Sin pulls a man down into despondency and despair.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sin carries in it its own misery.
Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.
The only sin is mediocrity.
God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had gained over the human heart.
Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God's loving-kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and lead it more deeply into despair.
Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.