R. C. Sproul Quotes
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The moment we think we deserve mercy a little alarm bell should go off in our head because we are not talking about mercy anymore but justice.
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We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.
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It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.
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Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.
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Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately, that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and our need to change in conformity to Him. Prayer changes us profoundly.
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Right now counts forever.
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All that God had to do to harden Pharaoh's heart, or to harden your heart, is to withhold His own grace.
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But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.
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Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God.
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Doctrine does matter.
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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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Modern man has lost any sense of God's nearness, but Christianity teaches that God reveals himself through every single thing he has ever brought into being, whether a created object or historical event.
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For a work to be considered good it must not only conform outwardly to the law of God, but it must be motivated inwardly by a sincere love for God.
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If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.
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Repentance is something that is brought about in the human heart by the work of God the Holy Spirit.
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Regeneration is a work of the omnipotent power of God, power that nothing can overcome or resist.
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We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us.
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Satan can do only what the sovereign God allows him to do.
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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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God is serious about how we worship Him, and we must be serious about it, too.
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Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.
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Wealth is not wisdom's goal, but is often wisdom's reward.
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I’ve often wondered where Jesus would apply His hastily made whip if He were to visit our culture. My guess is that it would not be money-changing tables in the temple that would feel His wrath, but the display racks in Christian bookstores.
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When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.