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“And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, f there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers 1 or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 who will not receive g many times more h in this time, and in i the age to come eternal life.”
― R.C. Sproul, ESV Reformation Study Bible

“It is important that we understand that God manifests no enmity toward us. He has never broken a promise. He has never violated a covenant. He has never sworn a vow to us that He failed to pay. He has never treated a human being in this world unjustly. He has never violated us as creatures. In short, He has kept His side of the relationship perfectly. But we have violated Him. We are the ones who violate the creature-Creator relationship.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Truth of the Cross

“a Preamble, a Short Statement, Nineteen Articles of Affirmation and Denial, and a more ample Exposition. Materials submitted at the meeting”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Trust The Bible?

“La Biblia dice que hay ciertas cosas que Dios ha decretado desde la eternidad. Tales cosas sucederán inevitablemente. Si tú oraras individualmente o si tú y yo uniéramos fuerzas en oración, o si todos los cristianos del mundo orásemos colectivamente, eso no cambiaría lo que Dios, en su consejo oculto, ha determinado hacer. Si decidiéramos orar para que Jesús no regrese, aun así él regresaría. Aunque quizá tú preguntarás: “¿No dice la Biblia que si dos o tres se ponen de acuerdo en algo, lo conseguirán?” Sí, eso dice, pero ese pasaje habla de la disciplina de la iglesia, no de las peticiones de oración. Así que debemos tener en consideración toda la enseñanza bíblica sobre la oración y no aislar un pasaje del resto. Debemos abordar el asunto a la luz de toda la Escritura, evitando una lectura fragmentaria.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puede la oración cambiar las cosas?

“His reign is neither mythical nor illusory. It corresponds to a real state of affairs. At this very moment, the Lord God omnipotent reigns with His Son at His right hand, in the seat of imperial”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Rome claims that most “assurances,” in the final analysis, are based on conjecture, opinion, and ideas that come from the hearts of people whom the Bible defines as deeply rooted in deceit. The Scriptures tell us that the heart is deceitful above all things (Jer. 17:9), so it is easy for us, Rome says, to deceive ourselves and to rest our confidence about the state of our souls on mere opinion. Consequently, assurance of salvation is not possible apart from some special act of revelation.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Be Sure I'm Saved?

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― R.C. Sproul, What Does It Mean to Be Born Again?

“It is the highest expression of faith to submit to the sovereignty of God. The real prayer of faith is the prayer that trusts God no matter whether the answer is yes or no. It takes
no faith to "claim," like a robber, something that is not ours to claim. We are to come to God and tell Him what we want, but we must trust Him to give the answer that is best for us. That is what Jesus did.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Prayer of the Lord

“La verdadera fe que nos conecta a Cristo siempre se manifiesta en obras, y si no hay obras al lado derecho de la ecuación, eso nos dice que no hay fe al lado izquierdo de la ecuación.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puedo estar seguro de que soy salvo?

“The Apostles and the early believers were also commissioned to make a specific announcement. When we analyze the preaching found in the book of Acts, we repeatedly see what theologians call the kerygma, or “proclamation,” which is the same essential message in every sermon. This message consists of the basic realities of the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ. Then, in addition to the kerygma, we find in the New Testament the emergence of what was called the didachē, or “teaching,” which supplemented the initial proclamation of Christ’s salvific work.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is the Great Commission?

“the only way to avoid despair is to place our faith in Jesus Christ for the salvation God provides.”
― R.C. Sproul, Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life

“we need to learn to “read with a comb”—that is, developing a value system that gives us the ability to be critical of what we study. Here the word critical does not mean approaching our studies with a negative attitude. It means being cautious and discerning.”
― R.C. Sproul, Pleasing God: Discovering the Meaning and Importance of Sanctification

“We must accept the fact that God sometimes says no. Sometimes He calls us to suffer and die even if we want to claim the contrary.”
― R.C. Sproul, Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life

“Here is what the Westminster Confession says in its chapter titled “Of God’s Covenant with Man”: “Man, by his fall, having made himself incapable of life by that covenant [the covenant of works], the Lord was pleased to make a second, commonly called the covenant of grace; wherein He freely offers unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ; requiring of them faith in Him, that they may be saved, and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto eternal life His Holy Spirit, to make them willing, and able to believe”
― R.C. Sproul, The Promises of God: Discovering the One Who Keeps His Word

