Max Anders Quotes

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

God is not naïve in the giving of His laws; He anticipates our disobedience even as He commands our obedience.

God leads His people whether they are obedient or rebellious, but His leading is far more pleasant when they obey.

Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness.

There is no substitute for a firsthand encounter with the Word of God.

In God's pattern of justice, He takes the risk of the guilty going free but not the innocent being punished.

The faithfulness of God in the past fortifies believers for future challenges.

The agonies of those who are falsely accused are of great concern to the living God, and He acts as their defender.

A healthy relationship with God is built on the internal changes He brings about through Christ.

Giving works best when the Lord's portion is removed first and believers learn to live within the remainder.

In any spiritual undertaking, God's first order of business is to see to the spiritual health of His people.

Nothing should be considered outside the scope of God's authority.

Moses simplifies the whole duty of Israel (and of humanity) by crystalizing the moral law into a single command to love God supremely.

Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them.

Israel's [as well as our] enjoyment of the land is contingent on their behavior. Blessings or cruses lie before them; the choice is theirs.

False teaching - anything that would weaken the believer's ties to his Lord - must be confronted wherever it appears, even if that confrontation requires painful correction.

Father, we ask that you give us a passion for the truth and not merely a hatred of falsehood. Keep us concerned for the spiritual health of people but open to your own rebukes from your mighty Word.

The worship practices of the people of God are to be marked by devotion to Him and compassion to the needy.

If Israel is to please the Lord fully, they will live lives that are as distinctive among the nations as their Lord is different from pagan deities.

God demonstrates generosity, then asks it from His people.

The most blessed gift that God can give any person is a knowledge of Himself.

Curiosity is an enormous challenge to godly living.

Common sense religion emphasizes the human contributions that are supposed to move the deity. Valid worship always begins with recognition of what God has already done.

God supplies the needs of His people according to their needs but does not ordinarily allow stockpiling.

Attachments to older forms of worship may be comfortable, but they may contain elements of falsehood that make them unacceptable to God.

All believers can increase their commitment to God by reflecting on His faithfulness and by considering the forms such commitment should assume in their experience.

God's commandments not only reflect His holiness, they promote our happiness.

God ought to be given the choice portion of our wealth and not its dregs.

Fear of God and love for God coexist happily in the heart of people who are rightly related to Him.

It is sometimes easier to trust God in a life-threatening battle than in the small challenges of daily life.

Spiritual leadership ought to be given to those who have proven themselves under stress.

Demons lie behind much of the world's pagan worship systems.

Some believers tend to forget God's persistent faithfulness in the face of the spectacular and showy.

God is glorified when His people find satisfaction in Him and in His provisions for them.

One of the greatest testimonials to God's love is His provision of His Word.

Believers should be more concerned for God's opinion of them than for what human opponents might do to their bodies.

Fear of the right type can be beneficial to the people of God (see Prov. 1:7), but the fear of man's hostile intentions seldom fits that category.

God's Word calls His people to adore Him exclusively and completely and to love people as themselves.

Protection of human life can be costly; but so is the neglect of that protection.

Compassion is easily forsaken in the midst of prosperity, even when this prosperity is God given.

The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience.