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“Many things there be in the scripture, which have a carnal fulfilling, even there where they be spoken or done; and yet have another spiritual signification, to be fulfilled long after in Christ and his kingdom, and yet never known till the thing be done.”

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Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“The same powerful Scripture text that brings a loving person to even greater love will be mangled and misused by a fearful or egocentric person. This is surely what Jesus means when he talks about the one who has being given more and those who have not losing what little they have.”

Mean Littles Persons Spiritual Jesus Given Powerful Greater Losing Scripture Fearful Egocentric Misused Loving Person Greater Love

Author:Richard Rohr

“Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.”

Giving Helping Spiritual Goal Prayer Meditation Effects Discipline Holy Ego Highest India Scripture Bliss Vedanta Holy Scriptures Spiritual Disciplines

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“We need to approach the Bible each day with a spirit of deep humility, recognizing that our understanding of spiritual truth is at best incomplete and to some extent inaccurate ... we should approach the Scriptures in humility and expect the Spirit to humble us even further as we continue being taught by Him from His Word.”

Needs Should Spiritual Spirit Understanding Humility Taught Truth Is Approach Humble Scripture Each Day Recognizing Incomplete Spiritual Truth

Author:Jerry Bridges

“Some people are ignorant of the world but educated in Scripture, and are therefore prone to missing the relevance of Scripture - these sometimes, later, amidst life's challenges and doubts, turn from the faith; other people are ignorant of Scripture but educated in the world, and are therefore prone to missing the truth of Scripture - they are often those who ridicule the faith. The apologist stands somewhere in the center. He articulates where some are prone to understanding the truth in beauty, others the beauty in truth - that of a spiritual Creator in relation to his scientific creation.”

People World Sometimes Spiritual Turns Understanding Challenges Doubt Missing Creation Relation Creator Scripture Ignorant Educated Ridicule Relevance

Book:Healology

Source: Healology

“The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the members are active. He [God] appointed some to take oversight of the work so that it might be carried on efficiently. It was never His thought that the majority of the believers should devote themselves exclusively to secular affairs and leave church matters to a group of spiritual specialists.”

Should Matter Whole Might Spiritual Church Groups Members Management Majority Affair Active Believer Scripture Secular Specialists Oversight

Author:Watchman Nee

“Searching, pondering, and applying the words of Christ as taught in the scriptures will bring wisdom and knowledge beyond our mortal understanding. This will strengthen our commitment and provide the spiritual reserves to do our best in all situations.”

Spiritual Understanding Christ Situation Taught Commitment Scripture Mortals Reserves Pondering Knowledge And Wisdom

Author:Dean M. Davies

“The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.”

Spiritual Keys Protection Scripture

Author:Boyd K. Packer

“If religion, instead of being the manifestation of a spiritual ideal, gives prominence to scriptures and external rites, then does it disturb the peace more than anything else.”

Ifs Giving Doe Spiritual Religion Ideals Scripture Manifestation Rite Prominence

Author:Rabindranath Tagore

“Many there are who, not comprehending, not being affected with, that divine, spiritual description of the person of Christ which is given us by the Holy Ghost in the Scripture, do feign unto themselves false representations of him by images and pictures, so as to excite carnal and corrupt affections in their minds. By the help of their outward senses, they reflect on their imaginations the shape of a human body, cast into postures and circumstances dolorous or triumphant; and so, by the working of their fancy, raise a commotion of mind in themselves, which they suppose to be love unto Christ.”

Source: The Person of Christ

“So we see, brethren and sisters that the words of Christ can be a personal Liahona for each of us, showing us the way. Let us now be slothful because of the easiness of the way. Let us in faith take the words of Christ into our minds and into our hearts as they are recorded in sacred scripture and as they are uttered by living prophets, seers, and revelators. Let us with faith and diligence feast upon the words of Christ, for the words of Christ will be our spiritual Liahona telling us all things what we should do.”

Way Should Mind Heart Spiritual Christ All Things Sacred Scripture Prophet Diligence Brethren Seers Easiness Sacred Scripture

Author:W. Rolfe Kerr

“There is something eternal in the very nature of writing, as is so graphically illustrated by the scriptures themselves. In a very real sense, our properly written histories are a very important part of our family scripture and become a great source of spiritual strength to us and to our posterity”

Writing Important Real Spiritual Written Source Eternal Scripture Our Family Posterity Spiritual Strength Written History

Author:John H. Groberg

“When a man begins to perceive the love of God in all its richness, he begins also to love his neighbor with spiritual perception. This is the love of which all the scriptures speak.”

Men Spiritual Speak Peace Perception Neighbor Scripture God Love Perceive Richness

Author:Diadochos of Photiki

“A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline.”

Men Spiritual Mankind Discipline Scripture Spiritual Disciplines

Book:The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts

Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts

“Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by the Holy Scriptures.”

Inspirational Humans Christian Spiritual Religious Race Holy Burden Scripture Human Race Orthodox Affliction Healed Holy Scriptures

Author:Saint John Chrysostom

“I know not a better rule of reading the Scripture, than to read it through from beginning to end and when we have finished it once, to begin it again. We shall meet with many passages which we can make little improvement of, but not so many in the second reading as in the first, and fewer in the third than in the second: provided we pray to him who has the keys to open our understandings, and to anoint our eyes with His spiritual ointment.”

Source: The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...

“I am also very excited by the way in which we can see Paul wrestling not only with his Jewish world and its scriptures but also, by clear implication, with philosophical and political issues that were 'out there' at the time. The thing is that for Paul this is all part of the same larger, whole vision of God and God's purposes. Watching how everything comes together is an intellectual treat of the first order - as well as a spiritual and practical challenge to me personally and to the church.”