Quotes about Merit
Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
— John Calvin
Election is an act of God before creation in which He chooses some people to be saved, not on account of any foreseen merit in them, but only because of His sovereign good pleasure.
— Wayne Grudem
For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
— Thomas a Kempis
To live by grace is to live solely by the merit of Jesus Christ. To live by grace is to base my entire relationship with God, including my acceptance and standing with Him, on my union with Christ.
— Jerry Bridges
Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit.
— Sam Storms
The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
— Calvin Coolidge
My struggle isn't believing my performance can earn God's favor; my struggle is believing my performance can keep God's favor
— Tullian Tchividjian
They say fortune is a woman and capricious. But sometimes she is a good woman, and gives to those who merit.
— George Eliot