Quotes about Consequences
The disciples are not to judge. If they do so, they will themselves be judged by God. The sword wherewith they judge their brethren will fall upon their own heads. Instead of cutting themselves off from their brother as the just from the unjust, they find themselves cut off from Jesus.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We can of course shake off the burden which is laid upon us, but only find that we have a still heavier burden to carry — a yoke of our own choosing, the yoke of our self.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.
— John Maxwell
The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.
— Dorothy Day
Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.
— John Maxwell
People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.
— Charles Stanley
Whenever a nation turns its back on God or beings to live as if He does not exist, it begins to show up in its citizens' disregard for human life.
— Tim LaHaye
views our disobedience.
— Jerry Bridges
God did not excuse Abraham's sin, but He did not let that stop Him from intervening in Abimelech's mind to prevent the serious consequences of the sin.
— Jerry Bridges
Third, we must never use the doctrine of God's sovereignty to excuse our own sinful actions or decisions that hurt another person.
— Jerry Bridges
God sometimes causes government leaders or officials to make foolish decisions in order to bring judgment upon a nation.
— Jerry Bridges
Historically, God has not spared the righteous when He judges a nation (though He is well able to do so if He chooses, see Exodus 9:5-7).
— Jerry Bridges