C. S. Lewis Quotes

This idea of the transcendent power of the Supreme Being is essentially connected with that by which the whole duty of man is summed up: obedience to His will.

Give what You command and command what You will.

You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment.

Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.

To do my duty, I must obey God.

No political leader deserves the allegiance of what he never created. I can only give my allegiance to the one God. So when my President calls I don’t jump. If his call is not in accordance with the call of God, I do not answer.

Obey God, obey his Prophet, and obey those in authority over you.

We must obey God and not man.

Summon the people to God; those who respond to your call, accept it from them, but those who refuse must pay the poll tax out of humiliation and lowliness. If they refuse this, it is the sword without leniency. Fear God with regard to what you have been entrusted

No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws.

Actually, as a Muslim, we believe sovereignty and supremacy belongs to God. And therefore, we believe in submitting to the commands of God.

I don't have to explain or defend the will of God. My job is simply to obey it.

You will never go wrong obeying God.

Radical obedience always gives priority to what God has said over what He hasn't said.

You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.

God's words first... obey God's law first before considering the laws of man.

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.

To YOU I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition

Men are never safe against the temptation of claiming God too simply as the sanctifier of whatever we most fervently desire.

If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.

If the tyrant forbids what God commands, you should not at all judge that you have performed your duty if you have merely refused to obey the tyrant, unless at the same time you obey the command of God.

O you who believe! Obey God, the Prophet, and those who have authority among you.

My obedience is not to the law but to the Great Creator.

Thou shalt honor the gods and love thy country. Thou shalt clearly understand the principles of Heaven and the duty of man. Thou shalt revere the Mikado as thy sovereign, and obey the will of his court.

Now God has chosen me to be king over the entire world. What I do, I must do, because God has ordained me. Dear brothers and sisters, let us now give thanks to God.