Quotes about Grace

it may never be said that like the state and the church, science arose because of sin and thus from an intervening grace.

The Lord, Jesus Christ, is our perfect example of patience.

I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. Jesus didn't go around condemning people.

The overwhelming message of the Atonement is the perfect love the Savior has for each and all of us. It is a love which is full of mercy, patience, grace, equity, long-suffering, and, above all, forgiving.

I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.

You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.

As the source of our new life in Christ, the Holy Spirit is also, in a very real way, the soul of the Church, the love that binds us to the Lord and to one another, and the light that opens our eyes to see all around us the wonders of God's grace.

Christ offers more! Indeed he offers everything! Only he who is the Truth can be the Way and hence also the Life.

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.

Among the tragedies of our time is humanity's pursuit of personal peace apart from God's enabling grace. That pursuit takes many forms: material, intellectual, social, even religious; but they all end in futility. When sinners find peace through God's grace, that is beautiful, that is cause for rejoicing! "Grace . . . and peace" is the proper Christian greeting and celebration (v. 2).

In reality, we are all equally disadvantaged. None of us naturally seeks after God, none is inherently righteous, none instinctively does good (cf. Romans 3:9-18). Therefore, as children of grace, our spiritual discipline is everything — everything! I repeat . . . discipline is everything!