Elisabeth Elliot Quotes About Authority

Quotes about: Authority

• Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Affection, Christ, Jesus Love

  Elisabeth Elliot, Joshua Harris (2002). “Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control”, p.41, Revell

• The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to rule the action. They have no authority. A life lived in God is not lived on the plane of the feelings, but of the will. In Scripture the heart is the will - the man himself, the spring of all action, the ruling power bestowed on him by his Creator, capable of choosing and acting.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Spring, Heart, Men

  Elisabeth Elliot (2002). “Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity”, p.35, Revell

• Supreme authority in both church and home has been divinely vested in the male as the representative of Christ, who is Head of the church. It is in willing submission rather than grudging capitulation that the woman in the church (whether married or single) and the wife in the home find their fulfillment.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Home, Wife, Church

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