Grace And Forgiveness Quotes

• Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he did meet skeptics he could not convince and sinners he could not convert. Forgiveness of sins requires an act of will on the receiver's part, and some who heard Jesus' strongest words about grace and forgiveness turned away unrepentant.

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  Philip Yancey

  Jesus   Birth Defects   Grace  

  Philip Yancey (2009). “The Jesus I Never Knew Participant's Guide: Six Sessions on the Life of Christ”, p.23, Zondervan

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• Many years ago I was driven to the conclusion that the two major causes of most emotional problems among evangelical Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live into God's unconditional grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that unconditional love, forgiveness, and grace to other peopleWe read, we hear, we believe a good theology of grace. But that's not the way we live. The good news of the Gospel of grace has not penetrated the level of our emotions.

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  David Seamands

  Christian   Believe   Unconditional Love  

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• God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.

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  Timothy Keller

  Forgiveness   Grace   Perpetrators  

  Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.56, Penguin

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• Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

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  Isaiah

  White   Snow   Wool  

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• When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.

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  Timothy Keller

  Mean   Loss   Forgiving  

  Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.56, Penguin

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• God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver. From the earliest parts of the Bible, it was understood that God could not forgive without sacrifice. No one who is seriously wronged can “just forgive” the perpetrator.

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  Timothy Keller

  Mean   Sacrifice   Loss  

  "Counterfeit Gods: When the Empty Promises of Love, Money and Power Let You Down".

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• Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.

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  Frederick Buechner

  Sleep   Night   Grace  

  FaceBook post by Frederick Buechner from Jan 01, 2016

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• I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.

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  William P. Young

  Inspiration   Believe   Deep Affection  

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• As for the Folsom Prison show, ... would anybody have the guts to do that show now 50 Cent, maybe I think the whole idea of even playing to a crowd of people like that is so politically unfavorable now - it's like, 'What are you doing, singing for these people Do they deserve it' There's such anger in our culture right now, that kind of grace and forgiveness, we don't see that very often.

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  James Mangold

  Thinking   Ideas   People  

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• Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.

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  Bo Burnham

  Bible   Jesus   Kindness  

  Song: Haikus Sonnet Shakespeare, Album: Words Words Words, 2010

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• Forgive those who have hurt you.

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  Les Brown

  Forgiveness   Hurt   Forgiving  

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• When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you 'You're no good,' you don't have to take on the guilt and condemnation he wants to put on you. No! You can immediately confess your mistake to God, thank Him for forgiving you and cleansing you with the blood of Jesus, and move forward in the victory of His grace and forgiveness.

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  Joyce Meyer

  Jesus   Mistake   Moving  

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