Quotes About Scripture

When God's Word is deliberately internalized, it will be authentically externalized because it's no longer what we do—it's part of who we are.

The Bible describes a God who is a thousand things to His children, even though some of these are beyond our ability to understand. So when people insist on humanly reasonable theologies to satisfy their need to believe, the lesser god they're buying is not the God of Scripture. We must beware of recreating an image of God that makes us feel better.

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ. Romans 10:17

A stronghold is any way the devil tries to presume authority in our lives. If we belong to Christ, Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding Scripture to know it.

into the depths of Scripture or researched a single Greek word. They simply taught what they knew. I don't know any other

you to believe Me." The words "believe me" arose out of Isaiah 43:10 like a dead man leaping to his feet. "You are my witnesses

Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding scripture to know it.

We don't always have the explanations for certain events and acts of God. He is sovereign. He owes us no explanation. He purposes to teach us to walk by faith and not by sight. When Scripture records an event or judgment

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became a delight to me and the joy of my heart. Jeremiah 15:16

With all my heart I believe living on and by God's Word is still the key to true success.

So either Christ can satisfy us and meet our deepest needs, or God's Word is deceptive.

If we are going to believe God, our plumb line for measuring the accuracy of biblical concepts must be the Bible itself, not what we've seen or heard.

Never in all of Scripture does Christ resist the repentant sinner. He resisted the proud and the self-righteous religious, but never the humble and repentant.

One of the most mysterious aspects about God communicated in Scripture is that His knowledge about what would transpire didn't necessarily preclude His heightened hopes of something different. He didn't always spare Himself the shock of something appalling, even though He saw it coming. Even a predestined conclusion didn't spare God the emotion of the result. Perhaps most significantly, knowing why didn't keep God from asking why (Isaiah 5:4 and Mark 15:34).

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16

God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: " The righteous will live by faith." Romans 1:17

All this time, I'd accepted the rampant sexism because I thought it was about Scripture. What I was watching in the wake of the report, however, did not appear to be a whit about Scripture, nor did it evidence fruit of the Holy Spirit, as far as I could discern. In my estimation, this thing playing out in front of the world was about power. This was about control. This was about the boys' club.

We can't presently and actively believe God in our day-to-day challenges if we are not presently and actively in His Word.

Father God, according to Your Word, without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to You must believe that You exist and that You reward those who earnestly seek You. (Heb. 11:6) Lord, I want to please You. Build faith in me so my life will honor the life of Your Son.

I will meditate on Your precepts and think about Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. Psalm 119:15–16

This is what love for God is: to keep His commands. Now His commands are not a burden. 1 John 5:3

link: "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (KJV). God's direction for our lives will also escape us without the Word of God as "a lamp unto our

What does the Scripture say? " Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness." Romans 4:3

So it's clear that nothing good can come from our good works. God insists in Scripture that believing Him is what He credits to our account as righteousness. And He gets to make the rules.