--- title: "1 Systematic Theology Quotes By Jim Elliot" description: "1 Systematic Theology quotes by Jim Elliot. Plus more from Jim Elliot and more Systematic Theology sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/jim-elliot-7510_be-careful_systematic-theology-be-careful-how-you-t_1480888.jpg" --- > [Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized theistic philosophies! The Word of God is not bound! It's free to say what it will to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/systematic-theology-be-careful-how-you-tie-down-the-word-to-fit-your/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/jim-elliot-7510_be-careful_systematic-theology-be-careful-how-you-t_1480888.jpg) ## More by Jim Elliot > [Children are arrows in a quiver, and they are to be trained as missionaries and shot at the Devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/children-are-arrows-in-a-quiver-and-they-are-to-be-trained-as/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [I couldn’t have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/i-couldn-t-have-asked-for-more-than-god-in-deliberate-grace-has/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Rest in this-it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call, or whatever you want to call it. It is your business to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/rest-in-this-it-is-his-business-to-lead-command-impel-send-call-or/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/no-one-warns-young-people-to-follow-adam-s-example-he-waited-till-god/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/father-take-my-life-yea-my-blood-if-thou-wilt-and-consume-it-with/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/so-many-missionaries-intent-on-doing-something-forget-that-his-main/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Our young men are going into the professional fields because they don't 'feel called' to the mission field. We don't need a call; we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/our-young-men-are-going-into-the-professional-fields-because-they-don/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/i-seek-not-a-long-life-but-a-full-one-like-you-lord-jesus/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/what-good-are-greek-commentaries-insight-gift-and-all-the-rest-if/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/lord-make-my-way-prosperous-not-that-i-achieve-high-station-but-that/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [We wouldn't think of rising in the morning without a face-wash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/we-wouldn-t-think-of-rising-in-the-morning-without-a-face-wash-but-we/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [“When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/when-the-time-comes-to-die-make-sure-that-all-you-have-to-do-is-die/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [It's hard to steer a parked car.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/it-s-hard-to-steer-a-parked-car/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/what-a-brutish-master-sin-is-taking-the-joy-from-one-s-life-stealing/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/father-make-of-me-a-crisis-man-bring-those-i-contact-to-decision-let/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/systematic-theology/jim-elliot/#itemlist", "name": "1 Systematic Theology Quotes By Jim Elliot", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized theistic philosophies! The Word of God is not bound! 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