“If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally”
– Angelus Silesius
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God”
John 3:5
“If Christ has died for me – ungodly as I am, without strength as I am – then I can no longer live in sin, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me. I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend. I must be holy for his sake. How can I live in sin when He has died to save me from it?”
– Charles Spurgeon
Wisdom of the Ages 