R. C. Sproul Quotes
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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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One can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.
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When the gospel is at stake, everything is at stake.
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I think Arminianism is death to Christianity!
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Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously.
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The Christian should be able to say with the psalmist, 'Oh, how I love your law.'
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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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Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.
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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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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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Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more loving than Jesus Christ. Yet even His love made people angry. His love was a perfect love, a transcendent and holy love, but HIs very love brought trauma to people. This kind of love is so majestic we can't stand it.
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We have a tendency to think of GOD being glorified only in the manifestation of his mercy----- He is just as glorified by His justice.
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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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We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on into this concept. We soon discover that John Calvin did not invent it.
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God is the foundation of all authority, He exercises that foundation because He is the author and the owner of His creation. He is the foundation upon which all other authority stands or falls.
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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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We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.
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The worst sin against stewardship is to waste your life.
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If there ever was a time when absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.
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God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.
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If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear.
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It's easy to be an educated fool.
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For the Arminian, salvation is possible for all but certain for none. In the Calvinist position, salvation is sure for God's elect.