God has often forgiven sinners, but He never forgives sin; the
sinner is only forgiven on the ground of Another having borne his
punishment; for “without shedding of blood is no remission” (Hebrews
9:22). . . . For one sin God banished our first parents from Eden; for
one sin all the posterity of Canaan fell under a curse which remains
over them to this day; for one sin Moses was excluded from the promised
land; Elisha’s servant smitten with leprosy; Ananias and Sapphira were
cut off from the land of the living.

- A.W. Pink

1886 - 1952