R. C. Sproul Quotes
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By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.
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We break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us.
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In salvation we are not only saved from sin and damnation; we are saved unto holiness. The goal of redemption is holiness.
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Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity.
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Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.
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Prayer is not optional for the Christian; it is required.
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At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God.
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The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.
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One might pray and not be a Christian, but one cannot be a Christian and not pray.
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We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and repulsed by it. Something draws us toward it, while at the same time we want to run away from it. We can’t seem to decide which way we want it. Part of us yearns for the holy, while part of us despises it. We can’t live with it, and we can’t live without it.
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The only reason why I'm a Christian is because I'm a gift of the Father to the Son, not because of anything I've ever done.
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The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ.
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I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths.
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To focus our mind on the task at hand-with fierce concentration-m akes for a productive use of time.
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To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign.
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It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.
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The neutral view of free will is impossible. It involves choice without desire.
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Right now counts forever.
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The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.
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The Arminian view makes the final decision of our salvation rest upon a human choice, not upon a divine action.
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The more faithful preachers are to the Word of God in their preaching, the more liable they are to the charge of hypocrisy. Why? Because the more faithful people are to the Word of God the higher the message is that they will preach. The higher the message, the further they will be from obeying themselves.
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I can’t make the Bible come alive for anyone. The Bible is already alive. It makes me come alive.
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We have no right to come before God at all, apart from the finished work of Christ.
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If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.