If you are justified, you can no more be unjustified than Christ can be pulled down from heaven.

Those who are most conscious of forgiveness are invariably those who have been most acutely convicted of their sin.

The problem is not in the clarity of the revelation. The problem is in the darkness of the human mind.

Thankfulness grows best in the seed-bed of conviction, just as some plants must be placed in the soil in the winter if they are to flower in the summer.

Failure to deal with the presence of sin can often be traced back to spiritual amnesia – forgetting our new, true, real identity. As a believer, I am someone who has been delivered from the dominion of sin and who therefore is free and motivated to fight against the remnants of sin in my heart. You must know, rest in, think through, and act upon your new identity – you are in Christ

The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.

Anyone who comes to grips with the issues raised in The Marrow of Modern Divinity will almost certainly grow by leaps and bounds in understanding three things: the grace of God, the Christian life, and the very nature of the gospel itself.