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“The Apostle doesn’t invite people to be saved. He commands them. That is, God commands them.”
― R.C. Sproul, What Comes after This Life?

“God never answered Job’s theological questions. He simply revealed Himself to Job in His power, greatness, and majesty. This manifestation was enough for Job. His questions meant nothing because God revealed Himself in unspeakable power. He is the One who overpowers.”
― R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

“Más tarde, por medio del profeta Isaías, Dios hizo esta promesa: “Vengan ahora, y pongamos las cosas en claro. Si sus pecados son como la grana, se pondrán blancos como la nieve. Si son rojos como el carmesí, se pondrán blancos como la lana”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué es el arrepentimiento?

“I have noticed that it isn't just secularists who howl when a Christian wanders off the reservation and proclaims the gospel in the public square. Other Christians also make a fuss. Why? Because when some Christians draw the ire of secular society, everyone who enjoys peace on the reservation becomes frightened that they will become targets of the enemy. Many who claim the name of Christ would rather live peacefully on the reservation than disturb the world with the good news.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“Each nature retaining its own attributes.” Christ did not lay aside any of His divine attributes. The divine nature of Christ is eternal, infinite, immutable, omniscient, and omnipotent. The human nature also retains the attributes of humanity; it is finite and restricted by space and time.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Eso significa que hay varias cosas que el evangelismo no es. No es vivir nuestra vida siendo ejemplo. No es establecer relaciones con las personas. No es dar nuestro testimonio personal. Y no es invitar a alguien a la iglesia. Estas cosas pueden ser buenas y útiles, pero no son evangelismo. Puede que preparen el terreno para el evangelismo. Puede que permitan que los demás se relacionen con nosotros, o quizá hagan que alguien sienta curiosidad por la razón de vivir como vivimos. Pero no son evangelismo, porque no proclaman el evangelio. Puede que digan algo acerca de Jesús, pero no proclaman acerca de la persona y la obra de Cristo.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué es la Gran Comisión?

“He counts us righteous even when in and of ourselves we are not righteous. But this is the gospel!”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

“Debemos volver al primer principio. Para el cristiano, la conciencia no es la autoridad última en la vida. Estamos llamados a tener la mente de Cristo, a conocer lo bueno, y tener la mente y el corazón entrenados por la verdad de Dios, de manera que cuando llegue el momento de la presión, seamos capaces de permanecer en pie con integridad.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Cómo puedo desarrollar una conciencia cristiana?

“the widespread confusion about Jesus' identity”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs-heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. (Rom. 8:14-17, NKJV)”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Be Sure I'm Saved?

“The Son of God
The New Testament recounts few instances when God was heard speaking from heaven. When He did, it was normally
to announce something startling. God was zealous to announce that Jesus Christ was His Son. At Jesus' baptism, the heavens opened and God's voice was heard, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" (Matt. 3:17). Elsewhere, the Father declared from heaven, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him" (Mark 9:7). Thus, the title conferred from on high to Jesus is Son of God.
This title has engendered a great deal of controversy in the history of the church, particularly in the fourth century, when the Arian movement, taking its cue from its leader, Arius, denied the Trinity by arguing that Jesus was a created being. References to Jesus as "the firstborn of all creation" (Col. 1:15) and "the only begotten of the Father" (John 1:14, KJV) led Arius to argue that Jesus had a beginning in time and was thus a creature. In Arias' mind, if Jesus was begotten, it could only mean that He was not eternal, and if He was not eternal, then He was a creature. Thus, to ascribe deity to Jesus was to be guilty of blasphemy, because it involved the idolatrous worship of a created being. The same controversy exists today between Christian believers and the Mormons and Jehovahs Witnesses, both of whom acknowledge a lofty view of Jesus over angels and other creatures but deny His full deity.
This controversy precipitated in the great ecumenical
Council of Nicea. The Nicene Creed provides an interesting answer to the charges of Arianism. The answer is found in the strange statement that Jesus is "begotten, not made." To the Greek, such a statement was a contradiction in terms. In normal terms, begotten implies a beginning, but when applied to Jesus, there is a uniqueness to the way in which He is begotten that separates Him from all other creatures. Jesus is called the monogenes, the "only begotten" of the Father. There is a sense in which Jesus and Jesus alone is begotten of the Father. This is what the church was getting at when it spoke of Jesus being eternally begotten-that He was begotten, not made.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Nazareth had ever taught that adultery is no worse than lust and that murder is no worse than hate, I would be as astonished as the psychiatrist that anyone would revere the ethical teachings of Jesus. But the fact is that Jesus never taught that it is as bad to lust as it is to commit adultery or that it is as bad to be angry as it is to murder.”
― R.C. Sproul, How Can I Develop a Christian Conscience?

