R. C. Sproul Quotes
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It is superstitious to equate our feelings and inclinations with the leading of the Holy Spirit.
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Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously.
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This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.
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This means that if a person fulfills his or her vocation as a steelmaker, attorney, or homemaker coram Deo, then that person is acting every bit as religiously as a soul-winning evangelist who fulfills his vocation. It means that David was as religious when he obeyed God’s call to be a shepherd as he was when he was anointed with the special grace of kingship. It means that Jesus was every bit as religious when He worked in His father’s carpenter shop as He was in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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Men and women who refuse to acknowledge God's existence do so, in the final analysis, because it is contrary to their manner of living. They do not want to bow to the moral claims of a holy God on their lives.
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There is not one piece of cosmic dust that is outside the scope of God's sovereign providence.
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Disciples of Christ abide in His Word. Those who abide in His Word know the truth and are free.
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Why would the disciples invent a God whose holiness was more terrifying than the forces of nature that provoked them to invent a god in the first place?
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We live in age of compromise, but if we stand on the bedrock of God’s truth, we will not bend with the winds of relativism and faithlessness.
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Touching His human nature, Jesus is no longer present with us. Touching his Divine nature, He is never absent from us.
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Advice to aspiring ministers: Get in the Word. Stay in the Word. Master the Word. And for heaven's sake, preach the Word!
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I think Arminianism is death to Christianity!
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God wants your life. Not one hour a week, not 10% of your income, He wants you.
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When the gospel is at stake, everything is at stake.
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If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear.
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If there is one single molecule in this universe running around loose, totally free of God’s sovereignty, then we have no guarantee that a single promise of God will ever be fulfilled.
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If God is the Creator of the entire universe, then it must follow that He is the Lord of the whole universe. No part of the world is outside of His lordship. That means that no part of my life must be outside of His lordship.
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In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics to minimize the importance of doctrine. When doctrine is minimized, heresy can exercise itself without restraint.
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Sin is cosmic treason
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Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our celebration. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want to earn our own way and atone for our own sins. We like to think that we will go to heaven because we deserve to be there.
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The only righteousness that meets the requirements of the Law is the righteousness of Christ.
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The Spirit always communicates that He's for you when He convicts you of your sin.
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Natural man’s sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself.
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The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.