David Platt (pastor) - Salvation Quotes

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The message of biblical Christianity is 'God loves me so that I might make him- his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness- known among all nations.' Now God is the object of our faith, and Christianity centers around him. We are not the end of the gospel; God is'

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As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in the meaningless sea of world religions that actually condemn the human race by exalting our supposed ability to get to God. On the other hand, when you and I realize that we are morally evil, dead in sin and deserving of God's wrath with no way out on our own, we begin to discover our desperation for Christ.

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God has made a way of salvation for the lost. Not a way, but the way. And this is the good news - the gospel.

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Clearly our greatest need is not more regulations in order to merit salvation.

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Salvation now consists of a deep wrestling in our souls with the sinfulness of our hearts, the depth of our depravity, and the desperation of our need for his grace.

David Platt

Salvation has absolutely nothing to do with human merit and absolutely everything to do with divine mercy.

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