Jerry Bridges Quotes

I know I'm a sinner.

Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know they have done anything to repent of and who do not feel that they need forgiveness.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

I have sinned against you, my Lord.

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.

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.

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.

Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again!

To us sin has not become any less of a mystery or a pain.

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.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

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

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

What people fail to understand coughing up sin and confessing it and giving it to the only one that can remove it, for crying out loud, we're all sinners.

We're all sinners, every one of us. We've all done things we wish we hadn't.

I repent daily my sins, my faults, and my shortcomings.

I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.

God cannot forgive a sinner who does not acknowledge his sin.

There is an important difference between the sorrow for sin that leads to repentance and the sorrow that leads to despair.

Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.

True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans.

I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me!

Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.