The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.
Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God. But all self-dependence is vain. It is only by connecting with Jesus through faith that the sinner becomes a hopeful, believing child of God.
The perfection of Christian character depends wholly upon the grace and strength found alone in God.
The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.
The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions.
The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, which separates us from God and produces so many spiritual disorders, and which are contagious, is selfishness.
The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.
God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.