Quotes about Salvation
Forgiveness is essentially God's way of removing the great obstacle to our fellowship with him. By canceling our sin and paying for it with the death of his own Son, God opens the way for us to see him and know him and enjoy him forever. Seeing and savoring him is the goal of forgiveness. Soul-satisfying fellowship with our Father is the aim of the cross. If we love being forgiven for other reasons alone, we are not forgiven, and we will waste our lives.
— John Piper
The one God has chosen unconditionally he keeps invincibly. Being and staying a believer is decisively of sovereign grace.
— John Piper
He came to destroy sin because it is fatal.
— John Piper
Christmas is an indictment before it becomes a delight. It will not have its intended effect until we feel desperately the need for a Savior.
— John Piper
The supremacy of God in all things is the great reward we long for in fasting. His supremacy in our own affections and in all our life-choices. His supremacy in the purity of the church. His supremacy in the salvation of the lost. His supremacy in the establishing of righteousness and justice. And his supremacy for the joy of all peoples in the evangelization of the world.
— John Piper
Christmas cut history in two ages, the Age of Promise, and the Age of Fulfillment.
— John Piper
The most precious gifts you can think of are not ends in themselves. They all lead to God. Ultimately, that is what all His gifts are for.
— John Piper
We Boast Best in the Cross When We Bear It
— John Piper
Belief in Jesus does not come by the waving of a magic wand. It comes by hearing the word of God through Jesus.
— John Piper
There is no point in romanticizing other religions that reject the deity and saving work of Christ. They do not know God. And those who follow them tragically waste their lives.
— John Piper
O Father, touch us with fresh faith that we might believe the incredible. The very pain of Christ that makes us despair is our salvation. Open our fearful hearts to receive the gospel. Waken the dead parts of our hearts that cannot feel what must be felt-that we are loved with the deepest, strongest, purest love in the universe.
— John Piper
There never has been a greater act of love than that Jesus laid down his life to save sinners (John 15:13; Rom. 5:6-8).
— John Piper