The Author of Sin Quotes

“I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. (Isaiah 46:10)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Christians are not deists – we do not believe that this universe operates by a set of natural laws that are independent from God. The Bible shows us that God is now actively running the universe, so that nothing can happen or continue apart from his deliberate power and decree (Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3). In reality, there are no natural laws. If we should use the term at all, what we call "natural laws" are only descriptions about how God regularly acts, although he is never bound to act in those ways.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“The "Sincere Offer" of the Gospel   The doctrine in question has been called "the free offer," "the well-meant offer," and "the sincere offer" of the gospel. It is a false teaching that makes God into a schizophrenic fool. It is unbiblical and irrational, and it must be opposed.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“If a person understands what the Bible says, and if he does not impose his own stupid assumptions upon it, then the Bible will never appear contradictory to him. He will never see even one apparent contradiction in the Bible. This is because the Bible never contradicts itself. However, if he does not understand the Bible, then he might perceive some apparent contradictions. Since the Bible does not contradict itself, he must assume that these are only apparent contradictions, and that the Bible is in fact contradicting his false beliefs and foolish assumptions. Nevertheless, as long as he perceives these apparent contradictions, he cannot affirm what the Bible teaches. He must study to grasp the true meaning, and to purge himself of false ideas, including many religious traditions that have been invented by the theologians. Then he will see that the contradictions never really existed in the first place.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“The Sovereign God causes all things, and he is good and righteous in all that he does. Blessed be the name of the Lord." No objection can touch this.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“moral responsibility does not presuppose human freedom, but it presupposes divine sovereignty. We are responsible not because we are free, but we are responsible precisely because we are not free.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Moral responsibility (or accountability) has to do with whether God has decided to judge us; it has no direct relationship with whether we are free. In fact, if we were free from God but not judged by God, then we would still not be morally responsible (or accountable). In”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“All that God does is intrinsically good and righteous, so it is also good and righteous for him to create the reprobates for the above purpose. Some would be horrified by this, because they are more concerned about man's dignity and comfort than God's purpose and glory, but those who have the mind of Christ would erupt in gratitude and reverence, and affirm that God is righteous, and that he does all things well.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Since divine sovereignty is absolute, divine judgment is therefore certain – because God is sovereign, there will be a judgment.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Scripture is perfect, and Paul's analogy is perfect for its purpose. It illustrates that the divine potter has the right to fashion the human clay into any type of vessel and for any purpose he chooses, and the creature has no right to protest against the Creator.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“God has sovereignly foreordained their complete salvation before the foundation of the world, and because he powerfully preserves them after their conversion. After regeneration, the Spirit of God continues to work within them, powerfully causing them to strive for true knowledge and holiness.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“A true Christian is one who has given true assent to the gospel, and whose "sincere faith" (1 Timothy 1:5) becomes evident through a lasting transformation of thoughts, speech, and behavior in conformity to the demands of Scripture. John says that one who is regenerated "cannot go on sinning" (1 John 3:9). On the other hand, a person who produces a profession of Christ out of a false assent to the gospel may last "only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away" (Matthew”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“you do not come to Jesus Christ for salvation, but you lash out against him in desperate rebellion. Look how far humanity has fallen, that it would produce a piece of garbage like you! But there is hope in Jesus. Come to him now. Call upon him in repentance, and he will save your foolish and wretched soul.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“So the non-Christian argues against the Christian idea of God by using non-Christian definitions of love, evil, evidence, necessity, and other key terms. Then why not also argue against a non-Christian idea of God and leave us out of the debate altogether? The argument from the problem of evil is best used by non-Christians against non-Christians.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“By what definition of love can we assert that an all-loving God would want to destroy evil? Or, by what definition of love can we assert that an all-loving God would have already destroyed evil?   If this definition of love comes from outside of the Bible, then why must the biblical worldview answer to it? To form this argument using a non-biblical definition of love would make the argument irrelevant as a challenge to Christianity. But if we take the definition of love from the Bible, then the one who uses this argument must show that the Bible itself defines love in a way that requires an all-loving God to destroy evil, or to have already destroyed evil. Unless the non-Christian can defend premise 3, the argument from the problem of evil fails before we even finish reading it.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?" (Job 40:2-8)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“To the degree that a person thinks and acts in accordance with God's nature and commands, he is moral. Otherwise, there is no moral difference between altruism and selfishness; virtue and vice are meaningless concepts; rape and murder are not crimes, but amoral events.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Jesus says that only God is good (Luke 18:19), so that all "goodness" in other things can only be derived. God's nature defines goodness itself, and since he "does not change like shifting shadows" (James 1:17), he is the sole and constant standard of goodness. No”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“There is no standard higher than God to which God himself is accountable and by which God himself is judged. Therefore, it is impossible to accuse God of doing anything morally wrong.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? (Amos 3:6)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things. (Isaiah 45:7)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come? (Lamentations 3:37-38)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“The LORD said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD?" (Exodus 4:11)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." (James 4:13-15)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. (Philippians 2:13)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: "What have you done?" (Daniel 4:35)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“The LORD works out everything for his own ends – even the wicked for a day of disaster. (Proverbs 16:4)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. (Proverbs 16:9)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so" (Romans 8:7). If”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Isaiah 46:10, "My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please." On the other hand, man's will is enslaved either to sin or to righteousness: "But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness" (Romans 6:17-18). Man has no free will – it is an assumption without any biblical or rational warrant.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin