Quotes about Sin

we inherited from our Eden-dwelling ancestors a sense of their pre-Fall happiness. Our hearts refuse to settle for sin, suffering, boredom, and purposelessness—we long for something better. Were we merely the product of natural selection and survival of the fittest, we'd have no grounds for believing any ancient happiness existed. But we are all nostalgic for an Eden we've only seen fleeting hints of. Unfortunately

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin doesn't.

The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it." —Charles Spurgeon   "We are more concerned about looking stupid (fear of people) than we are about acting sinfully (fear of the Lord)." —Edward T. Welch

The beginning of the way to heaven, is to feel that we are on the way to hell." —J. C. Ryle

When our sin reached its full horror, God's love was displayed in all its glory. If you doubt God's love for you, look at the cross.

The safest road to hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C. S. Lewis

The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man." —John Stott

So Heaven is not our default destination. No one goes there automatically. Unless our sin problem is resolved, the only place we will go is our true default destination . . . Hell.

Redemption precedes morality, and not the other way around.

His first step is to make temptation appear as a natural desire. It is something unequivocally physical and human.

The Christian faith, simply stated, reminds us that our fundamental problem is not moral; it is spiritual.

It is not just that we are immoral, but that a moral life alone cannot bridge what separates us from God.