Salvation

“Faith is a lost, helpless condemned sinner's casting himself on Christ for salvation.”

“No other name is given under heaven, but that of Jesus Christ, in which a sinner may safely approach unto God.”

“He that is not a son of Peace is not a son of God.”

“but the bond is conditional, according to the tenor of the covenant of grace: for we are bound to believe in Christ, if we would come to life everlasting”

“He offereth them to many, and they are sufficient to save all mankind; but all shall not be saved thereby, because by faith they will not receive them.”

“Let not men deceive themselves; sanctification is a qualification indispensably necessary unto those who will be under the conduct of the Lord Christ unto salvation. He leads none to heaven but whom He sanctifies on the earth.”

“To save sinners through believing, shall be found to be a far more admirable work than to create the world of nothing.”

“This is that which brings salvation, when we shall see that God has glorified all his properties in a way of doing us good.”

“Christ did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should believe.”

“In the Word of God there be two kind of promises: some of everlasting life and salvation by Christ; others of inferior gifts and blessings concerning this life.”

“Ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life.” Not one soul would be saved if left to his own will.”

“To deny, therefore, that the faith of the Old Testament saints was a faith in the Messiah and his redemption, is to deny that they had any knowledge of the import of the revelations and promises of which they were the recipients.”

“There is no more to do , either believe and be saved, or believe not and be damned.”

“The Persons of the Godhead have different roles in the plan of salvation: the Father chooses the objects of salvation, the Son redeems them, and the Spirit sanctifies them, applying redemption.”

“First, The great journey that he has taken, from heaven to earth, on purpose to save sinners, strongly demonstrates his willingness to save them.”

“Let but one flaw be found in Him, and salvation's pillar moulders into dust.”

“And therefore, as the promises of other temporal good things are not absolute, no more are the promises to give assurance to a believer absolute, as those to give him heaven and salvation are.”

“Once again, it is God to whom belongs the application of redemption as God the Holy Spirit.”

“Let us labour to maintain this assurance of salvation from God's love.”

“The first Adam is the father of all that perish; the second Adam is the father of all that shall be saved.”

“Here lies the weight of God's honour, and the salvation of an elect world; and this required no less solid a bottom than the testimony of truth itself.”

“They shall never perish, neither shall any one pluck them out of His hand.”

“By justification we are made kings and priests, are lifted above all sins and lusts, world and devil; have a right and title to heaven.”

“And now God has overcome, and his right hand and his holy arm has gotten him the victory.”

“To be saved from sin, from hell, from the wrath of God, from eternal damnation, what is like it?”

“He that hath the Son hath life: and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.’ This is the great record of God the Father concerning his Son; and he that believes not the record God gives of his Son, makes God a liar.”

“And being a perfect savior in Himself, He needs no partner, and because He is everywhere at all times, therefore He needs no deputy in His stead.”

“That he is a good Savior, a good Redeemer, a good Lord and Master; a good excelling, transcending all inferior, sublunary good; good! not only good, but best — best in himself, and best for us!”

“No one, however wise, wealthy, noble, or beautiful, will ever get to heaven without conversion .”

“The Father beseeches; the Saviour invites; the Spirit calls; good angels beckon; Christ's ministers entreat; and the one dear sound which they make to echo through earth, and to pierce the wanderer's ears, is, enter in.”

“In one sense every eye shall see Him; but in the true and blessed meaning of the word, He shall appear, or show Himself only to those who are now looking to Him as the Saviour.”

“Or is his grace so far gone, and so near spent, that now he has not enough to pardon, and secure, and save one sinner more?”

“This water admits no mixture—it is pure and perfect as its origin—free as the air we breathe to sustain life.”

“For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.’ He came to untie the band, and to destroy the works of the devil.”

“Christ is a Prince and Saviour, but not to save men in an absolute way, whether or not they repent.”

“The work of redemption accomplished by Christ as our surety is no mere possibility or potentiality.”

“It is no less clear that the Redeemer is the same under all dispensations.”

“When He first looked on me, I was saved; it cost Him but a look to make hell quit of me!”

“You cannot save that soul of yours, my brother—remember that!”

“Some must be `pulled out of the fire' (Jude 23) with violence, and they will bless God for us in the day of their visitation.”

“All join the chosen band, confessing, that they need redemption, and glorying in redemption found.”

“Can we bless God enough if we have been rescued from such dreadful doom, and if the heart of enmity has been taken from us, and the heart of love and praise bestowed?”

“What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

“For to have the Holy Ghost to fall upon a man so as to dwell in him for ever, to take possession of his heart, and to bring him to glory, is more than to have extraordinary gifts, which many had who never were saved.”

“By fulfilling the conditions on which the promises of the covenant of redemption were suspended, the veracity and justice of God are pledged to secure the salvation of his people; and this secures the fidelity of his people.”

“A Saviour will be as welcome a sight to them, as a rope cast out from the shore will be to a drowning man.”

“Strive to bring a few more with you to heaven, and by all means to save some.”

