--- title: "2 Queen Elizabeth Ii Quotes By John Snyder" description: "2 Queen Elizabeth Ii quotes by John Snyder. Plus more from John Snyder and more Queen Elizabeth Ii sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/john-snyder-51974_children_we-may-be-tempted-to-think-of-christiani_274026.jpg" --- > [“We may be tempted to think of Christianity primarily as 'I must...,' but that is not the starting place. You cannot make yourself a child of God by doing things a child of God does, any more than you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/we-may-be-tempted-to-think-of-christianity-primarily-as-i-must-but/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/john-snyder-51974_children_we-may-be-tempted-to-think-of-christiani_274026.jpg) > [“We may be tempted to think of Christianity primarily as 'I must...,' but that is not the starting place. You cannot make yourself a child of God by doing the things that a child of God does, anymore than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/we-may-be-tempted-to-think-of-christianity-primarily-as-i-must-but-2/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/john-snyder-51974_children_we-may-be-tempted-to-think-of-christiani_2836701.jpg) ## More by John Snyder > [“We may be tempted to think of Christianity primarily as 'I must...,' but that is not the starting place. You cannot make yourself a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/we-may-be-tempted-to-think-of-christianity-primarily-as-i-must-but/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) > [“This study is written with the conviction that our fundamental need in Western Christianity is to repent of our low and unworthy views of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/this-study-is-written-with-the-conviction-that-our-fundamental-need/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) > [“What is required to get a group of people to pray? They must see how big God is and how little they are. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/what-is-required-to-get-a-group-of-people-to-pray-they-must-see-how/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) > [“Studying a book that was finished nearly two thousand years ago may appear to some like an interesting but somewhat impractical pursuit. Quaint and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/studying-a-book-that-was-finished-nearly-two-thousand-years-ago-may/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) > [“These Israelites had the right Bible and the right words, but they were living under the influence of a god they had invented. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/these-israelites-had-the-right-bible-and-the-right-words-but-they/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) > [“Clever techniques borrowed from slick salesmen have no place in evangelism because they are not crafted with the character of God in mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/clever-techniques-borrowed-from-slick-salesmen-have-no-place-in/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) > [“We may be tempted to think of Christianity primarily as 'I must...,' but that is not the starting place. You cannot make yourself a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-snyder/we-may-be-tempted-to-think-of-christianity-primarily-as-i-must-but-2/) [John Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-snyder/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queen-elizabeth-ii/john-snyder/#itemlist", "name": "2 Queen Elizabeth Ii Quotes By John Snyder", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We may be tempted to think of Christianity primarily as 'I must...,' but that is not the starting place. You cannot make yourself a child of God by doing things a child of God does, any more than you could make yourself an heir to Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain by walking around in royal clothes and waving kindly at people. The duty of the Christian life--the 'I must...,'--is caused by something else. 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