Salvation Quotes

“This does not necessarily mean that every directive found in the Old Testament still has binding authority on those in the new covenant. Jesus, for example, insists that divorce and remarriage—a practice explicitly sanctioned in the law of Moses—must be set aside (cf. Mark 10:2-9; Matthew 19:3-12). Why was it permitted in the Old Testament? Jesus explains, “For your hardness of hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so” (cf. Matthew 19:8). In other words, the law permitted a practice that was not originally part of God’s plan because of Israel’s sinfulness.”
― Michael Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“Scholars have long shown that the book of Deuteronomy broadly follows the structure of treaty-covenants made between nations. Deuteronomy, therefore, presents Israel as a nation that has entered into a covenant alliance with a greater king, namely, the Creator God.”
― Michael Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“According to Scripture, salvation is returning to the Father; knowing the Lord; a revelation of divine love; an unmerited gift of righteousness that actually transforms us; a participation in the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and, above all, entering into the very life of the blessed Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
― Michael Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“It may seem that freedom from a particular vice is unattainable, but never forget this—the voice telling you that you cannot change comes from the tempter. Faith means trusting not in our own righteousness or even our own capacity for it but trusting instead in the divine Son.”
― Michael Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“sum, Philippians 2 affirms that Jesus was a divine person who became man.”
― Michael Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“Faith is first and foremost trusting in the Lord’s gift of salvation.”
― Michael Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“St. Francis de Sales writes, “For those who live in the world and desire to embrace true virtue it is necessary to unite together in holy, sacred friendship.”8”
― Michael Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“In sum, the Bible teaches that God’s law does not stand in the way of our happiness—it seeks to make it possible.”
― Michael Patrick Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“God wants us to be forgiven more than we ourselves want to be forgiven.”
― Michael Patrick Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“A common caricature of Catholic teaching is that it rejects the notion of salvation by grace and affirms instead that salvation is simply by works. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
― Michael Patrick Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

“To misunderstand salvation is to fail to understand fully who the Savior is.”
― Michael Patrick Barber, Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know