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“and are to be the authentic witnesses ofYahweh. However, no border was to be crossed or mission undertaken until first the Spirit came down. The disciples
returned to Jerusalem rejoicing for the purpose of their wait;”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“If God crushes us in godly sorrow, it is an act of sheer grace. It’s His act of mercy to bring us to faith and conversion.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is Repentance?

“Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And”
― R.C. Sproul, Five Things Every Christian Needs to Grow

“So the very beginning of godliness, the very beginning of transformation in our lives and in our society, begins with our posture before the character of God.
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― R.C. Sproul, The Prayer of the Lord

“For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin” (Rom. 14:23).”
― R.C. Sproul, How Can I Develop A Christian Conscience?

“El concepto central del arrepentimiento en el Antiguo Testamento puede condensarse en una palabra: conversión. Esta palabra se escucha frecuentemente en la jerga cristiana de hoy, y es el punto focal del llamado profético al arrepentimiento. Nadie nace biológicamente cristiano. Para hacerse cristiano, tiene que ocurrir algo a través de lo cual la persona es radicalmente transformada. Esto está vinculado con el concepto bíblico de metanoia, aquel cambio de mentalidad que no es el mero ajuste intelectual de un concepto, sino el vuelco de la vida en su totalidad.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué es el arrepentimiento?

“road. Icy panic stung her as she stood frozen by indecision. She lifted her eyes toward heaven, looking for guidance. Her eyes did not find”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Know God's Will?

“L’excellence morale plaît aux gens, dans la mesure où ils restent en sécurité à distance d’elle.”
― R.C. Sproul, La sainteté de Dieu

“None of us saw the birth of Christ. We missed His dazzling display of miracles during His earthly ministry. Likewise, nobody alive today beheld Christ's agony on the cross. None of us was an eyewitness of His glorious resurrection and ascension into heaven. But no Christian will sleep through the second coming of Christ. Though we did not see His first coming, we all will be eyewitnesses of His return. The climax of the exaltation of Jesus will be viewed by every believer.”
― R.C. Sproul, Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life

“This is the very heart of the gospel. In order to get into heaven, will I be judged by my righteousness or by the righteousness of Christ? If I have to trust in my righteousness to get into heaven, I must completely and utterly despair of any possibility of ever being redeemed. But when we see that the righteousness that is ours by faith is the perfect righteousness of Christ, we see how glorious is the good news of the gospel. The good news is simply this: I can be reconciled to God. I can be justified, not on the basis of what I do, but on the basis of what has been accomplished for me by Christ.”
― R.C. Sproul, Are We Together?: A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism

“God’s holiness refers to two distinct but related ideas. First the term holy calls attention to God’s “otherness,” the sense in which he is different from and higher than we are. It calls attention to his greatness and his transcendent glory. The second meaning of holiness has to do with God’s purity. The perfection of his righteousness is displayed in his holiness.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics

“every major discussion of ethics these days begins with an analysis of the chaotic situation of modern culture. Even secular writers and thinkers are calling for some sort of basic agreement on ethical behavior. Humanity’s “margin of error,” they say, is shrinking with each new day. Our survival is at stake. These “prophets of doom” point out that man’s destructive capability increased from 1945 to 1960 by the same ratio as it did from the primitive weapons of the Stone Age to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The thawing of the Cold War provided little comfort. Numerous nations have nuclear arms now or are close to having them. What, besides”
― R.C. Sproul, How Should I Live In This World?

“I once gave a lecture in which I publicly denied the existence of God. I said: “I want to emphatically affirm today that God does not exist. In fact, if He did exist, I would stop believing in Him.” If anything ever sounded like a nonsense statement, that was it. But I simply meant that God is not in a state of becoming. He is in a state of pure being. If He were in a state of existence, He would be changing—at least according to the way this term is used in philosophy. He would not be immutable. He would not be the God we believe in.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is The Trinity?

“when the Bible speaks of hope, it is not referring to a desire for a future outcome that is uncertain, but rather a desire for a future outcome that is absolutely sure.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is Faith?

“I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it-His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Prayer of the Lord

“Además, como criaturas caídas, tendemos a considerar como más importantes aquellas virtudes en las que hemos logrado cierto nivel de éxito. Es natural que me guste pensar que mis puntos de fortaleza moral son los más importantes y que mis debilidades morales se limiten a asuntos menores.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Cómo debo vivir en este mundo?, Spanish Edition

“from it we e await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21[✞] who will transform f our lowly body g to be like his glorious body, h by the power that enables him even i to subject all things to himself.”
― R.C. Sproul, ESV Reformation Study Bible

“Now I know who the Holy Spirit is.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is The Holy Spirit?

