Quotes About Sin

If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven

A true man of piety will consider himself a sinner and, therefore, untouchable.

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I do not dare to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.

Praying men stop sinning and sinning men stop praying.

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place.

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.

History is little more than the story of man's sin, and the daily newspaper a running commentary on it.

Where sin had brought men, love brought the Saviour.

There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.

Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.

If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.

A sinning man stops praying; a praying man stops sinning.

Questions about Ethics so perplexing that even a Jesuit couldn't respond without committing a venial sin.

That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking, what's your vice and what brand of trouble does it lead to?

You've even created religions that tell you that you are born in sin—that you are sinners at birth—in order to convince yourselves of your own evil.

To assume that a Christian who is spiritually alive and struggling to overcome sin can't be deceived is hopelessly naive!

Before we received Christ, we were slaves to sin. But because of Christ's work on the cross, sin's power over us has been broken. Satan has no right of ownership or authority over us. He is a defeated foe, but he is committed to keeping us from realizing that. He knows he can block your effectiveness as a Christian if he can deceive you into believing that you are nothing but a product of your past, subject to sin, prone to failure, and controlled by your habits.

It's up to you to choose whether you're going to use your body, which includes your brain, for sin or for the sake of righteousness.

To confess (homologeo) means to acknowledge or to agree. You confess your sin when you say what God says about it: "I entertained a lustful thought, and that's a sin"; "I treated my spouse unkindly this morning, and that was wrong"; "Pride motivated me to seek that board position, and pride doesn't belong in my life.

We are not sinners in the hands of an angry God; we are saints who sin in the hands of a loving God.

For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another" (Gal. 5:17). They are in opposition because the Holy Spirit, like Jesus, will not operate independently of our heavenly Father, but the flesh does. The flesh may be defined as existence apart from God—a life dominated by sin or a drive opposed to God. The flesh is self-reliant rather than God-dependent; it is self-centered rather than Christ-centered.

We shouldn't avoid sin because we fear eternal damnation. We should do so because we no longer want to live in bondage….