Quotes about Salvation

Public theology is first and foremost a reaction against the tendency to privatize the faith, restricting it to the question of an individual's salvation. As we shall see in later chapters, the church is not a collection of saved individuals but the culmination of the plan of salvation: to create a people of God.

The gospel (and this is a theme to which we shall frequently return) is not only good but great news: testimony to God's great saving act in Jesus Christ, a doing "than which nothing greater can be conceived.

You were saved when you believed in Jesus, but you were transformed when you realized He believed in you.

The truth is, Jesus didn't die for junk.

The quickest way to lose our peace in the midst of a spiritual conflict is to forget that our salvation came from His works and not ours. If our salvation was won through our efforts, then it would be up to us to fight to keep it. But we are not fighting for our salvation—we are fighting from our salvation.

There is no prison so secure that love cannot free you. There is no captor so strong that love cannot liberate you. There is no sin so terrible that love cannot restore you.

I personally believe that when we receive Christ, every curse, no matter its origin, should automatically be broken over our lives. We have become a new creation and old things have passed away. We have been given a new heart and a new mind. We are of the royal bloodline of Jesus Christ.

As Christians, we cannot be possessed in the sense that a demon would control our minds and actions, because when we receive Jesus, our bodies become the house of the Holy Spirit.

When we live in anything less than righteousness, peace and joy, we are not experiencing everything that our Lord paid for.

It is our responsibility to trust God. It is His responsibility to deliver, protect and save us.

No life is ever beyond the reach of the gospel's restorative powers, no matter how a woman's story plays out.

As Paul views the plan of salvation, he sets forth a mighty doxology in Romans 11:33—36. All he can do is praise God for all that He has done.