Sin

Indwelling sin and corruption; conviction and repentance; the sinfulness of sin; confession and mortification.

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A fault which is no fault George Hutcheson
Men who are possessed with self-love and with prejudice against others will readily count that a fault in their neighbours which yet is no fault, and will allow that in …
Knowledge of God vs Fear of Man Ed Welch
A growing knowledge of God displaces the fear of people, and it casts out our tendency to be casual with our secret sins.
Full and Complete and Sufficient Ransom Christopher Love
What is the great reason that so many poor souls are so much cast down for sin, too much dejected under the sight and sense of it? It is this: because they are afraid to …
What do you think about when you are in bed? John Owen
What do you think about when you are in bed, either settling down to sleep or waking up? There are those who ‘work out evil on their beds’! (Mic. 2:1). And there are …
Deplorable John Newton
The state of the nation, the state of the churches—both are deplorable! Those who should be praying—are disputing and fighting among themselves! Alas! how many professors …
Indignation at Sin Matthew Henry
Many seem to have indignation at sin; but it is not because it is sin, but because it touches them. They will inform against a man that swears; but it is only if he swear …
Suffering Exposes Sin Ed Welch
Suffering exposes the sin in our hearts in a way few things can. When our lives are trouble free, we can confuse personal satisfaction for faith.
Christ's Specific Grace Gavin Ortlund
[God’s grace] doesn’t merely cover my life as a whole, leaving the details to work out on their own. Christ meets us again and again in our particular moments of lust, …
Stirring Up Division Apostle Paul
As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is …
The Deacon Must be Sincere John Lorimer
A deacon, to be relieved from the annoyances sometimes connected with the discharge of his duties, is tempted to put the poor off with insincere words—to say one thing to …
We Cannot Be So Evil as He is Good John Newton
Well, when we have said all we can of the aboundings of sin in us, grace still more abounds in Jesus. We cannot be so evil as He is good. … In ourselves we have cause to …
Put your Sins Before You Augustine of Hippo
But the rewards of the Lord cannot be before your eyes unless your sins are before your eyes. Let not delight in past sin be before your eyes, but let the condemnation of …
The Deporable State of the Nation John Newton
The times look awfully dark indeed; and as the clouds grow thicker—the stupidity of the nation seems proportionally to increase. If the Lord had not a remnant here, I …
The From... Too.. Movement of the Christian Life David Powlison
The central dynamic of the Christian life has this FROM… TO… movement. ‘Repentance is not merely the start of the Christian life; it is the Christian life,’ wrote Joel …
Freedom from God’s Will? J. Gresham Machen
Emancipation from the blessed will of God always involves bondage to some worse taskmaster.
Sin’s Footprint Ian Hamilton
One of sin’s ‘fingerprints’ is its consuming passion to praise self.
Sinner, Pray Hard Martin Luther
Do you think such an exalted Lamb paid merely a small price with a meager sacrifice for our sins? Pray hard for you are quite a sinner.
Pray for Sinners Thomas Watson
If you pity an ox or an ass going astray, will you not pity a soul going astray from God, who has lost his way and his wits, and is upon the precipice of damnation. Nay, …
Christ is in None of These Ways John Owen
Some men rejoice in others’ failings; they are malicious and fail more in that sinful joy than their brethren in that which they rejoice at. Some are angry at weaknesses …
He Does Not Cease to Plead John Owen
He does not cease to plead on our behalf, despite our continual backsliding (1 John 2:1–2).
Character and Doctrine John Owen
If a man teaches uprightly and walks crookedly, more will fall down in the night of his life than he built in the day of his doctrine.
Little Sins J. Gresham Machen
It’s through the ’little sins’ that Satan gains an entrance into our lives.
Jesus Must Increase James Dennison
Your maneuvering for power, for influence, for position, for status, for wealth, for reputation of the present is a contradiction of the eschatological nature of life in …
Great Affliction Jeremiah Burroughs
Let it be as great an affliction as it will, it is not as great as your sin.
