Quotes About Sin

customers away. The Palais-Royal has become a veritable den of iniquity,

Three weeks after New Year, she lost her faith. It happened quite suddenly. She simply woke up and it was gone. As she lay in bed it occurred to her that between religion and superstition there was no difference, since both were based on unreason. To kill a man to redeem the sins of others was as irrational as tapping a hole in one's eggshell to stop a witch using it as a boat.

sin and pride and selfishness is like yeast – they rises overnight. That's why His grace and mercy got to be new and fresh every time the sun gets up. You got no business conducting God's business without dyin' to yourself fresh every mornin'.

We all got temptations.

Boetie said he would leave the house after a fight with his wife and walk the streets looking for a prostitute. He hated prostitutes and considered it a sin that they should charge money for a gift they had received from their Creator. In his opinion, they did not deserve to live.

Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

La caridad encubre todos los pecados», decía san Pedro.

La caridad olvida, el perdón es olvido. ¡Ay del que persona sin olvidar! Es la más diabólica venganza... Hay que perdonarle al criminal su crimen, al virtuoso su virtud,al soberbio su soberbia, al humilde su humildad. Hay que perdonarles a todos el haber nacido...

Santa María, madre de Dios, ruega por nosotros, pecadores, ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte, amén». Y apenas lo había rezado cuando me dije: «¿pecadores?, ¿nosotros pecadores?, ¿y cuál es nuestro pecado, cuál?».

God's grace is sufficient when we come up short in our obedience, but it is important to call sin "sin" and declare war on it. Those who love God in truth will set their hearts to live in a spirit of obedience in every area of their lives—including their use of time, money, and words, and in what their eyes look at.

The only thing that will ultimately break the power of sin is passion for Jesus. The only thing that will guard me from being entrapped by sin is being entranced by Jesus.

They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.

There has perhaps been no lie greater than the one told of a devil awaiting sinners in hell. Any good it may have done in preventing people from sinning has surely been offset by the mass manipulation it makes possible, extracting subservience from what become confused, unhappy lives filled with regret, guilt, and fear.

No wonder, given the brainwashing of the ages: being told that you are limited, aging, frail, born of sin, into sin, bound to unavoidably sin for the rest of your life, and that you'll be tested and judged anyway. Huh? Why? To see if you didn't sin? Quite an improbable setup. No win/no win. How about we roll back all of those ideas, leave the door open, and not connect dots that don't need connecting?

As you ascertain the validity of the call you believe God is placing on your life, search your heart for any sinful motivation, any thoughts of power, greed, or pride. If you find it, repent and get humble again before Jesus, because his call won't involve manipulation. His Call Will Involve the Desire of Your Heart

James Orr put it well: "He who with his whole heart believes in Jesus as the Son of God is thereby committed to much else besides. He is committed to a view of God, to a view of man, to a view of sin, to a view of Redemption, to a view of the purpose of God in creation and history, to a view of human destiny found only in Christianity.

The Lord continues to be committed to us even when we sin. He continues to love us. In some ways, the nature of his love for us resembles an enduring marriage, or how a father or mother may love a misbegotten child. Hosea was being called to be like God when he had to love a person who would have been difficult to love. We are difficult to love when we sin; a sin is always a transgression against the Lord.

Sins couldn't be laundered by good results.

The Lord continues to be committed to us even when we sin. He continues to love us. In some ways, the nature of his love for us resembles an enduring marriage, or how a father or mother may love a misbegotten child. Hosea was being called to be like God when he had to love a person who would have been difficult to love. We are difficult to love when we sin; a sin is always a transgression against the Lord." Shin looked carefully at Isak's face to see if he had reached him.

To have been with a man without marrying is a sin in the eyes of God. Where is this man? Why must Isak pay for your sin?

So much easier to say, 'The devil made him do it,' than to face up to something much more horrifying: somebody, a person just like you, decided to do evil. And enjoys it.