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“Estamos en contacto con la revelación divina cuando somos conscientes de la gloria de Dios en la naturaleza. La”
― R.C. Sproul, Las grandes doctrinas de la Biblia - ¿Conoce las verdades fundamentales de la fe cristiana?

“✞] For to me m to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
― R.C. Sproul, ESV Reformation Study Bible

“Pero Dios nos permite como cristianos mirar las cosas no solo desde nuestra perspectiva egoísta, sino desde la perspectiva de los demás.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puedo tener gozo en mi vida?

“Those who are in Me and do not bear fruit are cut off; those who do bear fruit are cleansed, purified, nurtured, and pruned, so that they may become even more productive.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“At its root, this is what faith is. It is not believing in God. It's believing God.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is Faith?

“The purpose of prayer is not to change God’s mind but to change ours, to bring us into communion with Him, to come to our heavenly Father and tell Him what is on our hearts. He invites us—no, He commands and encourages us—to do that. He asks us to come into His presence and recount our afflictions and stories, but not for His information or guidance. God uses a person’s prayers as He was determined to do before the person ever prayed. God uses our prayers as a means to accomplish His plan. So when we are praying to God, we are part of His plan. God is being gracious to make use of our prayers. Yet Scripture tells us that “the prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” (James 5:16). When we are praying, we should consider two things: who we are and who God is. Remembering who He is, we acknowledge that God orders all things according to His will.”
― R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

“La razón exacta por la que oramos es la soberanía de Dios, porque creemos que está dentro del poder de Dios ordenar las cosas conforme a su propósito. Eso es precisamente la soberanía: ordenar las cosas conforme al propósito de Dios. Así que entonces, ¿la oración hace que Dios cambie de parecer? No. ¿La oración cambia las cosas?”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puede la oración cambiar las cosas?

“God we seek. To try to look behind the veil at what God has not been pleased to reveal is to tamper with holy things that are out of bounds.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Know God's Will?

“Spirit’s work of changing the obstinate, recalcitrant hearts of sinners by inwardly changing the disposition of their souls. That is what the confession is talking about here: God melts our hearts and makes us fully persuaded and assured of Scripture’s infallible truth and divine authority.”
― R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

“Para Pablo, el problema del hombre con la existencia de Dios no es un problema intelectual. Es un problema moral.”
― R.C. Sproul, Como defender su fe (Una Introducción a La Apologetica) (Spanish Edition)

“principle of sola Scriptura, developed by the Reformers. It acknowledges that the final authority in all matters of theology and in all controversies of faith and life is not the decrees or traditions of the church but sacred Scripture itself.”
― R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

“Jesus’ kingship is not something that remains in the future. Christ is King right this minute.”
― R.C. Sproul

“A human being is a creature, a being whose very existence from moment to moment depends on the power of the Supreme Being.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is The Holy Spirit?

“El apóstol Pablo expuso las obvias e irrefutables consecuencias de un cristianismo sin resurrección. Si Cristo no resucitó, argumentaba él, nos quedamos con la siguiente lista de conclusiones (1 Corintios 15:13-19): Nuestra predicación es en vano. Nuestra fe es ilusoria. Somos testigos falsos de Dios. Continuamos en nuestros pecados. Nuestros seres queridos que han muerto están perdidos. Somos los más desdichados de todos los hombres. Estas seis consecuencias revelan claramente la conexión interna de la resurrección con la esencia del cristianismo. La resurrección de Jesús es el sine qua non de la fe cristiana. Eliminemos la resurrección y eliminaremos el cristianismo.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Quién es Jesús?

“He also told us to take great care in exercising church discipline, lest in our zeal to purify the church we rip out the wheat along with the tares.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is The Church?

