Thomas Brooks Quotes

There are no small sins against a great God

I think God has some mechanism that he uses to punish those that make mistakes.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

Christianity teaches that this life is not the only life, and there is a final judgment in which all earthly accounts are settled.

God will not be mocked.

Providence punishes national sins with national calamities.

... God is going to judge righteously... . what did each one do in relation to what he or she knew to be right of wrong?

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!

Even the slightest sin is an act of cosmic treason.

A lot of people say, well how can a loving God send anyone to hell? First of all God doesn't send anyone to hell. If we go to hell, it's by our own choice. But when somebody says to me, how can a loving God allow anyone to go to hell, I'll turn around and say, "Well how can a holy, just, righteous God allow sin into His presence?"

No matter the severity of suffering we experience in this life, it will always be less that what we have deserved for our sins

There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.

God will judge people on the basis of what they did in light of what they knew.

Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards.

If you want a significant man, with absolutes, morality, and meaning, then you must have what the Bible insists upon - that God will judge men justly, and they will not be able to raise their voices because of the base upon which He judges them.

However wickedness outstrips men, it has no wings to fly from God.

Every sin provokes its punishment.

Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.

The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers. Not good-doers. Evildoers.

God's grace justifies sinners, but it never justifies sin!

You choose sin. You practice sin.

God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.