#obedience

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#does #due #force #legitimate #obedience

Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience. ↗

— Ed Townsend

#leads #obedience #total #trust

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#generally #great #great talent #kinds #life

The Christian living in disobedience also lives devoid of joy and hope. But when he begins to understand that Christ has delivered him from the reign of sin, when he begins to see that he is united to Him who has all power and authority and that it is possible to walk in obedience, he begins to have hope, and as he hopes in Christ, he begins to have joy. In the strength of this joy, he begins to overcome the sins that have so easily entangle him. He then finds that the joy of a holy walk is infinitely more satisfying than the fleeting pleasures of sin. But to experience this joy, we must make some choices. We must choose to forsake sin, not only because it is defeating to us but because it grieves the heart of God. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#holiness #joy #sin #experience

In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful conviction remained the case in most well-heeled homes up until at least the time of the First World War. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#parenthood #victorian-era #home

We obey God's Law, not to be loved but because we are loved in Christ. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#obedience #love

When EVIL men make bad laws, righteous men disobey them." Pastor Butch Paugh ↗

— Tarrin P. Lupo

#misattributed #men

We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success; but He does not. If our Lord has ever constrained you, and you obeyed Him, what was your dream of His purpose? Never put your dream of success as God’s purpose for you; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#success #dreams

The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart from a life of faith. Faith enables us to claim the promises of God, but it also enables us to obey the commands of God. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#holiness #obedience #faith

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#before #boy #dog #down #importance