Quotes About Redemption

HaMa'alot MiMa'amakim

There are sins that men commit for which they cannot receive forgiveness in this world, or in that which is to come, and if they had their eyes open to see their true condition, they would be perfectly willing to have their blood spilt upon the ground, that the smoke thereof might ascend to heaven as an offering for their sins, and the smoking incense would atone for their sins, whereas, if such is not the case, they will stick to them and remain upon them in the spirit world.

I don't see the Father pouring out his wrath on the Son. I see the human race pouring out their wrath on the Son. So I see the only hope for the entire cosmos is what the Son chooses to accept, crawling upon the instrument of our greatest wrath. He met us at the deepest, darkest place.

Our narrating self would much prefer to continue suffering in the future, just so it won't have to admit that our past suffering was devoid of all meaning. Eventually, if we want to come clean about past mistakes, our narrating self must invent some twist in the plot that will infuse these mistakes with meaning.

War might be hell, but it was also the gateway to heaven.

Rocket: Have you ever wanted to just take something back? You know, something you said, something you did? Baby Doll: All the time.

To claim that a man may trust Christ without knowing whether or not he has trusted Christ, is to articulate an absurd idea. Of course a man can know whether or not he believes in the offer of salvation.

No nerve, hey? Not half a man!... Buster Jack, why don't you finish game? Make up for your low-down tricks. At the last try to be worthy of your dad. In his day he was a real man.... Let him have the consolation that you faced Hell-Bent Wade an' died in your boots!

On the day he was released, the man walked out the gates, turned, and to the astonishment of the guards, kissed the walls of the prison camp. "Here," he explained, "I found God, and He found me, and I am so thankful.

I win not because of my own efforts or my own goodness, but rather through the grace, love, and mercy of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He died so that I might win this game of life and live with Him forever.

It was God who created hell as a place to store evil. He didn't do a good job of keeping it there though.

She swallowed hard, taking him in, as rain pattered around them. Nothing back. He held nothing back, and she kept giving him meager handfuls. He deserved better than that. She would set things to rights.

Meant to be?' It's just something people say so that they don't have to look at all the things they did wrong and wish they could take back. Only by the time they figure that out, it's too late.

Któ? móg? si? w ?askawo?ci porówna? z agitatorem? Kto si? osta? dobrym przy nim? Nawet Bóg ju? nie by? dobrym, bo mówi?: Nie rusz cudzego. A przybysz ze ?wiata, nios?cy czerwon? gazet?, mówi?: Co cudze, to twoje. Któ? wi?c móg? by? od niego lepszym?

The question is not who is going to forget me, but the question is, who is going to forgive me?

God is loving the world into fully being.

The great distinction between purgatory and inferno, or hell, is that the people in purgatory know what they have done and the people in hell do not.

The town stood witness to her fall As she crashed to the earth Exposed and utterly vulnerable Her secret lives, lies and truths Stained her skin and lay in mounds at her feet Her foes sat in judgment as a jury, But love came . . . with gentle hands Love dried her tears Love covered her shame Love sheltered her with compassion Love accepted her anyway Love embraced her Love welcomed her home.

To quote Cervantes, 'Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina,' meaning—" "God gives you the hurt, but also the fix for it.

There was only one perfect man and his name was Jesus. You're human, Wyatt. Always have been, always will be. Humans all make mistakes, so give yourself a break, won't ya?

When we turn to sin, whatever it is—lying, gossiping, sexual immorality—we are doing it because we are trying to solve a problem.

My faith survived because I realized God didn't want this for us, He never had. I'm passionately looking forward to a new Heaven and Earth where only good exists once more.

This world was not designed to die; sin did that. But Jesus has beaten sin, and it gave Him the right to put on the imperishable as those verses describe. I believe the Resurrection is true. Jesus is alive.

Do you think it was part of some plan, that you got shot so you would end up in that church and discover religion?' Bruce shook his head. 'I got shot because someone was willing to exchange the name of an undercover cop for a lot of cash. Ending up in church--God was just kind enough to make something come out of the disaster that hit my life.