Karl Barth Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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

Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee.

The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

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.

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.

The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

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.

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

If we are interested in Christ by faith, notwithstanding our imperfections and sins, God will be our God through grace.

The gospel frees us to confess our sins without fear of condemnation.

'You are no saint,' says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none.

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

I understand I'm a sinner. I'm not perfect, and I need a Savior, and that I'm not going to make it to Heaven on merits and doing good things.

I could see that it was God's forgiveness and His mercy that I needed, and that was provided through Christ on the Cross for those who will receive Him as Lord and Savior. That is how I came to Christ.

Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and spiritual blessings which we need.

The assurance of Heaven is never given to the person. And that's why at the core of the Christian faith is the grace of God. If there's one word I would grab from all of that, it's forgiveness - that you can be forgiven. I can be forgiven, and it is of the grace of God. But once you understand that, I think the ramifications are worldwide.

I the chief of sinners am, but Jesus died for me.

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.

We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God. So when we are in the mess, remember Jesus made it right. We got to hang on to that by faith.