Thomas Brooks Quotes

Only sinners need saviors.

It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our sins.

The least sin should humble the soul, but certainly the greatest sin should never discourage the soul, much less should it work the soul to despair. Despairing Judas perished, whereas the murderers of Christ, believing on Him, were saved.

I do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual.

God-fearing people, once they're saved from their sins, they don't mind talking about it.

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now.

But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.

There's nothing heavier than the weight of sin in our lives. It's crushing. What a luxury to know the burden of it can be lifted off our shoulders if we repent and give it to God.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

There's lots of sins in this life. We're all sinners. If you don't believe in God and you don't believe in the scriptures, then we are on a different page.

A lot of Mexican Catholic dogma, the way it's taught, it's about existing in a state of grace, which I found impossible to reconcile with the much darker view of the world and myself, even as a child.

Since I am as evil as can be, I do need religion to offset my evilness!

I was about to be a preacher, but I was a sinner.

I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.

I know I'm a sinner.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree. Look up to the cross, and you will kill sin, for the strength of Jesus' love will make you strong to put down your tendencies to sin.

Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.

In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.

If you, through poor judgment, were to cover your shoes with mud, would you leave them that way? Of course not. You would cleanse and restore them. Would you then gather the residue of mud and place it in an envelope to show others the mistake that you made? No. Neither should you continue to relive forgiven sin. Every time such thoughts come into your mind, turn your heart in gratitude to the Savior, who gave His life that we, through faith in Him and obedience to His teachings, can overcome transgression and conquer its depressing influence in our lives.