Quotes about Redemption
Going all in and all out for the All in All is both a death sentence and a life sentence. Your sinful nature, along with its selfish desires, is nailed to the cross. Then, and only then, does your true personality, your true potential, and your true purpose come alive. After all, God cannot resurrect what has not died. And that's why so many people are half alive. They haven't died to self yet.
— Mark Batterson
We're too Christian to enjoy sin and too sinful to enjoy Christ. We've got just enough Jesus to be informed, but not enough to be transformed.
— Mark Batterson
No matter how many wrong turns we've taken and no matter how many detours we've been down, it's God's grace that gets us back onto the parade route.
— Mark Batterson
God wants to do so much more than simply forgive your sin. He wants to leverage your past regrets for His eternal purpose.
— Mark Batterson
But remember this: without a crucifixion there can be no resurrection!
— Mark Batterson
Jesus didn't die on the cross just to keep you safe. He died to make you dangerous--a threat to the enemy. He died so that you could make a difference for all eternity.
— Mark Batterson
Jesus didn't carry a cross to Calvary so that we could live a halfway life. He died so that we could come alive in the truest and fullest sense of the word.
— Mark Batterson
Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart.
— Mark Batterson
In the words of Corrie ten Boom, "There is no pit too deep that God's grace isn't deeper still.
— Mark Batterson
Nothing belongs to us, not even ourselves. But the exchange rate is unbelievable. All of our sin is transferred to Christ's account, and all of His righteousness is transferred to our account. God cancels our debt, writes us into His will, and calls it even!
— Mark Batterson
Jesus could have aborted his redemptive mission with one call for angelic backup. But Jesus wasn't trying to save himself. He was trying to save you.
— Mark Batterson
But Paul knew that his sin was nailed to the cross, and the hammer of God's mercy has no claw.
— Mark Batterson