Quotes about Allegiance

He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

Jesus told him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him.'" Matthew 4:10

Do you not know that if you offer yourself to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey? Romans 6:16

Lord, our God, other lords than You have ruled over us, but we remember Your name alone. Isaiah 26:13

Choose for yourselves today the one you will worship. Joshua 24:15

Bow down to him, for he is your lord. Psalm 45:11

The LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul. Deuteronomy 13:3

Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory because of Your faithful love, because of Your truth. Psalm 115:1

Take your eyes and your ears and your hands and your feet and your thoughts and your heart: Give them completely and unreservedly to Christ.

Jesus Christ spoke frankly to His disciples concerning the future. He hid nothing from them. No one could ever accuse Him of deception. No one could ever accuse Him of securing allegiances by making false promises. In unmistakable language He told them that discipleship meant a life of self-denial, and the bearing of a cross. He asked them to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation.

As long as we are on this earth, we possess dual citizenship. On one hand we owe allegiance to our nation and are called to be good citizens. But we are also citizens of the kingdom of God. Our supreme loyalty is to Him.

We must understand what the word believe implies. It means "commit" and "surrender.