“Todos tenemos una lucha cuando evaluamos nuestra vida cristiana. Podemos ver cambios para bien en nuestra vida, pero también vemos las cosas que no queremos ver; las cosas que no queremos que nadie vea. Así que, al analizar el estado de nuestra alma, no necesitamos preguntar dónde estábamos cuando nacimos de nuevo, ni siquiera cómo sucedió. Más bien debemos preguntarnos si hay alguna evidencia de un cambio en la orientación interior de nuestra disposición, nuestra actitud hacia las cosas de Dios.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué significa nacer de nuevo? (Preguntas Cruciales)

“following”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“To say that God’s sovereignty is limited by man’s freedom is to make man sovereign.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics

“Así que una persona puede no tener conocimiento de cuándo o cómo pasó a ser un nacido de nuevo. Pero lo importante no es saber cuándo o cómo uno se hizo cristiano. Lo único que importa es si uno ha nacido de nuevo. Esta es una genuina situación de “o lo uno o lo otro”. O estás espiritualmente muerto, o bien estás vivo para las cosas de Dios. O has sido regenerado o no lo has sido. No existe un estado intermedio. Es como el embarazo: nadie está casi embarazada. Asimismo, nadie está casi regenerado. O lo estás o bien no lo estás.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué significa nacer de nuevo? (Preguntas Cruciales)

“permission”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“To withhold belief because the evidence doesn't support the claims is an honorable and wise response. Likewise, to believe against poor evidence is credulity, the mark of the fool, and brings no honor to God.
However, the evidence about Jesus is compelling, so withholding belief in Him is to commit an immoral act. Unbelief is judged by Jesus not as an intellectual error but as a hostile act of prejudice against God Himself.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“The biblical standard of goodness is the righteousness of God, and we are judged both by our behavioral conformity to the law of God and by our internal motivation or desire to obey the law of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Be Sure I'm Saved?

“Nothing betrays our deepest theories more eloquently than our practice.”
― R.C. Sproul, Knowing Scripture

“professing believers. What we’re describing here theologically is called apostasy, a term based on a Greek word meaning “to stand away from.” To fall into apostasy means to reach a position but then to abandon it. So,”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Lose My Salvation?

“Reason demands the existence of a self-existent, eternal something in order to account for the existence of anything in this world, and therefore one cannot be consistently rational by denying the necessity of a self-existent, eternal something.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“If anyone says that a man once justified cannot lose grace and therefore that he who falls and sins never was truly justified, let him be accursed” (Council of Trent: 6/23).”
― R.C. Sproul, Chosen by God

“I don’t know.” The cat says, “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.” Many people today are like that. They have no idea where they are and no clue where they’re going. Their whole lives consist of wandering about aimlessly, without purpose, design, meaning, or significance. It’s one thing to be lost; it’s another to be lost and not know it. When a person is in that state, it is inevitable that they will experience a crisis and realize they have no idea where they are or how they got there. God puts a priority on seeking people like that. After the lost coin and the lost sheep, Jesus turns His attention to people. The parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32) is a familiar story, and it’s important to keep the focus where it belongs: not on the lost son, but on the father and his great joy at the repentance and return of the son. When the father sees his son far off, he races down the road and embraces him, kills the fatted calf, gives the signet ring to him, and clothes him with a cloak of honor. As he says to the older brother, “It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found” (v. 32). This parable tells us what God is like. He runs after the lost, and He rejoices when one person is redeemed. That is the mission of the church, and each of us has a responsibility to make sure that the lost are sought and found. We’re not dealing with coins or sheep, and we’re not dealing with dogs or keys. We are dealing with people whom Christ loves. He said so Himself. About the Author Dr. R.C. Sproul was founder of Ligonier Ministries, founding pastor of Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Fla., first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. His radio program, Renewing Your Mind, is still broadcast daily on hundreds of radio stations around the world and can also be heard online. He was author of more than one hundred books, including The Holiness of God, Chosen by God, and Everyone’s a Theologian. He was recognized throughout the world for his articulate defense of the inerrancy of Scripture and the need for God’s people to stand with conviction upon His Word.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is the Great Commission?