R. C. Sproul Quotes
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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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We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.
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I believe it to be one of the most important discipleship resources we have produced at Ligonier.
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When one encounters truth, one encounters the God whose truth it is.
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God is serious about how we worship Him, and we must be serious about it, too.
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Dr. Boice's commentary series is a treasure for the church and for her pastors. No expository preacher can afford to be without it.
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It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.
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Doctrine does matter.
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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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Right now counts forever.
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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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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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Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.
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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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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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Regeneration is a work of the omnipotent power of God, power that nothing can overcome or resist.
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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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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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If God is not sovereign, God is not God.
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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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The power of the gospel is the word of God . . . nobody needs a gospel if there’s no judgment, or law, if God is not a God of judgment. If there is no such thing as hell, what good is the gospel?
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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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Satan can do only what the sovereign God allows him to do.
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We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us.