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A liberal Protestant, a liberal Catholic, and a liberal Jew can agree on almost everything, because they believe almost nothing! Proclaiming A Cross-Centered Theology (24)
Your belief is a miracle! You didn't choose it. Of course if you have a theology that says 'I did it' then you have no testimony to the power of God in your life!June 8 2011 Sermon (Minute 31)
Maybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.
The only thing you contribute to your salvation is your sin!
What you win people with is what you win people to.
Salvation always results because God first pursues sinners, not because sinners first seek God.Gospel According to Jesus 3e(86)
God intentionally designed salvation so that no man can boast of it. He didn't merely arrange it so that boasting would be discouraged, or kept to a minimum-He planned it so that boasting would be absolutely excluded! Election does precisely that.
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. Unknown
Salvation is a free gift, but an empty hand must receive it, and not a hand which still tightly grasps the world.
If we know nothing of these things, we shall know nothing whatever of Christian matters, and shall be far behind all people upon the earth.The Bondage of the Will (31)
it is not irreligious, curious, or superfluous, but essentially wholesome and necessary, for a Christian to know, whether or not the will does anything in those things which pertain unto salvation.The Bondage of the Will (31)
He Himself took on Him the burden of our iniquities, He gave His own Son as a ransom for us, the holy One for transgressors, the blameless One for the wicked, the righteous One for the unrighteous, the incorruptible One for the corruptible, the immortal One for those who are mortal. For what other thing was capable of covering our sins than His righteousness? By what other one was it possible that we, the wicked and ungodly, could be justified, than by the only Son of God? O sweet exchange! O unsearchable operation! O benefits surpassing all expectation! That the wickedness of many should be hid in a single righteous One, and that the righteousness of One should justify many transgressors!Epistle to Diognetus, http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0101.htm
O Hell, I see thee surging round; But in my Lord a cleft I've found, A solid, sure abiding place From which my enemy I face, As here with Thee at God's right hand, I on Thy Calvary-Victory stand.
In modern day evangelism, this precious doctrine [of regeneration] has been reduced to nothing more than a human decision to raise one's hand, walk an aisle, or pray a "sinner's prayer." As a result, the majority of Americans believe that they've been "born again" even though their thoughts, words, and deeds are a continual contradiction to the nature and will of God.
I was dying in my sins, hopeless, helpless, and on the brink of eternal fire. It was Jesus Christ who delivered me with the hand of His grace, and plucked me from everlasting burnings. It was Jesus Christ who placed me, a poor sinful worm, near the heart of His love. Stranger, that is the reason why I talk of Jesus Christ and make much of Him. I am not ashamed of it, because I love Him. Holiness (Chapter 15)
Salvation is all of grace, and that grace is sovereign, discriminating, and distinguishing
Why was I made to hear your voice, And enter while there's room, When thousands make a wretched choice, And rather starve than come?
clearer passages should help interpret less clear ones. For example, doctrinal assertions in epistles often provide a theological grid through which to understand narrative or poetic texts. This principle helps ensure that our interpretations are consistent with the overall teaching of Scripture and guards against eisegesis—reading our own ideas into the text.
Whenever we read the Scriptures, it is vital that we keep in mind the principle that the explicit, direct teaching passages of the Bible must control our interpretation of passages that convey their teaching less directly and more implicitly. https://learn.ligonier.org/devotionals/explicit-and-implicit-teaching
In essentials, unity; in differences, liberty; in all things, charity.
the grand paradox or supreme irony of the Christian faith is that we are saved both by God and from God.The Great Rescue, 21
Are you saved? That question is the most important issue any person will ever face.The Great Rescue, 11
Correction is only seen as "judgement" to those who still love their sin.
O the sweet exchange, O the incomprehensible work of God, O the unexpected blessings, that the sinfulness of many should be hidden in one righteous man, while the righteousness of one should justify many sinners.Epistle to Diognetus, 9.5
The fundamental explanation of our conversion was not that we were wiser or morally superior to others in choosing God, but that God chose to have mercy on us and intervened in our lives, revealing our need for His provision of the gospel. Our salvation is owned completely to the sovereign grace of God.
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