Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges
Chapter One: Ordinary Saints
p. 12 Every true believer has been separated or set apart by God for God.
p. 14 We don't become saints by our actions. We are made saints by the immediate supernatural action of the Holy Spirit alone who works this change deep within our inner being so that we do, in fact, become new creations in Christ.
p. 16 The Bible has a word for conduct unbecoming a saint. It is sin.
Chapter Two: The Disappearance of Sin
p. 19 In fact, we often indulge in what I call the "respectable" or even "acceptable" sins without any sense of sin.
p. 21 We gossip or lust because of the sinful pleasure we get out of it.
Sin is sin.
But the fact still remains that the seemingly minor sins we tolerate in our lives do indeed deserve the curse of God.
Chapter Three: The Malignancy of Sin
p. 23 Sin is a spiritual and moral malignancy. Left unchecked, it can spread throughout our entire inner being and contaminate every area of our lives.
p. 24 Even though our hearts have been renewed, even though we have been freed from the absolute dominion of sin, even though God's Holy Spirit dwells within our bodies, this principle of sin still lurks within us and wages war against our souls. It is the failure to recognize the awful reality of this truth that provides the fertile soil in which our "respectable" or "acceptable" sins grow and flourish.
p. 25 The acceptable sins are subtle in the sense that they deceive us into thinking they are not so bad, or not thinking of them as sins, or even worse, not even thinking about them at all!
p. 26 When I harbor resentful thoughts toward someone instead of forgiving him or her in my heart, I am rebelling against God. (This one hit me right between the eyes.)
p. 27 To put it bluntly, our sin is an assault on the majesty and sovereign rule of God.
p. 28 When I indulge in any of the so-called acceptable sins, I am not only despising God's law but, at the same time, I am despising God Himself.
p. 29 "as God is holy, all holy, only holy, altogether holy, and always holy, so sin is sinful, all sinful, only sinful, altogether sinful, and always sinful." from The Sinfulness of Sin by Ralph Venning
p. 12 Every true believer has been separated or set apart by God for God.
p. 14 We don't become saints by our actions. We are made saints by the immediate supernatural action of the Holy Spirit alone who works this change deep within our inner being so that we do, in fact, become new creations in Christ.
p. 16 The Bible has a word for conduct unbecoming a saint. It is sin.
Chapter Two: The Disappearance of Sin
p. 19 In fact, we often indulge in what I call the "respectable" or even "acceptable" sins without any sense of sin.
p. 21 We gossip or lust because of the sinful pleasure we get out of it.
Sin is sin.
But the fact still remains that the seemingly minor sins we tolerate in our lives do indeed deserve the curse of God.
Chapter Three: The Malignancy of Sin
p. 23 Sin is a spiritual and moral malignancy. Left unchecked, it can spread throughout our entire inner being and contaminate every area of our lives.
p. 24 Even though our hearts have been renewed, even though we have been freed from the absolute dominion of sin, even though God's Holy Spirit dwells within our bodies, this principle of sin still lurks within us and wages war against our souls. It is the failure to recognize the awful reality of this truth that provides the fertile soil in which our "respectable" or "acceptable" sins grow and flourish.
p. 25 The acceptable sins are subtle in the sense that they deceive us into thinking they are not so bad, or not thinking of them as sins, or even worse, not even thinking about them at all!
p. 26 When I harbor resentful thoughts toward someone instead of forgiving him or her in my heart, I am rebelling against God. (This one hit me right between the eyes.)
p. 27 To put it bluntly, our sin is an assault on the majesty and sovereign rule of God.
p. 28 When I indulge in any of the so-called acceptable sins, I am not only despising God's law but, at the same time, I am despising God Himself.
p. 29 "as God is holy, all holy, only holy, altogether holy, and always holy, so sin is sinful, all sinful, only sinful, altogether sinful, and always sinful." from The Sinfulness of Sin by Ralph Venning
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