Thou Shall Quotes

“You must not simply look the other way and hope it goes away on its own. Bring it out in the open and deal with it in the authority of Jesus our Master.”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“But I am saying that you shouldn’t act as if everything is just fine when a friend who claims to be a Christian is promiscuous or crooked, is flip with God or rude to friends, gets drunk or becomes greedy and predatory. You can’t just go along with this, treating it as acceptable behavior. I’m not responsible for what the outsiders do, but don’t we have some responsibility for those within our community of believers?”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“When we are dealing with someone who is living outside of a relationship with Jesus, our goal should not be to help him or her become a nicer person or a more morally upright person. Our goal is to lead that person into a relationship with Jesus. When we lose sight of that end goal, instead focusing on keeping the moral score for people outside the church or simply making sure they follow all the right rules, we are just making sure that hell is full of really well-behaved people. But when we focus on loving people into a relationship with Jesus, we are making sure that heaven is filled to capacity.”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“Serving as a witness for Jesus is not an option. It’s an obligation: the obligation of the cured.”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“The crippled man was healed, and instantly he felt obliged to tell everyone everywhere the good news. Wouldn’t you?”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“I like to think about it this way: anywhere a Christian works or sits or stands or worships or plays, heaven and earth should overlap. The way we live our lives within our circles of influence should forever be etching not “God was here” but “God is here.”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“God intends for His people to offer a glimpse of heaven on earth, and the very way we offer a glimpse of heaven on earth is by carrying out God’s will on earth as it is in heaven.”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“The very purpose of creation was to bring glory to God, and in the absence of holiness, God does not receive any glory.”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“Unfortunately, when Adam and Eve chose to eat the forbidden fruit after being tempted by Satan, they did so because they had been convinced that their eyes would be opened and they would have the very mind of God. They believed they were one bite away from improving God’s plan for mankind. That’s what sin is: an attempt to improve upon God’s plan.”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants

“If and when someone views the purpose of the Christian life as a matter of avoiding sin, something has gone terribly wrong.”
― Jamie Snyder, Thou Shall: Freedom to Strip Away the "Nots" and Discover What God Really Wants