Quotes about Redemption

Promised Land theology becomes an earthbound reality only to those who cash in their fear and complacency for the one ticket out of their long-inhabited wilderness.

Somehow in the mess of it, Jesus stayed. He kept his commitment to me when I was at a loss to consistently keep what seemed a single commitment to him.

The Lord will not abandon His people, because of His great name and because He has determined to make you His own people. 1 Samuel 12:22

I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. Exodus 3:7

Now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him. Colossians 1:22

Of course, maybe that's what I love best of all about God. We've never gone so far that we can't be fetched.

Christ has liberated us into freedom. Therefore stand firm and don't submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1

Have you ever wondered why God goes to the trouble of sanctifying us? He could instantly zap us into His image the moment we decide to follow Jesus, or He could transport us into heaven the moment of our conversion. Why would He opt for taking us through the long, drawn-out process of planting, watering, pruning, and harvesting? But sure enough, He rolls up His sleeves, puts palms to the dirt, and begins putting the pieces of our lives together in a way that matters.

God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 1 John 4:9

We have put our hope in the living God. 1 Timothy 4:10

So on those days when it seems like God is silent and you have nothing to show for your life besides dung and death, know that even those are not wasted. God is using even the messiest parts and the most painful and seemingly hopeless parts to get your soil ready. You, loved and chosen by God, have much good fruit yet to bear.

He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens. Ephesians 1:20