R. C. Sproul Quotes - Page 5

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• If God is not sovereign, God is not God.

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  Sovereign, Ifs

  R. C. Sproul (2011). “Now, That's a Good Question!”, p.26, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• To despise doctrine is to despise the Word of God.

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  Doctrine, Despise, Word Of God

  Twitter post from Aug 2, 2017

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• We need the church as urgently as a starving baby needs his mother’s milk.

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  Mother, Baby, Church

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• At its root, this is what faith is. It is not believing in God. It's believing God.

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  Believe, Roots, Believe In God

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• What is the difference between the Christian God, and the gods of the other religions?" He simply, yet profoundly answered, "The main difference is this: The God of Christianity exists.

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  God, Christian, Differences

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• By His life, death, and resurrection, our Savior has conquered our enemies, and by His Spirit He has granted us to share in the victory.

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  Enemy, Victory, Spirit

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• God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.

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  God, Faith, Christian

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• Burning hearts are not nourished by empty heads

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  Heart, Burning, Empty

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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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  Men, Slavery, Irony

  Twitter post from Mar 18, 2016

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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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  Christian, Kingdoms, Speak

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• God not only initiated my salvation, He not only sowed the seed, but He made sure that that seed germinated in my heart by regenerating me by the power of the Holy Ghost.

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  Heart, Ghost, Holy

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• Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more loving than Jesus Christ. Yet even His love made people angry. His love was a perfect love, a transcendent and holy love, but HIs very love brought trauma to people. This kind of love is so majestic we can't stand it.

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  Jesus, Love Is, Men

  R. C. Sproul (2013). “The Holiness of God”, p.68, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie.

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  Jesus, Lying, Irritated

  Twitter post from Aug 12, 2015

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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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  Wrath, Idols, Stones

  R. C. Sproul (2010). “Classic Teachings on the Nature of God”, p.128, Hendrickson Publishers

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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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  Culture, Christianity, Claims

  Twitter post from May 4, 2017

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• The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God.

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  Christian, Life Is, Christian Life

  Twitter post from Jun 03, 2016

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• Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our celebration. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want to earn our own way and atone for our own sins. We like to think that we will go to heaven because we deserve to be there.

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  Pride, Thinking, People

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• If you are of the truth, if you have learned the truth, if you see the sanctity of the truth, then speak truth. We are not called to be deceivers or liars. God is a God of truth, and His people are called to have an enormously high standard of truth.

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  Liars, People, High Standards

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• 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.

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  Fall, Heart, Men

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

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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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  Jesus, Perfect, Christ

  Twitter post from Nov 28, 2016

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• If there is one maverick molecule in all the universe, then God is not sovereign. And if God is not sovereign, He is not God.

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  Molecules, Sovereign, Maverick

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• No one was ever called by God to greater suffering than God's only begotten Son.

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  Son, Suffering, Greater

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• Your personal testimony, however meaningful it is to you, is not the gospel.

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  Meaningful, Testimony

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• One might pray and not be a Christian, but one cannot be a Christian and not pray.

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  Christian, Might, Praying

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• A faithful person is revealed by those who hate him or her. Are you hated for your faith or ethics? If nobody hates you, maybe you have not displayed Christ openly enough.

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  Hate, Faithful, Ethics

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