Quotes about Redemption
Through transgression the sons of man become subjects of Satan. Through faith in the atoning sacrifice of Christ the sons of Adam may become the sons of God. By assuming human nature, Christ elevates humanity.
— Ellen White
The Christian's life is not a modification or improvement of the old, but a transformation of nature.
— Ellen White
Repentance for sin is the first fruits of the working of the Holy Spirit in the life.
— Ellen White
God is full of love and plenteous in mercy; but He will by no means acquit those who neglect the great salvation He has provided.
— Ellen White
Through the cross we learn that the heavenly Father loves us with a love that is infinite.—The Acts of the Apostles, pp. 209, 210.
— Ellen White
After the entrance of sin, the heavenly Husbandman transplanted the tree of life to the Paradise above; but its branches hang over the wall to the lower world. Through the redemption purchased by the blood of Christ, we may still eat of its life-giving fruit.
— Ellen White
It is impossible for finite minds to comprehend the work of redemption. Its mystery exceeds human knowledge; yet he who passes from death to life realizes that it is a divine reality. The beginning of redemption we may know here through a personal experience. Its results reach through the eternal ages.
— Ellen White
"Emmanuel, God with us." This means everything to us.
— Ellen White
Redemption is that process by which the soul is trained for heaven. This training means a knowledge of Christ. It means emancipation from ideas, habits, and practices that have been gained in the school of the prince of darkness. The soul must be delivered from all that is opposed to loyalty to God.
— Ellen White
All are weighed down with burdens that only Christ can remove. The heaviest burden that we bear is the burden of sin. If we were left to bear this burden, it would crush us. But the Sinless One has taken our place.
— Ellen White
Job was stripped of his earthly treasures, bereaved of his children, and made a spectacle of loathing to his friends, but in God's time He showed He had not forsaken His servant.
— Ellen White
So the sacrifice of Christ would bring life and immortality.
— Ellen White