 You are nothing better than deceitful hypocrites if you harbor in your minds a single unforgiving thought. There are some sins which may be in the heart, and yet you may be saved. But you cannot be saved unless you are forgiving. If we do not choose to forgive, we choose to be damned. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Sermons, 13.718. |
| It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to the injured one before we dare approach God at either the private or the public altar. Author: Jonathan Goforth |
| If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption. Author: Josh McDowell |
| A person who is not concerned about having his present sins cleansed has good reason to doubt that his past sin has been forgiven. A person who has no desire to come to the Lord for continued cleansing has reason to doubt that he ever came to the Lord to receive salvation. Author: John MacArthur
Source: Matthew 1-7, p. 475. |
| Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| The trouble is, people do not know that Christ is a Deliverer. They forget that the Son of God came to keep them from sin as as well as to forgive it. Author: D.L. Moody |
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| A great many people want to bring their faith, their works, their good deeds to Him for salvation. Bring your sins, and He will bear them away into the wilderness of forgetfulness, and you will never see them again. Author: D.L. Moody |
| Our sins have been put away. To use the language of the Scriptures...they are completely removed, put behind God's back, blotted out, remembered no more, and hurled into the depths of the sea. Author: Jerry Bridges
Source: The Gospel for Real Life, p. 69. |
| The person who is living by grace sees this vast contrast between his own sins against God and the offenses of others against him. He forgives others because he himself has been so graciously forgiven. He realizes that, by receiving God's forgiveness through Christ, he has forfeited the right to be offended when others hurt him. Author: Jerry Bridges
Source: Transforming Grace, p. 44-45. |
| We tend to drag up our old sins, that we tend to live under a vague sense of guilt...we are not nearly as vigorous in appropriating God's forgiveness as He is in extending it. Consequently, instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. Author: Jerry Bridges
Source: The Gospel for Real Life, p. 67. |
| Our love for God and our appreciation of His love and forgiveness will be in proportion to the recognition of our sin and unworthiness. Author: Dave Hunt |
