"It will never do to plead sin as……" — Archibald Alexander
"It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation."
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Archibald Alexander
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15 Quotes by Archibald Alexander
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No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness…
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Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is…
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God has set before you an open door which no man has a right or power to shut. If you…
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God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.
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But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins,…
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Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.
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Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.
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In vain do we seek to awaken our churches to zeal in evangelism as a separate thing. To be genuine…
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In reviewing the most mysterious doctrines of revelation, the ultimate appeal is to reason, not to determine whether she could…
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It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common…
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Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception…
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If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and…
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