Quotes about Sinners
When we came to Christ, it was humility to honestly assess ourselves as sinners. To go back and say that's still who we are is to deny what Christ did for us. Doing that is no longer humbling ourselves, it's undercutting the resurrection power God has given us to live like Him.
— Bill Johnson
Many new believers stay immature because they never progress beyond the revelation that they are sinners saved by grace.
— Bill Johnson
Those who are in famine will always listen to those with food. The problem has been that we in the Body of Christ haven't looked as though we have any food. We've looked no different from the rest of the world. Christians have been taught that the power of God is no longer available today, and they have protested against sinners rather than loving them.
— Bill Johnson
Doesn't it honor Him more when His children no longer see themselves only as sinners saved by grace, but now as heirs of God? Isn't it a greater form of humility to believe Him when He says we are precious in His sight when we don't feel very precious?
— Bill Johnson
Christ came into the world to save sinners, not good people, and your unworthiness is your greatest claim for His salvation.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals, he said, but that's normal, because 'a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.
— Pope Francis
We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.
— Pope Benedict XVI
It is staggering that God should love sinners, yet it is true.
— JI Packer
Moved by the perfection of His holy love, God in Christ substituted Himself for us sinners. That is the heart of the cross of Christ.
— John Stott
He who does not love sinners cannot pray aright for them.
— Charles Spurgeon
We, like Paul, are aware of two things: We are great sinners and we need a great savior. We, like Peter, are aware of two facts: We are going down and God is standing up. So we … leave behind the Titanic of self-righteousness and stand on the solid path of God's grace.
— Max Lucado
8But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
— Max Lucado