Quotes About Sin

The main thing that prevents us from understanding the Bible aright is not a lack of hermeneutical skills but our sin.

May heaven be in my eyes that sin might have less power upon my heart.

All too often we think of holiness as giving up the pleasures of sin for some worthy but drab life. But holiness means recognizing that the pleasures of sin are empty and temporary, while God is inviting us to magnificent, true, full, and rich pleasures that last forever.

By delaying repentance, we step away from the love and life of God.

External activities can't change us, says Jesus, because sin comes from within, from our hearts. Our rituals might change our behavior for a while, but they can't change our hearts. And so they can't bring true and lasting holiness. We need heart change.

We also have a new motivation to battle with sin: we're no longer under law, but under grace. This is counterintuitive. People think that law and legalism will best motivate us to strive to do what's right. But it's grace that enables us to live for God. "For

But we can never change enough to impress God. And here's the reason: trying to impress God, others, or ourselves puts us at the center of our change project. It makes change all about my looking good. It is done for my glory. And that's pretty much the definition of sin. Sin is living for my glory instead of God's.

There is nothing that God expects you to do that you cannot do. The sin that defeats you need not defeat you. The fears that consume you need not consume you. The people who terrify you need not terrify you. You have the Spirit of life within you empowering you to know God and follow Christ.

I sincerely desire your grace and assistance that I may enact this, my resolution, forsaking all the ways of sin, and watching against its temptations, lest they draw my heart away from you.

The main thing that prevents us from understanding the Bible aright is not a lack of hermeneutical skills but our sin. Our

Our sin warps our understanding because we all tend toward self-justification. Studying

Studying the text with other people reduces the impact of sin on our thinking.

Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.

You could obtain forgiveness for murder, but not in this life. It had to come in the next. To repent, you had to allow your life to be taken.

I hate it as one hates sin or pestilence or--the color work in a ten-cent magazine.

Es posible que lo que llamamos pecado no sea sino la expresión mítica de la conciencia de nosotros mismos, de nuestra soledad.

El amor es exclusivo; la caridad no lo es: preferir a una persona entre otras es un pecado contra la caridad.

O my soul! Nothing comes between you and God but the atoning blood of Jesus. His blood annihilates all your sin and guilt. Robed in His imputed righteousness, you are to God nearer than the highest angel in heaven--and nearer you can not be--and God draws near to you and speaks--A God at hand, says the Lord.

Contrition for an offence must precede the pardon of an offence.

God would make is happy, but He can only make us happy by making us holy...Sin is the parent of all misery; holiness is the root of all happiness.

If there is one sin—or rather one waste—it is not doing what you have the inclination or gift for.

The drinking of coffee is an absolute sin! Our Glorious Prophet did not partake of coffee because he knew it dulled the intellect, caused ulcers, hernia and sterility; he understood that coffee was nothing but the Devil's ruse.

The larger and more colorful a city is, the more places there are to hide one's guilt and sin; the more crowded it is, the more people there are to hide behind.

Para mí, la esencia de la religión es el sentimiento de culpabilidad