Sin first courts, and then kills. It is first a fox and then a lion.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Doctrine of Repentance, 1668
Sin – Temptation
Voice of Sin vs Voice of Forgiveness – Dwight L. Moody
The voice of sin is loud, but the voice of forgiveness is louder.
– Dwight L. Moody –
Grace alone conquers sin – Augustine
The law detects, grace alone conquers sin.
– Augustine –
What I Learned in Sickness – Gaspar Olevianus
In this disease I have learned how great God is, and what the evil of sin is.
– Gaspar Olevianus –
1586 … as quoted in Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks, 1652
What malice really is – Thomas Watson
Malice is mental murder.
– Thomas Watson –
1620-1686
Put to Death – Oswald Chambers
If I do not put to death the things in me which are not of God, they will put to death the things that are of God.
– Oswald Chambers –
If You’re Not a Saint – Charles Spurgeon
“You are no saint,” says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Prayer vs Sin – JC Ryle
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
– JC Ryle –
Entertained by Sin – John MacArthur
We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died.
– John MacArthur –