R. C. Sproul Quotes
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We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of God. Amazing grace is no longer amazing to us.
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Reformed theology does NOT teach that God brings the ELECT kicking and screaming, against their will, into His kingdom. It teaches that God so-works in the hearts of the Elect as to make them willing and pleased to come to Christ. They come to Christ because they want to. They want to because God has created in their hearts a desire for Christ.
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To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.
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Why do those who keep insisting Jesus hung out with sinners also keep insisting there's no such thing as sin?
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To solve a marriage problem, you have to talk with each other about it, choosing wisely the time and place. But when accusations and lengthy speeches of defense fill the dialogue, the partners are not talking to each other but past each other. Take care to listen more than you speak. If you still can't agree on a solution, consider asking a third party, without a vested interest, to mediate.
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If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear.
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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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Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.
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God's grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious.
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The problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession.
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It's easy to be an educated fool.
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A loving God who has no wrath is no God. He is an idol of our own making as much as if we carved Him out of stone.
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We need the church as urgently as a starving baby needs his mother’s milk.
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If you don't know you're in a state of grace, then you're vulnerable to the paralysis of the accusations of the enemy.
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Here then is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy.
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The more I learn about God, the more aware I become of what I don’t know about him.
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God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.
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If it were left to us, we would all fall away from the faith and perish.
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The Spirit always communicates that He's for you when He convicts you of your sin.
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In Reformed theology, if God is not sovereign over the entire created order, then he is not sovereign at all. The term sovereignty too easily becomes a chimera. If God is not sovereign, then he is not God.
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For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.
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It is one thing to fall victim to the flood or to fall prey to cancer; it is another thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Look to the Bible and not your feelings as the basis of the Christian life.
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Change marriage and you change the world. Convince people that government, not God, lays down the rules for marriage, and they will believe more strongly that they determine right and wrong, that not even the world's rulers are subject to a higher authority.