Quotes related to 1 John 1:9
The fact that we are loved and accepted and forgiven in spite of everything we have done is simply too good to be true.
— Rob Bell
My hope is that my novels reflect the reality of a world where good and evil exist, imperfect people make mistakes, but a perfect Heavenly Father offers forgiveness and second chances.
— Julie Klassen
I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.
— Gordon Hinckley
It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.
— Charles Spurgeon
There is justice in hell, but sin is the most unjust thing. It would rob God of his glory, Christ of his purchase, the soul of its happiness.
— Thomas Watson
Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!
— Pope Francis
Resolved, to confess frankly to myself all that which I find in myself, either infirmity or sin; and, if it be what concerns religion, also to confess the whole case to God, and implore needed help.
— Jonathan Edwards
No one in the history of the world has been more inclusive of repentant sinners than Jesus and no one has been more intolerant of sin.
— Kevin DeYoung
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
— John Ortberg
Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.
— Pope John Paul II
The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.
— George Eliot
I am weaker and more sinful than I ever before believed, but through Jesus Christ I'm more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope.
— Alistair Begg