Quotes About Redemption

Just so, Christ puts the finger of mercy upon the scars of the saints! He will not throw away his pearls for every speck of dirt! That which makes this love of Christ the more stupendous, is that there was nothing in us to excite or draw forth his love! He did not love us because we were worthy—but by loving us he made us worthy!

Evangelical obedience is true in its essence, though not perfect in its degree; and where it comes short, Christ puts his merits into the scales, and then there is full weight.

God's method in calling sinners may vary, but the effect is still the same.

We are never more precious in gods eyes than when we are lepers in our own.

The outward call may bring men to a profession of Christ, the inward call brings them to a possession of Christ. The outward call curbs a sinner, the inward call changes him.

All the legal washings and purifications were but types and emblems representing Christ's blood. This blood whitens the black soul.

A man may as well go to hell for not forgiving as for not believing.

The Scripture is a mirror to show us our sins; Christ's blood is a fountain to wash them away.

All of us have failed. One wishes to be punished. One is willing to assume all kinds of penance, but do you know, my daughter, that in love -- I scarcely dare say it -- but in love our very mistakes don't seem to be able to last long?

Mi mindannyian, mindannyian vétkeztünk. Vezekelni akarunk. Szívesen magunkra vállalunk minden penitenciát, tudja meg azonban, leányom, hogy az, aki szeret - alig merem ezt kimondani -, az, aki igazán szeret, már alig-alig b?nös.

Cause it's not too late It's never too late

But this may be said here, that those who have attained high spiritual powers and have misused them, have a terrible fate in store for them, and the swing of the pendulum of Rhythm will inevitably swing them back to the furthest extreme of Material existence, from which point they must retrace their steps Spiritward, along the weary rounds of The Path, but always with the added torture of having always with them a lingering memory of the heights from which they fell owing to their evil actions.

Prison is the school of the unlearned lesson.

I think I was about to say that if I ever see Eliza again—and the fact that this is even a remote possibility is—I don't know what it is, a goddamn miracle, maybe? After I kiss her and hold her and let her touch my chest, I'm going to hang her upside down and employ Chinese water torture until she promises never to be so stupid again.

you need faith for forgiveness

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.

Everybody needs hope, even criminals

Sometimes you get the sense that the Creator is getting to that point of "Yeah, we might have to reboot".

He would rather see you living a life that was honoring to Him, rather than making mistakes and repenting of them repeatedly.

That's the scandal of grace. It means that if you've been working hard to be right with God, then you've been wasting your time because God welcomes everyone—righteous and unrighteous alike.

We don't do good works so we can be saved; we are saved so we can do good works.

No hay necesidad de esconderse ni de fingir. En mayor o menor grado, eres un fracaso como esposo o esposa. Pero la sangre de Jesús cubre y perdona ese fracaso.

By delaying repentance, we step away from the love and life of God.

Oh, where has your love to mankind carried you? Had you sent creatures to serve us, prophets to advise us, angels to minister to us; had you come to visit us, to weep for us, that would have been a great mercy. But you came yourself, and you came to lay down your lifeblood, all for your people. That you should be cursed, that we might be blessed; forsaken, that we might not be forsaken; condemned, that we might be acquitted: