Affection Quote by John Owen

Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin.

— John Owen

“The cross of Christ makes demands of us. It will not allow us to love the world and love Christ. It will not permit…

— Mike McKinley

The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross.

— D. A. Carson

“When our sin reached its full horror, God’s love was displayed in all its glory. If you doubt God’s love for you, look at…

— Randy Alcorn

“When your heart is gripped by the love of God poured out in the cross, and when you see the extent of that love…

— Colin S. Smith

Unless you see yourself standing there with the shrieking crowd, full of hostility and hatred for the holy and innocent Lamb of God, you…

— Anonymous

Hatred of sin as sin, not only as galling or disquieting, a sense of the love of Christ in the cross, lie at the…

— John Owen

Sin is no little thing. It girded the Redeemer’s head with thorns, and pierced his heart . . . Look upon all sin as…

— Charles Spurgeon

Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart is unchanged, and you…

— Charles Spurgeon

...you have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin.

— Francis Chan

“Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone accept, His Lordship.…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Those who understand the cross increasingly see their sin as God does, and therefore begin to feelabout sin as does God. We begin to…

— William F. Farley