Quotes About Repentance

The Bible thinks it is perfectly all right to destroy all animals as punishment for the crimes of Homo sapiens, as if the existence of giraffes, pelicans and ladybirds has lost all purpose if humans misbehave. The Bible could not imagine a scenario in which God repents having created Homo sapiens, wipes this sinful ape off the face of the earth, and then spends eternity enjoying the antics of ostriches, kangaroos and panda bears.

Heaven and hell too ceased to be real places somewhere above the clouds and below the volcanoes, and were instead interpreted as internal mental states. You experience hell every time you ignite the fires of anger and hatred within your heart; and you enjoy heavenly bliss every time you forgive your enemies, repent your own misdeeds and share your wealth with the poor.

Ever since he repented of religion and shaved off his clerical beard and mustache, he has had the constant feeling that he has taken off his trousers, and that his nose protrudes altogether indecently and must at all cost be covered.

You'll be sorry," he said unpleasantly. "I hope so," Alabama answered. "I like paying for the things I do-it makes me feel square with the world".

They asked Wisdom, "What is the punishment of sinners?" She answered them, "Evil will pursue them." They asked Prophecy, "What is the punishment of sinners?" She answered them, "The soul that sins will die." They asked the Holy One Blessed Is He, "What is the punishment of sinners?" He answered them, "They will repent and it will be forgiven." —j. Makkoth 2:6

The question is not who is going to forget me, but the question is, who is going to forgive me?

The great distinction between purgatory and inferno, or hell, is that the people in purgatory know what they have done and the people in hell do not.

Sin in haste, repent at leisure.")

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

These interludes, which impede the advance of the seal and trumpet cycles toward their climax, inject into the experience of hearing or reading the Book of Revelation a taste of the divine delay, which prolongs the time for repentance while it deters the martyrs' longed-for vindication: "How long, () Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" (6:111).

Lord God, I acknowledge that I have sinned against You. I am sorry for this, and I now choose to change my ways—please help me to do so. I gratefully accept Your forgiveness and Spirit in my life. I thank You that I am now Your child. I will serve You for the rest of my life and for eternity. In Jesus's name, amen.

For the Christian, humility is absolutely indispensable. Without it there can be no self-knowledge, no repentance, no faith and no salvation.

The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.

A right knowledge of sin lies at the root of all saving Christianity.

Don't you stupid Aussies get it? Australia is doomed! Nothing, and nobody, can help you. You have sinned willfully after you have received knowledge of the truth.

Until you start thinking right, you will never start behaving right. Repentance always deals with the changing of the mind.

You can't receive forgiveness unless you let God deal with your deceit.

In order to receive a pardon you must plead guilty.

Anytime you commit sin and God deals with you, you have the opportunity to confess it. If you don't confess it, you only have one option but to cover it up.

When a person is carrying their sin, it can be quite a load...I don't know what else to do with your sin but confess and ask God to forgive it.

There's a special place in hell for what some people have done but there's also a special place in God's heart for their forgiveness.

Sin will do a number on you.

You can know you're a Christian if, not are you dealing with your sin before God but is God dealing with you about your sin.

The beginning of knowledge is to know thyself a sinner.