“I love the church. It is the body of Christ. It nurtures my soul and aids in my sanctification. But the church cannot redeem me. Christ and Christ alone can save me. The sacraments are precious to me. They edify and strengthen me, but they cannot justify me.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics

“There is a poisonous doctrine—one that dies hard in Christian circles—called the doctrine of perfectionism. It teaches that some people have already attained spiritual perfection in this world. Those who teach this doctrine promise a “second work of grace,” a “second blessing” of instant sanctification. Turn away from such teachers.”
― R.C. Sproul, Pleasing God: Discovering the Meaning and Importance of Sanctification

“Hemos discutido las abstracciones, los argumentos racionales a favor de la existencia de Dios y todo lo demás. Dejemos todo eso a un lado tan solo un momento y permíteme preguntar lo siguiente: ¿qué haces con tu culpa?”.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué puedo hacer con mi culpa?

“point-making a decision to follow Jesus has never converted anyone. This is because it is not a decision that converts a person; it is the power of the Holy Spirit that does so. We get into the kingdom not because we make a decision, walk down an aisle, raise a hand, or sign a card. We get into the kingdom because there is true faith in our hearts.
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― R.C. Sproul, Can I Be Sure I'm Saved?

“However, when the Bible speaks of the fatherhood of God, it doesn't characteristically do so with regard simply to creation, but specifically to redemption. Since that is the case, the fatherhood of God is not inclusive, but exclusive and restricted.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Prayer of the Lord

“El honor de Dios debe convertirse en la obsesión de la comunidad cristiana de hoy. El honor no debe ser para nuestras organizaciones, nuestras denominaciones, nuestros modos individuales de adoración, ni siquiera nuestras iglesias en particular, sino únicamente para Dios.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puede la oración cambiar las cosas?

“Alguien podría preguntarse si Dios no está lo suficientemente informado sin que se le advierta de lo que nos pesa y de lo que consideraríamos necesario. Así, no tendría sentido pedir nada con oraciones, igual que no solemos pedir nada a quienes ante nuestros asuntos no tienen interés y se duermen.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puede la oración cambiar las cosas?

“Guilt is fundamentally a depressant. It squelches any feeling of well-being. It robs us of peace. It torments our souls. It is probably the most significant barrier to real joy. Thus, when our guilt is removed, joy floods our souls.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Have Joy In My Life?

“It is not the Word of God because the church says so; but that the Word of God might be spoken, therefore the church comes into being. The church does not make the Word, but it is made by the Word.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics

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― R.C. Sproul, What Is Faith?

“Hence that dread and amazement with which, as Scripture uniformly relates, holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God. When we see those who previously stood firm and secure so quaking with terror, that the fear of death takes hold of them, nay, they are, in a manner, swallowed up and annihilated, the inference to be drawn is, that men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics

“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

“On one memorable occasion during the ministry of our Lord, the scribes and Pharisees dragged a woman they had caught in adultery into Jesus’ presence. They reminded Him that the law of God required that she be stoned, but they wanted to know what He would do. But as they spoke, He bent down and wrote something on the ground. This is the only recorded instance of Jesus writing, and we do not know what He wrote. But we are told that He stood up and said, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her” (John 8:7). Then He began to write on the ground again. At that, the scribes and Pharisees began to go away, one by one. I am speculating here, but I wonder whether Jesus wrote out some of the secret sins those men were zealous to keep locked away. Perhaps He wrote “adultery,” and one of the men who was unfaithful to his wife read it and crept away. Perhaps he wrote “tax evasion,” and one of the Pharisees who had failed to render unto Caesar decided to head for home. Jesus, in His divine nature, had the ability to see in a penetrating way behind the masks people wore, into the hiding places where they were most vulnerable. That is part of the concept of divine providence. It means that God knows everything about us.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“We have a doctrine called the perseverance of the saints. I do not like that name for it; while saints do persevere, it is not because they have the power of perseverance within themselves. If it were left to me to persevere in my Christian walk, I would fall and stumble in a moment. The One who really perseveres is God. He perseveres with His children and thereby preserves them. One of the chief ways in which God preserves His people is through the priestly intercession of Jesus.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Work of Christ: What the Events of Jesus' Life Mean for You

“Jesus uses this metaphor to give a warning to the church that, on the one hand, the church is to be engaged in discipline so that those weeds that threaten to destroy the purity of the church are removed.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is The Church?