Authority Quote by Saint Basil

The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.

— Joyce Meyer

“The authority of God is not ... an arbitrary, external authority, demanding blind obedience ... The authority of God is a wooing and conquering…

— G C Berkouwer

When God is in control, it makes no different who commands you.

— Anonymous

As I see it, only God can be all-powerful without danger, because his wisdom and justice are always equal to his power. Thus there…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

We must always keep in mind all legitimate authority is from God, and is given for protection, provision, and peace.

— John Bevere

Only what God has commanded in His word should be regarded as binding; in all else there may be liberty of actions.

— John Owen

Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God

— Timothy Keller

This feeling of accountability, which is encompassed by the first great commandment to love God, has been described by some as 'obedience to the…

— Quentin L. Cook

“The authority of God's Word is not an arbitrary, external authority. It is a wooing and conquering authority. Scripture's authority does not demand blind…

— G C Berkouwer

“The governing authorities are understood to be ordained by God. We are not permitted to obey only those authorities that we consider to be…

— R.C. Sproul

This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction; so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth…

— James Gilmour

If it were conceivable that in obeying God one should bring about one's own damnation whilst in disobeying him one could be saved, I…

— Simone Weil