Depravity of Man
A propensity to evil thoughts and evil speeches is among the last faults of character from which even good men are delivered. [JJTP]
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A fish would not thank you for taking it out of the sea and putting it on dry land under the blazing sun! Neither would an unregenerate sinner welcome the thought of living for ever in the blazing glory of Christ. [TGOC]
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There is nothing in the world more uneasy than the heart of a wicked man made to listen to spiritual instruction, until, like a thief, he puts out the candle so that he may sin with less restraint. [TBR]
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Unrestrained, every heart would show its possessor a monster of wickedness. [JJTP]
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God finds nothing in man to turn His heart, but enough to turn His stomach. [ASGTH]
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If God should be strict to mark what is done amiss in our best actions, we are undone. [PRASD]
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Know thy self, what a vile, horrible, abominable sinner thou art: For thou canst not know the love of Christ before thou knowest the badness of thy nature. [ALE]
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Christ as Mediator is necessary for God says to the sinner, ‘You are unworthy and unfit to come into the presence of God. You can neither justify nor excuse your wicked conduct. You are rejected. God will not even treat with you in your own name. He utterly abhors all your works, all your pleas, all your merits. You are condemned. You are vile. [ROOS]