Inspirational Quotes on Sin

“The only charge they could bring against Christ down here was, that He was receiving bad men. They are the very kind of men He is willing to receive.”

“There is no sin in the whole catalogue of sins you can name but Christ will deliver you from it perfectly.”

“You say "I am afraid I cannot hold out.' Well, Christ will hold out for you. There is no mountain that He will not climb with you if you will; He will deliver you from your besetting sin.”

“The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible.”

“If loving God with one's whole being is the greatest commandment, then not to do so must be the greatest sin--indeed, the root of all sin.”

“Our love for God and our appreciation of His love and forgiveness will be in proportion to the recognition of our sin and unworthiness.”

“Sin is like a cancer that destroys step by step, sometimes so slowly we don't realize what's happening to us.”

“Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.”

“Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin. Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.”

“When sin exerts itself and we know its power and by its power we are held in bondage, surely our dire need is for God to deal with the cause, a sinful heart.”

“Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not rectify conduct. It is in the very nature of things that we must quit praying, or quit bad conduct.”

“All sin promises to serve and please but only desires to enslave and dominate.”

“Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it? We can't be sinning in so many different ways if we are being quiet before God. Silence nourishes patience, charity, discretion.”

“Confess sin instantly.”

“How often God takes away our consolations, that we may only love Him for Himself; and reveals our sinfulness, that we may better appreciate the completeness of his salvation!”

“Sin is the act of the will, and is only possible when the will assents to some unholy influence.”

“Satan has access to the domain of darkness, but he can only occupy those areas where mankind, through sin, has allowed him.”

“We can be assured that each step deeper into the Lord's Presence will reveal areas in our hearts which need to be cleansed. Do not be afraid. When the Spirit shows you areas of sin, it is not to condemn you, but to cleanse you.”

“I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.”

“The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result.”