Quotes About Redemption

Some receive Christ in terms of the forgiveness of sin and the hope of heaven, yet know little of His fullness and the wealth that is to be found in Him.

It will become clear that there is no single scriptural idea, from Genesis to Revelation, more constantly and more prominently kept in view, than that expressed by the Words—"The Blood." Our inquiry then is what the Scriptures

Stop and think, and take in the wondrous thought that will be both the motivation and the power for an entirely new life: "Christ is in you." If you merely learn to believe this, to give way to it, and to yield yourself to Him, He will do His mighty saving work in you.

Redemption is too often looked at from its negative side as deliverance from: its real glory is the positive element of being redeemed unto Himself.

It is not sin, but God's grace showing a man and ever reminding him what a sinner he was, that, will keep him truly humble.

It is pride that made redemption needful; it is from our pride we need above everything to be redeemed.

Believer! study the humility of Jesus. This is the secret, the hidden root of thy redemption. Sink down into it deeper day by day.

When feeling says, 'In myself, I am sinful; I am dark; I am weak; I am poor; I am sad;' let faith say. 'In Christ, I am holy; I am light; I am strong; I am rich; I am joyful.

Believer! study the humility of Jesus. This is the secret, the hidden root of thy redemption. Sink down into it deeper day by day. Believe with thy whole heart that this Christ, whom God has given thee, even as His divine humility wrought the work for thee, will enter in to dwell and work within thee too, and make thee what the Father would have thee be.

No, wandering one; as it was Jesus who drew you when He spake "Come," so it is Jesus who keeps you when He says "Abide." The grace to come and the grace to abide are alike from Him alone.

In that blood, dwelt the soul of the holy Son of God.

You could almost have it both ways—you could forgive this Larry, struggling with his cane and Wanda and harbors and restaurants and shopping, his cancer and gays and Jews and assholes, forgive him and let him die forgiven. And still never forgive the one who left.

With the wonder and bitterness of someone pardoned for a crime she did not commit I come back to marriage and friends, to pink fringed hollyhocks; come back to my desk, books, and chair.

There's always somebody who wants to confiscate our humanity. And there are always stories that restore it

Lincoln's terrifying words did not apply to the Civil War itself, by the grace of God: If God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

Many evangelical tellings of the biblical story, especially those designed to deliver an evangelistic message, effectively began with Genesis 3: the fall of humanity. And they ended with Revelation 20: the casting of Satan and all his works into the lake of fire. Understood this way, the gospel runs an abbreviated gamut from original sin to final judgment. The original good creation and the glorious new creation are afterthoughts when they are mentioned at all.

It is better to forgive and lose than to face the consequences.

Every time God sent a new baby in the world, he was giving mankind another chance to make things right' Babies are a bundle of hope

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

It was like a dream you might have after death in which lost people came back to life, your friends loved you again no matter what you had done, and your failures were unaccountably forgiven.

I know you are always finding ways to love me in spite of how horrible I am, I hope I haven't run out of chances.

I pointed to my left toe show, where I'd written (in red ink, with the calligraphy pen that no longer cursed me), 'For Becca, with love from Princess Aurora.

Christ died for your sins; He is the Son of God; All human beings have souls that will be subject to judgment after death.

Hosea was the prophet whom God commanded to marry a prostitute.