Salvation: Faith

“Faith is born at the Cross of Christ! Doubt becomes harder than faith when the Cross is visible! When Christ is set forth evidently crucified among us, each one of us should cry, ‘Lord, I believe, for Your death has killed my unbelief.’ ”–1892, Sermon 2281

“One grain of this faith is worth more than a diamond the size of the world—yes, though you should thread such jewels together, as many as the stars of heaven for number, they would be worth nothing compared with the smallest atom of faith in Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God!”–1892, Sermon 2259

“All the exercises of faith about mercy must always be tethered to the Cross. Mercy flows through Christ alone.”–1891, Sermon 2199

“When one said to me the other day, ‘I cannot trust Christ,’ I enquired, ‘Can you trust me?’ And when the quick reply was, as it ought to be from a hearer to a minister, ‘Yes, Sir, I do trust you,’ I said, ‘Well, then, you certainly can trust the Lord Jesus Christ, for He is infinitely more worthy of being trusted than ever I can be.’ ”–1893, Sermon 2338
“All that is said in the Word of God to sinners in general is meant for each sinner in particular, when he comes and takes it to himself by his own individual faith.”–1895, Sermon 2413

“Trust deeds and confessions of faith are useful in their way, even as laws are useful to society, but as laws cannot secure obedience to themselves, so articles of belief cannot create faith or secure honesty. And to men without conscience, they are not worth the paper they are written upon.”–1891, Sermon 2182

“We are not saved by obedience, for obedience is the result of salvation! We are saved by faith because faith leads us to obey! Faith is weakness clinging to strength and becoming strong through so doing.”–1891, Sermon 2209

“If you could understand your religion, it would be one that did not come from God—it would have been made by a man of limited capacity, like yourselves, who was therefore able to make what you can comprehend. But inasmuch as there are mysteries in your faith, to the top of which you cannot climb, be thankful that you need not climb them.”– 1893, Sermon 2303