![Jesus was not content to derive his ethics from the scriptures of his upbringing. He explicitly departed from them. [...] Since a principal thesis of this chapter is that we do not, and should not, derive our morals from scripture, Jesus has to be honoured as a model for that very thesis.](/assets/img/quote-photos/jesus-was-not-content-to-derive-his-ethics-from-the-scriptures-of-his-upbringing.jpg)
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Taking things not as they ought to be, but as they are, I fear it must be allowed that Macchiavelli will always have more disciples than Jesus. Charles Caleb Colton
jesus mean winning
...I do not say, Don't play games or cricket and so forth. By all means play and enjoy them, giving thanks to Jesus for them. Only take care that games do not become an idol to you as they did to me. What good will it do to anybody in the next world to have been the best player that ever has been? And then think of the difference between that and winning souls for Jesus. Charles Studd
jesus wall sea
Christ wants not nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible, by faith in the omnipotence, fidelity, and wisdom of the Almighty Saviour Who gave the command. Is there a wall in our path? By our God we will leap over it! Are there lions and scorpions in our way? We will trample them under our feet! Does a mountain bar our progress? Saying, 'Be thou cast into the sea,' we will march on. Soldiers of Jesus! Never surrender!
jesus giving joy
I cannot tell you what joy it gave me to bring the first soul to the Lord Jesus Christ. I have tasted almost all the pleasures that this world can give. I do not suppose there is one that I have not experienced, but I can tell you that those pleasures were as nothing compared to the joy that the saving of that one soul gave me.
jesus long heaven
Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets the news of our departure from the field of battle.
jesus church ascension
The task of the Church after Jesus' resurrection and ascension was to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to all nations. Charles Stanley
jesus jesus-christ christ
Jesus is our Advocate before God.
jesus world way
God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.
jesus heart able
The main thing to avoid being a casualty is simply this: to have a kind of intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ whereby you're able to hear God speak to your heart, you're sensitive to what He's saying to you to do, and that you're willing to be obedient to Him.
departed luck
His huff arrived and he departed in it. Alexander Woollcott
departed endangered particular previous publicly reluctant
I have been reluctant to publicly castigate an administration, but I think this particular administration has departed from all previous presidents, ... Our Endangered Values. Jimmy Carter
departed platitudes mortals
Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth. Ambrose Bierce
departed goes-on oscars
Leo couldnt deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with The Aviator, but I will go on record to say I will do so in The Departed. Anthony Anderson
departed far itself speak sphere women
The press, many-tongued, surpassed itself in reproaches upon these women who had so far departed from their sphere as to speak in public. Lucy Stone
departed demented
Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented... Kelley Armstrong
departed immortal fallen
Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more! though fallen, great! Lord Byron
departed found heard joseph man
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. Bible Bible
departed heaven island mountain moved
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
scripture needs should
You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture. Charles Spurgeon
scripture holy form
The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed.
scripture christ print
The scriptures are in print what Christ is in person. Aiden Wilson Tozer
scripture gods-plan eternal-life
The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life. Deborah Norville
scripture worship invisible
The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship. Austin Farrer
scripture doe endure
A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that does not weaken with the passage of time. Richard G. Scott
scripture charity sole
All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity. Blaise Pascal
scripture wounds
Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore.
scripture inspired holy
The Holy and Inspired Scriptures are sufficient of themselves for the preaching of the Truth.