George Whitefield Quotes About Sin

Quotes about: Sin

• True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide behind their own good works. This is the reason that self-righteous people are so angry with gospel preachers, because the gospel does not spare those who will not submit to the righteousness of Jesus Christ!

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Mean, Self

• True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness.

  George Whitefield

  Mean, Self, Sin

• True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His Law, and in His people.

  George Whitefield

  Law, People, Soul

  George Whitefield (1828). “Sermons on important subjects ... With a memoir of the Author by S. Drew; and a dissertation on his character, preaching, etc., by Joseph [or rather Josiah] Smith”, p.369

• As Christ was born of the Virgin's womb, so must He be spiritually formed in our hearts. As He died for sin, so must we die to sin. And as He rose again from the dead, so must we also rise to a divine life.

  George Whitefield

  Spiritual, Heart, Rose

  George Whitefield (1832). “Sermons”, p.582

• I offer you salvation this day; the door of mercy is not yet shut, there does yet remain a sacrifice for sin, for all that will accept of the Lord Jesus Christ. He will embrace you in the arms of His love.

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Sacrifice, Doors

  George Whitefield (1812). “Seventy-five Sermons on Various Important Subjects: In this Complete Collection is Included the Eighteen Sermons Taken in Short Hand by Mr. Gurney. And to which is Now Added, a Sermon of the Character, Preaching, &c. of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield”, p.323

• Why fear ye that the Lord Jesus Christ will not accept of you? Your sins will be no hindrance, your unworthiness no hindrance; if your own corrupt hearts do not keep you back, nothing will hinder Christ from receiving of you.

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Heart, Receiving

• The sinner can no more raise himself from the deadness of sin than Lazarus, who had been dead four days, until Jesus came.

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Four, Lazarus

• You need not fear the greatness or number of your sins.

  George Whitefield

  Greatness, Numbers, Needs

  George Whitefield (1832). “Sermons”, p.195

• Indeed, I have been listed under Jesus' banner only for a few years, but I have enjoyed more solid pleasure in one moment's communion with my God than I should or could have enjoyed in the ways of sin, though I had continued to have gone on in them for thousands of years.

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Years, Way

  George Whitefield (2013). “Sermons of George Whitefield”, p.10, Hendrickson Publishers

• Come away, my dear brethren, fly, fly, fly for your lives to Jesus Christ; fly to a bleeding God, fly to a throne of grace; and beg of God to break your heart; beg of God to convince you of your actual sins; beg of God to convince you of your original sin; beg of God to convince you of your self-righteousness; beg of God to give you faith, and to enable you to close with Jesus Christ.

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Heart, Self

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