R. C. Sproul Quotes
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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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There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice happens on a horizontal plane. No one ever suffers injustice on the vertical plane. That is, no one ever suffers unjustly in terms of his or her relationship with God. As long as we bear the guilt of sin, we cannot protest that God is unjust in allowing us to suffer.
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To be known by God is the highest goal of human existence.
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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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We are all servants. The only question is whom we will serve.
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It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.
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We want to be saved from our misery, but not from our sin. We want to sin without misery, just as the prodigal son wanted inheritance without the father. The foremost spiritual law of the physical universe is that this hope can never be realized. Sin always accompanies misery. There is no victimless crime, and all creation is subject to decay because of humanity’s rebellion from God.
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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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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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Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.
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Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. He is the Seeker; we are the ones who are running.
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The only reason why I'm a Christian is because I'm a gift of the Father to the Son, not because of anything I've ever done.
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Every person needs to feel significant. We want our lives to count. We yearn to believe that in some way we are important and that hunger for significance-a drive as intense as our need for oxygen-doesn't come from pride or ego. It comes from God because he wants each of us to understand how important we are. ... We must seek our roots, our origin, and our destiny so that we can know our present value. ..... ...We can help each other realize that we are persons of significance being made in the image of God.
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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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When you feel depressed, it helps to actively change your environment. Go and do something different. Martin Luther conquered his depression by going outside to work in his garden. Surprisingly enough, one of the best ways to handle depression is to go to work immediately on the task you least enjoy. (The chances are your depression is caused by guilt feelings arising out of neglect of those tasks.)
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The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.
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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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Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us.
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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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By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.
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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 break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us.
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If you’re not accountable in life that means ultimately that your life doesn’t count.
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We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed.