Quotes About Forgiveness

The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and to common sense.

You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none

From all that dims Thy Calvary, O Lamb of God, deliver me.

We do not come to God as bad people trying to become good people; we come as rebels to lay down our arms.

The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small.

God's plan remains God's plan despite our sin.

If you're going down the street and you're going the wrong way, remember - God permits U-turns.

God's grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.

If you are a child of God, you don't lose your status if you have a bad week.

There is absolutely nothing we can ever do that will cause God to forsake us. He will never turn away from us.

Master, don't kill me. Let me live - punish me - torture me - but let me live. I can't face God with all those lives on my conscience, all that blood on my hands.

God's mercy is a holy mercy, which knows how to pardon sin, not to protect it; it is a sanctuary for the penitent, not for the presumptuous.

It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.

If you think that you can sin, and then by cries avert the consequences of sin, you insult God's character.

We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions.

Sin is essentially a departure from God.

God forgives somehow we have yet to learn the same.

We may forget him, but God will never forget us. We're forever on his mind and in his plans.

Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God.

The Cross is the Word through which God has responded to evil in the world.

In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance and even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant.

That which is called God's wrath, and anger, is a means of discipline.

We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins.

The things you're most embarrassed about, most ashamed of, and most reluctant to share are the very tools God can use most powerfully to heal others