Quotes About God

Fear not them which destroy the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (Matt. 10:28 KJV). We should all truly love God, fear God, and be prepared to meet Him when our time comes to leave this earth and stand before Him to give an account. We never really know when our time will come to leave this life. Let's make sure we're ready!

God is holy; holiness is an essential attribute of His nature. With respect to Him, it means absolute purity and moral perfection. With respect to man, holiness means conformity to the character of God. We must be holy because God is holy (I Peter 1:15-16). It means thinking as God thinks, loving what He loves, hating what He hates, and acting as Christ would act.

Instead of appealing to human authorities, institutions, and traditions, an apostolic church challenges people to encounter God for themselves, to search the Scriptures to find truth, and to follow God's ways instead of social expectations.

Human authorities will exercise authority rightly only if they acknowledge the authority of God over them.

Antony wanted to be whole and to experience more progress in his desire for God. The angelic vision corrected his desire for something "better" than what he was doing. It reassured him to continue his pattern of constant integration of work and prayer, mundane as it was.

Too much "evangelistic preaching".... comes out as "a God without wrath bringing men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a Cross - The Evangelism Mandate, David Larsen pg. 35

If we think that God loves us only if we act in a certain way, we will see our lives as a time of testing. We need to rise to the challenge, to avoid mistakes, to labor to do the right thing. But if God is Love loving, our life is a time of growing and maturing. "All the things in this world" are ways to become closer to God.

debemos solamente desear y elegir "lo que más nos conduce al fin para el que hemos sido creados". La meta y el fin de nuestra vida es una relación de amor con Dios.

God is about fear, a way to make you afraid and obey. The man of the forest is without fear.

If God is indeed omnipotent, is he then capable of creating something more intelligent than himself?

ayuda a tomar las cosas con otra filosofía, a no preocuparse por nada, a decir "Que se haga Su voluntad". Y es tan fácil vivir sin preocupaciones, haciendo el propio trabajo lo mejor posible y dejando el resto a Dios.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

The God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament.

We also see in these messages and throughout the Bible that while God exhorts us to have faith in Him, we aren't always going to reap immediate rewards. Life often seems unfair, and even a strong faith is not guaranteed to produce bliss and prosperity in the short term.

In Life of Christ, Archbishop Fulton Sheen puts it this way: "No man can love anything unless he can get his arms around it, and the cosmos is too big and too bulky. But once God became a Babe and was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, men could say, 'This is Emmanuel, this is God with us.

There is one safe and happy place, and that is in the will of God.

I place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of God. If anything will advance the interests of the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only as by giving or keeping it I shall most promote the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes in time or eternity.

God had an only Son and He made Him a missionary.

What a villain you are, to boast of killing women and children of your own nation! What will God say when you appear before him?" "He will say," replied he, "that I was a very clever fellow.

but the Gospels reveal Jesus, the manifestation of the blessed God over all as minute in His care of all. He exercises a vigilance more constant, complete, and comprehensive, every hour and every minute, over each of His people than their utmost selflove could ever attain. His tender love is more exquisite than a mother's heart can feel.

What is the atonement of Christ? It is Himself: it is the inherent and everlasting mercy of God made apparent to human eyes and ears. The everlasting love was disclosed by our Lord's life and death. It showed that God forgives, because He loves to forgive. He works by smiles if possible, if not by frowns; pain is only a means of enforcing love. If we speak of strength, lo! He is strong. The Almighty; the Over Power; the Mind of the Universe. The heart thrills at the idea of His greatness.

People have argued about God and government for centuries, and still they don't agree. But science, confronts opinion with facts.

God doesn't ask the impossible. He sees our weakness and our struggles. He looks at our heart more than at our behavior. If he sees that we want to love him, want to believe in him, and want to follow his way — but are just unable right now to do it — he has patience with us. He encourages us to do whatever we can, and to keep trying.

Rather, we stand before the infinite holiness of God, all presumption annihilated in his presence. We are deeply conscious that we do not know him enough to praise him adequately, appreciate him enough to love him as we should, or reverence him enough to serve him as we ought.