“Faith then, in its relation to salvation, is that confidence by which we accept it as a free gift from the Saviour, and is the only possible way in which the gift of God could be appropriated.” WayAcceptingRelationSalvationSaviourGift From GodFree Gifts Book:Sermons Source: Sermons
“The very act of faith by which we receive Christ is an act of the utter renunciation of self, and all its works, as a ground of salvation. It is really a denial of self, and a grounding of its arms in the last citadel into which it can be driven, and is, in its principle, inclusive of every subsequent act of self-denial by which sin is forsaken or overcome.” SelfLastsChristSinPrinciplesArmsOvercomingSalvationDrivenDenialRenunciationSelf-denialForsakenGroundingCitadels Book:BACCALAUREATE SERMONS, AND OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES Source: BACCALAUREATE SERMONS, AND OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES
“Everywhere the tendency has been to separate religion from morality, to set them in opposition even. But a religion without morality is a superstition and a curse; and anything like an adequate and complete morality without religion is impossible. The only salvation for man is in the union of the two as Christianity unites them.” MenHas BeensTwoChristianityImpossibleMoralitySalvationUnionsTendenciesCurseOppositionSuperstitionsAdequate Author:Mark Hopkins