Tullian Tchividjian Quotes

There's no way to get around the fact that Jesus is the only way to Heaven, and He is so good that He exchanged His place in Heaven to come suffer on a cross for humanity and rose to set us free from eternal life in Hell.

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.

Salvation cannot be bought with the currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God. Thinking that we can trade our good works for salvation is like buying a plane ticket and then supposing we own the airline. Or thinking that after paying rent for our home, we now hold title to the entire planet earth.

All I know is that I'm a sinner and that God has forgiven me of my sins. Because I put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked.

Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness.

It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free pardon, as given us through faith in Jesus Christ.

If you don't believe God has forgiven you, you are actually saying that God needs to do more for your forgiveness, and that Jesus' sacrifice was not enough.

God does not give us salvation because we believe. Our believing is only the normal way of receiving the salvation he freely gives.

It is not repentance per se that saves man. It is the blood of Jesus Christ that saves us.

The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness.

The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the deep judgment against us once and for all so that we could be free from the judgement of God, others, and ourselves.

The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life.

I further believe that all must be saved through the merits of Christ.

It's only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God's mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus' name.

But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out.

When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on what we do instead of on what Christ has done.

No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.

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

When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through faith alone. His righteous life is imputed to me. What Christ achieved is counted as mine.

The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.

The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection.

Sin does not stop God's grace from flowing, but God's grace will stop sin.

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

Justification and sanctification are both God's work, and while they can and must be distinguished, the Bible won't let us separate them. Both are gifts of our union with Christ, and within this double-blessing, justification is the root of sanctification and sanctification is the fruit of justification.