C. S. Lewis Quotes About Adoration

• I was not born to be free---I was born to adore and obey.

  C. S. Lewis

  Freedom, Being Free, Purpose

• We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three effects - Hatred - Terror - Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Teacher, Jesus

• Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and wine.

  C. S. Lewis

  Prayer, Wine, Vision

  C. S. Lewis (2002). “The World's Last Night: And Other Essays”, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful and so solemn. Beauty exalts, but beauty also lulls. Early associations endear, but they also confuse. Through that beautiful solemnity, the transporting or horrifying realities of which the Book tells may come to us blunted and disarmed, and we may only sigh with tranquil veneration when we ought to be burning with shame, or struck dumb with terror, or carried out of ourselves by ravishing hopes and adorations.

  C. S. Lewis

  Beautiful, Bible, Book

• Jesus produced mainly three effects: hatred, terror, adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild approval.

  C. S. Lewis

  Jesus, People, Hatred

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.91, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• He produced mainly three results: Hatred, Terror, Adoration.

  C. S. Lewis

  Hatred, Three, Results

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