#scripture

How easy it is to read the Scriptures and give a kind of nominal assent to the truth and yet never to appropriate what it tells us! ↗

— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author. ↗

— Martin Luther

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You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free ↗

— John

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One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121) ↗

— Edward Conze

#words #scripture

Krishna taught in the Bhadavad Gita: ‘karmanyeva-adhikaraste ma phalesu kadachana’, which means, ‘Be active, never be inactive, and don’t react to the outcome of the work. ↗

— Anonymous

#geeta #gita #hindu #india #scripture

Even amongst fierce flames/ The golden lotus can be planted. ↗

— Bhagavid-Gita

#hope #sylvia-plath #scripture

We don’t exhaust the Bible even after reading it hundreds of times. Each time we read it we see it in a new light. That is the greatness of the holy scriptures. They are that way because they were created by holy prophets who experienced the truth. Each time we read these works we elevate ourselves to see a little more. (81) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#sacred-texts #scriptures #study #truth #yoga

My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. ~ Psalms 73:26, NLT ↗

— Anonymous

#holy-spirit

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get. ↗

— Willie Aames

#amount #get #i #kids #our

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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