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Quotes About Sin

O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
~ John Henry Newman
Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things.
~ John Piper
Embrace in one act the two truths-thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ.
~ Alexander MacLaren
For me, the single word "God" suggests everything that is slippery, shady, squalid, foul, and grotesque.
~ Andre Breton
What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
~ Bernard of Clairvaux
The difficulty is old, but none the less real. An omnipotent being who created a world containing evil not due to sin must Himself be at least partially evil.
~ Bertrand Russell
Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free. For God the just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me.
~ Charitie Lees Smith
A loving God who has no wrath is no God. He is an idol of our own making as much as if we carved Him out of stone.
~ R. C. Sproul
Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.
~ Timothy Keller
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
~ John Ortberg
Sin is what you do when you are not satisfied in God.
~ John Piper
The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what God did when in Christ on the cross He took our place and bore our sin.
~ John Stott
We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God. So when we are in the mess, remember Jesus made it right. We got to hang on to that by faith.
~ Jud Wilhite
God created Adam lord of all living creatures, but Eve spoiled it all.
~ Martin Luther
God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either.
~ Martin Luther
If we would be angry and not sin, we must be angry at nothing but sin; and we should be more jealous for the glory of God than for any interest or reputation of our own.
~ Matthew Henry
The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.
~ R. C. Sproul
The Bible makes it really clear that if I am not receptive to the grace of God I am headed toward wrath.
~ Rick Warren
It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
~ Adam Clarke
You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not!
~ Agatha Christie
The absurd is sin without God.
~ Albert Camus
Not to be occupied with your sin, but to be occupied with God brings deliverance from self.
~ Andy Murray
Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.
~ Andy Stanley
Why will God's creatures sin against his throne? Can there be such madness in beings gifted with reason's light?
~ Charles Grandison Finney