Desmond Tutu Quotes About Prophet

Quotes about: Prophet

• I regard Abraham as my ancestor. Some of the greatest inspiration I have got has come from what we call the Old Testament prophets and what Jews would say "our prophets."

  Desmond Tutu

  Inspiration, Old Testament, Prophet

  "Interview: Desmond Tutu on gay rights, the Middle East and Pope Francis". Interview with Sarah Pulliam Bailey, www.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2013.

• When God grabs you by the scruff of the neck then although theoretically you have a freedom to say 'no', in another sense, actually, you can't say no because it's like Jeremiah. 'God, you have cheated me. You called me to be a prophet against the people that I love, and all that I proclaim is words of doom and judgement.' And yet if I say "I will shut up", I can't.

  Desmond Tutu

  People, Judgement, Necks

• Sometimes you wish you could keep quiet. It's the kind of thing you heard the prophet Jeremiah complain of where he says, "You know God, I didn't want to be a prophet and you made me speak words of condemnation against a people I love deeply. Your word is like a fire burning in my breast."

  Desmond Tutu

  Deep Love, Fire, People

  Source: sojo.net

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