Quotes about Salvation
The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and to common sense.
— AW Tozer
From all that dims Thy Calvary, O Lamb of God, deliver me.
— Amy Carmichael
We do not come to God as bad people trying to become good people; we come as rebels to lay down our arms.
— CS Lewis
You will never be saved against your will; God drags nobody to heaven by the ears.
— Charles Spurgeon
It's not possible to be close to God without thinking about the lost. They never leave His mind.
— Christine Caine
God's plan remains God's plan despite our sin.
— Christopher West
God's grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
— Timothy Keller
Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make bad people good; it makes dead people alive...the gospel is God's acceptance of us based on what Christ has done, not on what we can do.
— Tullian Tchividjian
Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've been worse.
— Tullian Tchividjian
The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.
— Tullian Tchividjian
We have not received the Spirit of God because we believe, but that we may believe.
— Fulgentius of Ruspe
We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek salvation, unless He first called us by His grace. Without a divine call, no one can be saved.
— JC Ryle