--- title: "7 Indwelling Sin Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 7 Indwelling Sin quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Indwelling Sin sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/john-murray-18190_holiness-of-god_the-presence-of-sin-in-the-believer-invo_255942.jpg" --- > [“The presence of sin in the believer involves conflict in his heart and life. If there is remaining, indwelling sin, there must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-murray/the-presence-of-sin-in-the-believer-involves-conflict-in-his-heart/) [John Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/john-murray-18190_holiness-of-god_the-presence-of-sin-in-the-believer-invo_255942.jpg) > [“Any peace, rest and quiet we have is from this alone. Who would be safe if wicked men had power to perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/any-peace-rest-and-quiet-we-have-is-from-this-alone-who-would-be-safe/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/john-owen-1415_peace_any-peace-rest-and-quiet-we-have-is-from_353372.png) > [Indwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/indwelling-sin-always-abides-whilst-we-are-in-this-world-therefore-it/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/john-owen-1415_inspirational_indwelling-sin-always-abides-whilst-we-a_458466.png) > [“When we realize truly what we have to be, and what we have to do, we become inevitably 'poor in spirit'. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/when-we-realize-truly-what-we-have-to-be-and-what-we-have-to-do-we/) [D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/d-martyn-lloyd-jones-13096_humility_when-we-realize-truly-what-we-have-to-be_1161655.jpg) > [“It is he who makes the dams and shuts the flood-gates of corrupted nature so that it cannot break forth in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-is-he-who-makes-the-dams-and-shuts-the-flood-gates-of-corrupted/) [john owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/john-owen-1415_divine-wisdom_it-is-he-who-makes-the-dams-and-shuts-th_2064105.png) > [The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-mortification-of-indwelling-sin-remaining-in-our-mortal-bodies/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/john-owen-1415_believer_the-mortification-of-indwelling-sin-rema_2597512.jpg) > [When we realize a constant enemy of the soul abides within us, what diligence and watchfulness we should have! How woeful is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/when-we-realize-a-constant-enemy-of-the-soul-abides-within-us-what/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/john-owen-1415_awake_when-we-realize-a-constant-enemy-of-the_2605460.png) ## Top authors on Indwelling Sin - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-owen-52052.jpg) John Owen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indwelling-sin/john-owen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indwelling-sin/#itemlist", "name": "Indwelling Sin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The presence of sin in the believer involves conflict in his heart and life. If there is remaining, indwelling sin, there must be the conflict which Paul describes 7:14ff. It is futile to argue that this conflict is not normal. If there is still sin to any degree in one who is indwelt by the Holy Spirit, then there is tension, yes, contradiction, within the heart of that person. Indeed, the more sanctified the person is, the more conformed he is to the image of his Savior, the more he must recoil against every lack of conformity to the holiness of God. The deeper his apprehension of the majesty of God, the more persistent his yearning for the attainment of the prize of the high calling in Christ Jesus, the more conscious will he be of the gravity of the sin which remains and the more poignant will be his detestation of it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Murray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-murray/the-presence-of-sin-in-the-believer-involves-conflict-in-his-heart/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/john-murray-18190_holiness-of-god_the-presence-of-sin-in-the-believer-invo_255942.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/john-murray-18190_holiness-of-god_the-presence-of-sin-in-the-believer-invo_255942.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/john-murray-18190_holiness-of-god_the-presence-of-sin-in-the-believer-invo_255942.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The presence of sin in the believer involves conflict in his heart and life. 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That in turn leads to that second state in which, realizing our own sinfulness and our own true nature, realizing that we are so helpless because of the indwelling of sin within us, and seeing the sin even in our best actions, thoughts and desires, we mourn and we cry out with the great apostle, 'O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?' But here, I say, is something which is still more searching-'Blessed are the meek'.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D. 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How woeful is the sloth and negligence then of so many who live blind and asleep to this reality of sin. There is an exceeding efficacy nad power in the indwelling sin of believers, for it constantly inclines itself towards evil. We need to be awake, then, if our hearts would know the ways of God. 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