 All the grace contained in [the Bible] is owing to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior; and, unless we consent to Him as our Lord we cannot expect any benefit by Him as our Savior. Author: Matthew Henry |
| Sense of sin may be often great, and more felt than grace; yet not be more than grace. A man feels the ache of his finger more sensibly than the health of his whole body; yet he knows that the ache of a finger is nothing so much as the health of the whole body. Author: Thomas Adams
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that is free, but they are not interested in discipleship. They will take Christ as Savior but not as Lord. Author: Vance Havner |
| My worth is what I am worth to God; and that is a marvelous great deal, for Christ died for me. Thus, incidentally, what gives to each of us His highest worth gives the same worth to everyone; in all that matters most are we equal. Author: William Temple
Source: The Citizen and Churchman, Eyre and Spottiswood, 1951, p. 74. |
| The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God. Author: Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
| It is grace at the beginning, and grace at the end. So that when you and I come to lie upon our death beds, the one thing that should comfort and help and strengthen us there is the thing that helped us in the beginning. Not what we have been, not what we have done, but the Grace of God in Jesus Christ our Lord. The Christian life starts with grace, it must continue with grace, it ends with grace. Grace wondrous grace. By the grace of God I am what I am. Yet not I, but the Grace of God which was with me. Author: Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
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| The air which our body requires envelops us on every hand. The air which our souls need also envelops all of us at all times and on all sides. God is round about us in Christ on every hand, with his many sided and all-sufficient grace. All we need to do is to open our hearts. Author: Ole Hallesby |
| Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock of God's promises, and it was indeed a precious resting place, but now I rest in His grace. He is teaching me that the bosom of His love is a far sweeter resting-place than even the rock of His promises. Author: Hannah Whitall Smith |
| Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part. Author: Philip Yancey |
| One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as "those evil people" or "those poor people who need our help." Nor must we search for signs of "loveworthiness." Grace teaches us that God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are. Author: Philip Yancey
Source: What's So Amazing About Grace? |
| Grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us. Ask people what they must do to get to heaven and most reply, "Be good." Jesus' stories contradict that answer. All we must do is cry, "Help!" Author: Philip Yancey
Source: What's So Amazing About Grace? |
| Repentance, not proper behaviour or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue. Author: Philip Yancey
Source: What's So Amazing About Grace? |
