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“God may allow us to use some of those things. But we cannot think of them as our own any more. Even if we are living in our own house, we must consider the house as God’s; and that He has allowed us to stay in it rent-free! This is true discipleship.”
― Zac Poonen, Practical Discipleship: The Christian Attitude to Earthly Matters

“Jesus said “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). Those are strong words. What does it mean to ‘hate’? To hate is the same as to kill (1 John 3:15). What we are asked to put to death here is the natural affection that we have for our relatives.”
― Zac Poonen, Practical Discipleship: The Christian Attitude to Earthly Matters

“5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.”
― Anonymous, King James Bible: KJV Complete

“Christ also warned, “He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad” (Matt. 12:30). There is no middle ground. You are either of God or of the devil, a servant of righteousness or a servant of sin, a saint or a sinner, walking in the light or walking in darkness, reconciled or at enmity, repentant or carnally minded. Those who do not take orders from God must be on the side of the devil. Failure to submit to the leadership of God is the very act of treason. The more we disobey God the more we help advance the territory of the enemy. Submission to God is of the utmost importance because the battle itself is over that - submission to God.”
― Jesse Morrell, Cleansing the Temple: A Call to Radical Christianity