R.C. Sproul > Quotes

“Salvation, then, is a movement from one realm into another realm, from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light, and the confession captures this idea when it speaks of engrafting into Christ.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is Baptism?

“The Roman Catholic church believes that grace, faith, and Christ are all necessary for the sinner’s justification. They are necessary conditions, but not sufficient conditions. While grace is necessary for justification, it is not enough. Merit (at least congruous merit) must be added to grace. Rome declares that faith is necessary for justification. Faith is called the foundation (fundamentum) and the root (radix) of justification. Works must be added to faith, however, for justification to occur. Likewise the righteousness of Christ is necessary for justification. This righteousness must be infused into the soul sacramentally. The sinner must cooperate with and assent to this infused righteousness so that real righteousness becomes inherent in the person before he can be justified.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics

“Humans seek autonomy, unlimited freedom, desiring to be accountable to no one. In a real sense, that is what happened in the fall. Satan enticed Adam and Eve to reach for autonomy, to become like God, to do whatever they wanted with impunity. Satan was introducing a liberation movement in the garden to free human beings from culpability, from accountability to God. But He alone has autonomy.”
― R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

“centuries.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Trust the Bible?

“For Parmenides, if anything exists in an absolute way, it cannot change (“ Whatever is, is.”). It cannot be and not be at the same time and in the same way. If it is becoming, it cannot be being. If it is not being, it is nothing. It must be absolutely or not at all.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our World

“convinced is the biblical doctrine on the great subject of the inspiration of Scripture. In making this confession and presenting this commentary, we hope to dispel”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Trust The Bible?

“We are to make diligent use of the means of grace and make sure our souls are being fed regularly by the Word of God. We have responsibility to be on our faces before God earnestly on a regular basis and never to miss the corporate worship of the people of God unless we are absolutely indisposed.”
― R.C. Sproul, Romans: An Expositional Commentary

“He ordained that His creatures should have the capacity for evil. He did not force them to exercise that capacity, but He knew that they would exercise it. At”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“Todo cristão é um teólogo. Ele pode não ser um teólogo no sentido técnico ou profissional, mas ainda é um teólogo.
A questão não é ser ou não ser um teólogo, mas se somos bons ou maus teólogos.”
― R.C. Sproul

“Cea mai simplă modalitate de a distruge mecanismul păcatului constă din a înțelege că, în momentul când păcătuiesc, doresc păcatul mai mult decât doresc să fiu plăcut lui Dumnezeu.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Know God's Will?

“Cyprian declared, "He cannot have God for his Father who does not have the church for his Mother." We need the church as urgently as a starving baby needs his mother's milk. We cannot grow”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“¿Qué es lo que brilla a través de mí y golpea mi corazón sin herirlo? Estoy a la vez estremecido y radiante. Estremecido en la medida en que soy diferente, radiante en la medida en que soy semejante.”
― R.C. Sproul, La santidad de Dios = The Holiness of God

“Tratar de mirar detrás del velo aquello que a Dios no le ha placido revelar es inmiscuirse en cosas santas que no nos incumben.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puedo conocer la voluntad de Dios?

“32[✞] q He who did not spare his own Son but r gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?”
― R.C. Sproul, ESV Reformation Study Bible

“La comprensión de la voluntad de Dios es de importancia urgente para cada cristiano que intenta llevar una vida que agrade a su Creador.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puedo conocer la voluntad de Dios?

“We soon forget that with our first sin we have forfeited all rights to the gift of life. That I am drawing breath this morning is an act of divine mercy. God owes me nothing. I owe Him everything.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

“We create many problems for ourselves when we attempt to deify the human nature of Jesus.”
― R.C. Sproul, Are These the Last Days?

“not just a matter of “doing the right thing” but of figuring out what the right thing is. This proliferation of options generates confusion in our world and, for many, a sense of despair. Will we ever reach a cultural consensus that will stabilize the shifting sands of pluralism? All this talk of “theories of ethics” may”
― R.C. Sproul, How Should I Live In This World?

“Like Abraham, we are pilgrims and sojourners in this world, searching for that heavenly country, the city whose designer and builder is God. We have not seen this city, but we know it exists, and the evidence for it is the trust that we have in the One who promises to bring it to pass.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Is Faith?

“To seek God is a lifelong pursuit.”
― R.C. Sproul, Pleasing God: Discovering the Meaning and Importance of Sanctification

“The millions of people who have been born again are still in their spiritual infancy. When they arrive at spiritual maturity, their impact on the nation will surely be felt.”
― R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith

“On the other hand, it is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he have previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself. . . . So long as we do not look beyond the earth, we are quite pleased with our own righteousness, wisdom, and virtue; we address ourselves in the most flattering terms, and seem only less than demigods.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics

“La gente va a la iglesia cada domingo y hace los ademanes de la religión, mientras su corazón está lejos de Dios. Ellos actúan su religión, como actores en un drama, pero sin fe, sin ningún compromiso personal con Dios.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué es la fe?

“Sin is a revolutionary act in which the sinner seeks to depose God from His
throne. Sin is a presumption of supreme arrogance in that the creature vaunts his own wisdom above that of the Creator, challenges divine omnipotence with human impotence, and seeks to usurp the rightful authority of the cosmic Lord.”
― R.C. Sproul, How Should I Live In This World?

“labored very hard around the clock to prepare a statement that might receive the approval of a great majority”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Trust The Bible?

“El siervo malvado no es ni fiel ni sabio. Es como el necio del Salmo 53:1, que dice en su corazón: “No hay Dios”. El autoengaño más grave y fatal del malvado es su convicción de que Dios no lo juzgará.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Estamos en los últimos días?

“We need Christ-the real Christ. A Christ born of empty speculation or created to squeeze into the philosopher's pattern
simply won't do. A recycled Christ, a Christ of compromise, can redeem no one. A Christ watered down, stripped of power, debased of glory, reduced to a symbol,”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Coherence and unity are present everywhere and are necessary in the revelation that comes from God. If we find what we think is a contradiction, the problem is with our sight, not with the Word of God. Contradiction is the hallmark of error.”
― R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

“Apologetics, however, does not just entail defense.It also involves offense, the positive task of constructing a case for Christianity that shows itself to be applicable to every culture, as well as being the only (and therefore the best) alternative to the world’s philosophical and theological systems of thought.In other words, apologetics can be used to show that Christianity is true and that all non-Christian worldviews are false.The”
― R.C. Sproul, Defending Your Faith: An Introduction

“But when “Caesar’s” laws are in direct opposition to God’s sovereign commands, His people have no choice but to engage in civil disobedience. Far better to face a criminal justice system and receive its penalties, than to willfully transgress God’s Law and suffer eternal consequences.”
― R.C. Sproul, What's in the Bible: A Tour of Scripture from the Dust of Creation to the Glory of Revelation