R. C. Sproul Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.

  R. C. Sproul

  Mistake, Heart, Choices

• At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God.

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  Desire, Sin, Moments

• 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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  Running, Desire, Theology

  R. C. Sproul (2011). “Chosen by God”, p.10, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• One does not structure the church to meet the felt needs and desires of the tares. The purpose of corporate assembly, which has its roots in the Old Testament, is for the people of God to come together corporately to offer their sacrifices of praise and worship to God. So the first rule of worship is that it be designed for believers to worship God in a way that pleases God.

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  Sacrifice, Roots, People

• In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics to minimize the importance of doctrine. When doctrine is minimized, heresy can exercise itself without restraint.

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  Exercise, Age, Church

• The neutral view of free will is impossible. It involves choice without desire.

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  Views, Choices, Desire

  R. C. Sproul (2010). “Classic Teachings on the Nature of God”, p.191, Hendrickson Publishers

• The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.

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  Heart, Loss, Desire

  R. C. Sproul (2016). “What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics”, p.95, Baker Books

• 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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  Heart, Desire, Doe

  R. C. Sproul (2005). “What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics”, p.159, Baker Books

• Fallen man is free to choose what he desires, but because his desires are only wicked he lacks the moral ability to come to Christ. As long as he remains in the flesh, unregenerate, he will never choose Christ. He cannot choose Christ precisely because he cannot act against his own will. His fall is so great that only the effectual grace of God working in his heart can bring him to faith.

  R. C. Sproul

  Fall, Heart, Men

  R. C. Sproul (2010). “Classic Teachings on the Nature of God”, p.199, Hendrickson Publishers

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