“A door made into the ark will do you no good, unless you enter in and make good your entrance at the door.”

“How hard it is for rich people to get into the Kingdom of God!”

“I saw that God would be perfectly just in sending me to hell, and that to hell I must go, unless I were saved of mere grace, and, as it were, in spite of myself.”

“There are two errors in the world about the law; one is, when men think to enter in at the strait gate by the righteousness of the law; the other is, when men think they may enter into heaven without the leave of the law.”

“O then, be persuaded, without further delay, to endeavor after this saving interest in Christ!”

“Salvation can be conveyed by no church or minister; its nature must be studied through no ecclesiastical or priestly medium.”

“Now, says Christ, "I delight to do your will, O my God;" it is the joy and rejoicing of my heart to be a-seeking and a-saving lost sinners.”

“They rejoice when a sinner is converted, and when he dies they are ready to carry his soul into Abraham’s bosom.”

“There is but one answer, Grace, grace, free grace, has done it all.”

“The infinitude of His love is shown in the gift of His dear Son to accomplish salvation, to endure our curse, to bring us safely to the heaven of heavens, to present us faultless before the presence of His glory.”

“Now, if no more good redounds to us by the death of Christ than it does to Simon Magus, we are not much obliged to Christ for our salvation.”

“There is no more to do, either believe and be saved, or believe not and be damned.”

“There are only two ways to walk in, the narrow way and the broad way.”

“Is there any way for you to escape—but by Jesus Christ, the only Deliverer from wrath to come?”

“If Christ be a savior, He must be a perfect savior, considering He is God and man.”

“But we ought to account it a property of every saint of God, who is justified and sanctified, to know the Scriptures, which only are able to make them wise unto salvation.”

“Strike in with the season of grace, and come away with the deliverer upon the gracious proclamation.”

“Sin not only left us prostrate, with no means to soar: but it fixed an intervening gulf, which unaided man could never pass.”

“Reader, learn then from Pentecost, that souls are the grain—the Spirit the Ingatherer.”

“As God will deliver his people from temporal danger , so from spiritual danger , as from sin , and from hell .”

“The Lord by His Spirit—reveals Himself as the only Savior and all-sufficient one, who is most willing to save and deliver them.”

“As he hath ordained Jesus Christ to be the great medium or means betwixt us and himself, so he hath ordained faith as the principal instrument in us to treat with Christ.”

“And to those that are otherwise-minded, I give only this necessary caution: let them take heed, lest by inventing new ways to heaven for others, they lose the true way themselves.”

“It offers to the sinner a reversal of the sentence of death, by presenting him with the death of another in his stead.”

“And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.”

“Oh, but Christ hath a saving eye! salvation is in His eyelids!”

“Behold the truth—bathe in this stream—trust in this death—plead this atoning cross.”

“The gospel, however, is the offer of salvation upon the conditions of the covenant of grace. in this sense, the covenant of grace is formed with all mankind.”

“Thus life and death are set before you, will you accept this liberty or not?”

“Let us give thanks, knowing that by these wounds we are saved, by these stripes we are healed.”

“You cannot be saved by any of your own righteousness, because your righteousness is imperfect, and therefore cannot satisfy God's justice for your sins, and therefore cannot deliver you from wrath to come.”

“For first, by Christ crucified, we have reconciliation with God, remission of sins, and acceptation to eternal life.”

“Since you are a sinner of mankind, Christ is your Saviour: for he is by office Saviour of the family whereof you are a branch.”

“Do not we see daily under the ordinance of God by weak men, the blind see, the spiritually deaf hear, the spiritually dumb be able to speak, to pray to God; the dead, those that are dead in sin, they receive life.”

“He has promised that He will "beautify the meek with salvation;" and if the garments of salvation will not beautify, what will?”

“They see what had been hid from their eyes so long; they see Jesus of Nazareth to be the Saviour, their God, Jehovah.”

“Let us count every man a saved soul in whom we see something of Christ, — some evidence of true repentance, — some evidence of saving faith in Jesus, — some evidence of real evangelical holiness.”

“Scribes and doctors continue devils in the chair, while harlots commence saints from the stews, and the thief proceeds a convert on the cross.”

“A voice cries, "Let Reuben live and not die." There is a Savior, who delivers from this death.”

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." And Oh, how easy it is to be saved when the Holy Spirit draws the heart to Christ!”

“His mediation only can save you from the wrath of God, and from the lowest hell.”

“He refuses none who come to Him for salvation, however unworthy they may be.”

“Are not we ambassadors from God to men, to unfold Christ's love in particular unto them: if they believe, then to tell them, that they may be assured of salvation?”

“All angels worship him, and at his word they become, they all become ministering spirits for them who shall be heirs of salvation.”

“He that will not be rich in Christ, must be poor and condemned still in the first Adam.”

“See that there is no waste in the overflowings of your cup of salvation and of joy.”

“Grace is glory in the bud, and glory is grace at the full.”

“To have grace, and to be sure that we have grace, is glory upon the throne, it is heaven on this side heaven.”