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Salvation always results because God first pursues sinners, not because sinners first seek God.
John MacArthur
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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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Salvation cannot be accomplished by a bath. John 4:2 says Jesus baptized no one. If baptism were a condition of salvation, He would have been baptizing people; after all, He came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10).
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We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died.
Entertainment, Sin0God 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 true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment.
Gospel, Self-Denial0The only thing you contribute to your salvation is your sin!
Salvation0In 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.
Salvation0l would define FREEWILL as this: every human being has the freedom to choose whatever sin he wants. That's free will.
Free Will, Sin0If 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
if it was considered an honor to be the slave of one of the Caesars, it is infinitely more so to be the slave of Christ
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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
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.
Thoughts on Religious ExperienceSalvation0Thoughts on Religious Experience
Salvation 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.
The Great Rescue, 11Salvation0The Great Rescue, 11
Children are born sinful, and that sinfulness manifests itself not because of what parents do, but because of what they don't do.
Original Sin0For the faithful, Spirit-filled Christian, every place becomes a place of prayer.
Prayer0Sixteen of the thirty-eight parables of Jesus deal with money. One out of ten verses in the New Testament deals with that subject. Scripture offers about five hundred verses on prayer, fewer than five hundred on faith, and over two thousand on money. The believer's attitude toward money and possessions is determinative.
Money, Finances0A true Christian does not see God's promise of forgiveness as a license to sin, a way to abuse His love and presume on His grace. Rather, he sees God's gracious forgiveness as the means to spiritual growth and sanctification. He continually thanks God for His great love and willingness to forgive.
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