Sins Not – Quotes

We are punished by

We are punished by our sins, not for them. Elbert Hubbard

God\\’s mercy is a

God’s mercy is a holy mercy, which knows how to pardon sin, not to protect it; it is a sanctuary for the penitent, not for the presumptuous. Edward Reynolds

To engage people in

To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners. Ed Stetzer

My friends, ask gladness from God. Be glad as children, as birds in the sky. And let man’s sin not disturb you in your efforts, do not feat that it will dampen your endeavor and keep it from being fulfilled, do not say, Sin is strong, impiety is strong, the bad environment is strong, and … Read more

Despair has been called

Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven. Frederick Buechner

To seek to extinguish

To seek to extinguish anger utterly is but a bravery of the Stoics. We have better oracles: ‘Be angry, but sin not.’ ‘Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.’ Francis Bacon

The Bible will keep

The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible. Dwight L. Moody

That was the birth

That was the birth of sin. Not doing it, but KNOWING about it. Before the apple, [Adam and Eve] had shut their eyes and their minds had gone dark. Now, they peeped and pried and imagined. They watched themselves. D. H. Lawrence

Imagination is a God-given

Imagination is a God-given gift; but if it is fed dirt by the eye, it will be dirty. All sin, not least sexual sin, begins with the imagination. Therefore what feeds the imagination is of maximum importance in the pursuit of kingdom righteousness. D. A. Carson

This day, my God,

This day, my God, I hate sin not because it damns me, but because it has done Thee wrong. To have grieved my God is the worst grief to me. Charles Spurgeon