Quotes About Conformity

Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the disposition that ruled Him will rule us. It will cost everything that is not of God in us.

Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me.

We are not saved in order to be a blessing to other people--you will be that inevitably--but primarily we are saved in order to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ, God's Son.

All moral obligation resolves itself into the obligation of conformity to the will of God.

In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state

The purpose of God isn't to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ.

A sin...consists in doing, saying, thinking, or imagining anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.

Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state

We won't be like Jesus if it's more important to us to be like each other. God doesn't compare what he creates.

Brokenness is the shattering of my self-will - the absolute surrender of my will to the will of God.

Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God

Holiness is not a series of do's and don'ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.

Be yourself! Be individualistic!' he called out after me. 'But for God's sake get your hair cut. You look like an oddball.

A disciple is one who thinks, feels and acts like Jesus Christ. It is being conformed to the image of Christ as Romans 8:28-29 states-that God's No.1 purpose in our lives is to make us like Jesus.

We are called not to adjust ourselves to each other, but to adjust ourselves to God.

They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them.

God's Word instructs us, teaches us, guides us, encourages us, convicts us, and helps conform us to the image of Christ.

God elevates nations that behave in conformity with God's standards but he withdraws his blessings from a people who disregard those standards.

If you want to put on a suit and come to church, fine. But it's a problem when you make people feel like, if you don't do this, you're not going to be accepted and God doesn't look at that.

God's mark is on everything that obeys Him.

For a lot of people in our world today, God has become about believing the right stuff so you don't get in trouble.

How does our will become sanctified? By conforming itself unreservedly to that of God.

I saw my real gods . . the gods of most men. Food, drink, and security in conformity.