Top 143 Quotes & Sayings by Max Anders - Page 3

God chose Israel not because they were superior but because of what He could do through them for others.

There is a kind of misguided pity that deals gently with false teachers at the expense of their victims.

Believers should be more concerned for God's opinion of them than for what human opponents might do to their bodies.

Protection of human life can be costly; but so is the neglect of that protection.

The concept of freedom in Scripture differs from modern notions. Freedom is not a life lived free of restraints but a life that recognizes healthy limits, those that are concern to produce prosperity and order for the person who observes them.

Some believers tend to forget God's persistent faithfulness in the face of the spectacular and showy.

Religious truth is not false for being narrow any more than mathematical or scientific truth is false for the same reason.

The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience.

Common sense religion emphasizes the human contributions that are supposed to move the deity. Valid worship always begins with recognition of what God has already done.

God's Word calls His people to adore Him exclusively and completely and to love people as themselves.

Compassion is easily forsaken in the midst of prosperity, even when this prosperity is God given.

We dare not trim stones to make God an altar, for if we do we ruin everything. We would spend time bringing people to the altar and saying, "Look at those beautiful stones we trimmed!" We merely need to accept the work that God has done for us in Christ. The object of His restrictions is to help us see how wonderful He is and to spend the rest of our lives rendering true worship to Him.

God is glorified when His people find satisfaction in Him and in His provisions for them.

Error is most painful when it is found inside the family.

God warned Israel, "And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it" (Ex. 20:25). To pollute something is to make it ordinary. God insists that any approach crafted by human ingenuity will produce a worship system just like all the pagan systems in the world. In other words, it will be common or profane - just like everyone else's paganism.

Truth can be attested by the supernatural, but so can falsehood.

The believer who feels the agony caused by rebellion will grow to become the best intercessor.

Training leaders is part of the work of discipling.

By definition, if man contributes anything toward acceptance by God, he loses everything. God expects man to be the recipient, not the originator. Jesus paid it all, not 99% of it. Paul wrote, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast"

Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others) is an affront to a gracious and generous God.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

One of the greatest testimonials to God's love is His provision of His Word.

Fear of the right type can be beneficial to the people of God (see Prov. 1:7), but the fear of man's hostile intentions seldom fits that category.