Quotes by Pastors - Page 39

The proper biblical understanding of sin is much more radical and far-reaching. It can never be used as a weapon, because it will recoil on anyone who tries to deploy it that way.
Timothy J. Keller
Keep yourselves from idols." The warning isn't given to them because it wasn't a real danger or because there was an off chance someone might fall into idolatry. It was given because this is our root problem on any given day. It is what we, especially as followers of Jesus, must fight against.
Joe Thorn
A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.
James MacDonald
When we worry, we are telling God, "You are neither trustworthy nor in control, so I need to worry and scheme as I take matters into my own hands." In this way unbelief drives worry, for it is impossible to worry when we are trusting in the provision of our sovereign God.
James MacDonald
Horizontal (human-centered) grief is much less concerned with being broken and more concerned with being busted.
Matt Chandler
The devil does some of his best work behind stained glass.
Eugene H. Peterson
Whether you realize it or not, your ongoing battle with unbelief drives all your sinful thoughts, emotions, desires, and actions.
James MacDonald
Our view of human problems determines who is qualified to speak to them. If sin is the primary human problem, then those with the theological and practical expertise in dealing with sin – in its varied and complex forms – should lead the way in the field of people-helping. Unless we have an accurate and robust conception of sin, the church will concede much of its work to outside professional and will be ill-equipped to cooperate with them when needed.
James MacDonald
To get free from sexual sin, you have to fight.
Sunday Adelaja
If a person is outside the sin zone, the devil is powerless against him.
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Freedom from sin is real
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Unless a person actually hates sin, he will continue to practice it.
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Sin is incompatible with the glory, beauty and holiness of God.
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Love can’t cover over the sins we cover up…If you want God and others to cover over your sin, stop covering it up.
Mark Buchanan
Every sexual sin begins with flattery.
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If sin becomes an abomination to you, you will have a hundred percent victory over it.
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The greatest sin is doubting God’s truth
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There is no sin that will be left unpunished.
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Rejecting sin is not a burden; on the contrary, it brings freedom and relief.
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Sooner or later sin makes its claim on a person.
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The sin of fornication hinders a person from enjoying God's blessings
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Could it be that God is so intensely personal that He would burn down your world in hopes of building it back?
Matt Chandler
On what grounds would God be told that He can bring death to millions of people at the end of a normal life span, but that He may not do it in any other way?
Donald Grey Barnhouse
Like a sneeze, sin feels good at first, but it leaves a huge mess.
Craig Groeschel
Do not use worldly methods or apply human force to prevent sin
Sunday Adelaja
We do some of our best work in evangelism when we make sure people understand the wrath of God against them, that their plight is desperate because God is angry. The problem of unreached and unengaged peoples is not that they don't have the gospel - that's the solution. Their plight is that they face a God who is rightly angry with them because of their sin. ("Cross", p. 35)
Thabiti M. Anyabwile
May God deliver us from self-righteous judging and make us, instead, merciful carriers of Christ's salvation and freedom everywhere we go. Jesus 'came into the world to save sinners,' the apostle Paul wrote, even considering himself to be the 'worst' of the lot (1 Timothy 1:15). But rejoice in why he was so candid about his condition, for it applies to us also: 'For that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.' (v 16).
Jim Cymbala
The snake pulled back the curtain to the throne room and invited Eve to take a seat. Put on the crown. Pick up the scepter. Put on the cape. See how it feels to have power. See how feels to have a name. See how it feels to be in control! Eve swallowed the hook. The temptation to be like God eclipsed her view of God.
Max Lucado
If your deepest feelings are reserved for something other than Almighty God, then that something other is an emotional idol... if you get more excited about material things than the simple yet profound fact that your sin was nailed to the cross by the sinless Son of God, then you're bowing down to Tammuz.
Mark Batterson
Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you have a tendency to drift into habitual sin- and you recognize this about yourself.
