Joni Eareckson Tada Quotes

The word "salvation" denotes rescue. Rescue? What from? Well, of course, ultimately death. And since it is sin that colludes with the forces of evil and decay, sin leads to death. So we are rescued from sin and death.

People will not receive the balm of the gospel unless they know something of the wounds that sin has made.

The Atonement is real. As you steadily do the things the Lord would have you do, a change will occur in you, and Satan's ability to lead you into the things that will destroy you and bring misery to you will become lessened.

When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.

Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importance.

But I'm going to focus on salvation as well as physical healing.

Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.

Any well-read man knows that the moral difference between the condition of the world before Christianity was planted and since Christianity took root is the difference between night and day, the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of the devil.

The Lord saved my soul.

God saved me.

The gospel is not itself about you are this sort of a person and this can happen to you. That's the result of the gospel rather than the gospel itself.

Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, even persecutors, the worst of sinners: his righteousness is sufficient for them; his Spirit is able to purify and change their hearts.

Scripture points out this difference between believers and unbelievers; the latter, as old slaves of their incurable perversity, cannot endure the rod; but the former, like children of noble birth, profit by repentance and correction.

Heaven is filled with those who have this in common: they are forgiven and they forgive.

The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.

Mercy is the true power that can save humanity and the world from sin and evil.

I have never known anyone to accept Christ's redemption and later regret it.

For he who has died has been freed from sin...14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the message of good news - the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept His offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness, and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew.

Right now if this preacher died he would go to heaven. Not because I spent years in the jungles and the Andes Mountains of Peru. Not because of piety, devotion or bible study. Not because of denominational affiliation, baptism, or participation in the Lord’s supper. If I died right now, I would go to heaven because two thousand years ago the Son of God shed His blood for this wretched man. And that is my hope.

Only sinners need saviors.

The offspring of the woman, Jesus Christ, came into the world to save women who have dethroned God, taken His place, defined personhood as tissue, and willed the death of their own child. It can't be reversed, but it can be forgiven. That is why Christ died.

Jesus came to save us from our own sins.