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Conviction, then, is no part of a sinner's salvation—but the clear practical knowledge of the fact that he cannot save himself, and is entirely dependent on the saving grace of God.
Archibald Alexander
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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!
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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.
Salvation0Salvation is a free gift, but an empty hand must receive it, and not a hand which still tightly grasps the world.
Salvation0The only thing you contribute to your salvation is your sin!
Salvation0Salvation always results because God first pursues sinners, not because sinners first seek God.
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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.
Salvation0The theologian must not be content to discuss merely speculative problems about God and man. He must seek above all things to bring the truths of revelation to bear upon human practice. All knowledge has its practical implicate.
Knowledge, Truth0If 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)Salvation0The 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)Salvation0The Bondage of the Will (31)
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 of DiognetusSalvation0Epistle of Diognetus
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)Salvation0Holiness (Chapter 15)
In election we behold God the Father in choosing; in vocation, God the Son teaching; in justification, God the Holy Ghost sealing; in salvation, the whole deity crowning. God chooses of His love, Christ calls by His word, the Spirit seals by His grace. Now the fruit of all this, of God's love choosing, of Christ's word calling, of the Spirit's grace sanctifying is our eternal glory and blessedness in heaven.
Salvation0Let Him make anything out of me, so being He be glorified in my salvation: for I know I am made for Him.
The Loveliness of ChristSalvation0The Loveliness of Christ
Life is not merely a gift, it is a task, an achievement. We are not simply passive recipients of the Good, but free and determinative agents who react upon what is given, taking it up into our life and working it into the texture of our character.
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Whatever be man's past history and evolution, he has from the beginning been made in God's image, and bears the divine impress in all the lineaments of body and soul. His degradation cannot wholly obliterate his inherent nobility, and indeed his actual corruption bears witness to his possible holiness.
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The essence of sin is selfishness. It is the deliberate choice of self in preference to God—personal and wilful rebellion against the known law of righteousness and truth.
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An African prince, who was brought to England and resided there some time, being asked what he thought of the Bible, answered, that he believed it to be from God, for he found all the good people in favor of it, and all the bad people against it!
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Between atheism and superstition, there is this great difference; the latter may authorize some crimes, the former opens the flood-gates to all.
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If ever he chooses to rescue sinners from the consequences of their sins, it will not be by sacrificing his justice, but by fully satisfying it.
Justice, Sin0Salvation is all of grace, and that grace is sovereign, discriminating, and distinguishing
Salvation0Why was I made to hear your voice, And enter while there's room, When thousands make a wretched choice, And rather starve than come?
Salvation0the grand paradox or supreme irony of the Christian faith is that we are saved both by God and from God.
The Great Rescue, 21Salvation0The Great Rescue, 21
Are you saved? That question is the most important issue any person will ever face.
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The rationalist will not receive many of the doctrines of revelation because they do not accord with his preconceived notions, which he calls the dictates of reason. The enthusiast will not submit to the authority of scripture because he imagines that he is under the direction of a superior guide. The one makes his own reason the judge of what he will receive as true form the volume of revelation; the other determines every thing, whether it relate to opinion or practice, by the suggestion of his fancied inspiration.
Sermon at Opening of General AssemblyRevelation, Scripture0Sermon at Opening of General Assembly
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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