The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.
– Martin Luther –
Sin – Temptation
Have You Truly Repented of Your Sins? – Matthew Henry
Many mourn for their sins that do not truly repent of them, weep bitterly for them, and yet continue in love and league with them.
– Matthew Henry –
True Revival – Henry Blackaby
When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.
– Henry Blackaby –
Saved from Hell – Robert Murray McCheyne
Most of God’s people are contented to be saved from the hell that is without; they are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is within.
– Robert Murray McCheyne –
Prayerlessness is Sin – Corrie ten Boom
Prayerlessness is a sin.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Perfect Love – Hugh Binning
Perfect love casts out the fear of hell, but perfect love brings in the fear of sin: “Ye that
– Hugh Binning –
from Christian Love, 1627-1653
Grief and Joy – AW Pink
After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.
– AW Pink –
God Did Not Love Us For Our Goodness – John Cotton
It may be that we are sinful; but God did not love us for our goodness, neither will He cast us off for our wickedness. Yet this is no encouragement to licentiousness, for God knows how to put us to anguishes and straits and crosses, and yet to reserve everlasting life for us.
– John Cotton –
1585 – 1652 AD
Departure of Heart from Him – Andrew Fuller
All backsliding from God originates in a departure of heart from him: herein consists the essence and the evil of it. “Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know, therefore, and see, that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken THE LORD THY GOD, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord of hosts” (Jeremiah 2:19).
– Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) –
from The Backslider: His Nature, Symptoms, and Recovery