Quotes related to 1 John 1:9
God is compassionate and just, loving and holy, wrathful and forgiving. WE can't sideline His more difficult attributes to make room for the palatable ones.
— Francis Chan
The God I believe in is not so fragile that you hurt Him by being angry at him, or so petty that He will hold it against you for being upset with Him.
— Harold S. Kushner
God is more eager to forgive us than we are to be forgiven.
— James Bryan Smith
Well how can a holy, just, righteous God allow sin into His presence?
— Josh McDowell
Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive.
— Kevin DeYoung
Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.
— Martin Luther
We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.
— Joseph Prince
The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.
— RC Sproul
Heaven is not for good people, it's for forgiven people.
— Greg Laurie
You don't have to be good to be Jesus's friend. You just have to be honest.
— Judah Smith
Only a bad person needs to repent: only a good person can repent perfectly.
— CS Lewis
Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered.
— Thomas Merton