Quotes About Redemption

when Satan tries to remind us of our past (failures and sins), we're to remind him of his future (ultimate destruction).

The real response to the problem of human sin must always be that I cannot do anything to erase it.

The most fundamental teaching of historic Christianity is the fact that Christ's death cancels out the result of sin in the hearts and lives of those who by faith embrace the Savior.

It said, You are in a burning building and Jesus is the only possible fireman.

If you're not a believer in Jesus, who looks after you? Who will come for you? To whom are you joined? Do you have a family? If you will repent of your sin and trust in Jesus, you can be part of the family of God.

Jesus exhaustively receives the wrath of God.

The cross uniquely displays that both Jesus and the Father are committed to justice and mercy, even unto death.

The love of Jesus upholds justice and extends mercy.

Without the Bible's bad news, its good news will have no meaning.

God saves Christians not because they have been righteous but because he is merciful

From eternity past God planned to destroy death.

From eternity past God purposed to visit judgment on Jesus so that he could show mercy to the elect.

The proclamation of judgment against those who would justify themselves by the law is meant to lead to salvation.

Jesus has shown the world its bankruptcy so that the world might feel its need for the bailout he provides.

When we pray, we are speaking to the One Whose eternal purpose and designs are unfolding as our present realities. In order to find hope in them, we must seek HIM and HIS perspective. This requires a keen understanding of the redemptive nature of our existence, which points to the glorious gospel of Christ.

Too often, we think of sin as self-contained, point-in-time choices with no interconnection or momentum. But sin refuses to remain contained in the moment it is conceived.

Repentance is shockingly beautiful when we see it not as "I sinned again, I need to repent," but as "I sinned against my God again, but He is calling me back so He can lavish me with His love and forgiveness.

For Satan's purposes, making you a completely ineffective and isolated follower of Jesus is as much a success as keeping you lost in sin. Once

All God's righteous hatred of all that sin from all of human history was poured out upon Christ as He hung there on that cross.

God brings us low, even to the point of death, in order to bring us up again.

We are only prepared to receive and comprehend the grace of God when we have understood His infinite holiness and our incredible sinfulness.

The core of humanity's sin problem is not a horizontal behavior to be corrected but a Vertical relationship to be restored.

advancing the cause of Jesus that didn't begin and end with love. I was wrong, totally wrong, and had to come to the place where I grieved the failure to love as the greatest failure a Christian is capable of.

If our counseling is truly Christ-centered, then the topic of forgiveness will inevitably come up in the journey toward growth and change.