Self-Reflection Quotes For New Creation in Christ

“A broken spirit and contrite heart bring a sinner to the end of himself, causing him to lay down his pride and self-worth and appeal to God for mercy, grace, and forgiveness.”

“Undeniably, with the best human effort without Christ, attempting to live right and do justly results in self-righteousness, which is like a filthy rag in the eyes of a holy God.”

“God prefers and approves the sacrifices of faith in Christ from a humble heart and a contrite spirit to an abundance of faithless sacrifices offered with a guilty conscience.”

“The devil, by his sly maneuvers, scores the greatest victory in the battle against unrighteousness if he succeeds in sweeping away believers with lies to underestimate the gravity of the battle and overestimate the strength of their abilities without obedient faith to stand up for the truth and righteousness.”

“Nothing could be farther from the truth than believing that we cannot live righteously in this world after being transformed by Christ’s redemption.”

The Cross is the Answer to Human Depravity

“Virtual or ethical righteousness is a habit or character. It is a lifestyle of moral excellence without guilt and sin or of being just and virtuous, adhering to God’s moral principles.”

“No believer has any excuse to live below God’s benchmark of moral excellence. Neither is he excused from living out Christ’s righteousness after being transformed into His image through redemption, cleansing of sins, and obliteration of guilt.”

“The habit of moral uprightness forms when a believer develops an awe-inspiring fear of God that shudders at the thought of ungodly deeds and intentionally and assiduously cultivates good behavior with faith in Christ.”

“The spirit of disobedience deprives worshippers of wisdom to know how to worship God in spirit and truth and what is required for acceptable worship.”

“The very pertinent sign indicating the springing up of the poisonous root of bitterness or its growth to maturity is the loss of joy in cross-bearing to follow Christ, murmuring, grumbling, or complaining during hard times.”

“Christ did not die to produce worshippers but to deliver people from sin so that those who are delivered may voluntarily worship Him in holiness, spirit, and truth, for God the Father actively seeks such worshippers.”

“The irresistible allure of sin is so strong and enticing that its pleasures and profits are short-lived, leaving behind guilt, regret, pain, heartache, and finally, destruction.”

“Based on God’s benchmark for human morality,  prioritizing ethical righteousness and justice is indispensable for those desiring an authentic relationship with God, and it involves living a life that is in consonance with God’s moral codes for human behavior.”

“Disobedience is a choice to make, and those who choose disobedience to God cannot fellowship with Him but with the evil one, the adversary, whom they have chosen to obey and serve.”

“Expecting science, which is the creatures' handiwork, to explain the creation gap stems from mere willful ignorance and pride, dogmatic insistence on the Darwinian mechanism, and the denial of the Biblical truth. The God of creation cannot be summoned by His creatures to explain how He created them.”

“To remain in God’s favor, the believer MUST not return to unfruitful works of darkness, the path of sinfulness and disobedience, or the former way of life.”

“Whoever Christ emancipates is wholly free from sin and its guilt, and that freedom is absolute, total, and exhaustive, covering all areas of human endeavors. The efficacy of that freedom is wholesome and incapable of losing its power.”

“To assume that only our positional righteousness in Christ perfects a believer is not only a misguided belief but self-deceit and fallacy, for Scripture exhorts all believers to ‘perfect holiness in the fear of the Lord and to perfect their faith by good deeds' (James 2:22; 2 Cor. 7:1).

“God’s holiness is contagious in the sense that believers who are His holy temple are automatically made holy by His presence in the temple.”

“Believers personify holiness by allowing moral uprightness to contrive a vivid image of God’s

holiness in their minds in a way that permeates their thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors to set them apart from others.” 

David Udoko, PhD