Thomas Brooks Quotes

Our Redeemer took upon Himself all the sins, pains, infirmities, and sicknesses of all who have ever lived and will ever live.

It was not the volume of sin that sent Christ to the cross; it was the fact of sin.

My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree.

Once I realized the emptiness of life apart from knowing God, when I embraced God and the truth of the gospel and the truth of the Bible, it was a no-brainer decision to see that that was a treasure that was infinitely more valuable than some sort of an atheistic Hollywood party life.

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now.

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ.

Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ and made an heir of heaven.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

Christ died for the truth.

Well actually I don't think it's a bunch of bad things that send us to hell. I think it is rejection of God's grace.

Why is it Christians are more confident in the Devil taking me more than Christ keeping me.

The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree. Look up to the cross, and you will kill sin, for the strength of Jesus' love will make you strong to put down your tendencies to sin.

The fatal effects of sin can be removed only by the provision that God has made. The Israelites saved their lives by looking upon the uplifted serpent. That look implied faith. They lived because they believed God's word, and trusted in the means provided for their recover. So to sinner may look to Christ, and live. He receives pardon through faith in the atoning sacrifice. Unlike the inert and lifeless symbol, Christ has power and virtue in Himself to heal the repenting sinner.

... the thing that kept Christ on that cross was love, not the nail.

The blood that poured from Christ's wounds bought your salvation. If you want to truly value what He did, think of Him hanging on that cross just for you. With that thought in your mind, consider how you should live. He gave Himself freely for you; are you giving yourself fully to Him?

God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.

If ye never had a sick night and a pained soul for sin, ye have not yet lighted upon Christ.

Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.

My friends, look to Christ, and not to yourselves. That is what is the matter with a great many sinners; instead of looking to Christ, they are looking at the bite of sin.

There is no death of sin without the death of Christ.

Christ became one of us to redeem all of us.

Each person we meet on a daily basis who does not know Christ is hell-bound. That may make some folks bristle-but it's a fact. When we refuse to warn people that their actions and lifestyles have eternal consequences, we're not doing them any favors. If everybody feels good about his or her sin, why would anyone repent?

Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace.