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Obedience: Quotations from Burning Words

To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.— H. W. BEECHER

True obedience to God is the obedience of faith and good works; that is, he is truly obedient to God who trusts Him, and does what He commands.— MARTIN LUTHER

I find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.— GEORGE MACDONALD

The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.— GUESSES AT TRUTH

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: - they acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced in His will in all things.— RICHARD CECIL

Every man obeys Christ as he prizes Christ, and no otherwise.— THOMAS BROOKS

"Sir," said the Duke of Wellington to an officer of engineers, who urged the impossibility of executing the directions he had received, "I did not ask your opinion, I gave you my orders, and I expect them to be obeyed." Such should be the obedience of every follower of Jesus.— C. H. SPURGEON

"Arise, take up thy bed and walk." You are on your bed now. You put yourself there by your own sin. You have kept yourself there by your own choice. Every sinner is a sinner because he chooses to be; and you are no exception. Jesus commands you to repent and trust Him and follow Him. The moment you are willing to obey, He gives you strength to obey.— T. L. CUYLER

O that we could take that simple view of things, as to feel that the one thing which lies before us is to please God! What gain is it to please the world, to please the great, nay, even to please those whom we love, compared with this? What gain is it to be applauded, admired, courted, followed, -compared with this one aim of "not being disobedient to the heavenly vision?"— J. H. NEWMAN

He praiseth God best that serveth and obeyeth Him most: the life of thankfulness consists in the thankfulness of the life. The sound convert takes a whole Christ, and takes Him for all intents and purposes, without exceptions, without limitations, without reserves. He is willing to have Christ, upon His own terms, upon any terms. He is willing to bear the dominion of Christ as well as have deliverance by Christ. He saith with Paul, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"— JOSEPH ALLEINE

Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience ; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience neither procrastinates nor questions.— FRANCIS QUARLES

O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in Thee; mercifully accept our prayer; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without Thee, grant us the help of Thy grace, that in keeping Thy commandments we may please Thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord.— BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Poor, sad Humanity Through all the dust and heat Turns back with bleeding feet, By the weary road it came, Unto the simple thought By the Great Master taught, And that remaineth still, Not he that repeateth the name, But he that doeth the will!— LONGFELLOW

Worship is easier than obedience. Men are ever readier to serve the priest than to obey the prophet.— A. M. FAIRBAIRN