“The door of hope that the gospel reveals to sinners is very wide open. Let us leave it as open as we find it. We should never be afraid to maintain that Christ is able to save to the uttermost (Heb. 7:25), and that the vilest of sinners may be forgiven freely if they will only come to him. We should offer the gospel boldly to the worst and the wickedest (Isa. 1:18).”

— J.C. Ryle

“It were well if sinners would remember that so far from perfecting the Saviour's work, their carnal confidences only pollute and dishonour it. The Lord alone must be exalted in the work of atonement, and not a single mark of man's chisel or hammer will be endured. There is an inherent blasphemy in seeking to add to what Christ Jesus in His dying moments declared to be finished, or to improve that in which the Lord Jehovah finds perfect satisfaction. Trembling sinner, away with thy tools, and fall upon thy knees in humble supplication; and accept the Lord Jesus to be the altar of thine atonement, and rest in Him alone.”

— Charles Spurgeon