Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
Martin Luther
Biography and Information
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses...
Ignatius
Biography
And the longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?
Richard Baxter
Website
Evangelical repentance is repentance of sin as sin: not of this sin nor of that, but of the whole mass. We repent of the sin of our nature as well as the sin of our practice. We bemoan sin within us and without us. We repent of sin itself as being an insult to God. Anything short of this is a mere surface repentance, and not a repentance which reaches to the bottom of the mischief. Repentance of the evil act, and not of the evil heart, is like men pumping water out of a leaky vessel, but forgetting to stop the leak. Some would dam up the stream, but leave the fountain still flowing; they would remove the eruption from the skin, but leave the disease in the flesh.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
The Spurgeon Archive
Lord, often have I thought to myself, I will sin but this one sin more, and then I will repent of it, and of all the rest of my sins together. So foolish was I, and ignorant. As if I should be more able to pay my debts when I owe more: or as if I should say, I will wound my friend once again, and then I will lovingly shake hands with him - but what if my friend will not shake hands with me?
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller
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The Blood of Christ: Finding the Power of God to Overcome Sin By Andrew Murray What do the old hymns mean when they speak of power? Join beloved author Andrew Murray as he examines what it represents in the life of every believer. With his classic, devotional style he'll take you step by step through Scripture to discover the powerful promises God offers in this awe-inspiring doctrine. Featuring updated language for modern readers, this volume contains The Power of the Blood of Jesus and The Blood of the Cross. |
The only way you can be delivered from that sin is to have your false expectations destroyed, once and for all. And that is precisely what happened between Palm Sunday and Good Friday . Jesus drew the false, sinful expectations of the world unto himself, absorbed them, and bore them on the cross. His death was the death of all of our false expectations, and therefore his death was the death of sin itself. The false piety of Palm Sunday is crucified on Good Friday and buried that night, in order that true faith in God might be created on Easter through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Edwin Peterman
Some psychological and sociological conditioning occurs in every man's life and this affects the decisions he makes. But we must resist the modern concept that all sin can be explained merely on the basis of conditioning.
Francis A. Schaeffer
The Shelter
Our first problem is that our attitude towards sin is more self-centred than God-centred. We are more concerned about our own "Victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sin grieve the heart of God. We cannot tolerate failure in our struggle with sin chiefly because we are success oriented, not because we know it is offensive to God.
Jerry Bridges
Navigators
It is not necessary that every single member of the body should become useless and weak before death occurs. A weakness of, or a blow upon, the heart or the brain will suffice to bring an end to life, however strong and healthy other parts of the body may be. Thus one sin by its poisonous effect on the mind and heart is sufficient to ruin the spiritual life not of one only, but of a whole family or nation, even of the whole race. Such was the sin of Adam.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
Short Biography
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Eros Defiled: The Christian & Sexual Sin By John White With tough-minded compassion, seasoned wisdom, and an awareness of sin's destructiveness, White offers forgiveness and a way out for Christians struggling with premarital and extramarital sex. He concludes with a telling chapter on how your church can help strugglers in a context of love and forgiveness. |
No one "gets away" with evil. Judgement always comes, only the timing is uncertain.
Pat Robertson
None sink so far into hell as those that come nearest heaven, because they fall from the greatest heights.
William Gurnell
Seducers are more dangerous enemies to the church than persecutors.
Matthew Henry
Biography
Sin violates the natural harmony of the soul.
Albert Haase
The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God.
Neil T. Anderson
Freedom in Christ Ministries
If you yield to Satan in the least, he will carry you further and further, till he has left you under a stupefied or terrified conscience: stupefied, till thou hast lost all thy tenderness. A stone at the top of a hill, when it begins to roll down, ceases not till it comes to the bottom. Thou thinkest it is but yielding a little, and so by degrees are carried on, till thou hast sinned away all thy profession, and all principles of conscience, by the secret witchery of his temptations.
Thomas Manton
Brief Biography
God preserves the wicked to give them time to repent.
Comtesse de Sophie Rostopchine
Biography
One who at times says to some of the brethren, "Yesterday I heard such and such," and again, "Do you know what happened to poor so-and-so?" and, "Did you hear of such a one's misfortune?" Will such a person ever bemindful of his own vices and be so distressed that he will shed a tear from his eyes?
