Quotes about Command
God's work consists in universal obedience;
- John Owen
Scarcely any law of our Redeemer is more openly transgressed, or more industriously evaded, than that by which he commands his followers to forgive injuries. Samuel
- Lyndon B. Johnson
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
- James Allen
Briefly, the Regulative Principle states that everything we do in a corporate worship gathering must be clearly warranted by Scripture. Clear warrant can either take the form of an explicit biblical command, or a good and necessary implication of a biblical text.
- Mark Dever
By direct command, example, implication, or principles, God's Word tells us everything we need to know about every aspect of following him in lifeāfrom dating to marriage, from working to grieving, from evangelizing to eating. What should churches do? The answer is in the Bible.
- Mark Dever
Control of space means control of the world.
- Lyndon B. Johnson
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
- Francis de Sales
To submit to anyone less than Christ is difficult in a marriage. Yet it is Christ who commands women to be submissive to their sinful, fallible husbands. In this sense Christ is the silent partner of the marriage. It is hard for a wife to submit when she disagrees with her husband. But when she knows her submission is an act of obedience to Christ and honors Christ, it is much less difficult.
- RC Sproul
Forgiveness is God's command.
- Martin Luther
Thus the Apostle commands us to work with our own hands, that we may have to give to those that need. He might have said, that we may support ourselves; but he tells us to give to those that need.
- Martin Luther
First, self-love is already present in all people. Second, if God had wanted to command you to love yourself, he would have said, "You should love yourself and your neighbor as yourself." But he said instead, "Love your neighbor as yourself." In other words, "as yourself " means the way you already love yourself, without a commandment to do so.
- Martin Luther
Therefore we are taught here that true vengeance is carried out, not by our passion but by God's command and on account of God. We are only the instruments of the avenging God, and we arrogate nothing of the vengeance to ourselves, as you see here.
- Martin Luther