Quotes about Redemption
God can turn stones into bread, and a sinner can turn bread into stones; the bread of life into the stone of stumbling.
— Thomas Watson
King's crowns are only crosses, but the cross of Christ is the only crown.
— Thomas Watson
No man did ever come off a loser by his acquaintance with God.
— Thomas Watson
repentance is of such importance, that there is no being saved without it.
— Thomas Watson
Daily bread may make us live comfortably but forgiveness of sins will make us die comfortably.
— Thomas Watson
Godly sorrow goes deep, like a vein which bleeds inwardly. The heart bleeds for sin: "they were pricked in their heart" (Act 2:37). As the heart bears a chief part in sinning, so it must in sorrowing.
— Thomas Watson
It [repentance] is not so much to endear us to Christ as to endear Christ to us. Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.
— Thomas Watson
God so values his people that he will give kingdoms for their ransom (Isaiah 43:3); He put his best Jewel (Christ) in pawn for them (John 3:16).
— Thomas Watson
Three wishes Paul had, and they were all about Christ; that he might be found in Christ, be with Christ, and magnify Christ.
— Thomas Watson
As our sin is ever before us, so God's promise must be ever before us. As we much feel our sting, so we must look up to Christ, our "brazen serpent" (Num 21:8-9).
— Thomas Watson
The holiness of the saints will not excuse them from sufferings.
— Thomas Watson
It was more for Christ to suffer one hour than for us to have suffered forever.
— Thomas Watson