Isak Dinesen Quotes

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree.

We are all culpable in the death of Christ. My sins, your sins put Him on that cross.

The different religions have never overlooked the part played by the sense of guilt in civilization

I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my sin. I seek to be redeemed from sin itself. Until I have attained that end, I shall be content to be restless.

It was not the volume of sin that sent Christ to the cross; it was the fact of sin.

The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross.

The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.

There's lots of sins in this life. We're all sinners. If you don't believe in God and you don't believe in the scriptures, then we are on a different page.

Jesus died for our sins, not our sexuality.

If one of you has seriously sinned, repent-now. It is not good to violate the commandments of the Lord. It is worse to do nothing about it. Sin is like cancer in the body. It will never heal itself. It will become progressively worse unless cured through the medicine of repentance.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.

Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause

Such was the will of the Father that his Son, blessed and glorious, whom he gave to us, and who was born for us, should by his own blood, sacrifice, and oblation, offer himself on the altar of the cross, not for himself, by whom "all things were made," but for our sins, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

The sinner is at the heart of Christianity. No one is as competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. No one, except a saint.

The life of each and every one of us has been written. The crucifix is my autobiography. The blood is the ink. The nails the pen. The skin the parchment. On every line of that body I can trace my life. In the crown of thorns I can read my pride. In the hands that are dug with nails, I can read avarice and greed. In the flesh hanging from him like purple rags, I can read my lust. In feet that are fettered, I can find the times that I ran away and would not let him follow. Any sin that you can think of is written there.

Only sinners need saviors.