Sinner Quotes - Page 38

• Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a gain; for it lessens the likelihood of his conviction and conversion. I say you have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary [its most powerful weapon] when you have set aside the Law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to Christ . . . They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy Law. Therefore the Law serves a most necessary purpose, and it must not be removed from its place.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Powerful, Taken, Loss

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• The love of our Lord Jesus Christ towards sinners is strikingly shown in His steady purpose of heart to die for them.

  J. C. Ryle

  Jesus, Heart, Purpose

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.350, Editora Dracaena

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• The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christ, Righteousness, Justify

  Twitter post from Mar 04, 2017

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• You should be real witnesses of a world of doing and acting differently. But in life it is difficult for everything to be clear, precise, outlined neatly. Life is complicated; it consists of grace and sin. He who does not sin is not human. We all make mistakes and we need to recognise our weakness. A religious who recognises himself as weak and a sinner does not negate the witness that he is called to give, rather he reinforces it, and this is good for everyone. What I expect of you therefore is to give witness. I want this special witness from religious.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, Real, Mistake

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• We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.

  R. C. Sproul

  Sin

  Twitter post from Oct 3, 2017

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• True Christian is not an angel; he is not a halfangelic being, in whom is no weakness, or blemish, or infirmity: he is nothing of the kind. He is nothing more than a sinner who has found out his sinfulness, and has learned the blessed secret of living by faith in Christ.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Blessed, Secret

  "Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity".

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• We are all sinners. But God heals us with an abundance of grace, mercy and tenderness

  Pope Francis

  Grace, Abundance, Mercy

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• Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there. The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God. It's a way of overcoming every obstacle to everlasting joy in God. If we don't want God above all things, we have not been converted by the gospel.

  John Piper

  People, Joy, Heaven

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• All people make mistakes. All of us are sinners. All of us are criminals. All of us violate the law at some point in our lives. In fact, if the worst thing you have ever done is speed ten miles over the speed limit on the freeway, you have put yourself and others at more risk of harm than someone smoking marijuana in the privacy of his or her living room. Yet there are people in the United States serving life sentences for first-time drug offenses, something virtually unheard of anywhere else in the world.

  Michelle Alexander

  Mistake, Marijuana, Law

  Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.215, The New Press

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• Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ."

  Watchman Nee

  Strength, God, Faith

  Watchman Nee (1999). “Secrets to Spiritual Power: From the Writings of Watchman Nee”, p.74, Whitaker House

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• Never water down the Word of God, but preach it in its undiluted sternness. There must be unflinching faithfulness to the Word of God, but when you come to personal dealings with others, remember who you are- you are not some special being created in heaven, but a sinner saved by grace.

  Oswald Chambers

  Water, Heaven, Grace

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.64, Discovery House

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• A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Believe, World, Spirit

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). “Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series”, Baker Publishing Group

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• Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God.

  John Piper

  Giving, Grace, Delight

  John Piper (2012). “The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God”, p.196, Multnomah

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• A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Catholic, May, Want

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• Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner.

  Anthony of Padua

  Religious, Cities, Evil

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