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“What did the Messiah need to do in order to be the Lamb of God, in order to make an atonement for the people of Israel? We know that Jesus came to die for our sins, but why did He not simply come down from heaven on Good Friday, go to the cross, arise on Easter, and go back to heaven? It was because Christ’s work on the cross was only half of His mission. In order for Jesus to die for our sins, it was first necessary for Him to fulfill the role that Adam failed to fulfill. He had to fulfill all righteousness.”
― R.C. Sproul, How Then Shall We Worship?: Biblical Principles to Guide Us Today

“Sin is cosmic treason. Sin is treason against a perfectly pure Sovereign. It is an act of supreme ingratitude toward the One to whom we owe everything, to the One who has given us life itself.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

“I think the biggest problem we have in our time is a severe ignorance of the content of Scripture. Sadly, this is true even among evangelicals, who claim to revere the Word of God and elevate the authority of Scripture. We simply don't know what's in the Bible, so it's not surprising that we don't know what the Bible teaches about prayer.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Prayer of the Lord

“La ética involucra el tema de la autoridad. El cristiano vive bajo la soberanía de Dios, el único que puede reclamar señorío sobre nosotros. La ética cristiana es teocéntrica, a diferencia de la ética secular o filosófica, que tiende a ser antropocéntrica.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Cómo debo vivir en este mundo?, Spanish Edition

“El desarrollo de una mente renovada es la definición bíblica de transformación espiritual.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puedo conocer la voluntad de Dios?

“Meu amigo John Guest, um evangelista anglicano, pregou numa ocasião sobre a cruz de Cristo e fez esta pergunta: “Se Jesus tivesse vindo a terra e ferido seu dedo num prego, de modo a derramar um gota ou duas de sangue, isso teria sido suficiente para nos redimir? Se somos salvos pelo sangue de Cristo, isso não teria sido suficiente?” Guest estava formulando o argumento de que não é o sangue de Cristo como tal que nos salva. Para os israelitas, o derramamento do sangue significava a entrega da vida, porque a punição pelo pecado era a morte.”
― R.C. Sproul, Somos todos teólogos: Uma introdução à Teologia sistemática

“parable of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke 16:19–31 gives us a glimpse of that horrifying torment, and therefore it is a singularly terrifying parable. This parable focuses on severe contrasts. The characters are a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus. The rich man is described in the most opulent terms. He dresses like royalty,”
― R.C. Sproul, What Do Jesus' Parables Mean?

“There can be nothing in the heart that is not first in the mind.”
― R.C. Sproul, The R.C. Sproul Collection Volume 2: Essential Truths of the Christian Faith / Now, That's a Good Question!

“We can take comfort from the fact that God knows our hearts and hears our unspoken petitions as well as the words that emanate from our lips. Whenever we are unable to express the deep feelings and emotions of our souls or when we are”
― R.C. Sproul, Does Prayer Change Things?

“I don’t know what tomorrow is going to bring, but I know that God knows what tomorrow is going to bring. So if God promises that tomorrow will bring something, and if I trust God for tomorrow, I have faith in something I have not yet seen.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is Faith?

“We are told today that in the boldness of faith we are to "name it and claim it." I suppose I should be more measured in my response to this trend, but I can't think of anything more foreign to the teaching of Christ. We come to the presence of God in boldness, but never in arrogance. Yes, we can name and claim those things God has clearly promised in Scripture. For instance, we can claim the certainty of forgiveness if we confess our sins before Him, because He promises that. But when it comes to getting a raise, purchasing a home, or finding healing from a disease, God hasn't made those kind of specific promises anywhere in Scripture, so we are not free to name and claim those things.
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― R.C. Sproul, The Prayer of the Lord

“We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Be Sure I'm Saved?

“The question that concerned the Jew was not whether there is a God but rather who that God is. What is His name? What is His nature and character? And the whole of the Old Testament focuses on God’s self-disclosure—the unveiling of His character, His person, and His nature to His covenant people.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is Biblical Wisdom?

“Dualism is on a collision course with Christianity. The Christian faith has no stock in dualism. Satan may be opposed to God, but he is by no means equal to God. Satan is a creature; God is the Creator. Satan is potent; God is omnipotent. Satan is knowledgeable and crafty; God is omniscient. Satan is localized in his presence; God is omnipresent. Satan is finite; God is infinite.
The list could go on. But it is clear from Scripture that Satan is not an ultimate force in any sense.”
― R.C. Sproul, Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life

“todo en la vida debe vivirse bajo la autoridad de Dios, para la gloria de Dios, en la presencia de Dios.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puede la oración cambiar las cosas?

“The conscience is the tool that God the Holy Spirit uses to convict us, bring us to repentance, and to receive the healing of forgiveness that flows from the gospel.”
― R.C. Sproul, How Can I Develop A Christian Conscience?

“No one was ever called by God to greater suffering than God's only begotten Son.”
― R.C. Sproul, Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life

“It is a tremendous thing that people are opening the Bible and studying it together. But it is also an exceedingly dangerous thing. Pooling of knowledge is edifying to the church; pooling of ignorance is destructive and can manifest the problem of the blind leading the blind.”
― R.C. Sproul, Knowing Scripture

“When the Bible calls God holy, it means primarily that God is transcendentally separate.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

“All we who are human partake of the earthly nature of Adam. We are children of the dust. Our bodies suffer from all the weaknesses and frailties that belong to the earth. Our resurrected bodies will be tabernacles made in heaven. In the heavenly body, there will be no room for cancer or heart disease. The curse of the fall will be removed. We will be clothed after the image and likeness of the new Adam, the heavenly Man. Yes, there will still be continuity. We will still be men and women. Our personal identities will remain intact. We will be recognizable as the people we were in this lifetime. But there will also be discontinuity as the shackles of the dust will be broken by the heavenly form.”
― R.C. Sproul, Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life

“with not the slightest degree of preference toward one or the other. The story is told that the donkey in such circumstances starves to death with a banquet feast in”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Know God's Will?

“when God ordains all things that come to pass, He ordains not only the ends but also the means to those ends, and He works through all things to bring about His righteous purpose.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“the term ethics is often used interchangeably with the word morality. That the two have become virtual synonyms is a sign of the confusion that permeates the modern ethical scene. Historically, the two words had quite distinctive meanings.”
― R.C. Sproul, How Should I Live In This World?

“heaven”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Lose My Salvation?

“The Battle for the Bible. In that little book, Lindsell addressed what had become a huge matter of controversy-the truthfulness and reliability of the Scriptures. In the face of myriad arguments against the inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy of the Bible, Lindsell took a stand and declared that the Bible remains trustworthy.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Trust The Bible?

“without faith we are not acceptable to God, but God makes us acceptable to Him through the gift of faith, leading to our justification.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is Faith?

“The concept of the Trinity has emerged as a touchstone of truth, a non-negotiable article of Christian orthodoxy. However, it has been a source of controversy throughout church history, and there remains much confusion about”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is The Trinity?

“once Christ offered the perfect sacrifice once and for all, reverting back to the types and the shadows would be to deny the fullness of light and the total fulfillment that had come in that perfect sacrifice. Therefore, the Christian church has made it clear that we are not to continue these cultic, ceremonial practices of the Old Testament.”
― R.C. Sproul, How Does God's Law Apply to Me?

“Stones of Remembrance”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Lose My Salvation?

“We often blame God for the injustices done to us and harbor in our souls the bitter feeling that God has not been fair toward us. Even if we recognize that He is gracious, we think that He has not been gracious enough. We think we deserve more grace.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God