“The resurrection is the revelation to chosen witnesses of the fact that Jesus who died on the cross is indeed king - conqueror of death and sin, Lord and Savior of all. The resurrection is not the reversal of a defeat but the proclamation of a victory. The King reigns from the tree. The reign of God has indeed come upon us, and its sign is not a golden throne but a wooden cross.” FactsJesusSinLordTreeKingsVictoryCrossesDiedDefeatChosenGoldenWitnessRevelationsSaviorResurrectionThronesReignConquerorProclamationReversal Author:Lesslie Newbigin
“Now let us gather into one bouquet, from the King's garden, these seven fragrant flowers: Jesus the Son of God; Jesus our sin-bearer; Jesus the giver of eternal life; Jesus the keeper of our undying souls; Jesus the hearer of our prayers; Jesus the chastener who can turn crosses into crowns; and Jesus the wonder-worker who changes us into eternal likeness unto Himself! These flowers will keep sweet till heaven dawns.” SoulTurnsJesusHeavenPrayerSinWonderSonSweetFlowerKingsEternalGardenCrossesSevenWorkersDawnCrownsOur PrayersGiverEternal LifeKeepersBouquetsFragrant Flowers Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“No masters or kings when the ritual begins [making love] There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am human Only then I am clean” HumansSinMastersKingsSceneMadnessCleanInnocenceGentleSoilRitualMaking Love Author:Hozier
“Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own sin and not to judge my brother, for You are blessed from all ages to all ages. Amen” AgeMy OwnSinLordBrotherJudgingKingsBlessedMy BrotherGrantsAmen Author:Ephrem the Syrian
“You and your sins must separate or you and your God will never come together. No one sin may keep you; they must all be given up, they must be brought out like Canaanite kings from the cave and be hanged up in the sun.” MayTogetherGivenSinSunKingsGods WillCavesGiven Up Author:Charles Spurgeon
“Most people think that there is a monarchy, where God is the king and we are the subjects, and the subjects are inferior to this invisible king. But not only are we inferior, we are also stained by sin, and therefore, untrustworthy.” PeopleThinkingSinSubjectsKingsInvisibleInferiorsMonarchyUntrustworthy Author:Wayne Dyer
“We have resorted to every means to win back the position that Adam lost. We have tried through education, through philosophy, through religion, through governments to throw off our yoke of depravity and sin. All our knowledge, all our inventions, all our developments and ambitious plans move us ahead only a very little before we drop back again to the point from which we started. For we are still making the same mistake that Adam made - - we are still trying to be king in our own right, and with our own power, instead of obeying God's law.” TryingMeanLittlesMadeStillsPhilosophyGovernmentMovingLawWinningLostSinMistakePlansPositionDevelopmentKingsInventionAdamAmbitiousBack AgainDepravityObeyingYokeSame MistakesVery MeanMaking The Same MistakesObeying God Author:Billy Graham
“I think we have to face right in the center of the hurricane, if you will, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s foibles and faults. I think that we do no good to ourselves and do no honor to him by pretending that he did not fail, that he did not wrestle greatly and, at times, surrender to his own sins and his own faults and failures.” IfsThinkingFacesSinFailingKingsHonorFaultsSurrenderPretendingLutherHurricanesFoibles Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“In his life Christ is an example showing us how to live in his death he is a sacrifice satisfying our sins in his resurrection a conqueror in his ascension a king in his intercession a high priest.” FaithChristSinSacrificeExampleKingsPriestsSatisfyingResurrectionConquerorIntercessionAscension Author:Martin Luther
“Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something (All The King's Men)” MenBornSinKingsCorruptionStinkShrouds Book:All the King's Men Source: All the King's Men