The violence of our time is caused by obedience.
The greatest test of life is obedience to God.
Man unquestionably has impressive powers. . . But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ. . . Man cannot earn his own salvation.
Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us.
Extraordinary moves of God begin with ordinary acts of obedience.
All the good of which humanity is capable is comprised in obedience.
Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience.
Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is not accompanied by obedience. To pray for revival while ignoring or actually flouting the plain precept laid down in the Scriptures is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble.
Rationalization is one of the real obstacles to obedience.
The pseudo-conscience. . . demands not obedience to the inner law of our being, but conformity to super-imposed convention.
God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience.
The focus of Satan's efforts is always the same: to deceive us into believing that the passing pleasures of sin are more satisfying than obedience.
Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy. . . Don't hedge! Time flies!. . . Enlist!
Personally I declare that I owe the Pope no other obedience than that to Antichrist.
Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.
Patience is. . . clearly not fatalistic, shoulder-shrugging resignation. It is the acceptance of a divine rhythm to life; it is obedience prolonged. Patience stoutly resists pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing.
Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.
If obedience invariably leads to cruelty, disobedience is our moral duty.