– – – tell me the one common thing you notice:
“Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was already in him before.” John Owen
“It is impossible for a person to fully realize his need for God’s grace until he sees how terribly he has failed the standards of God’s law.” John MacArthur
“The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.” Martin Luther
“You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.” Johnathan Edwards
“Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.” John Piper
“I believe the holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him” Charles N. Spurgeon
“The closer we are to God, the more the slightest sin will cause us deep sorrow.” R. C. Sproul
“Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.” Thomas Watson ///