Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness.
– Billy Graham
Related Quotes:
- I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow. – William Blake
- – 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
- A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head. – Howard Tayler
- Never on me let such wrath lay hold, as the wrath you cherish, you whose valor causes harm! – Augustus Taber Murray
- God’s holiness demands that sin be punished-”but God’s love has provided the way of redemption through Christ. – 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
- Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness. – Albert Camus
- Sin is not just what the catechism says it is. Sin is not simply that which we commit. Sin is also what we desire but are too weak to do. – Sndor Mrai
- 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
- I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible. – Neil Gaiman
- She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time. – Azar Nafisi
- I wanted to be JUSTICE, LOVE, and the WRATH OF GOD all in one. – Marjane Satrapi
- A blind Justice is merely an impartial Justice. True Justice would have eyes in the back of her head and a pair of mismatched shoes. – Eli Ashpence
- A justice-thirsty country needs nothing but justice, neither bread nor anything else, only justice! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- To desire to change one’s past means there is a desire to change oneself. To desire to change oneself, one must learn to change. – Lorii Myers
- 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
- 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
- Sin is serious-”so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ. – 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
- Salvation is not just repairing the original self. It is a new self created of God in righteousness and true holiness. – Billy Graham
- 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
- 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
- As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ’s] supreme attribute. – Billy Graham
- Don’t take the holiness of God lightly, for it is the very essence of His character. – Billy Graham
- When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us. – Billy Graham
- Sin is rebellion against God. – Billy Graham
- Sin is a revolt against God. – Billy Graham
- The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul. – Anonymous
- We desire justice, and justice has never been obtained in haste and strong feeling. – Walter Van Tilburg Clark
- The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against changed lives. – Billy Graham
- I promise nothing complete; because any human thing supposed to be complete, must not for that very reason infallibly be faulty. – Herman Melville