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.

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

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.

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

To know God and to find one's full satisfaction in that knowledge is the ultimate goal of Christian experience. The Lord's greatest delight comes when His people discover the ultimate value lies in the knowledge of God. Nothing in the material world can complete with the delights that are present in His Person.

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

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

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

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

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

Religious truth is not false for being narrow any more than mathematical or scientific truth is false for the same reason.

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

The heart that delights in God and longs only to see His glory advance will seldom be conscious of sacrifice. God in His wisdom asks that we first love Him and then live in keeping with that core value. He does not want His people to think of what they do as sacrificial, even though from the world's point of view it may be just that. Gratitude for grace of God will always be found near the center of the Biblical Christian's most powerful motivations.

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.

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

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

God is able to transform the hostile intentions of wicked people into blessings for His people.

Courage is the most fundamental of all virtues.

Giving to God should come from the firstfruits of a person's labor rather than from what is left after the bills are paid.

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.

The concept of freedom in Scripture differs from modern notions. Freedom is not a life lived free of restraints but a life that recognizes healthy limits, those that are concern to produce prosperity and order for the person who observes them.

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

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

There is a kind of misguided pity that deals gently with false teachers at the expense of their victims.

Error is most painful when it is found inside the family.

God chose Israel not because they were superior but because of what He could do through them for others.

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

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

Training leaders is part of the work of discipling.

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.

In a world of constant change, God alone is the Rock upon which to build a life.

Conversion engages the mind as well as the emotions.

Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others) is an affront to a gracious and generous God.

Distance is no barrier to the love of God.