The Apocalypse . . . a storm warning that carries a booming jolt of truth—Trouble ahead, prepare to meet thy God!—followed by the voice of the Gentle Shepherd—Come!
~ Billy Graham
God often gives us an inner conviction or prompting to confirm which way He wants us to go. This prompting comes from the Holy Spirit.
Anyone who has genuinely seen God is deeply convicted of his or her own sin.
It is the Holy Spirit who brings about conviction [of sin] . . .repentance cannot take place unless first there is a movement of the Holy Spirit in the heart and mind.
When comfort and ease and pleasure are put ahead of duty and conviction, progress is always set back.
In the end there will be people who did the work of the Lord. They were busy in the church. They had done many wonderful works. But Jesus Himself says, “I never knew you” [Matthew 7:23 NKJV].
Evil is real—but so is God’s power and love.
Learn to take sin seriously—be on guard against it and resist its tug, fight its power. But most of all learn to take the Holy Spirit seriously, calling on Him to help you overcome sin’s power and live a holy and godly life.
You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time. Even if you are asking God to restrain their evil actions,you should also be praying that He will change their hearts. Only eternity will reveal the impact of our prayers for others.
God can break the chain of every sin that binds you if you are willing to give it up. He comes into your heart and gives you power to overcome sin.
Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows to the divine superiority, when he repents and says humbly: “God be merciful to me a sinner.” Man’s extremity then becomes God’s opportunity.
Perversion is considered a biological abnormality rather than a sin. These things are contrary to the teaching of God’s Word. And God has not changed. His standards have not been lowered. God still calls immorality a sin and the Bible says God is going to judge it.
We do not have a paradise on earth, it is riddled with so much sin and disease.
Guard your tongue, and use it for good instead of evil. How many marriages or friendships have been destroyed because of criticism that spiraled out of control? How many relationships have broken down because of a word spoken thoughtlessly or in anger? A harsh word can’t be taken back; no apology can fully repair its damage.
Sin is rebellion against God.
If God were to eradicate all evil from this planet, He would have to eradicate all evil men. Who would be exempt? “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” [Romans 3:23 NIV].God would rather transform the evil man than eradicate him.
Nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin.
The tragedy of sin reached its crescendo when God in Christ became sin . . .He was offering Himself as the sacrifice required by the justice of God if man was to be redeemed.
Sin lies at the heart of chaotic world conditions as we now know them and as they have existed through the centuries.
Why did Jesus Christ leave heaven’s gloryand enter this sin-infested world? For one reason: to make our eternal salvation possible.
Scripture has the remedy for sinfulness.
It would be the greatest tragedy if I didn’t tell you that unless you repent of your sins and receive Christ as your Savior, you are going to be lost.
[The Bible] warns us about “the little foxes, that spoil the vines” [Song of Solomon 2:15 KJV]. This is a picture of the way “little” sinscan destroy our fruitfulness for the Lord.
Sin has tarnished every area of life, and [Christ] wants to erase its stain everywhere.
The unpardonable sin involves the total and irrevocable rejection of Jesus Christ.
Revenge easily descends into an endless cycle of hate and violence. The Bible says never repay evil with evil.
Evil is present to cleverly disguise itself as good. Evil is present to control and deceive us.
There are many new sinners today, but there aren’t any new sins, just the old ones clothed in different rags.
Every manifestation of evil is the result of basic sin—sin that has remained unchanged since the moment it first entered the human race.
I believe a Christian can sin, but he does not have to. God never would have told us to reject evil acts if in point of fact we could not help but do them.
The Bible teaches that whosoever is born of God does not practice sin.
Sinful pleasure can ruin our appetite for the things of God.
Sin is often, if not always, the perversion of something good. In the midst of all our sinning, though, God is willing to forgive us, change us,and give us a new power to overcome that sin.
Our magazine covers frequently feature the immoral, the perverted, the psychologically sick. Sin is “in.” People don’t like to be told they are sinners.
Sooner or later we must leave our dream world and face up to the facts of God, sin, and judgment. The Bible says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God” [Romans 3:23 NIV].
We have largely lost sight of the holiness and purity of God today. This is one reason why we tolerate sin so easily.
Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.
We don’t need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin—because God has provided the cure.
We all have a terminal disease far worse than cancer that will kill us morally and spiritually.It’s called sin.
Superficial views of God and His holiness will produce superficial views of sin and atonement. God hates sin. It is His uncompromising foe. Sin is vile and detestable in the sight of God . . .The sinner and God are at opposite poles of the moral universe.
