There is not one square inch of the entire creation about which Jesus does not cry out, ‘This is mine!’
ABRAHAM KUYPERThere is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.
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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, ‘Mine.’
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One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me.
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The question is not if the candidate’s heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!
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But within these spheres … another authority rules, an authority that descends directly from God apart from the state. This authority the state does not confer but acknowledges.
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Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand – in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science.
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It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.
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. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.
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The greatest gift a church can receive is to have a group of families who take their responsibilitie s with such Christian seriousness that they are willing to completely alter their lifestyle to raise up disciples for Jesus Christ.
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To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.
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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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