Saint Augustine Quotes

No matter how good you think yourself to be, you cannot enter heaven unless it is under the terms of sovereign grace.

Theres some inherently unique characteristics of Christianity, the chief of which is that Christianity teaches that we are saved by what Christ has done for us, instead of we are saved by what we do for God.

Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.

"Otherwise grace is no more grace," since it is bestowed on us, not because we have done good works, but that we may be able to do them.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

The overwhelming emphasis of contemporary Christianity: "Just do it." The overwhelming emphasis of Biblical Christianity: "It is finished"

The child of God knows his good works do not make him acceptable to God, for he was acceptable to God by Jesus Christ long before he had any good works.

It is not your hold of Christ that saves you, but His hold of you.

There is no other salvation except that which begins and ends with grace.

Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.

I [will] not go to heaven because I am a preacher. I am going to heaven entirely on the merit of the work of Christ.

The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

The saved are singled out not by their own merits, but by the grace of the Mediator.

You are not saved by your works. You work because youre saved.

Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul said in Romans 11:6, "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace." Our relationship with God is based on either works or grace. There is never a works-plus-grace relationship with Him.

I am throwing all my good works overboard, and lashing myself to the plank of free grace; for I hope to swim to glory on it.

We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires.

I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness.

The more that you come to know Jesus for who He really is, loving Him is not a problem.

The work of healing is not my work, but by faith, healing is done. The work of deliverance, great and mighty deliverance, is not my work but is my faith in Him. It is not the works of righteousness which I have done, but according to His grace. I am a product of His grace.

There is absolutely no power in our human effort to live holy. It is only by His grace. And the result of receiving grace is we get better at living like Christ, which is something we all want, right?

I'm not ashamed of the Gospel.

What I'm interested in is to get people saved and to see the power of God spread.