We must not lose sight of the fact that God's wrath is very real and very justified. We have all sinned incessantly against a holy, righteous God. We have rebelled willfully against His commands, defied His moral law, and acted in total defiance of His known will for us. Because of these actions we're justly objects of His wrath.
Author: Jerry Bridges Source: Trusting God, 1988, p. 139.
This is Degeneration--that principle by which the organism, failing to develop itself, failing even to keep what it has got, deteriorates, and becomes more and more adapted to a degraded form of life.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: Natural Law, Degeneration, p. 101.
It is a distinct fact by itself, which we can hold and examine separately, that on purely natural principles the soul that is left to itself unwatched, uncultivated, unredeemed, must fall away into death by its own nature.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: Natural Law, Degeneration, p. 104.
If we don't share Jonathan Edwards' God-entranced vision of all things, we will not consciously join God in the purpose for which He created the universe. And if we do not join God in advancing His aim for the universe, then we waste our lives and we oppose our Creator.
Author: John Piper Source: A God-Entranced Vision of All Things, Sermon, 2003
Persistence in sin destroys the assurance of salvation.
Author: John Piper Source: Jesus Christ is an Advocate for Sinners, Sermon, February 10, 1985
Sin is lawlessness. In other words sin is man's refusal to submit to God's law, that is, God's Word. It is insubordination.
Author: John Piper Source: Jesus Christ is an Advocate for Sinners, Sermon, February 10, 1985
Sin is what you feel and think and do when you are not taking God at His Word and resting in His promises.
Author: John Piper Source: This Momentary Marriage - A Parable of Permanence, p. 130
The basic cause of the many problems in the world today is not that man fails to recognize his godhood but rather that there are about seven billion gods on this planet, each one doing his or her own thing.
If I am content to go on in sin, I am an enemy, an adversary of God. Hell, not heaven, follows at the end of my life. I must not comfort myself in this state. I must repent!
Author: Tom Wells Source: Christian: Take Heart! 1987, p. 90.
Sin cannot dethrone God. That is what sin aims to do, but it misses its mark. Sin brings guilt to a man, but it does not bring him one ounce of sovereignty. God rules even when men imagine they are defying Him.
Author: Tom Wells Source: A Vision for Missions, p. 47.
Though it may seem a completely unloving thing to put someone out of the fellowship of the church, Jesus commanded us to do this when someone refuses to repent of his or her sin... In reality, since Jesus commanded it, it would be unloving not to do it.
Author: Wayne Mack Source: To Be or Not To Be a Church Member, 2004, p. 70.
We must not lose sight of the fact that God's wrath is very real and very justified. We have all sinned incessantly against a holy, righteous God. We have rebelled willfully against His commands, defied His moral law, and acted in total defiance of His known will for us. Because of these actions we're justly objects of His wrath.