Quotes about Sin

Better is that sin which humbles me, than that duty which makes me proud.

The mercies of God make a sinner proud, but a saint humble.

Our sins should humble us, but they must not discourage us from coming to Christ.

Either sin must drown in the tears of repentance—or the soul must burn in hell.

God can turn stones into bread, and a sinner can turn bread into stones; the bread of life into the stone of stumbling.

A pagan sins less than a baptised renegade.

The Nature of True Repentance, Part 1 I shall next show what Gospel repentance is. Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed. For a further amplification, know that repentance is a spiritual medicine made up of six special ingredients: 1. Sight of sin 2. Sorrow for sin 3. Confession of sin 4. Shame for sin 5. Hatred for sin 6. Turning from sin If any one is left out, it loses its virtue.

There are no sins God's people are more subject to than unbelief and impatience.

repentance is of such importance, that there is no being saved without it.

Godly sorrow goes deep, like a vein which bleeds inwardly. The heart bleeds for sin: "they were pricked in their heart" (Act 2:37). As the heart bears a chief part in sinning, so it must in sorrowing.

It [repentance] is not so much to endear us to Christ as to endear Christ to us. Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.

Oh, Christian, if you are overspread with this fretting leprosy, you carry the man of sin about you, for you set yourself above God and act as if you were wiser than He, and would sassily prescribe to Him what condition is best for you.