Quotes by Billy Graham

We have largely lost sight of the holiness and purity of God today. This is one reason why we tolerate sin so easily.

Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.

We don’t need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin—because God has provided the cure.

We all have a terminal disease far worse than cancer that will kill us morally and spiritually.It’s called sin.

Superficial views of God and His holiness will produce superficial views of sin and atonement. God hates sin. It is His uncompromising foe. Sin is vile and detestable in the sight of God . . .The sinner and God are at opposite poles of the moral universe.

Sin is serious—so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ.

cannot come to Christ unless the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin.

Sin pierced the very heart of God. God felt every piercing nail and spear thrust. God felt the burning sun. God felt the mocking derision and the body blows.

As much as we hate to admit it, we are sinners by birth. We are also sinners by choice. We are also sinners by practice.

When we use the word “sin,” we usually think of our misdeeds—actions or habits we know are wrong. But those are specific sins, and they are the result of sin, the deeper spiritual disease that infects our souls. Sin is the cause; sins are the effect.Sin is the tree; sins are the fruit. Sin is the disease; sins are the symptoms.

There is less teaching about sin, and very little warning of judgment.

Galatians 5:21 constitutes the most serious warning to those who may think they can sin that grace may abound.

Sin—plain, old-fashioned sin, the self-same sin which caused Adam’s downfall—is what we are all suffering from today, and it will do us far more harm than good to try to dress it up with a fancy, more attractive label.

Sin is a revolt against God.

True freedom consists not in the freedom to sin, but the freedom not to sin.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

Only the Holy Spirit can open our eyes. Only He can convict us of the depth of our sin, and only He can convince us of the truth of the Gospel.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not anti-intellectual. It demands the use of [the] mind, but the mind is affected by sin.

The essence of sin is self-will—placing ourselves at the center of our lives instead of Christ.

In all of these centuries there has not been the slightest shadow of change in the nature of God or in His attitude toward sin.The Bible teaches from the beginning to the end that adultery and fornication are sin, and the attitude of churchmen does not alter its character.