Quote#God & Faith
My trust is not that I am holy, but that, being unholy, Christ died…
Quote byCharles Spurgeon · 1834–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 592..
English (original)
My trust is not that I am holy, but that, being unholy, Christ died for me. My rest is here, not in what I am or shall be or feel or know, but in what Christ is and must be,— in what Christ did and is still doing as He stands before yonder throne of glory.
— Charles Spurgeon
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