Every time that we sin, we are born of the devil. But every time that we do good, we are born of God.
As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
Lore? Tell me what Sin said about you being tortured wasn't true,' He didn't look at her as he moved toward the bathroom. 'It wasn't true. ' 'You're lying. ' 'You told me to.
When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable thing. The baits of sin lose their attraction and disappear. Fill your affections with the cross of Christ and you will find no room for sin.
The first and most fundamental issue of sin is pride.
It appertaineth to the true God alone to be able to loose men from their sins.
Religion prevents our children from having a rational education; religion prevents us from removing the fundamental causes of war; religion prevents us from teaching the ethic of scientific cooperation in place of the old fierce doctrines of sin and punishment. It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.
I have seen a place-its name is Eternal Hatred It is built in the deepest abyss of the stones of mortal sin. Pride was the first stone-this was seen in Lucifer.
It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
We are not guilty because we are depraved; we are depraved because we are guilty
After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.
There is no halfway or lackadaisical way to fight lust. If you're not fighting your sin, you're befriending your sin.
It may be a secret sin on earth, but it is open scandal in heaven.
Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.
The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is not good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best.
There's a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It's deceptive because when you have pride, you're usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn't sell well.
It is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under our charge. Good men are afraid of the guilt of omissions ( I Samuel 12).
They all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.
The Seven Deadly Sins are a litany of victimless crimes, compiled to distract attention from the bloody felonies of the righteous.
Forgiveness of sin strikes the root of all pain.