Power of Sin is Broken John Murray
In his finished work Christ did something once for all respecting the power of sin and it is the virtue of this victory which he secured that the power of sin is broken …
Bad Parents Make Bad Children Thomas Manton
I cannot suppose thee to be such a stranger as to be ignorant of the general complaint concerning the decay of the power of godliness, and more especially of the great …
The End of Temptation John Newton
One gracious end, therefore, that the Lord has in permitting his people to be tempted, is for the prevention of greater evils, that they may not grow proud or careless, …
In Much the Best Life Faileth Martin Luther
To wash away the crimson stain, / grace, grace alone availeth; / our works, alas! are all in vain; / in much the best life faileth: / no man can glory in thy sight, / all …
That Monster Self John Newton
I long to be able to use Job’s words, with the same feeling as I believe Job had when he spoke them, Behold, I am vile! The acknowledgment in words is quite easy — but …
Our Strange Pride John Newton
It is strange that pride should ever find anything in my experience to feed upon; but this completes my character for folly, vileness, and inconsistence, that I’m not …
Look on Christ Thomas Watson
Oh look on Christ, this rare pattern, and be humbled! It is an unseemly sight to see God humbling himself and man exalting himself; to see a humble Saviour and a proud …
The Ungoverned Tongue Plutarch
My own reading affords countless instances of the greatest disasters resulting from an ungoverned tongue. When upon the marriage of Philadelphus with his sister, Sotades …
Self Realization? J.R.R. Tolkien
However, the essence of a fallen world is that the best cannot be attained by free enjoyment, or by what is called ‘self-realization’ (usually a nice name for …
Sinfulness of Ignorance John Newton
Ignorance and obstinacy are in themselves sinful, and no plea of sincerity will exempt them from the danger of being under their influence.
Debt of National Sin John Newton
They who understand spiritual arithmetic, may be well startled if they sit down and compute the debt of national sin.
Acquainted with Controversy William Dunlop
Those who have been at all acquainted with controversy, will ﬁnd it the hardest thing for two warm disputants, when struggling hard for victory, not to throw about that …
Loveth Thee Best George Swinnock
He that hates thy sins most, loveth thee best.
Do You Mortify? John Owen
Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.
Ignorance of Providence John Calvin
Ignorance of providence is the ultimate of all miseries.
Entire Life of Repentance Martin Luther
When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said ‘Repent,’ he intended that the entire life of believers should be repentance.
Temptations in Me John Newton
In London I’m in a crowd of temptations, but in the country there is a crowd of temptations in me. My mind is a Vanity Fair.
Gospel Strength for Preachers John Newton
It is, indeed, no small thing to stand between God and the people, to divide the word of truth aright, to give every one their portion, to withstand the counter tides of …
An Astonishing Dispensation John Owen
And truly, for sinners to have fellowship with God, the infinitely holy God, is an astonishing dispensation.
Yahweh Elohim Herman Bavinck
The gnostic and Marcionite disjunction between the Old Testament God of wrath and vengeance and the New Testament God of love and mercy is unknown to Scripture. Yahweh …
Resentment and Impatience John Sanderson
Our resentment is against the timetable which the sovereign God has assigned us, a schedule based on a plan of which we are usually ignorant. It is this ignorance which …
Bavinck on Crime Herman Bavinck
If the state’s only right to act against criminals is for self-protection and to improve them, how will we stop those who wish to deal with all kinds of sick people in …
Sin in the Cloister Herman Bavinck
Monks take the sin in their hearts with them into the cloister.
Christians Past Lives D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
[Christians] must never look at our past lives; we must never look at any sin in our past life in any way except that which leads us to praise God and to magnify His …
Be a Sinner Martin Luther
If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the true, not an imaginary sin. God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be …
Owen on Fearing Temptation John Owen
Let no man, then, pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation to it.