Quotes about Mercy

Every body part deserves to be remembered. Every human body deserves to last. It is an outrage that it's so fragile, so delicate. It is an outrage that it's permitted to disintegrate underground, or given the mercy of flames, burned like trash.

Christ reigns in order to save." (Hom. in Luc. 30)

Never look for justice in this world, never cease to give it.

Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Jesus Christ became a curse for us by divine decree. Our part in realizing the tremendous meaning of His curse is the conviction of sin. Conviction is given to us as a gift of shame and repentance; it is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the sin in people, and Calvary is the measure of His hatred.

The marvel of the Redemptive Reality of God is that the worst and the vilest can never get to the bottom of His love.

Never look for justice in this world, but never cease to give it.

God answers prayer on the ground of redemption and on no other ground.

Once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vise, constrained by the love of God.

One thing is certain—He will never throw our past failures back in our faces.

the miracle of the redemptive reality of God is that the worst and the vilest offender can never exhaust the depths of His love.

Compared with the miracle of the forgiveness of sin, the experience of sanctification is small. Sanctification is simply the wonderful expression or evidence of the forgiveness of sins in a human life. But the thing that awakens the deepest fountain of gratitude in a human being is that God has forgiven his sin.