Redemption means to buy back. Buy back what? That which was lost, because the Lord came to save what was lost. What was lost? Mankind, the human race: “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money” (Isa. 52:3).
"He who preaches simply the written law, telling people of their duty to keep it, and inciting them to do the best they can to keep it, is but ministering condemnation. ... because one’s best efforts to keep it are themselves only sin”(E. J. Waggoner) --Arlene Hill
"He who preaches simply the written law, telling people of their duty to keep it, and inciting them to do the best they can to keep it, is but ministering condemnation. ... because one’s best efforts to keep it are themselves only sin”(E. J. Waggoner) --Arlene Hill
The self-esteem concept, which has been so popular throughout the latter part of the 20th century and the first part of this century, is a subtle deception of Satan. Arlene Hill
"But isn’t there something I am to do? This question is asked twice in the Scriptures: once by the rich young ruler and then by Paul’s jailer. “What must I do to be saved?” Neither the ruler nor the jailer was inspired, and neither was the question they asked. The answer to this question is “No”! There is nothing to do. Paul’s answer was: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:30, 31)." --Arlene Hill
"An example of distorting the 1888 message is to say that the church accepted righteousness by faith and is teaching it, when in fact, it is teaching the evangelical Arminian concept of righteousness by faith." Arlene Hill
"Jonathan is a perfect example of how the Holy Spirit can change a heart to be willing to relinquish what are thought of as rights to personal happiness in a relationship. He was born heir to the throne of Israel, but he learned to respect that God still considered the nation a theocracy, and it was God who established and anointed kings." Arlene Hill