Understanding By Obeying

"Men would understand; they do not care to obey. They try to understand where it is impossible they could understand except by obeying. They would search into the work of the Lord instead of doing their part in it—thus making is impossible for the Lord to go on with his work, and for themselves to become capable of seeing and understanding what he does."

- George MacDonald

Source: MacDonald, George. Knowing the Heart of God. Compiled by Michael R. Phillips. Bethany House Publishers, 1990: p. 213.

What makes a Christian

"A Christian is one who does what the Lord Jesus tells him. Neither more nor less than that makes a Christian. It is not even understanding the Lord Jesus that makes one a Christian. It is doing what he tells us that makes us Christians, and that is the only way to understand him."

- George MacDonald

Source: MacDonald, George. Knowing the Heart of God. Compiled by Michael R. Phillips. Bethany House Publishers, 1990: p. 254.

The Obedience Watershed

"It makes little difference in the end if Scripture is compromised by theological infiltration or by infiltration from the surrounding culture. It is the obeying of Scripture which is the watershed--obeying the Bible equally in doctrine and in the way we live in the full spectrum of life."

- Francis A. Schaeffer

Source: Schaeffer, Francis A. The Great Evangelical Disaster. Crossway Books, 1995: p. 64.

Abraham's Faith

"When God spoke to Abraham, he listened. When God promised, he trusted. When God commanded, he obeyed."

- Britt Merrick

Source: Merrick, Britt. Big God. Ventura: Regal Books, 2010. p. 108.

Adjustment

"Sincere belief will bring life adjustment. Adjustments are those things we do to make our lives more in harmony with and more aligned with God's heart and God's will. Adjustments are acts of obedience, and obedience and faith are bound up together. It was faith that caused Noah to obey, and moved him to action. Faith moves us to action. If you trust God, you will obey God. What you do is what you truly believe."

- Britt Merrick

Source: Merrick, Britt. Big God. Ventura: Regal Books, 2010. p. 97.

A Christian Home

"One of the greatest handicaps the church has is the witness of unsatisfactory lives of professing Christians. And of the greatest arguments for Christianity is the evidence of obedience in genuine Christian lives. The world has nothing to compare to the beauty, joy and fellowship of a truly Christian home."

- Kay Smith

Source: Smith, Kay. Reflecting God. Costa Mesa: The Word for Today, 2009. Pg. 144.

The Act of Believing

"Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have this day done one thing because He said, 'Do it,' or once abstained because He said, 'Do not do it.' It is simply absurd to say you believe or even to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you." 

- George MacDonald

Source: Lewis, C. S. George MacDonald: An Anthology. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. New York: 1946. Pg 86.

Lead them to Repentence through their Pleasure

"What I want to argue is that the most powerful and painful acts of radical obedience, beginning with remorse for sin, must be motivated by an awakened taste for pleasure in God, and that the preaching that kindles this must constantly portray God as supremely and everlastingly satisfying."

- John Piper

Source: Piper, John. Brothers, We Are Not Professionals. B&H Books, 2002. 121. Print.

Where's the Evidence?

"Obedience is the evidence of faith that alone unites us to Christ who is our justifying righteousness."

- John Piper

Source: Piper, John. Brothers, We Are Not Professionals. B&H Books, 2002. 110. Print.