R. C. Sproul Quotes
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The whole basis for our relationship with God is rooted and grounded in grace, in that which is not earned.
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The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.
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We are able to persevere only because God works within us, within our free wills. And because God is at work in us, we are certain to persevere. The decrees of God concerning election are immutable. They do not change, because He does not change. All whom He justifies He glorifies. None of the elect has ever been lost.
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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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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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Wealth is not wisdom's goal, but is often wisdom's reward.
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God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.
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The Advent season is that time when we seek to, in a manner of speaking, mute our memory of what has already happened, that we might brighten our joy that it happened. We leave the already of His advent to taste the bitter of the not yet. We, in short, go back, that we might look forward to His coming.
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Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.
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The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.
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The very heart of worship, as the Bible makes clear, is the business of expressing, from the depths of our spirits, the highest possible honor we can offer before God.
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The Bible's truth does not depend in any way on whether or not a person believes the truth.
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The higher purpose of the cross was that the Father would be glorified by the satisfaction of His justice.
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What is the difference between the Christian God, and the gods of the other religions?" He simply, yet profoundly answered, "The main difference is this: The God of Christianity exists.
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The question is not, "Why is there only one way to God?" but "Why is there even one way?"
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Worship is not simply a feeling that is experienced; it must also involve understanding and the mind.
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What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself.
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Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.
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The one place where the Christian can be naked without fear is in the presence of Christ.
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When people ask me how old the Earth is, I tell them I don't know because I don't.
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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.
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Grace and mercy are never deserved.
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The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God.
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Just as the normative standard for the good and for the true is God, so the ultimate standard of beauty is God.