John Piper Quotes

Nothing causes us to so nearly resemble God as the forgiveness of injuries.

But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

There are no unforgivable sins.

Christians are supposed to be the most forgiving people on the face of the Earth.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

The Christian - the biblical - concept of mercy toward wrongdoers only exists in relation to justice. Showing mercy, in relation to wrongdoing, means treating someone better than they deserve.

Forgiveness is God's command.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

God forgive you, but I never can.

Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.

Forgotten is forgiven.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us.

I always forgave my students, like Jesus.

I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Nothing enables us to forgive like knowing in our hearts that we have been forgiven.

Our God is a forgiving God.