"Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture"
- Edwin Louis Cole
About this Quote
This quote by Edwin Louis Cole is a suggestion that Scripture should be the structure of our lives. We need to not try to make Scripture fit our way of life, however rather, we need to aim to make our way of life fit Scripture. This implies that we need to strive to live our lives according to the mentors of Scripture, instead of attempting to make Scripture fit our own desires and preferences. We ought to want to make changes in our lives to ensure that we are residing in accordance with Scripture. This quote is a suggestion that Scripture should be the basis of our lives, which we need to not try to make Scripture fit our own desires.
This quote is written / told by Edwin Louis Cole between September 10, 1922 and August 27, 2002. He was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 51 other quotes.
"The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me. So after that being unsatisfied in the thing, the Lord was pleased to bring this scripture out of the Hebrews"
"There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture"
"All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long"
