Quotes about Redemption

If you have truly been born again, it was the Holy Spirit who convicted you of sin and drew you into a relationship with Jesus.

The determining factor in our relationship with God is not our past but Christ's past.

To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law.

When we come to grips with the true state of our condition, we are ready to fully appreciate what God has done to rescue us from ourselves. It is imperative that we take seriously our true condition as fallen human beings.

Our civilization cannot survive materially unless it is redeemed spiritually. It can be saved only by becoming permeated with the Spirit of Christ, and being made free and happy by practices which spring out of that spirit. Only thus can discontent be driven out and all shadows lifted from the road ahead.

God does not accept me conditionally, on the basis of my performance, but bestows his love and forgiveness freely, despite my innumerable failures.

You have just convinced me the faith you have found is what I need. What I have longed for. There is nothing further you could have said that would have convinced me. But this? This need to forgive. That is real, Julia. Genuine. I know it cannot come from within — except by the help of your God. Would you tell me how I might receive this ability to forgive from the God you have claimed as your own?

Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

If God charged us for every tear He shed for us, the world would be bankrupt.

So Jesus in the throes of his Passion is an image of hope: God is on the side of those who suffer.

I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.

Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.