Quotes about Will

In election and "irresistible" grace God does not disregard or act contrary to the will of any man or woman, as implied above. Rather, He regenerates the individual, as the result of which a will is born that now desires what the old will previously despised. Before, George hated Christ. Now he loves Him and so comes willingly when the gospel is preached. Again, if Mary desires to come, it is not in spite of God's predetermination in her case but because of it.

There is some task which the God of all the Universe, the Great Creator, your Redeemer in Jesus Christ has for you to do--and which will remain undone and incomplete until, by faith and obedience, you step into the will of God.

Baptism is the Sacrament of Faith. Now, dead faith does not suffice for salvation .. .Therefore, the Sacrament of Baptism cannot give salvation to a man whose will ... expels the form of faith.

Man's life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.

Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. No one can hinder him.

In life, man proposes, God disposes.

Man is man, and master of his fate.

Want of will causes paralysis of every faculty. In spiritual things man is utterly unable because resolvedly unwilling.

When man has nothing but his will to assert--even his good-will--it is always bullying. Bolshevism is one sort of bullying, capitalism another: and liberty is a change of chains.

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

Spiritual force is like any other force at the service of man.

No government on earth can make men, who have realized freedom in their hearts, salute against their will.