R. C. Sproul Quotes - Page 3

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• Natural man’s sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself.

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  Men, Want, Benefits

  Twitter post from Feb 21, 2017

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• We fall privately before we ever fall publicly.

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  Fall

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• The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.

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  Needs, Glory, Saved

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• The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.

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  Men, Fleeing, Benefits

  Twitter post from Mar 12, 2017

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• Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.

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  Prayer, Use, Force

  Twitter post from Jun 8, 2017

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• Christ told his disciples not to be anxious about tomorrow, but he never said not to consider tomorrow. Intelligent problem solving demands careful consideration of the future effects of present solutions.

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  Intelligent, Anxiety, Overcoming

  R. C. Sproul (1975). “Discovering the Intimate Marriage”

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• If you truly have it, you never lose it; and if you lose it, you never truly had it.

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  Ifs, Loses

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• Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately, that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and our need to change in conformity to Him. Prayer changes us profoundly.

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  Prayer, Growing Knowledge, Important

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• The Bible never tells us to take a blind leap of faith into the darkness and hope that there's somebody out there. The Bible calls us to jump out of the darkness and into the light. That is not a blind leap. The faith that the New Testament calls us to is a faith rooted and grounded in something that God makes clear is the truth.

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  Light, Darkness, Leap Of Faith

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• To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.

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  Glory, Authority, Presence Of God

  R. C. Sproul (2003). “In the Presence of God: Devotional Readings on the Attributes of God”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 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.

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  Doe, Reign, Vote

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• We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.

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  Sin, Sinner

  Twitter post from Oct 3, 2017

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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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  Running, Jesus, Lost

  Twitter post from Mar 06, 2017

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• We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us.

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  Made, Change God, Ifs

  R. C. Sproul (1989). “One Holy Passion: The Consuming Thirst to Know God”, Nelsonword Publishing Group

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• He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life.

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  Powerful, Men, Order

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• The promises of God for tomorrow are the anchor for believers today.

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  Anchors, Promise, Today

  Twitter post from May 02, 2016

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• Humanism was not invented by man, but by a snake who suggested that the quest for autonomy might be a good idea.

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  Funny, Humorous, Men

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• God doesn't need our consent in order to govern us; He made us.

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  Order, Needs, Made

  Twitter post from Jan 21, 2015

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• No Christian can avoid theology. Every Christian is a theologian. Perhaps not a theologian in the technical or professional sense, but a theologian nevertheless. The issue for Christians is not whether we are going to be theologians but whether we are going to be good theologians or bad ones.

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  Christian, Issues, Theology

  R. C. Sproul (2009). “Knowing Scripture”, p.25, InterVarsity Press

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• The main problem with those who deny the existence of God is not intellectual. It is not because of insufficient information, or that God's manifestation of himself in nature has been obscured. The atheists' problem is not that they cannot know God, rather it is they do not want to know him. Man's problem with the existence of God is not an intellectual problem; it is a moral problem." For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men - Rom. 1:18"

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  Atheist, Philosophical, Men

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• I can’t make the Bible come alive for anyone. The Bible is already alive. It makes me come alive.

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  Alive, I Can

  R. C. Sproul (2016). “Knowing Scripture”, p.12, InterVarsity Press

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• The worst sin against stewardship is to waste your life.

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  Waste, Stewardship, Sin

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• Grace and mercy are never deserved.

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  Grace And Mercy, Grace, Mercy

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• There are only two ways that God’s justice can be satisfied with respect to your sin. Either you satisfy it or Christ satisfies it. You can satisfy it by being banished from God’s presence forever. Or you can accept the satisfaction that Jesus Christ has made.

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  Jesus, Two, Justice

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• Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.

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  Men, Fallen, Inclination

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