Richard G. Scott Quotes

Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, each of us can become clean and the burden of our rebellion will be lifted. Remember, repentance is not punishment. It is the hope-filled path to a more glorious future.

Repentance is a rescuing, not a dour, doctrine.

Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the pulpit I would desire to die practicing it.

When we tell the story of our own conversion, I would have it done with great sorrow, remembering what we used to be, and with great joy and gratitude, remembering how little we deserve these things.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

The Gospel offers forgiveness for the past, new life for the present, and hope for the future.

There's still time for redemption if I live long enough, don't you think?

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.

According to the Burman system, there is no escape. According to the Christian system, there is. Jesus Christ has died in the place of sinners, has borne their sins; and now those who believe on Him, and become His disciples, are released from the punishment they deserve. At death, they are received into Heaven and are happy forever.

The Savior isn't our last chance; He is our only chance. Our only chance to overcome self-doubt and catch a vision of who we may become. Our only chance to repent and have our sins washed clean.

I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.

'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.

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

I think that it's the love of God that brings man into repentance. Once you embrace that love and have that fellowship with God, all those things that you shouldn't be doing will go away.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

The Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer.