Tullian Tchividjian Quotes

In Christ the original image of God is restored, by faith in this world and by sight in the world to come.

Because of total depravity, you and I were desperate for God's grace before we were saved. Because of total depravity, you and I remain desperate for God's grace even after we're saved.

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

For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us.

When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what he did for us, we miss the gospel - and we, ironically, become more disobedient.

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

I believe that Christians believe in salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not by works. And we believe that if you're saved, Jesus becomes your savior. He makes a promise to you. You can trust his promises. You can bank on that word.

The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall.

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.

Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to his holy laws.

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.

Christ's riches are unsearchable, and this doctrine of the gospel is the field this treasure is hidden in.

The roaring thunder of the law and the fear of the terror of judgment are both used to bring us to Christ, but the final victory culminating in our salvation is won through God's loving-kindness.

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.

In the Old Testament, we are continually told that our good works are not enough, that God has made a provision. This provision is pointed to at every place in the Old Testament.

In the book of Colossians, it talks about that because of what Christ did, we are pure. We are without judgment on ourselves. And only through him can we do something like this.

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.

Christians are made, not born.

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

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

Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.

We are safe on the rock which is the Savior when we have yielded in faith in Him, have responded to the Holy Spirit's direction to keep the commandments long enough and faithfully enough that the power of the Atonement has changed our hearts.