“I should adopt the ancient Christian practice of lectio continua, "continuous expositions," in my preaching. This method of preaching verse-by-verse through books of the Bible (rather than choosing a new topic each week) has been attested throughout church history as the one approach that ensures believers hear the full counsel of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“Here, unfortunately, is where Christians have succumbed to the fairy-tale syndrome of our society. It is a particular problem for young, single women. Many a young woman feels that if God wants her to be married, He will drop a marriage partner out of heaven on a parachute or will bring some Prince Charming riding up to her doorstep on a great white horse. One excruciating problem faced by single women—more so in past generations than today—is caused by the unwritten rule of our society that allows men the freedom actively to pursue a marriage partner while women are considered loose if they actively pursue a prospective husband. No biblical rule says that a woman eager to be married should be passive. There is nothing that prohibits her from actively seeking a suitable mate. On numerous occasions, I’ve had the task of counseling single women who insisted at the beginning of the interview that they had no desire to be married but simply wanted to work out the dimensions of the celibacy they believed God had imposed on them. After a few questions and answers, the scenario usually repeats itself: the young woman begins to weep and blurts out, “But I really want to get married.” When I suggest that there are wise steps that she can take to find a husband, her eyes light up in astonishment as if I had just given her permission to do the forbidden. I have broken a taboo. Wisdom requires that the search be done with discretion and determination. Those seeking a life partner need to do certain obvious things, such as going where other single people congregate. They need to be involved in activities that will bring them in close communication with other single Christians. In the Old Testament, Jacob made an arduous journey to his homeland to find a suitable marriage partner. He did not wait for God to deliver him a life partner. He went where the opportunity presented itself to find a marriage partner. But the fact that he was a man does not imply that such a procedure is limited to males. Women in our society have exactly the same freedom to pursue a mate by diligent search. What Do I Want in a Marriage Partner? A myth has arisen within the Christian community that marriage is to be a union between two people committed to the principle of selfless love. Selfless love is viewed as being crucial for the success of a marriage. This myth is based on the valid concept that selfishness is often at the root of disharmony and disintegration in marriage relationships. The biblical concept of love says no to acts of selfishness within marital and other human relationships. However, the remedy for selfishness is nowhere to be found in selflessness. The”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Know God's Will?

“One of the sweet things about God’s mercy and grace is His tenderness. He does not reveal to us all at once the full measure of our guilt.”
― R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

“Easy believism is a modern form of the ancient heresy of antinomianism.”
― R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith

“Nacemos de nuevo (somos regenerados), luego venimos a la fe, luego somos justificados, y luego comenzamos a experimentar el proceso de por vida de la santificación (Romanos 8:30).”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué significa nacer de nuevo? (Preguntas Cruciales)

“The mystery of sin is not only that it is wicked and destructive but also that it is so downright stupid.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

“Nature is imitated by our discoveries, but she has known much more than we have yet discovered.”
― R.C. Sproul, Abortion: A Rational Look at An Emotional Issue

“In the United States, our concept of liberty has changed drastically from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first century. The change has much to do with our understanding of autonomy. Modern man considers the quest for autonomy to be a noble and virtuous declaration of human creativity. From the Christian vantage point, however, the
quest for autonomy represents the essence of evil, as it contains within its agenda the assassination of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, How Should I Live In This World?

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― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“La simple verdad es que si Dios nos perdona, estamos perdonados. Ese es un estado de cosas objetivo. Tal vez nuestros amigos no nos perdonen. Tal vez nuestro cónyuge no nos perdone. Tal vez la sociedad no nos perdone. Tal vez el gobierno no nos perdone. Pero si Dios nos perdona, estamos perdonados. Eso no significa que nunca fuimos culpables. No podemos tener perdón si no hay una culpa real. Pero el perdón nos libera del castigo que con justicia merecemos por nuestra culpa. A través de él, podemos ser restaurados a una saludable relación de amor con Dios.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué puedo hacer con mi culpa?

“Because Christians speak so tirelessly about human sin, do they have a low view of humanity? Indeed, they have a low view of human virtue, but not a corresponding low view of human worth or importance. It is precisely because the Bible has such a
high view of human dignity that Christians take human sin so seriously. If one rat steals another rat's food, we don't get morally outraged. But if one human steals another human's food, we rightly become concerned.”
― R.C. Sproul, Abortion: A Rational Look at An Emotional Issue

“Even if the Christian cannot rejoice in his circumstances, if he finds himself passing through pain, sorrow, or grief, he still can rejoice in Christ. We rejoice in the Lord, and since He never leaves us or forsakes us, we can rejoice always.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Have Joy In My Life?

“You can deny it by rationalizing your own sin, or by minimizing your sin. Another thing you can do is to minimize God’s holiness, to assume that He is not perfect.”
― R.C. Sproul, Are People Basically Good?

“If we say we have faith, but no works follow, that is clear evidence that our faith is not genuine.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

“The worship to which we are called in our renewed state is far too important to be left to personal preferences, whims, or marketing strategies. Pleasing God is at the heart of worship. Therefore, our worship must be informed at every point by the Word of God as we seek God’s own instructions for worship that is pleasing to Him.”
― R.C. Sproul, How Then Shall We Worship?: Biblical Principles to Guide Us Today

“Some people have mastered the art of appetite control. No one has mastered the art of tongue control.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God