Quotes about Salvation

For if by natural instinct or wisdom we could bring ourselves back to the road and escape from error, we would have no need for Christ.

In the school of Christ, men are not merely taught about justification; they are made just by what he has done for them.

It follows that we pray rightly only when we come to God trusting in the Mediator.

Where God thus clearly displays free mercy, have done with that empty imagination of merit.

Now, it is beyond a doubt that the steps by which the Lord in his mercy consummates our salvation are these, "Whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified" (Rom. 8:30).

Now, it is beyond a doubt that the steps by which the Lord in his mercy consummates our salvation are these, "Whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified" (Rom. 8:30).

Let us know, therefore, that when we have departed from Christ, nothing remains for us but death.

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deeds but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

Again, if we have any anxiety about our own salvation, we ought to make no peace nor truce with him who is continually laying schemes for its destruction. But such is the character given to Satan in the third chapter of Genesis, where he is seen seducing man from his allegiance to God, that he may both deprive God of his due honour, and plunge man headlong in destruction.

Faith not only should be fixed upon the essence of Christ (as they say), but should also attend to his mission and power.

For, the counsel of God confronts us with the truth that the Righteous One was delivered to death for our sins, and his blood was our ransom from death.

The faith of the gospel is called the knowledge of God's grace; for no one has ever tasted of the gospel but the man that knew himself to be reconciled to God, and took hold of the salvation that is held forth in Christ.