“The abuse of a harmless thing is the essence of sin.”
–A.W. Tozer *************** “We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin.”–The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis *************** “Every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us…”
–Letters to Malcolm, C.S. Lewis ***************“There’d be a lot less scandal if people didn’t idealize sin and pose as sinners.”
--The Father Brown Omnibus, G.K. Chesterton
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“…affliction is better than sin, and if God sends the one to cleanse us from the other, let us thank him, and be also content to pay the messenger.”
–Seasonal Counsel OR Advice to Sufferers, John Bunyan
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“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”
–John Owen
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When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
–Abraham Kuyper *************** If the Lord’s bearing our sin for us is not the gospel, I have no gospel to preach.” –C.H. Spurgeon ***************
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