A Quote by Julius Charles Hare

The virtue of Christianity is obedience.

Julius Charles Hare

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Julius Charles Hare
English - Priest
September 13, 1795 - January 3, 1855

The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

Augustus Hare

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

Augustus Hare

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

David Hare

With an abstract idea it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps even to put it into practice; but it can never be followed in personal obedience. Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Through inculcating the notion that sacrifice is a virtue, Christianity has succeeded in convincing many people that misery incurred through sacrifice is a mark of virtue. Pain becomes the inignia of morality - and conversely, pleasure becomes the insignia of immorality. Christianity, therefore, does not say, "Go forth and be miserable." Rather, it says, "Go forth and practice the virtue of self-sacrifice." In practical terms, these commands are identical.

George H. Smith

Obedience is the crown and honour of all virtue.

Martin Luther

Since when has obedience to Christ and His Gospel become optional to Christianity?

K.P. Yohannan

Virtue, for us, is obedience to God in Christ.

Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

By obedience a man is guarded against pride. Prayer is given for the sake of obedience. The grace of the Holy Spirit is also given for obedience. This is why obedience is higher than prayer and fasting.

Silouan the Athonite

Whatever in Christ had the nature of satisfaction, was by virtue of the suffering or humiliation that was in it; but whatever had the nature of merit, was by virtue of the obedience or righteousness there was in it.

Jonathan Edwards

If you don't plan to live the Christian life totally committed to knowing your God and to walking in obedience to Him, then don't begin; for this is what Christianity is all about. It is a change of citizenship, a change of governments, a change of allegience. If you have no intention of letting Christ rule your life, then forget Christianity; it's not for you.

Kay Arthur

Most people think that Christianity is spelled DO: they look at the Bible or the life of Christ, and they simply try hard to live like Jesus. Christianity is really spelled DONE: it is what Christ has done that enables us to live a life of obedience.30

Darrin Patrick

Discipline is the virtue that begins in obedience and flowers in self-control.

Ted Malloch

Christianity loses its scriptural fidelity and internal power when it no longer affirms both sola fide and the necessity of obedience.

Kevin DeYoung

All men who give up themselves in obedience unto God, they are received in Christ's obedience, viz. in the fulfilling of the obedience, the Jew and the Christian, and so likewise the heathen who has neither the law nor Gospel.