Tullian Tchividjian Quotes

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.

To me, Satan ultimately represents rebellion.

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.

Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.

Prayerlessness is sin.

You know what? I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do.

Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the created world, placing in doubt the truth about God who is Love and leaving man with only a sense of the master-slave relationship.

I've fought with everyone. And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.

I break rules all the time.

Adam and Eve were the first of all unions to defy management.

Hell is not filled with people who are deeply sorry for their sins. It is filled with people who for all eternity still shake their puny fist in the face of God Almighty.

Parental Discretion is advised, but will be completely f*n, ignored

What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?

But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them.

Tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you I spoke to God this morning and he don't like you! Don't you try and teach me no original sin; I don't need your pity for the shape I'm in

Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.

Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.

Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.

Where we might think of sin as slip-ups or missteps, God views sin as a godless attitude that leads to godless action.

Sin is what you do when you are not satisfied in God.

Kill if you will, but command me nothing!

For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind. We ought, rather, utterly to defy them.

Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life.