Symeon
Up until the moment Christ enters our lives, surrounding our souls there exists a hard outer shell, a "survival nature," which protects us against life's harshest offences. The shell is necessary while we are in the world, but becomes an enemy to our new life in Christ, where the nature of Christ becomes our shelter. Thus, as the shell of a seed, a nut or an egg must be broke before its inner life comes forth, so it is with us: the "shell" of our outer nature must also break in order to free the Spirit of Christ to arise in our hearts.
Francis Frangipane
Ministries of Francis Frangipane
If you get busy serving God, you're too busy to sin.
Chuck Baker
When you have become penetrated with the joy of God, all of your sorrows will turn into joy, all of your trials will be graces; you will recognize your faults, you will be sorry for them, and they will be forgiven so that they may become happy faults. They will remind you only of the goodness, the tenderness, the joy with which God forgives them.
Louis Evely
There is a slumbering inclination toward desire, which is both sudden and fierce. With irresistible power, desire seizes mastery... a secret, smouldering fire is kindled... at this moment God is quite unreal to us...the powers of clear discrimination and of decision are taken from us... the Bible teaches us in times of temptation... there is one command: Flee! Get away from it... for every struggle against lust in one's own strength is doomed to failure.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer Home Page
In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
Dorothy Sayer
Satan dupes his victims. He stalks through the land, dabbing the pleasure of sin with a delusive sweetness, and soon after his victims, intoxicated with the poisoned draught and hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, lose all consciousness of their terrible danger.
Anonymous
Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony
John R. W. Stott
John Stott Ministries
What settings are you in when you fall? Avoid them. What props do you have that support your sin? Eliminate them. What people are you usually with? Avoid them. There are two equally damning lies Satan wants us to believe: 1) Just once won't hurt. 2) Now that you have ruined your life, you are beyond God's use, and might as well enjoy sinning.
Anonymous
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Say Goodbye to Stubborn Sin: A surgeon explains the physiological factors that trigger it By Clark Gerhart & Jefferson Scott Victory over the flesh is within your grasp! You love the Lord - so why can't you gain lasting victory over that one recurring sin? You've prayed for help and tried everybody's 10 point plan, but you find yourself back on your knees, asking God to forgive you for doing the thing you said you'd never do again. Are you going to live with this misery forever? No! says Christian physician Clark Gerhart. In this fascinating new perspective on our fallen human nature, Dr. Gerhart explains what lies behind strongholds and how sin uses the body's God given systems to urge you to continue in these behaviors. He then shows how God's work of sanctification can lead you into victory and peace. No longer will you be a slave to the pressure that drives you to the old disobedience. No longer will the flesh keep you in wretched defeat. Once you are free of the sin that so easily entangles, you'll even be equipped to minister to those around you. If you have ever longed to enjoy Christian freedom, this message will help you:
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Let our hearts admit, "I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages over my soul. The world presses in upon me with all sorts of pressures, pleas, and pretenses. My own corruption is violent, tumultuous, enticing, and entangling. As it conceives sin, it wars within me and against me. Occasions and opportunities for temptation are innumerable. No wonder I do not know how deeply involved I have been with sin. Therefore, on God alone will I rely for my keeping. I will continually look to Him
John Owen
Biography-Website
Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that is "finding his place in it," while really it is finding its place in him.
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
Into The Wardrobe
Modern man wants to be treated as an invalid rather than a sinner.
Eric Alexander
An elder was asked by a certain soldier if God would forgive a sinner. And he said to him: "Tell me, beloved, if your cloak is torn, will you throw it away?" The soldier replied: "No. I will mend it and put it back on." The elder said to him: "If you take care of your cloak, will God not be merciful to His own image?"
Anonymous
Do all in your power not to fall, for the strong athlete should not fall. But if you do fall, get up again at once and continue the contest. Even if you fall a thousand times...rise up again each time, and keep on doing this until the day of your death.
Anonymous
Sin and disease are evil, definite evil, not imperfect good; they do not call for improvement, they call for destruction.
G. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
Biography
I have known many people that do things that they know are wrong. Then when someone that cares about them tries to talk to them about the problem, they get mad about it. Always remember this - When you do something that you know is wrong, you give up the right to get mad.
Hugh Troyer
Make It Clear Now
Sin is cosmic treason.
R. C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries
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