Quotes about Redemption
At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.
— E Stanley Jones
Christ died to save this lost world; he did not come to destroy, maim or pour out wrath.
— David Wilkerson
Yes, I'm a miserable, wretched sinner, but He loves me. And to Him, I'm His child, and I can walk in that love and that understanding.
— Jeremy Camp
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
— Teresa of Avila
The least temptation thou hast met. He knows thy blemishes and how to purge away the dross, Not overlong will he allow The anguish of thy cross. Love is the Judge, and he doth see The surest way to perfect thee. Thou can not perish if thou wilt But turn thee to the light, Love bleeds with thee in all thy guilt And waits to set thee right. Love means to save sin's outcasts lost, And cares not at what awful cost.
— Hannah Hurnard
Christ came into the world to save sinners, not good people, and your unworthiness is your greatest claim for His salvation.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
My part, was the prompt reply, was to run away, and the Lord's part was to run after me until He caught me.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
— Calvin Coolidge
Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled.
— Irenaeus of Lyons
No other God have I but thee, born in a manger, died on a tree.
— Martin Luther
I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees.
— Anne Lamott
Adam tried to hide behind the trees in the garden. There is only one tree that can hide us from Him and that is the tree of the cross.
— Vance Havner