Prophet Quotes - Page 38

• Always predict the worst, and you'll be hailed as a prophet.

  Tom Lehrer

  Worst

  "The Music Show" with Andrew Ford, www.abc.net.au. July 8, 2006.

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• Turning the pages of scriptural history from beginning to end, we learn of the ultimate pioneer-even Jesus Christ. His birth was foretold by the prophets of old; His entry upon the stage of life was announced by an angel. His life and His ministry have transformed the world. . . . May we ever follow Him.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Jesus, Angel, Pioneers

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• Turn the anger of the Almighty against the godless Turks and Barbarians who despise Christ the Lord.....In the royal city of the east, they have slain the successor of Constantine and his people, desecrated the temples of the Lord, defiled the noble church of Justinian with their Mohometan abominations. Each success, will only be a stepping stone until he has mastered all the Western Monarchs, overthrow the Christian Faith, and imposed the law of his false prophet on the whole world

  Pope Pius II

  Christian, Law, Cities

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• You may say, 'God doesn't hate anybody. God is love.' No, my friend. You need to understand something. Jesus Christ taught, the prophets taught, the apostles taught this: that apart from the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord the only thing left for you is the wrath, the fierce anger of God because of your rebellion and your sin.

  Paul Washer

  Jesus, Hate, Wrath

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• Matt 13:57. Then Jesus told them, 'A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.' The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.

  George Carlin

  Inspirational, Jesus, Nice

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• There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion, no orations equal to those of the prophets, and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach.

  John Milton

  Bible, Song, Zion

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• The Saviour who flitted before the patriarchs through the fog of the old dispensation, and who spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets, articulate but unseen, is the same Saviour who, on the open heights of the Gospel, and in the abundant daylight of this New Testament, speaks to us. Still all along it is the same Jesus, and that Bible is from beginning to end all of it, the word of Christ.

  John Milton

  Bible, Jesus, Father

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• Virtually every subject is most effectively learned directly from the greatest thinkers, historians, artists, philosophers, scientists, prophets and their original works. Great works inspire greatness. Mediocre or poor works inspire mediocre or poor learning. The great accomplishments of humanity are the key to quality education.

  Oliver DeMille

  Artist, Greatness, Keys

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• A man--poet, prophet, or whatever be may be--readily persuades himself of his right to all the worship that is voluntarily tendered.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Men, May, Worship

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “The Blithedale Romance”, p.64, Xist Publishing

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• Thus the Old Testament prophets, Jesus himself, and his apostles all attribute the divine power in his (Jesus) ministry not to the uniqueness of his deity, but rather to the ministry of the Holy Spirit through him.

  Jack Deere

  Jesus, Ministry, Divine Power

  Jack Deere (1998). “Surprised by the Voice of God: How God Speaks Today Through Prophecies, Dreams, and Visions”, p.45, Zondervan

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• The war between the Pastor and the Prophet will cease with the full emergence of the Apostle.... Are we going to be willing to submit our ministry to a specific Apostolic visionary? This is a critical question that will determine our influence on hastening the coming of the Lord, in our effective contribution to the restoring of all things spoken by the prophets.

  John Eckhardt

  War, Past, Ministry

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• According to the world standards, following the prophet may be unpopular, politically incorrect or socially unacceptable, but following the prophet is always right.

  Carol F. McConkie

  World, May, Standards

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• I never wanted to be a prophet or a saviour. Elvis maybe

  Bob Dylan

  Wanted, Saviour

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• The popular prophets have underestimated how strange the truth can be. The human brain, that 'perfect instrument,' that 'fabulous electronic dance,' can be our open sesame to an infinitely richer life than we have believed possible. The fluent, liberating, creative, healing attributes of the altered states can be incorporated into consciousness. We are just beginning to realize that we can truly open the doors of perception and creep out of the cavern.

  Marilyn Ferguson

  Healing, Doors, Perfect

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• The Prophet's words were true;
  The mouth of Ali is the golden door
  Of Wisdom."
  When his friends to Ali bore
  These words, he smiled and said: "And should they ask
  The same until my dying day, the task
  Were easy; for the stream from Wisdom's well,
  Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.

  Bayard Taylor

  Wisdom, Doors, Dying

  Bayard Taylor (1866). “The Poems”, p.130

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• I am well aware that there is such a great craving in man for heroism and the heroic, and that hero worship forms not a small motif in his complex. I am also aware that, unless man believes in his own heroism and the heroism of others, he cannot achieve much or great things. We must, however, take proper care that we do not make a fetish of this cult of hero-worship, for then we will turn ourselves into votaries of false gods and prophets.

  Aung San

  Hero, Believe, Men

  Presidential address to the first Congress of the AFPFL, January 20, 1946.

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• One Harlem preacher likens us to the pink plastic spoons at Baskin Robbins: we give the world a foretaste of what lies ahead, the vision of the Biblical prophets. In a world gone astray we should be activity demonstrating here and now God's will for the planet.

  Philip Yancey

  Lying, Biblical, Giving

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• Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to the Buddhist, a great prophet to the Muslim. Even to the New Age guru, Jesus is the pinnacle of God-consciousness. At the same time, Jesus is the divider. None but Christians see Him as a member of the Godhead on an exclusive mission to repair the broken world.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Jesus, Buddhist

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• The church is not built on the rock foundation of geniuses and influencers but of apostles and prophets.

  Russell D. Moore

  Rocks, Church, Foundation

  Russell D. Moore (2015). “Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel”, p.84, B&H Publishing Group

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• The highest ideal man can form of his own powers, is that which he is destined to attain. Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain. This is the law and the prophets. Knock and it shall be opened, seek and ye shall find. It is demonstrated; it is a maxim.

  Margaret Fuller

  Men, Law, Effort

  Margaret Fuller, Bell Gale Chevigny (1976). “The Woman and the Myth: Margaret Fuller's Life and Writings”, p.242, UPNE

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• When brother Brigham and brother Joseph Young went up to see the Prophet, they found him chopping wood; for he was a labouring man, and gained his bread by the sweat of his brow. They made themselves acquainted with him. He received them gladly, invited them to his house, and they rejoiced together in the Gospel of Christ, and their hearts were knitted together in the spirit and bond of union.

  Wilford Woodruff

  Brother, Heart, Men

  Journal of Discourses 7:100, January 10, 1858.

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• Allah said, 'A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.'

  Ibn Ishaq

  Land, Enemy, Desire

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• The time has come when we must take an unyielding stand. We must shore up our spiritual underpinnings, listen to the prophets of God, and follow their counsel.Said Paul to Timothy: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord.” (2 Timothy 1:7-8.)It requires courage to make good choices, even when others around us choose differently. As we make righteous choices day by day in little things, the Lord will strengthen us and help us choose the right during more difficult times.

  W. Craig Zwick

  Spiritual, Choices, Mind

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• I believe we're headed to an Elijah/Jezebel showdown on the Earth, not just in America but all over the globe, and the main warriors will be the prophets of Baal versus the prophets of God, and there will be no middle ground.

  Lou Engle

  Believe, Warrior, America

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• I like a tranquil, even-keeled, self-controlled God. A God who doesn't fly off the handle at the least provocation. A God who lives one step above the fray. A God who has that British stiff upper lip even when disaster is looming. When I read my Bible, though, I keep running into a different God, and I'm not pleased. This God says he "hates" sin. Well, he usually yells it. Read the prophets. It's just one harangue after another, all in loud decibels. And when the shouting is over, then comes the pouting. ... When all else fails, he throws himself in front of the car.

  Mark Galli

  Running, Hate, Self

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