Quotes About Sin

Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God.

The essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self, not an affirming of self.

All hurricanes are acts of God because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God and they were recipients of the judgment of God for that.

Confession of sin shows us more clearly our need of mercy-and endears God's mercy more to us

The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God.

Until we believe that we are as bad as God says we are, we can never believe that He will do for us what He says He will do. Right here is where popular religion breaks down.

Wickedness comes to its height by degrees. He that dares say of a less sin, Is it not a little one? will ere long say of a greater, Tush, God regards it not!

Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him.

God is more ready to forgive me than I am ready to offend.

Until we have the right knowledge of God, the knowledge of self and our need for grace remains distorted.

God's decree is the very pillar and basis on which the saint's perseverance depends. That decree ties the knot of adoption so fast, that neither sin, death, nor hell, can break it asunder.

If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you.

Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God.

If one's conscience is willing to confess whatever sins have been committed, including the sin of unbelief, it will be sorrowful in a godly way, earnestly desiring the mercy of God.

And for yourself, whatever there has been either of sin or duty, remember the one and forget the other, and betake yourself wholly to the mercy of God and the merit of Christ.

I asked God if it was a sin and He didn't say anything.

Hell is the backdrop that reveals the profound and unbelievable grace of the cross. It brings to light the enormity of our sin and therefore portrays the undeserved favor of God in full color.

Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven.

One is most dishonest to one's god: he is not allowed to sin.

Thou art beautiful because God created thee, but thou art a slave to sin... wickedness has made you ugly.

Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever!

When God saves us through Christ, He not only saves us from the penalty of sin, but also from its dominion.

As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.

One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.