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title: "12 Ordained God Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Ordained God quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Ordained God sayings and thoughts."
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> [Government is ordained by God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/government-is-ordained-by-god/)

[John MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/john-macarthur-1117_god_government-is-ordained-by-god-1765732_1765732.jpg)

> [“All governments are ordained by God, but none compare to government by God, theocracy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-r-bowen/all-governments-are-ordained-by-god-but-none-compare-to-government-by/)

[William R. Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-r-bowen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/william-r-bowen-86510_homeschooling_all-governments-are-ordained-by-god-but_138919.jpg)

> [The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and is ordained of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-l-cook/the-family-is-the-most-important-unit-in-time-and-in-eternity-and-is/)

[Quentin L. Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-l-cook/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/quentin-l-cook-12472_eternity_the-family-is-the-most-important-unit-in_870848.jpg)

> [Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-campolo/marriage-should-be-viewed-as-an-institution-ordained-by-god-and/)

[Tony Campolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-campolo/)

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> [Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-bridges/every-day-is-important-for-us-because-it-is-a-day-ordained-by-god/)

[Jerry Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-bridges/)

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> [Marriage is between one man and one woman. It is ordained by God, and anything outside of that is wickedness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-robinson/marriage-is-between-one-man-and-one-woman-it-is-ordained-by-god-and/)

[Mark Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/mark-robinson-5932_god_marriage-is-between-one-man-and-one-woma_996167.jpg)

> [Ordinary work, which is what most of us do, most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/ordinary-work-which-is-what-most-of-us-do-most-of-the-time-is/)

[Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/elisabeth-elliot-1209_bits_ordinary-work-which-is-what-most-of-us-d_784480.png)

> [The family was ordained of God that children might be trained up for himself; it was before the church, or rather the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/the-family-was-ordained-of-god-that-children-might-be-trained-up-for/)

[Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/)

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> [The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-mayhew/the-apostle-enters-upon-his-subject-thus-let-every-soul-be-subject/)

[Jonathan Mayhew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-mayhew/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/650/jonathan-mayhew-25167_apostle_the-apostle-enters-upon-his-subject-thus_2264052.png)

> [Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/our-second-remark-is-that-the-office-is-of-divine-appointment-not/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/charles-hodge-9426_appointment_our-second-remark-is-that-the-office-is_757135.png)

> [I did it through our ministries. We had ordination and basically understanding there ought - to be ordained that God has set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-white/i-did-it-through-our-ministries-we-had-ordination-and-basically/)

[Paula White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/paula-white-2031_defining_i-did-it-through-our-ministries-we-had-o_409936.jpg)

> [The writings of latter-day prophets clearly teach that the sorrows and sufferings endured by Adam and Eve upon their leaving the Garden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-k-judd/the-writings-of-latter-day-prophets-clearly-teach-that-the-sorrows/)

[Daniel K Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-k-judd/)

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