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Oh people, know that you have committed great sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you!
Genghis Khan
2.
Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.
Martin Luther
'Lord Jesus, You are my justification, I am your transgression. You assumed what was mine; yet bestowed upon me what was yours. You morphed into something else, so that I could become something new.'
3.
If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
If you were cognizant of your own worthiness, you would never submit to disgrace by transgressing.
4.
Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
Hippocrates
Maladies do not materialize from nowhere. They are the product of minor daily infringements against Nature. When an adequate number of violations have amassed, ailments will abruptly manifest.
5.
You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
Jonathan Edwards
You do not provide any benefit to your redemption except the transgression that necessitated it.
6.
It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.
Abraham Lincoln
It is a transgression to remain mute when it is your obligation to object.
7.
Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Living as a Christian is less about abstaining from wrongs than it is about fearlessly and energetically executing God's desires.
8.
I am the punishment of God. If you have not committed sins then God wouldn't have sent me.
Genghis Khan
I am retribution from the Almighty. If you had not sinned, then He would not have dispatched me.
9.
Whoever mocks his brother for a sin they repented from will not die till he himself falls into the same sin.
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Whoever ridicules his brother for a wrongdoing they have atoned for will not expire until he himself succumbs to the same misdeed.
10.
When Jesus died on the cross and cried out, 'It is finished!' He not only died for our sins, but for our diseases too.
Kathryn Kuhlman
When Jesus expired on the cross and exclaimed, 'All is accomplished!' He not only passed away for our transgressions, but also for our sicknesses.
11.
There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.
Charles Spurgeon
There must be a severance between you and iniquity, or there can be no union between you and Christ.
12.
Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
To recognize what is right yet not act upon it may be the gravest of all transgressions.
13.
We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died.
John F. MacArthur
We should not be amused by the transgressions for which Christ sacrificed.
14.
Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off your relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind; that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.
Susanna Wesley
15.
Sin is the most expensive thing in the universe. Nothing else can cost so much.
Charles Grandison Finney
Wrongdoing is the most costly commodity in existence. Nothing else can be so expensive.
16.
It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.
Arthur W. Pink
It is not the lack of wrongdoing but the remorse for it which sets apart the genuine believer from mere pretenders.
17.
Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Be wary of your clandestine transgressions, for the One who observes them is also the Arbiter!
18.
The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
Jonathan Edwards
Committing the slightest offence is an affront to a Divine Creator.
19.
I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me!
Kendrick Lamar
'I have erred...and will most likely stumble again...Gracious Lord, have mercy on me!'
20.
Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.
John Piper
Grace is not just a reprieve from blameworthiness but rather the divine empowerment to abstain from wrongdoing. Grace is potency, not merely amnesty.
21.
I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.
Ferdinand Marcos
I have made many errors in my life. Nonetheless, swindling funds from the state, from the populace, is not one of them.
22.
One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.
Billy Sunday
One cause of sin's prevalence is that it is indulged like a sweet treat instead of a venomous serpent.
23.
Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.
John Piper
Transgression
24.
It is a crime and a sin to regard a person as untouchable because he is born in a particular community.
Mahatma Gandhi
It is an offense and a transgression to deem someone as inadmissible merely due to their ancestry.
25.
Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.
John Bosco
Revel guiltlessly.
26.
Sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.
Victoria Beckham
Eyewear can conceal a plethora of transgressions. Stylish spectacles and fabulous footwear can transform most ensembles.
27.
Run, jump, shout, but do not sin.
John Bosco
Dash, leap, yell, yet abstain from wrongdoing.
28.
Vanity: my favorite sin.
Al Pacino
Egotism: my preferred transgression.
29.
I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.
Joan of Arc
I would rather perish than commit an act I consider sinful or contrary to God's wishes.
30.
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
Rudyard Kipling
'Ignorance is the most heinous of all transgressions; keep this in mind.'
31.
It is in our forgiveness of other people’s sins against us that we reveal the fact that we have been truly forgiven by God.
Alistair Begg
It is in our pardoning of other people's misdeeds against us that we display the evidence that we have been genuinely absolved by God.
32.
Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.
Ibn Taymiyyah
Repent not only for transgressions you have committed, but also for obligations you have left undone.
33.
Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.
Billy Graham
Be confident that no misdeed you have ever done is too grievous for the atonement of Jesus Christ.
34.
Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Sins can lead to a deprivation of wisdom.
35.
Sin doesn't make us bad, sin makes us dead. The gospel doesn't make us better, the gospel makes us alive.
Louie Giglio
36.
When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.
Karl Barth
37.
Christ, having sacrificed himself once, is to eternity a certain and valid sacrifice for the sins of all faithful.
Huldrych Zwingli
39.
Jesus sees our sin more clearly than anyone, yet He loves us more than anyone.
Judah Smith
40.
In this is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
John the Apostle
42.
We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.
Joseph Prince
43.
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
Democritus
45.
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
Elie Wiesel
46.
By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin…by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin
John Wesley
47.
There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin
Hozier
48.
We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.
R. C. Sproul
49.
The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
50.
Only he without sin can tell me if my means justify my ends.
Jay-Z