The only thing of my very own which I contribute to my redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed.
Sinclair B. FergusonChristianity is Christ because there isn't anything else. There is no atonement that somehow can be detached from who the Lord Jesus is. There is no grace that can be attached to you transferred from Him. All there is, is Christ and your soul.
Sinclair B. FergusonGod does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us.
Sinclair B. FergusonYou cannot open the pages of the New Testament without realizing that one of the things that makes it so 'new,' in every way, is that here men and women call God 'Father.' This conviction, that we can speak of the Master of the universe in such intimate terms, lies at the heart of the Christian faith.
Sinclair B. Ferguson