“There is no death of sin without the death of Christ.” – John Owen1
“Sinning will keep you from the Bible but the Bible will keep you from sinning.” – Jack Wellman
“Sin is the act of the will, and is only possible when the will assents to some unholy influence.” – F.B. Meyer
“It is because of the hasty and superficial conversation with God that the sense of sin is so weak and that no motives have power to help you to hate and flee from sin as you should.” – A. W. Tozer
“We do not have a paradise on earth; it is riddled with so much sin and disease.” – Billy Graham
“Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.” – Martin Luther
“There are only two kinds of persons: those dead in sin and those dead to sin.” – Leonard Ravenhill
“One great power of sin is that it blinds men so that they do not recognize its true character.” – Andrew Murray
“We make a mockery of God’s forgiveness when we deliberately engage in sin because we think He will forgive it later.” – Billy Graham
“The only thing of our very own which we contribute to our salvation is the sin which makes it necessary.” – William Temple
“Light reveals righteousness, and it also reveals sin.” – Theodore Epp
“Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish us.” – Watchman Nee
“A person who is not being purified from sin has no claim on being saved from it.” – John MacArthur
“The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin shall no longer reign over you.” – Billy Graham
“What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power of God not praised. The truth of God not sought. The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored. The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.” – John Piper
“The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.” – Billy Sunday
“It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.” – A. W. Pink
“For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.” – R. C. Sproul
“There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it.” – C. H. Spurgeon
1 All of these quotes are from the websites below: