Quotes about Demonstration

For even sheep do not vomit up their grass and show to the shepherds how much they have eaten; but when they have internally digested the pasture, they produce externally wool and milk. Do you also show not your theorems to the uninstructed, but show the acts which come from their digestion.

There is thus no objection to the use of the term 'faith' for that function of the soul by which it attains certainty immediately or directly, without the aid of discursive demonstration. This places faith over against demonstration, but not over against knowing.

May 30 word: Example People believe a lot more of what they see you do than what they hear you do. That's why it is important that we take the responsibility to set a good, Biblical example. How we live in front of people and even behind closed doors at home is essential to being an effective witness.

Example is more powerful than precept.

My speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" (1 Corinthians 2: 4). In the same letter he wrote, "For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power," and he speaks of the Holy Spirit giving "the working of miracles" (1 Corinthians 4: 20; 12: 10).

I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to crucify a man.

Just a moment ago nature put on one of its most spectacular demonstrations.

There is little use in preaching the love of God in words without showing the love of God in action.

The purpose of good works isn't to change us or save us; rather, it's the demonstration of the change within us.

Faith in God is to be demonstrated, not defined.

The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God.

The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken.