Own Righteousness Quotes
19 quotes by 17 authors
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Indeed all the saints are taught the same lesson - to renounce their own strength, and rely on the power of God; their own policy,…
— William Gurnall
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True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide…
— George Whitefield
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Meanwhile, spiritual submissiveness brings about the wiser use of our time, talents, and gifts as compared with our laboring diligently but conditionally to establish our…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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No one will ever go to Hell who has put his trust in Jesus Christ, but many will end up in torment who have trusted…
— Curtis Hutson
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In spinning a robe of your own righteousness, before the sun goes down you will find it all unraveled.
— Curtis Hutson
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Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his…
— Thomas Brooks
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Nothing can damn a man but his own righteousness; nothing can save him but the righteousness of Christ.
— Charles Spurgeon
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Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and power.…
— Martin Luther
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When Christ entered into Jerusalem the people spread garments in the way: when He enters into our hearts, we pull off our own righteousness, and…
— Augustus Toplady
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Like Muslims we assume that God will judge us "on balance." If our good deeds outweigh our bad deeds, we will arrive safely in heaven.…
— R C Sproul
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Almost all religions provide opportunities for human beings to convince themselves of their own righteousness, to speak in the name of God, and even to…
— Stephen Prothero
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If Christ be a fraud, he was among the most peculiar yet brilliant of frauds in saying that only he was the way, the truth,…
— Criss Jami
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There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those that are deceived…
— Jonathan Edwards
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Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.' Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce their rights, they…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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People talk of the courage of convictions, but in actual life a man's duty to his family may make a rigid course seem a selfish…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Many Christians still at bottom look upon God as one of the most selfish, self-absorbed Beings in the universe, far more selfish than they could…
— Hannah Whitall Smith
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Ye [Anabaptists] be proud contemners of the free grace of God offered to man in Christ Jesus. For with the Pelagians and Papists ye are…
— John Knox
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There are two sorts of hypocrites: one that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; many of whom are professed Arminians, in the…
— Jonathan Edwards
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God saves believers by imputing to them the merit of Christ's perfect righteousness - not in any sense because of their own righteousness. God accepts…
— John Macarthur
Who Wrote These Own Righteousness Quotes
17 authors contributed a total of 19 Own Righteousness Quotes as follows: