Quotes about Forgiveness
A human being is not someone who once in a while makes a mistake, and God is not someone who now and then forgives. No, human beings are sinners and God is love.
— Philip Yancey
by denying forgiveness to others, we are in effect determining them unworthy of God's forgiveness, and thus so are we.
— Philip Yancey
God is the ultimate judge of hypocrisy in the church, I decided; I would leave such judgment in God's capable hands. I began to relax and grow softer, more forgiving of others. After all, who has a perfect spouse, or perfect parents or children? We do not give up on the institution of family because of its imperfections—why give up on the church?
— Philip Yancey
How differently will I relate to the uncommitted if I view them not as evil or unsaved but rather as lost.
— Philip Yancey
The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God.
— Philip Yancey
In other words, the proof of spiritual maturity is not how 'pure' you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
— Philip Yancey
Love one another Forgive one another Pray for one another Bear one another's burdens Be devoted to one another Regard one another as more important than yourself Do not speak against one another Do not judge one another Show tolerance for one another Be kind to one another Speak truth to one another Build up one another Comfort one another Care for one another Stimulate one another to love and good deeds
— Philip Yancey
The world starves for grace.
— Philip Yancey
Grace comes from outside, as a gift and not an achievement.
— Philip Yancey
two major causes of most emotional problems among evangelical Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God's unconditional grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that unconditional love, forgiveness, and grace to other people. . . . We read, we hear, we believe a good theology of grace. But that's not the way we live. The good news of the Gospel of grace has not penetrated the level of our emotions.
— Philip Yancey
How can Christians dispense grace in a society that seems to be veering away from God?
— Philip Yancey
The proof of spiritual maturity, Tolstoy contended, is not how "pure" you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
— Philip Yancey