Quotes About Redemption

The sinner is spiritually sick and blind, but more than that, he is also spiritually dead.

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient" (Ephesians 2:1-2).

We are saved because God chose us, not because we chose him.

God is the one who decides whether a person will have faith in Christ, since faith is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8). A person who is spiritually dead cannot produce or exercise faith – God must first regenerate him.

Arminianism says that it is man who chooses whether he will accept Christ, but Jesus says, "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last" (John 15:16).

If anyone were to discover truth and attain salvation, it must be by God's sovereign grace and effectual calling.

Ce que l'homme tue Dieu le ressuscite [What man kills God resuscitates].

The trick was learning to live without the grief and without the guilt. The trick was to create a life worth living, a life no longer conscious of death.

It seemed strange in a way. Only a little more than an hour before, I was about to be killed by a homicidal maniac. Now I was going out for pancakes. I recalled one of my mother's cherished sayings: God works in mysterious ways.

What is it that draws us back to the broken places? Maybe

As St. Faustina writes, "The miracles of mercy are impenetrable. Neither the sinner nor the just one will fathom them" (Diary, 1215).

The descent into Hell is easy

Facilis descensus Averno: Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; Sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est. (The gates of Hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this task and mighty labor lies.)

It is easy to go down into Hell...; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air---there's the rub...

What does the cross mean?" I ask him. "Crucifix. I don't know exactly. Jesus hanging in agony, nailed to boards. But it's a reminder." "Of what?" "Well. Of—Well, evil. That evil's always gonna be around, and you deal with it.

The symbol [of the cross] often swallows the historic scandal that gave it birth and appeases the appalling experience with which the first generation of Christians had to come to terms.

Jesus suffered because he named the cause of suffering, the law that kills

the death of Jesus took place in a space where God was thought to be absent. It was a space in which God's revelation would not occur, a place that could not witness to divine glory; it was an anti-epiphanic space, for it was the place of the skull.

a marginal man condemned to death on the cross is Lord ...

Konu k?y?mlard?. ?ili'de tüfekleri kullananlar uzmand?lar. Körü körüne ölümlerde "Kimse ya da hiçbir ?ey ölmüyormu? gibiydi,/topra?a dü?en ta?,suya kavu?an suydu sanki." ?air bir ceza ister. K?rm?z? bir hat çizer. Seçti?i yandaki halkt?r, öte yandakiler dü?manlar?.

Ahora comprendía por qué había vivido tantas veces. Tenía que aprender un montón de lecciones muy importantes para que, llegado el momento, pudiera rescatar a Ethan, pero no del lago, sino de la desesperación de su propia vida.

Then Ardent, heavy hearted, turned away; sore for the rusted armor and the wasted days: but as Sir Constant saw his shield, and lo! the lost Emblem of the King was shining once more through its veil of dishonor. For the heart's tears of sorrow had fallen upon the shield, and where they had fallen they had burned away the shame and stain.

He had to be what He was (perfect) to do what He did (redeem). Only by virtue of His own sinlessness could Christ die vicariously for those whose sin His life had condemned morally. God has done what the law could not do! He

He had to do what He did (redeem) that you might have what He is (life). Here is the "much more" of your salvation: Christ in the present tense! Not what He was—that would condemn you. And not just what He will be—that would only tantalize you. But He gives you all the overwhelming adequacy of all that He is right now for every step of the way and for every bend in the road.