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Quotes About Sin

A clear conscience is absolutely essential for distinguishing between the voice of God and the voice of the enemy. Unconfessed sin is a prime reason why many do not know God's will.
~ Winkie Pratney
And ultimately, If you sin against an infinitely holy and eternal God, you are infinitely guilty and worthy of eternal punishment.
~ David Platt
It is not the constant thought of their sins, but the vision of the holiness of God that makes the saints aware of their own sinfulness.
~ Anthony of Sourozh
He who knows what God is, studies to avoid sin.
~ Benedict Joseph Labre
I am discontented because I have not these things which God never yet promised me, and therefore I sin much against the Gospel, and against the grace of faith.
~ Jeremiah Burroughs
Any time, day or night, at home or in the street, wherever we are, we live bathed in God. If we always kept this in mind, it would be impossible to sin.
~ Hélder Câmara
God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
~ St. Catherine of Siena
Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.
~ Andy Stanley
The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.
~ Thomas Paine
Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.
~ John Bunyan
In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state
~ Louis Berkhof
There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
However many and however great and burdensome your sins may be, with God there is greater mercy. Just as His majesty is, so likewise is His mercy.
~ Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
Our natural inclination is to hide ourselves from God.
~ R. C. Sproul
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.
~ Alfred Korzybski
Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.
~ C. S. Lewis
When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.
~ Herbert McCabe
You'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins.
~ Kevin DeYoung
When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of grace.
~ Brennan Manning
God made food; the devil the cooks.
~ James Joyce
You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.
~ Joel Osteen
God lets us continue to feel much of sin's sting through suffering while we're heading for heaven. This constantly reminds us of what we're being delivered from; exposing sin for the poison it is.
~ Joni Eareckson Tada
God is righteous in making the sinner righteous.
~ Joseph Prince
The cross of Christ exists because mankind-loved by God, created by God, set in motion by God-betrayed God and prefers his stuff to him.
~ Matt Chandler