R. C. Sproul Quotes
-
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.
-
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.
-
The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.
-
If you care about the slaughter of the innocent, then for God's sake, speak up.
-
By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.
-
The problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession.
-
Why do those who keep insisting Jesus hung out with sinners also keep insisting there's no such thing as sin?
-
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.
-
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.
-
Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Preachers must always fight the temptation to preach anything but Christ and Him crucified.
-
The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.
-
If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear.
-
God's grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious.
-
The Spirit always communicates that He's for you when He convicts you of your sin.
-
Any conception of a god that is less than sovereign is an idol and no god at all.
-
We are not doomed to an ultimate conflict with no hope of resolution. The message of the Scripture is one of victory - full, final and ultimate victory. It is not our doom that is certain, but Satan's. His head has been crushed by the heel of Christ, who is the Alpha and Omega.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Without God upholding the universe from moment to moment, nothing could continue to be.
-
The more I learn about God, the more aware I become of what I don’t know about him.
-
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.