Quotes about Evil

For Satan's deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles.

Revenge easily descends into an endless cycle of hate and violence. The Bible says never repay evil with evil.

If God were to eradicate all evil from this planet, He would have to eradicate all evil men. Who would be exempt? "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" [Romans 3:23 NIV]. God would rather transform the evil man than eradicate him.

God alone is perfect. Even His anger is righteous, because it is directed solely against evil.

If evil were not made to appear attractive, there would be no such thing as temptation. It is in the close similarity between good and evil, right and wrong, that the danger lies.

When Jesus hung on the cross, a great unseen cosmic battle raged in the heavens—and in the end, Christ triumphed over all the forces of evil and death and hell.

Evil is present to cleverly disguise itself as good. Evil is present to control and deceive us.

When the Christian or the church becomes popular with the unbelieving world, something is seriously wrong. Because Christ runs counter to evil and because we are Christ-owned, we must also stand against evil.

Every manifestation of evil is the result of basic sin—sin that has remained unchanged since the moment it first entered the human race.

I believe a Christian can sin, but he does not have to. God never would have told us to reject evil acts if in point of fact we could not help but do them.

We are to renounce the evil influence of the world, the flesh, and the devil. There can be no parleying, bargaining, compromise, or hesitation. Christ demands total loyalty.

Christ's goodness is still a rebuke to our badness; His purity still shows up our impurities; His sinlessness still reveals our sinfulness; and unless we allow [Jesus] to destroy the evil within us, the evil within us still wants to destroy Him. This is the conflict of the ages.