Thomas Guthrie Quotes

… a punishment for blasphemers.

Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way." If this goes on day after day after day, year after year, month after month, it would understandable for God to say, "I've given you ten trillion tries. You're finished." But it's not. So in that sense, His grace is always surprising, never ceases to be amazing and His mercy is remarkably outrageous.

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

The cross is Gods way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.

No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.

By his disobedience of God's law, before man had exercised his power to bring children into the earth, not only Adam lost everything for himself, but his children were born as sinners, imperfect, and without the right to live.

By that sin fell the angels.

The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.

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.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.

You don't see many people crying over the wrong they do to God every time His word is neglected or when one willfully sins.

The perfection of Christian character depends wholly upon the grace and strength found alone in God.

Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator then upon him is the curse of Allah, His Angels and the whole of mankind

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely. It is God reaching downward to people who are in rebellion against him.

The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.

None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them.

You may say, 'God doesn't hate anybody. God is love.' No, my friend. You need to understand something. Jesus Christ taught, the prophets taught, the apostles taught this: that apart from the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord the only thing left for you is the wrath, the fierce anger of God because of your rebellion and your sin.

Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin

Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you.

Jesus came to save us from our own sins.

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