed has greater value than unnumerable thousands of words. — Emmeline Pankhurst
Sound doctrine does not enter into the hard and disobedient heart; but, as if beaten back, enters anew into itself. — Justin Martyr
Today's difficulties are often a result of yesterday's disobedience. — Priscilla Shirer
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism-the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought. — Margaret Chase Smith
I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart, your sense of humor, every faculty available to you...because no one has the right to take the life of another human being. — Joan Baez
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle
Hell is not a place you go if you're not a Christian, it's the failure of your life's greatest ambition. — Immortal Technique
Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I don't give a damn what queers do, and don't give a damn what Christians do. Just get the hell out of my way because I want to live my life and I don't want the government sucking 60% of my wages off my ass. — Alex Jones
You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. — Rick Warren
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — Hudson Taylor
Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes. — Billy Graham
You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die. — Cicely Saunders
It is a lesson we all need - to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways for others to follow Him; all do not go by the same path. It is for each of us to learn the path by which He requires us to follow Him, and to follow Him in that path. — Katharine Drexel
All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof. — John Wycliffe
If Christians around the world were to suddenly renounce their personal agendas, their life goals and their aspirations, and begin responding in radical obedience to everything God showed them. the world would be turned upside down. How do we know? Because that's what first century Christians did, and the world is still talking about it. — Henry Blackaby
Don’t joke with God. You should not only reverence God, you should fear Him as well. — Enoch Adeboye
To be entirely safe from the devil's snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I want to tell someone here today, that just as He (God) singled me out to bless in all areas of my life, He will do that same to you: if you listen to His voice. — Folorunsho Alakija
Questioning God is only a waste of time and an insult to the Most High. — Enoch Adeboye
We see people who are walking freely in sin but we need to turn and listen to the voice of God because with obedience comes blessings. — Folorunsho Alakija
This search for happiness can knock us out of sync with God. As the life of Jesus makes clear, keeping in sync with God is about obedience. Any other pursuit will get in the way. — Franklin Graham
What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract. — Vance Havner
Nothing shall be lost that is done for God or in obedience to Him. — John Owen
God is powerful but He also likes to delegate, He always wants man to participate in what He’s doing. — Enoch Adeboye
...the greatest thing each person can do is to give himself to God utterly and unconditionally - weaknesses, fears, and all. For God loves obedience more than good intentions or second-best offerings, which are all too often made under the guise of weakness. — Soren Kierkegaard
If being a staff in that organization causes you to stain your garment of holiness then resign. — Enoch Adeboye
A successful Christian life will not be based on how much work we have done, but rather, on how close to the Lord we have become and how obedient we have been. — Rick Joyner
Every child of God who is determined to fulfill God’s purpose must live according to the order of marriage ordained by the Almighty God. — Enoch Adeboye
Genuine love for Jesus manifests itself in obedience to His commandments. — R. C. Sproul
Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is much lower than thou in worthiness. Learn humble mindedness beforehand, which the Lord commanded in word and showed forth in deed. Hence, do not expect obedience from others, but be ready for obedience thyself. — Saint Basil
The driver on the highway is safe not when He reads the signs, but when He obeys them. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I believe Christians often perceive obedience to God as some test designed just to see if we’re really committed to Him. But what if it’s designed as God’s way of giving us what’s best for us? — Craig Groeschel
A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world. — Billy Graham
When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. — Joseph Lancaster
Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition, Calvin's Geneva all prove that this is not the case. These events were pre-eminently about obedience to authority. — Andrew Bernstein
By obedience a man is guarded against pride. Prayer is given for the sake of obedience. The grace of the Holy Spirit is also given for obedience. This is why obedience is higher than prayer and fasting. — Silouan the Athonite
Christian obedience, by its very nature, has a heroic character. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Until you have given up yourself to Him, you will not have a real self. — C. S. Lewis
Christians must share their faith in obedience to the Great Commission, because we are only seeing the fruit of sin this side of death. — Ray Comfort
Unbroken companionship helps us hear His instruction so then we can see His direction. We must not seek direction before obeying His instruction. — Lysa TerKeurst
If we cooperate with Him in loving obedience, God will manifest Himself to us, and that manifestation will be the difference between a nominal Christian life and a life radiant with the light of His face. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity. — John Strachan
In short, Christians in general are everywhere denominated the servants and the children of God, and are required to serve him with that submissive obedience, and that affectionate promptitude of duty, which belong to those endearing relations. — William Wilberforce
The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience. — Mark Galli
As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs of modern life. — Richard J. Foster
There is no surer mark of a low and unregenerate nature than this tendency of power to loudness and wantonness instead of quietness and reverence. To souls baptized in Christian nobleness the largest sphere of command is but a wider empire of obedience, calling them, not to escape from holy rule, but to its full impersonation. — James Martineau
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