God’s holiness demands that sin be punished-”but God’s love has provided the way of redemption through Christ.
– Billy Graham
Related Quotes:
- God’s will is that we would be righteous in our living. God is holy, and the whole scheme of redemption has holiness for its goal. – Billy Graham
- Sin is serious-”so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ. – Billy Graham
- – Murder is a sin. It’s a sin in Judaism, it’s a sin in Christianity, it’s a sin in Islam and every other-¦- I’ll decide what’s a sin. – Robert Ferrigno
- The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not anti-intellectual. It demands the use of [the] mind, but the mind is affected by sin. – Billy Graham
- The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- (Evil people) do not believe in forgiveness. Their transgressions are either punished or not punished. That is the only result that matters. – Daniel McHugh
- We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by them. We can’t live with guilt for the whole of our lives.. – Susan Hill
- We don’t need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin-”because God has provided the cure. – Billy Graham
- Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness. – Billy Graham
- We have largely lost sight of the holiness and purity of God today. This is one reason why we tolerate sin so easily. – Billy Graham
- The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith-”and He will forgive. – Billy Graham
- [Today] there is less emphasis on redemption by the blood of Christ. – Billy Graham
- As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ’s] supreme attribute. – Billy Graham
- Faith actually means surrender and commitment to the claims of Christ. It means an acknowledgment of sin and a turning to Christ. – Billy Graham
- People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change. – Anthony de Mello
- There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can. – Colson Whitehead
- As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin. – Jerry Bridges
- We should always live in holiness and reveal the holiness of God to the world – Sunday Adelaja
- Prayer finds its source in God’s holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness. – John Paul II
- The sin of self is a deadly sin. – Billy Graham
- Before Satan there was no sin, and before sin there was no pain. – Billy Graham
- Sin also affects the conscience, until one becomes slow to detect the approach of sin. – Billy Graham
- Temptation is not a sin. It is the yielding that is sin. All temptation is from the devil. – Billy Graham
- God can break the chain of every sin that binds you if you are willing to give it up. He comes into your heart and gives you power to overcome sin. – Billy Graham
- Every manifestation of evil is the result of basic sin-”sin that has remained unchanged since the moment it first entered the human race. – Billy Graham
- True freedom consists not in the freedom to sin, but the freedom not to sin. – Billy Graham
- We can be convicted of sin-”we can pray and confess our sin-”we can repent-”but the real test is our willingness to obey. – Billy Graham
- Man boasts of his nobility, his ideals, and his progress. Man’s goal is imitation, not redemption. – Billy Graham
- The Bible . . . is the only Book that offers man a redemption and points the way out of his dilemmas. It is our one sure guide in an unsure world. – Billy Graham
- Salvation is not just repairing the original self. It is a new self created of God in righteousness and true holiness. – Billy Graham
- Living the Christian life means striving for holiness. – Billy Graham
- We cannot be satisfied with our goodness after beholding the holiness of God. – Billy Graham
- Don’t take the holiness of God lightly, for it is the very essence of His character. – Billy Graham
- Christ can take the most sin-laden, selfish, evil person and bring forgiveness and new life. – Billy Graham
- God’s will is for us to commit our lives to Christ and follow Him. God’s will also is that we avoid sin. – Billy Graham
- Why did Jesus Christ leave heaven’s gloryand enter this sin-infested world? For one reason: to make our eternal salvation possible. – Billy Graham
- Sin has tarnished every area of life, and [Christ] wants to erase its stain everywhere. – Billy Graham
- The unpardonable sin involves the total and irrevocable rejection of Jesus Christ. – Billy Graham
- Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse. – Billy Graham
- The essence of sin is self-will-”placing ourselves at the center of our lives instead of Christ. – Billy Graham