Quotes about Sin
He said God could distinguish a sinner from a sin.
- Alice Hoffman
If we had no hurt and no sin to speak of, we'd be angels, and angels can't love the way men and women do.
- Alice Hoffman
Hope to sin only in the service of waking up.
- Alice Walker
There we are informed that He is the father of Jesus, who we invariably see depicted as a white man. He thinks we are born of sin and embody it; he thinks man should have dominion over the earth, which includes land and water, women, animals and children.
- Alice Walker
You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.
- Joel Osteen
First John 4:10 says, "This is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
- Joel Osteen
The regenerate man loves God, loves holiness, loves the Bible, loves the godly, and loves the thought of going to heaven to commune with God and to leave sin behind forever.
- Joel Beeke
In Christ's first coming, He implemented a rescue plan conceived in the mind of God before the foundation of the world. He did not come to promote holiday cheer, boost end-of-year sales, or serve as the central figure in a Nativity scene. He came to save sinners. To save sinners, Christ had to put away what makes people sinners—namely, sin.
- Joel Beeke
The Puritans understood that the doctrines of atonement, justification, and reconciliation are meaningless apart from a true understanding of God who condemns sin, and atones for sinners, justifies them, and reconciles them to Himself.
- Joel Beeke
In damnation, the sinner receives what he deserves; in salvation, the saved sinner receives what he does not deserve. Judgment is all of merit; salvation is all of grace.
- Joel Beeke
But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself.
- John Calvin
You cannot be in Christ and be indifferent to the sin in your life.
- Kevin DeYoung