Francis Chan - Sin Quotes

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God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin

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You and I are not allowed to tell Him how much He can hate it (sin).

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I think most American churchgoers are the soil that chokes the seed because of all the thorns. Thorns are anything that distracts us from God. When we want God and a bunch of other stuff, then that means we have thorns in our soil. A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled on top of it.

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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.

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You have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin.

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Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.

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We say to the Creator of all this magnitude and majesty, 'Well, I'm not sure You are worth it…. You see, I really like my car, or my little sin habit, or my money, and I'm really not sure I want to give them up, even if it means I get You.'

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Hell is the backdrop that reveals the profound and unbelievable grace of the cross. It brings to light the enormity of our sin and therefore portrays the undeserved favor of God in full color.

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