Sin Quotes
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"The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle.From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925."
"Hate the sin, love the sinner."
"Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."
"If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go."
"The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff."
"Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it."
"Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin."
"We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love."
"The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency... God's sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed."
"No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin—because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life."
"The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling."
"Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon."
"We're more concerned about our own "victory"over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart."
"I take leave to contradict those who say that salvation is an evolution! All that ever can be evolved out of the sinful heart of man is sin-and nothing else! Salvation is the free gift of God, by Jesus Christ, and the work of it is supernatural. It is done by the Lord Himself, and He has power to do it, however weak, no, however dead in sin, the sinner may be!"
"In the Bible, the opposite of Sin, with a capital 'S,' is not virtue - it's faith: faith in a God who draws all to himself in his resurrection."
"The truth is, the Devil's job is easy."
"—¿Cómo una persona puede sentirse sola cuando está rodeada de gente? —le pregunté.—Supongo que en eso consiste la soledad —me respondió—. En aislarte cuando se supone que tienes que sentirte rodeada."
"La memoria es como libro en el cual se escribe toda nuestra vida. Algunas veces deseamos cerrarlo y olvidarlo para no recordar todos los escabrosos detalles, y otras veces deseamos abrirlo y observarlo detenidamente, queriendo volver a sentir lo mismo que sentimos en aquel momento."
"Y, entonces, en ese instante que tan solo dura un segundo, el cerebro se encarga de abrir la cerradura del cofre en el cual guardas todo lo que aprecias. Cede de tal manera que la tapa se abre y todo lo que hay en el interior sale de forma tan rápida y tan fugaz que no puedes detenerlo."
"One of mankind’s greatest sins is inaction in the face of injustice."
"Sin is all wrong doing."
"Sin in the world destroys people’s lives through lust, sickness and addiction."
"Sin in the world destroys people’s lives through lust, sickness and addiction"
"We stumble in sin, when we fail to read the scriptures."
"Sin causes the glory of God to be shut out"
"To flee from sin is to retain heaven on earth"
"It’s the fall of mankind that resulted in a sin filled atmosphere"
"To be free from destruction mindset of sin is to permit the lordship of Christ"
"What The Scriptures Refer To As Sin, In The Medical World It’s Responsible For Disease"
"The Wages Of Sin Is Death"
"Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you have a tendency to drift into habitual sin- and you recognize this about yourself."
"God hardening Pharaoh’s heart causes the world to fear God and not think they can sin to the point at which they want to repent."
"God is so omnipotent yet man so impotent, the Divine masterpiece was not even in creating the universe, but in making sin boring to sinners."
"What causes all this?""Pride. What else?"
"To my Black brothers and sisters, choose faith. As difficult as it is, choose faith—the kind of faith that we know without works is dead. The faith that raises awareness, educates the community, advocates, cares for the widows and feeds the orphans. Choose the faith that is compelled to action, but not controlled my anger."
"God's judgment is not like man's judgment. It is not a suspension of His Love but an extension of His Love. His justice is always righteous, so His judgment is always Love."
"Righteous indignation calls sin what it is. Bigotry is sin. Racism is sin. Oppression is sin. Control by fear is sin. Violence is sin. The quicker we can all admit that, the quicker the healing will begin."
"Why do we act as though our sin disqualifies us from the grace of God? That is the only thing that qualifies us! Anything else is a self-righteous attempt to earn God's grace. You cannot trust God's grace 99 percent. It's all or nothing. The problem, as I pointed out earlier, is that we want partial credit for our salvation. We want to be 1 percent of the equation. But if we try to save ourselves, we forfeit the salvation that comes from Jesus Christ alone, by grace through faith."
Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
"Sin always overpromises and underdelivers, while righteousness pays dividends for eternity...Nothing is more illogical than sin. It's the epitome of poor judgment. It's temporary insanity with eternal consequences. And we have no alibi, save the cross of Jesus Christ."
Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
"The entire idea of sin, is based on books of the dead people. It is a sociological invention founded on textual fanaticism."
Abhijit Naskar, In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience
"To become free from sinful life, there is only simple method: if you surrender to Kṛṣṇa. That is the beginning of bhakti."
"You can't build a foundation of sin now for a life of purity later."
"The more we connect with our Spiritual self, the uglier sin looks. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label."
"Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it."
"No matter what sin you find yourself in, turn to God. Let Him forgive, heal, and restore."
"Grin for the shin that's sin,You can't win herein, It's not a fault of mine, You drink wine"
"...sin is often the attempt to meet a legitimate need in an illegitimate way."
John Ortberg, The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People
"Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart."
Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
"If you want to win a game of life, there is only one way — you must be unpredictable. Otherwise life will never forgive such a deadly sin."
"If your deepest feelings are reserved for something other than Almighty God, then that something other is an emotional idol... if you get more excited about material things than the simple yet profound fact that your sin was nailed to the cross by the sinless Son of God, then you're bowing down to Tammuz."
Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
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