Quotes About Redemption

David's sin was great, yet [he] found mercy. Peter fell foully, yet [is] now in heaven. Why sittest thou here, O my soul, under the hatches of despair? Up and call upon thy God for mercy, who hath pardoned the same to others.

This eye, beholding its sin piercing Christ, and Christ pardoning its sin, affects the heart. The

Christ did not redeem and save poor souls by sitting in majesty on his heavenly throne, but by hanging on the shameful cross, under the tormenting hand of man's fury and God's just wrath.

It is faith stills the storm which sin had raised—faith that changed his doleful note into joy and gladness.

As the unicorn heals the waters by dipping his horn in them, that all the beasts may drink without danger, so Christ hath healed creature-enjoyments, that there is no death now in the saints' cup.

A sinner truly convinced is not only convinced of this sin or that sin, but of the evil of all sin.

It is faith on Christ that alone can purify thy heart. Without it thy washed face and hands—external righteousness I mean— will never commend thee to God.

It can therefore be called 'the righteousness of faith' for this reason and no other—because faith is the only grace whose office it is to lay hold on Christ, and so to appropriate his righteousness for the justification of our souls.

It is a good gloss Augustine hath upon Esau's tears Heb. 12:16, 17. —Flevet quòd perdidit, non quòd vendidit —he wept that he lost the blessing, not that he sold it.

Happiness is just a priest who reads us words of consolation while we walk up the steps to the hangman.

We have a name for the Second Coming but none for a second coming.

Jesus didn't die as a frustrated failed revolutionary. His death was the revolution.

two of the most fascinating yet troublesome topics in moral philosophy—forgiveness and redemption—issues that must be dealt with together. Without forgiveness there can be no redemption, and forgiveness that does not grant redemption is hollow.

Treasury securities issued with a maturity of one year or less are called "bills"; from one to 10 years, "notes"; and over 10 years, "bonds." Notes and bonds yield an interest coupon every six months. Bills do not—rather, they are issued at a discount and redeemed at par; the difference is their "yield.")

Grace will complete what grace begins. God does not abandon his work in an incomplete state." WILLIAM JONES

Nothing surpasses the need to live out the redemptive spirit of Scripture. Therein lies its heart. Therein one discovers the essence of good application. I

I wish to be washed clean of my old life. To let go of my tide of sorrows and find my way to a new shore.

Mi culpa es todo lo que me queda. Si la pierdo, no habré significado nada, no habré hecho nada, no habré sido nada.

In every sinner, Gertie, is the possibility of a saint.

In every sinner is the possibility of a saint.

maybe even in the fires of Hell there might be an angel walking around with a bucket of cool water and a dipper.

is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.

With Mother home I liked the idea that we'd been saved as a family by the miracle of that ordinary grace.

If you throw yourself onto the fire of guilt, it will be a useless sacrifice. We do not know, any of us, the Great Mystery's purpose in this. But purpose there is.