Quotes About Redemption

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

However, if one reads the verses carefully, I believe that it tells of how Job's soul - the bitter, angry part which wanted to curse God - was wrenched from him and became a being of its own.

Tertullian thunders at women in the manner of the God of the Old Testament who once threatened to make their hair fall out. But his tone and his words are altogether more menacing. Not only are women held responsible fot the Fall of Man, but it is they, not the Jews, not the Roman authorities--who are blamed for the suffering and death of Jesus, man's Redeemer. It is through their flesh that the devil comes into the world.

Kids get second chances. I like to think I'm using mine.

The soul under the burden of sin cannot flee." —Iris Murdoch, The Unicorn

When we recognize that all of us, of whatever sexual orientation, are created by God, that we are all fallen sinners, and that we can all be redeemed by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, homosexuality will no longer be a divisive issue.

You cannot penalize a man for one slip. Then she lay wondering about the word slip. When you slip, you fall, but maybe it is not such a sore fall because you have slipped.

All that mattered was the blood. She had to bleed out the badness, bleed until she could breathe again.

If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.

Before I came to New York I lived here, in this mausoleum. I was nothing. I was dead. When I came to New York it was like a veil lifting. For the first time I felt I was alive, breathing.

Çünkü günah kanun olmadan yaÅŸayamaz. Bir zamanlar kanun yoktu ve ben hayattayd?m, ama sonra buyruk gelince günah dirildi ve ben öldüm. Ve gördüm ki hayat getirmesi gereken buyruk, ölüm getirdi. Çünkü buyruktan f?rsat bulan günah beni kand?rd?, ve böylece beni öldürdü. [Romans, 7:7-11]

Le malheur avait mis les habits du mensonge Ils étaient d'un beau rouge couleur du sang du cœur Mais son cœur à lui était gris Penché sur la margelle il me chantait l'amour Sa voix grinçait comme la poulie Et moi dans mon costume de vérité je me taisais et je riais et je dansais au fond du puits Et sur l'eau qui riait aussi la lune brillait contre le malheur la lune se moquait de lui.

Adrijene, nemoj da se duriš! Vrati se! U redu grešila sam duge godine nisam se vracala kuci, ali sam ti uvek krila da je to zato što sam bila u zatvoru! Grešila sam priznajem cesto sam tukla psa, ali sam te volela! Adrijene, nemoj da se duriš! Vrati se!

Do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today.

It is only when we see just how wonderful and amazing man is that we can appreciate the magnitude of the Fall and the greatness of redemption.

Ma se è una tela sporcata, tagliata e rotta, bisogna prima ricostituirla. Questo ricostituire, questo lavorare per ricostituire, che sarebbe persino un perdere tempo, questo è la croce.

Prima di tutto la paura, che nasce dal non capire che Cristo ha già vinto: siamo già dalla parte del vincitore! Quindi, è un tradimento della propria fede la paura: «Non abbiate paura, io ho vinto il mondo».

La cosa che l'uomo vuole meno di tutte è il perdono, perché il perdono lo incastra e lo costringe a riprendere.

Dio ha fatto il cielo e la terra, ma solo il settimo giorno si riposò, dopo d'aver creato l'uomo, perché finalmente aveva qualcuno a cui perdonare».18

Men who do good deeds only wish to atone for their sins.

La inocencia también es sagrada. La inocencia nos absuelve de nuestros errores.

I may be empty inside, hollowed and devoured by Oxana, and I may be alone and beyond redemption, but I will not be broken. Fuck them all. I will not be broken.

In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah!

Whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved -- for it is God's teaching and not mine.