| OBEDIENCE - Importance | 順服 - 重要 |
| Obedience is not the essence of a right relationship
with God, but it is the evidence of it. 順服不是與上帝建立正確關係的要素，而是這種關係存在的證據。 |
| Obedience is the positive
side of repentance. 順服是悔改積極的一面。 |
| The evidence of saving faith is not how much you
believe but how well you behave. 救贖信仰的證據不在你相信的有多少，而在於你的生活見證如何。 |
| Christianity is obedience. 基督教就是順服。 |
| The evidence of knowing God is obeying God. Eric Alexander 認識上帝的證據就是順服上帝。 |
| Christ's sheep are marked in
the ear and foot; they hear his voice and they follow him. 基督的羊在耳朵及腳上有記號；他們聽從祂的聲音並跟隨祂。 |
| One act of obedience is better than a hundred
sermons. Dietrich Bonhosffer 一次順服的行為勝過百篇信息。 |
| Every man obeys Christ as he
prizes Christ, and no otherwise. Thomas Brooks 當任何人贊同基督時，沒有例外的就會順服基督。 |
| He who obeys sincerely endeavours to obey
thoroughly. Thomas Brooks 真心順服的人盡力做到全然的順服。 |
| The obedience that springs
from faith is the obedience of a son, not a slave. Thomas Brooks 出於信心的順服是兒子的順服而不是奴僕的順服。 |
| Love to God and obedience to God are so completely
involved in each other that any one of them implies the other too. F. F. Bruce 對上帝的愛與對上帝的順服是如此的相互結合在一起，以致於提到一個時，一定包括另外一個。 |
| We cannot rely on God's
promises without obeying his commandments. John Calvin 我們不能夠依賴上帝的應許卻不順服祂的命令。 |
| Faith is the starting-post of obedience. Thomas Chalmers 信心是順服的起點。 |
| The best measure of a
spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience. Oswald Chanmbers 衡量靈命的最佳準則不是狂喜的模樣而是順服。 |
| The golden rule for understanding in spiritual
matters is not intellect, but obedience. Oswald Chambers 瞭解屬靈事物的金科玉律不是聰明才智而是順服。 |
| Obedience to God is the most
infallible evidence of sincere and supreme love to him. Nathanael Emmons 順服上帝是看一個人對上帝是否存著誠實、至高真愛的絕無錯誤證據。 |
| Faith that saves has one distinguishing quality:
saving faith is a faith that produces obedience; it is a faith that brings about a way of
life. Billy Graham 救贖的信心有一個獨特的本質：救贖的信心是能生出順服的信心；這種信心是帶出一種生活方式的信心。 |
| Understanding can wait.
Obedience cannot. Geoffrey Grogan 求知可以等待。順服不能等待。 |
| Sacrifice without obedience is sacrilege. William Gurnall 沒有順服的犧牲只是褻瀆而已。 |
| What our Lord said about
cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of
the contract. Vance Havner 我們的主提到背起十字架及順服的時候可不是用細字寫的，而是用粗體字寫在立約的封面上。 |
| The surest evidence of our love to Christ is
obedience to the law of Christ...Love is the root, obedience is the fruit. Matthew Henry 證明我們對基督之愛的最佳證據就是順服基督的律例...愛是根源，順服是結果。 |
| God calls people to worship
him with their obedience, and instead they try to fob him off with their religion. John Hercus 上帝呼召人們帶著順服敬拜祂，可是人們卻以他們的宗教生活欺騙祂。 |
| God is not otherwise to be enjoyed than as he is
obeyed. John Howe 再沒有比順服上帝更能令上帝喜悅的了。 |
| I had rather obey than work
miracles. Martin Luther 我寧願順服上帝勝過能行神蹟。 |
| Don't throw God a bond of your love unless there's
the meat of obedience on it. John MacArthur 別把你的愛心骨頭扔給上帝，除非上面附著順服的肉。 |
| There is not experience of
sanctification which absolves us from the responsibility of day-to-day obedience. David McKee 沒有一種聖潔的經驗是能夠讓我們免去天天順服的責任。 |
| Obedience is the best commentary on the Bible. Theodore Monod 順服是聖經的最佳註釋書。 |
| Love of the creature toward
the Creator must include obedience or it is meaningless. Francis Schaeffer 受造之物對造物主的愛必須包括順服否則毫無意義。 |
| Believing and Obeying always run side by side. C. H. Spurgeon 相信與順服經常並駕齊驅。 |
| Faith and obedience are
bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God, trusts God; and he that trusts God,
obeys God. C. H. Spurgeon 信心與順服同一捆裡密不可分。順服上帝的人相信上帝；而相信上帝的人會順服上帝。 |
| To escape the error of salvation by works we have
fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience. Socrates 為了逃避靠著善工得救的錯謬，我們跌入另一個闕如順服的錯謬救恩裡面。 |
| Doers of the Word are the
best hearers. Thomas Watson 行道者是最佳的聽道者。 |
| Love without obedience is a satanic substitute for
God's plan. John C. Whitcomb 沒有順服的愛心是取代上帝計畫的撒旦代替品。 |