Quotes about Salvation

In particular, we must observe   this general rule, that we cordially desire and labor for the welfare   of the whole human race. Thus it will come to pass, that we shall not   only give way to the exercise of God's mercy, but shall also wish the   conversion of those who seem obstinately to rush upon their own   destruction. In

May we be prepared, whatever happens, rather to undergo a hundred deaths than to turn aside from the profession of true piety, in which we know our safety to be laid up. And may we so glorify thy name as to be partakers of that glory which has been acquired for us through the blood of thine only-begotten Son. Amen.

we must realize that death was not a pleasure or a game for Christ, and that he suffered excruciation to the utmost for our sakes.

Accordingly, we shall find   angels and men to be dry, heaven to be empty, the earth to be   unproductive, and, in short, all things to be of no value, if we wish   to be partakers of the gifts of God in any other way than through   Christ.

Therefore, men get nothing from the law but condemnation, for in the law God demands his due, but does not confer the power to pay it properly. The

Faith needs to be bound directly to the Word of God; for, according to Paul, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). And

Because of the great distance between us and his heavenly glory, he himself came down to us through the Word. This

But it is none the less true that men do not come to God by way of their own reason; neither do they in this way get near to him, because all their intelligence is but vanity. Whence

First, we must understand that as long as Christ remains outside of us, and we are separated from him, all that he has suffered and done for the salvation of the human race remains useless and of no value for us. Therefore, to share with us what he has received from the Father, he had to become ours and to dwell within us.

Faith was a gift of God whose main function was to create in man a certain knowledge of God's goodness toward us. The

natural reason can never guide men to Christ. Even

We are taught that the salvation of all the elect is as certain as that God's power is invincible. Besides