Quotes About Redemption

But Paul knew that his sin was nailed to the cross, and the hammer of God's mercy has no claw.

As the interview ended, I asked him one last question: "If you had one thing to say about God and man, what would you say?" He paused, switched to English, and said, "Man is not valuable because he loves God. Man is valuable because God loves him.

I'm willing to die on, but there are some I'm not willing to die on. I won't engage in the combat of criticism. It is sideways energy, and it doesn't have a redemptive purpose. I overlook the offense so I can keep playing offense.

When you confess your sin, it no longer defines you.

No te sorprendas si Dios hace que reduzcas la velocidad. No te sorprendas si Dios se interpone. ¿Por qué? Porque te ama demasiado como para permitir que te hundas de cabeza en un problema. Hay algo que nos enseña la burra de Balán y es esto: Dios puede usar cualquier cosa para que se cumplan sus propósitos y puede hacerlo donde sea, en el momento que sea, de la manera que sea.

Self-consciousness isn't just A curse. It is part of THE curse.

Many people assume that being a Christian means you follow all the rules and have your life together. They assume that "Christian" equals "good person"—when the opposite is true. The gospel is not about what we can do for God (good advice), but what God has done for us (good news). Jesus lived a perfect life precisely because we can't.

Now that Jesus has come and completed his work, he has made all things clean. The rules have changed. Evolved.

The truly changed, truly converted, truly Christian heart can say with John Newton, "I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I wish to be. I am not what I hope to be. Yet I can truly say, I am not what I once was. By the grace of God, I am what I am.

As he said, "we should have a double eye: one eye to see that which is amiss in us, our own imperfections, thereby to carry ourselves in a perpetual humility; but another eye of faith, to see what we have in Christ, our perfection in him.

May John Newton's prayer for himself be our prayer to God for our churches: "I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I wish to be. I am not what I hope to be. Yet I can truly say, I am not what I once was. By the grace of God I am what I am.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.

On the Sabbath day, we are remembering that my relationship with God did not begin with what I've done, it is not sustained by what I do, and it is not guaranteed to the end by my effort or work. I'm saved from beginning to end by Jesus' work.

Repentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame.

You aren't what's been done to you but what Jesus has done for you. You aren't what you do but what Jesus has done. What you do doesn't determine who you are. Rather, who you are in Christ determines what you do.

Atonement does not always directly help the one we have sinned against. It does not always help anyone at all. Had Boromir run of with Aragorn, he could have been of greater help in tracking the orcs after Merry and Pippin were captured than he was in giving his life to defend them.

Reading is life's grand second chance.

God can inject hope into a absolutely hopeless situation.

There's no question that Laura – in more than one way, for many reasons – danced with the devil and paid a terrible price.

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Restitution: Find some way to make amends, at least partially.

Rehabilitation: Demonstrate through your actions that you've learned your lesson.

Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note—torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one." —HENRY WARD BEECHER

God can handle your scars. So can any genuine, loving Christian.