“I was intrigued. I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: “If I was… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should say, "I… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Loving a holy God is beyond our moral power. The only kind of God we can love by our sinful nature is… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
A rigorous doctrine of imputation is not only limiting but ends up doing a disservice to the nature of grace and justification.… — Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk Copy Share Image
“Keep yourselves from idols." The warning isn't given to them because it wasn't a real danger or because there was an off… — Joe Thorn Copy Share Image
Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“The Bible is different because it is the Word of God, by which He speaks to me. Disagreeing with the Bible would… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
“We may be content to remain what we call 'ordinary people': but He is determined to carry out a quite different plan.… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The inner change, justification, is effected at the moment of salvation. The outer change in the believer's daily walk, sanctification, continues throughout… — Neil T Anderson Copy Share Image
Jesus does not divide the world into the moral "good guys" and the immoral "bad guys". He shows us that everyone is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
For what you call the Law is but a club of the rich over the lowest of men, sanctifying the conquest of… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh...The choicest believers,… — John Owen Copy Share Image
[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with (so to… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The steamship whose machinery is broken may be brought into port and made fast to the dock. She is safe, but not… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
But to procrastinate and prevaricate simply because you're afraid of erring, when others - I mean our brethren in Germany - must… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We must like Moses cover ourselves with faith and humility while we steal a quick look at the God whom no man… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
To those of us who are not theologians, does it matter whether a thing is ordained or merely allowed? Are events that… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Purge me from every sinful blot; My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“When you became a Christian, you were still susceptible to living the way you learned to live before. Your brain was not… — Van Harden Copy Share Image
The married man and the mother of a Christian family, if they are faithful to their obligations, will fulfill a mission that… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
For neo-conservatism is a quintessentially Jewish project: a re-sanctification in everyday life of the core values of western civilisation, and the achievement… — Melanie Phillips Copy Share Image
In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections, to the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
God works this unspeakable mystery of entire sanctification in your life and mine. People try to seek the experience of entire sanctification… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
...God has made provision for our holiness. Through Christ He has delivered us from sin's reign so that we now can resist… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“Systems built on hierarchy, separation, and power are finally cracking. But the collapse isn’t the end. It’s the pivot. The evolutionary pressure… — Paule Patterson Copy Share Image
We must hide our unholiness in the wounds of Christ as Moses hid himself in the cleft of the rock while the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Life and death! They seem like complete opposites-at great enmity with each other. But for Paul-and for all who share his faith-there… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“[Salvation] is a life-changing experience when it happens, and if our life isn’t changed by it, then it either didn’t happen at… — Van Harden Copy Share Image
Sanctification means the impartation of the Holy qualities of Jesus Christ. It is His patience, His love, His holiness, His faith, His… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
When I think about sanctification, a couple things immediately pop into my head. One is how slow it actually is. I think… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Christ wishes the Christian Community to be a body that is perfect because we work together towards a single end, and the… — Katharine Drexel Copy Share Image
Justification and sanctification are both God's work, and while they can and must be distinguished, the Bible won't let us separate them.… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“Expressed in theological terms, “In justification our own works have no place at all, and simple faith in Christ is the one… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“Even though this seems rather plain, we Christians can easily become confused about what sanctification is. Instead of emphasizing its connection to… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
![“For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man [2 Cor. 5:21]. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man…” quote by John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/john-stott-1926_assertion_for-the-essence-of-sin-is-man-substituti_715800.jpg)
![“[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with (so to speak) his eyes open. He knew the worst about you at the time when he accepted you for Jesus' sake; and the verdict which he passed then was, and is, final.” quote by J. I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/j-i-packer-1856_accepted_n-obody-can-produce-new-evidence-of-your_2633989.png)
![“[Salvation] is a life-changing experience when it happens, and if our life isn’t changed by it, then it either didn’t happen at all or we are so caught up in this world, spending so much time, effort, and emotion on the red circle, that we are ignoring the permanent, eternal, gigantic, blue part…” quote by Van Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/van-harden-24351_eternal-life_salvation-is-a-life-changing-experience_1988918.jpg)
