Repentance Quotes

“Without faith in Christ, repentance becomes soul-chilling remorse.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“For believing in Christ—the committal of a soul to the Lord in a faith-surrender—involves a deep humbling that is the same as the contrition of repentance.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“At no time did she evidence any fruit of the Spirit, the mind of Christ or a forgiving attitude. In fact, she was guilt-ridden for an excellent reason. She was guilty, really and objectively before God.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“I simply share with troubled people what Christ has done for me through these passages of Scripture, letting them know that if God could renew a sinner like me, He certainly can do the same for others.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“Their hearts have never learned that “he who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy” (Prov. 28:13).”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“A deep blindness has shut their eyes. Because they are under the dominion of darkness (Col. 1:13, Acts 26:18), they think that safety lies in concealment—in the hiding of their sins. They often compare their lives with the lives of other sinners, and on that basis pretend all is well with their souls.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“Previously I said that contemporary men and women tend to be impulse-ridden. Often they are also deeply guilt-ridden. There is a connection.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“As used in John’s Gospel, “believing” is an action of the whole person in going to Christ in surrender, a movement which means far more than a superficial acceptance of the facts about Christ’s death and resurrection.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“And how do we believe in Christ? By turning with genuine sorrow from our unbelief and trusting in Christ.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“And how do we repent of this sin? By believing in Christ.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“Our ultimate sin is in our blind unbelief which murders the Son of God.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“In other words, repentance can only be genuine and lasting when evildoers see that God’s mercy is available to them.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“a true repentance as distinguished from penance always “flows from the apprehension of the mercy of God.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“Unbelief is the supreme transgression of the world—and as your sin too, it is most dangerous to your spiritual life. Specifically, unbelief kills our love and feeds our pride.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“as the gift of the Father”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“The answer is the cross itself. We have all sinned against the law of God, and now this rebellion has come to climactic expression in our sinning against the ultimate gift of God. But the cross includes in it payment for this worst sin of all—the scorning of it.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“Hence, humanity’s total existence is inglorious. As an image of God, people were made to reflect in an accurate way the splendor of God.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“Such perversions could only come from a heart that loves to twist reality. In fact, the sinner’s whole life is a lie (Rom. 3:7, 13–18).”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“First, it deceive’s people who think they are converted and are not by giving them the Christian stamp. Although they are spiritually dead, they now tend to trust in doctrine and the “promises of God.” How can they find Christ now? They are locked in. Sometimes their consciences trouble them about their spiritual impotence, but they cover over their doubts by taking a firmer grip on their concept of assurance.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“He who believes in Jesus has “a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14).”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“followed by going outside ourselves in faith to Christ alone for salvation.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“But, as has been stressed in this study, repentance has nothing to do with what we have done. Rather, it is our coming undone in respect to all human righteousness,”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“It should, therefore, be fully understood that in the New Testament the lordship of Christ is the basis of evangelism.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“The issue should now be coming into sharp focus for you. The Bible challenges you to see that Christ brought in a new age, the age of the Spirit. In this new day of grace, repentant believers are powerfully transformed people. Weak in themselves, they are full of Christ. This is God’s normal pattern.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“The more you know that you are stained to the bone with selfish impulses, the more you see how you hold out against the will of the Lord, then the more you will go to Christ as a thirsty sinner who finds deeper cleansing, more life and greater joy through the Spirit.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“And the more you deepen your repentance, the more room you have in your heart for the rivers of living water.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“But what is true of the first turning (conversion) of the sinner to the Lord must continue throughout the Christian life. There must be a daily conversion of the heart to God”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“The emphasis falls on the radical character of the change from death to life, from the proud delusions of the pagans to a humble dependence upon the living God for salvation.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“As those in Christ grow in love to one another, this love becomes highly visible (John 13:34–35, 17:22–23). It magnetizes men and women to the church of God.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance

“But if you wish the continued fellowship of this love, adore Jesus Christ and love Him with all your heart. Show your love by obeying Him, and you will find your life abounding in spiritual power.”
― C. John Miller, Repentance