Quotes about Unworthy
God's people are peculiar. Their spirit cannot mingle with the spirit and influence of the world. You do not wish to bear the Christian name and yet be unworthy of it.
— Ellen White
The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him.
— AW Tozer
The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive him from her.
— St. Augustine
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
— 1 Corinthians 15:9
But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
— 2 Samuel 23:6
In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners.
— John Calvin
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
— Genesis 32:10
But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.
— George Whitefield
God does not seek the people most outwardly capable, nor the most naturally "good." He works with the most unlikely material so that everyone can see the glory is his and his alone.
— Philip Yancey
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
— Luke 17:10
God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
— Timothy Keller
For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind. We ought, rather, utterly to defy them.
— John Calvin