John Chrysostom Quotes

We are only living truly human lives just so far as we are labouring to keep God's commandments; no further.

If in the sight of God you cannot say you are sure that you have a special call to stay at home, why are you disobeying the Saviour's plain command to go?

I don't have to explain or defend the will of God. My job is simply to obey it.

Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science - he is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God. He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.

Obey God, obey his Prophet, and obey those in authority over you.

Thou shalt honor the gods and love thy country. Thou shalt clearly understand the principles of Heaven and the duty of man. Thou shalt revere the Mikado as thy sovereign, and obey the will of his court.

We must obey God and not man.

I used to wonder how anyone could treat a fellow human as God. I never understood why they would do this.

Every man obeys Christ as he prizes Christ, and no otherwise.

Beware of reasoning about God's Word - obey It.

Love God, and do as you like, say the Free Spirits. Yes; but as long as you like anything contrary to God's will, you do not love Him.

Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.

Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee

What else should we do with the Word of God but obey?

A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.

It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.

When God commands, do it!

Whoso hearkens not to God's voice, is an idolator, though he perform the highest and most heavy service of God.

I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.

If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.

Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure.

No man has the mind of Christ, except him who makes it his business to obey him.

Cease your insults to God, quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist!