R. C. Sproul Quotes
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When we behold the face of God, all memories of pain and suffering will vanish. Our souls shall be totally healed.
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God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus, that's why it is 'sola gratia,' by grace alone, that we are saved.
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Without God upholding the universe from moment to moment, nothing could continue to be.
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It is the Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible. It is the Holy Spirit who illumines the Bible.
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If God says, 'I forgive you,' you are forgiven no matter how you feel, and to refuse that forgiveness is an act of arrogance.
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Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God.
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Satan could make an "A" in my Systematic Theology course. He knows the information and knows that the information is true.
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What better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?
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Anyone who takes his faith seriously and speaks in behalf of Christ and His kingdom will be accused of fanaticism at some point.
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Seeking God? We have totally revised corporate worship services to be sensitive to "seekers." If worship were to be tailored for seekers, it would be directed exclusively to believers, for no one except believers ever seeks God (Rom. 3:9-12).
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In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.
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The irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom.
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People only have true understanding when they look at everything from God's perspective. Authentic wisdom begins when we understand that God is to be the object of our devotion, our adoration, and our reverence.
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A Christian is not a skeptic. A Christian is a person with a burning heart, a heart set aflame with certainty of the resurrection.
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There is nothing in this universe you need more desperately than Christ.
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Jesus' life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said that he debated daily in the marketplace. To avoid controversy is to avoid Christ. We can have peace, but it is a servile and carnal peace where truth is slain in the streets.
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Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing.
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We break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us.
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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.
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We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.
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The grounds of your justification are the perfect works of Jesus Christ. We're saved by works, but they're not our own.
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Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity.
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We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed.
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In the culture of pluralism...the only thing that cannot be tolerated is a claim to exclusivity.