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Repentance Quotes by Timothy Keller
- We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1 John 1:9 says…
- Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."
- Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away…
- Life changing repentance begins where blame shifting ends.
- Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
- Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives…
- Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference…
More Repentance Quotes
- Bad men are full of repentance. — Aristotle
- The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek… — Ezra Taft Benson
- To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. — Jose Bergamin
- Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. — Ambrose Bierce
- Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. — Thomas Carlyle
- There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and… — Abba Hillel Silver
- Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough… — Eric Milner-White
- Confession without repentance is just bragging. — Unknown Author
- True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ,… — George Whitefield
- Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies. — Michel de Montaigne
- Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it. — John Climacus