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Sin Quotes by R C Sproul
- To be spiritually dead is to be diabolically alive
- Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously.
- He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty…
- Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our celebration. It is difficult…
- Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.
- Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of…
- The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.
- We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.
- At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God.
- Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.
- The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.
- The worst sin against stewardship is to waste your life.
- Like Muslims we assume that God will judge us "on balance." If our good deeds outweigh our bad deeds, we will arrive safely in heaven.…
- There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice happens on a…
- There are only two ways that God’s justice can be satisfied with respect to your sin. Either you satisfy it or Christ satisfies it. You…
- We want to be saved from our misery, but not from our sin. We want to sin without misery, just as the prodigal son wanted…
- For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The…
- It's a sin to bore people.
- Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.
- It is important that when we are engaged in admonition or exhortation or confrontation with a brother who is overcome in sin, we call attention…
More Sin Quotes
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we… — Mary Astell
- All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from… — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. — Saint Augustine
- Don't let your sins turn into bad habits. — Teresa of Avila
- It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of… — Teresa of Avila
- My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered… — Teresa of Avila
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Teresa of Avila
- As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic. — Michelle Bachelet