Quotes about Fallen

There will not be, nor arise in us, the righteousness of God, unless our own righteousness falls and perishes utterly. We do not rise unless we who are standing badly have first fallen. Thus altogether the being, holiness, truth, goodness, life of God, etc., are not in us, unless in the presence of God we first become nothing, profane, lying, evil, dead. Otherwise the righteousness of God would be mocked, and Christ would have died in vain.

People struggling with life in a fallen world often want explanations when what they really need is imagination.

The world you live in is a lot like that broken-down house. Every single room has been dirtied and damaged by sin. Not one part of it shines with anything like the pure glory that was so evident when it was first made. Sin has left this world in a sorry condition. You see it everywhere you look.

God is rescuing fallen humanity, transporting them into his kingdom, and progressively shaping them into his likeness—and he wants you to be a part of it.

In a fallen world there is a powerful pressure to constrict your life to the shape and size of your life. There

In a fallen world there is a powerful pressure to constrict your life to the shape and size of your life.

The thought that any fallen human being would be able to perform his or her way into acceptance with God has to be the most insane of all delusions.

“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?

Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.

And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.

That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.