Craig Groeschel
Why do we act as though our sin disqualifies us from the grace of God? That is the only thing that qualifies us! Anything else is a self-righteous attempt to earn God's grace. You cannot trust God's grace 99 percent. It's all or nothing. The problem, as I pointed out earlier, is that we want partial credit for our salvation. We want to be 1 percent of the equation. But if we try to save ourselves, we forfeit the salvation that comes from Jesus Christ alone, by grace through faith.
Mark Batterson
We live in a culture that celebrates talent more than integrity, but we've got it backward. Talent depreciates over time. So do intellect and appearance. You will eventually lose your strength and lose your looks. You may even lose your mind. But you don't have to lose your integrity. Integrity is the only thing that doesn't depreciate over time. Nothing takes longer to build than a godly reputation. And nothing is destroyed more quickly by one stroke of sin. That's why it must be celebrated and protected above all else.
Mark Batterson
Sin always overpromises and underdelivers, while righteousness pays dividends for eternity...Nothing is more illogical than sin. It's the epitome of poor judgment. It's temporary insanity with eternal consequences. And we have no alibi, save the cross of Jesus Christ.
Mark Batterson
You can't build a foundation of sin now for a life of purity later.
Craig Groeschel
No matter what sin you find yourself in, turn to God. Let Him forgive, heal, and restore.
Craig Groeschel
...sin is often the attempt to meet a legitimate need in an illegitimate way.
John Ortberg
Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart.
Mark Batterson
Sin compels man to do those things that are not pleasing to God
Sunday Adelaja
The distance between your head and your heart is only twelve inches, but it's the difference between information and transformation. It's not enough to invite Jesus into your mind. You have to open the door to your heart of hearts. No door can remain locked. Even the door to your hidden room.Nothing entangles the emotions like sin. And if you sin long enough, it feels like a Gordian knot that seems impossible to untangle. But Jesus Christ went to the cross to undo what you have done. He broke the curse of sin so you can break the cycle of sin.
Mark Batterson
Sin in the world destroys people’s lives through lust, sickness and addiction.
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Sin in the world destroys people’s lives through lust, sickness and addiction
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Sin causes the glory of God to be shut out
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To flee from sin is to retain heaven on earth
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It’s the fall of mankind that resulted in a sin filled atmosphere
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To be free from destruction mindset of sin is to permit the lordship of Christ
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What The Scriptures Refer To As Sin, In The Medical World It’s Responsible For Disease
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The Wages Of Sin Is Death
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In our sin, we’d rather trust in ourselves than another, amass our own righteousness than receive another’s, speak our own mind rather than listen to someone else.
David Mathis
There is within the human heart a tough fibrous root of fallen life whose nature is to possess, always to possess. It covets `things' with a deep and fierce passion. The pronouns `my' and `mine' look innocent enough in print, but their constant and universal use is significant. They express the real nature of the old Adamic man better than a thousand volumes of theology could do. They are verbal symptoms of our deep disease. The roots of our hearts have grown down into things, and we dare not pull up one rootlet lest we die. Things have become necessary to us, a development never originally intended. God's gifts now take the place of God, and the whole course of nature is upset by the monstrous substitution.
A.W. Tozer
We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply, trying to gaze upon the wonder of Jesus Christ and have that transform our affections to the point where our love and hope are steadfastly on Christ.
Matt Chandler
Sometimes we get way too fixated on how powerful sin is and how weak we are. We worry that if we relax for a second, we'll mess up royally and ruin everything. Ironically, our paranoia only serves to make us more conscious of our sinfulness.
Judah Smith
A man by his sin may waste himself, which is to waste that which on earth is most like God. This is man's greatest tragedy and God's heaviest grief.
A.W. Tozer
Your morning routine generates a 10x return for good or for bad. Make it good.
Todd Stocker
Good things quickly become habitual and we often stop valuing them.
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Ladies and gentlemen, let us hear the demand of life and adhere to it. It would do us good
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Good could become the enemy of the best. That best is possession.
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God created all people good.
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Do good deeds and serve people, because nobody is too unimportant not to be served by you.
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All laws work for our good; therefore, we should know and observe them.
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So if it seems like you're doing something different from what everyone else is doing, and if sometimes that feels hard, this is a good thing, not a bad thing.
Craig Groeschel