Quotes about Redemption
Salvation is the creation of new desires, not just new goodies.
— John Piper
The reason we need a ransom to be paid for us is that we have sold ourselves into sin and have been alienated from a holy God. When Jesus gave his life as a ransom, our slave masters, sin and death and the Devil, had to give up their claim on us. And the result was that we could be adopted into the family of God.
— John Piper
Our believing does not cause new birth. The new birth causes our belief.
— John Piper
In all his self-glorifying acts in the world, God is revealing and giving himself to all who will receive him as their portion and their treasure. His self-glorifying is not only a "show," but a gift of himself.
— John Piper
A non-treasured Christ is a nonsaving Christ.
— John Piper
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1 JOHN 3:8
— John Piper
Therefore, Christ crucified is the foundation of all honest and everlast- ing joy. No self-deception is necessary to enjoy it. Indeed all deception must cease in order to enjoy it to the full.
— John Piper
Salvation is not mainly the forgiveness of sins, but mainly the fellowship of Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:9).
— John Piper
Every aspect of the way God views and saves sinners is designed to undermine racism and lead to a reconciled and redeemed humanity from every people group in the world.
— John Piper
Redemption, salvation, and restoration are not God's ultimate goal. These He performs for the sake of something greater: namely, the enjoyment He has in glorifying Himself.
— John Piper
The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. MARK 10:45
— John Piper
The Bible itself shows that our ultimate goal in reading the Bible is that God's infinite worth and beauty would be exalted in the everlasting, white-hot worship of the blood-bought bride of Christ from every people, language, tribe, and nation.
— John Piper