Quotes About Rebuke

Our Lord Jesus does not flatter us. He lets us see our cases as they are. His searching eye perceives the bare truth of things. He is "the faithful and true witness" (Rev. 3:14) who deals with us according to the rule of uprightness. Oh, seeking soul, Jesus loves you too much to flatter you. Therefore, I ask you to have such confidence in Him that, however much He may rebuke . . . you by His Word and Spirit, you may without hesitation reply, "Truth, Lord.

Watch the shagging, you little bastard!' he shouted. 'Fucking look at it!' Hot sun was burning the

My Lord and my God!' Thomas exclaimed." (John 20:26-28). Jesus accepted Thomas's acknowledgment of him as God. He rebuked Thomas for his unbelief but not for his worship.

You little fool

Man has power and dominion over the elements. We should be able "to rebuke the wind and the waves." We should be able to put an end to drought.

Go hang yourselves [critics]… you shall never want rope enough.

The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world system is concerned. We are not to conform. A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world.

Christ's] goodness is still a rebuke to our badness; His purity still shows up our impurities; His sinlessness still reveals our sinfulness; and unless we allow [Jesus] to destroy the evil within us, the evil within us still wants to destroy Him. This is the conflict of the ages.

To a sinner, a righteous person is an oddity and an abnormality. A Christian's goodness is a rebuke to the wicked; his being right-side up is a reflection upon the worldling's inverted position.

We should be sure, when we rebuke a want of charity, to do it with charity.

Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.

Rebuke her/him who rejects the kingdom

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

Later in his presidency, Eisenhower would feel compelled to rebuke a panel of hawkish advisers, caustically observing, "You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.

As became a young sinner, Sam [Mark Twain] had a special interest in Satan. He asked his Sunday school teacher questions about Eve in the garden, wondering "if he had ever heard of another woman who, being approached by a serpent, would not excuse herself and break for the nearest timber." Twain recalled, "He did not answer my question, but rebuked me for inquiring into matters above my age and comprehension.

It was the pride and ostentation of power the Jesus rebuked in spiritual leaders.

The devil fetch ya, ya ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep.

Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!

Fate rebuked him with terrifying swiftness.

Rebuke without love is abuse. But, a love that would never rebuke? I dare to admit that that, too, would be a kind of abuse.

As pastor and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, "Nothing is so cruel as the tenderness that consigns another to his sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe rebuke that calls a brother back from the path of sin."[2] Those

Well, that's the way to do it,' Michaud said, lightly shrugging his shoulders, his voice nonchalant. 'Give the people you should be apologising to a good telling off, that's it!' In spite

Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.

Diogenes struck the father when the son swore.