“provide”
― R.C. Sproul, Does Prayer Change Things?

“The sanctity-of-life principle underscores the gravity of the question of when human life begins.”
― R.C. Sproul, Abortion: A Rational Look at An Emotional Issue

“En palabras simples, la oración ocupa un lugar vital en la vida del cristiano. Alguien podría orar y no ser cristiano, pero no se puede ser cristiano y no orar. Romanos 8:15 nos dice que la adopción espiritual que nos ha hechos hijos de Dios nos hace clamar en expresiones verbales: “¡Abba! ¡Padre!”. La oración es al cristiano lo que la respiración es a la vida, y no obstante no hay un deber del cristiano que esté más descuidado.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puede la oración cambiar las cosas?

“All Christians enjoy a unity of mission in which we have one Lord, one faith, and one baptism (Eph. 4:4–5). There is surely disunity in the visible church, but that is not as important as the reality of the unity that we enjoy by virtue of our shared communion in Christ.”
― R.C. Sproul, Everyone's a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology

“place as to an office. He departed from the arena of humiliation and suffering to enter into His glory. In one moment, He leapfrogged from the status of despised Galilean teacher to the cosmic King of the universe, jumping over the heads of Pilate, Herod, and all the other rulers of the earth. The ascension catapulted Jesus to the right hand of God, where He”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Orthodox Christianity teaches that, though there was a time when each soul did not exist, after its creation there will never be a time when it no longer exists. Christianity denies any doctrine of the soul’s annihilation, either at death or afterward. God has created us with the capacity to live forever. In fact, we will all live forever in our souls—including the damned. Perhaps that is what the Westminster divines had in mind when using the term immortal to describe the created souls of human beings.”
― R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

“pregunta: “¿Qué es primero, la regeneración o el arrepentimiento?”, imagino que noventa de cien dirían que primero es el arrepentimiento. Sin embargo, no tiene sentido que las personas que están muertas en sus pecados y transgresiones se inclinen naturalmente al arrepentimiento. El Nuevo Testamento enseña que Dios el Espíritu Santo primero vivifica nuestra alma, dándonos vida espiritual, y el fruto de esta obra es un piadoso arrepentimiento y la fe.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Qué es el arrepentimiento?

“Luther was a Protestant who knew what he was protesting.”
― R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

“El olvido de los beneficios de Dios también es señal del cristiano inmaduro, uno que vive según sus sentimientos. Está propenso a una vida espiritual de montaña rusa, pasando rápidamente de eufóricas alturas a bajos depresivos. En los momentos altos, percibe un estimulante sentido de la presencia de Dios, pero se precipita a la desesperación en el instante en que percibe una aguda ausencia de tales sensaciones. Vive de bendición en bendición, sufriendo los aguijones de una mala memoria.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Puede la oración cambiar las cosas?

“If you are baptized, you have in your body the mark of your participation in the suffering of Christ, because we are buried with Him in baptism.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“Todo tiene una causa, y la causa última, como hemos visto, es Dios.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. Prayer changes us profoundly.”
― R.C. Sproul

“In recent years, discussion has emerged on whether evangelism is even an appropriate enterprise of the church. Yet it seems unthinkable to me that a church should consider whether evangelism is an appropriate enterprise when it has the mandate of the authoritative command of the Lord and Head of the church.”
― R.C. Sproul, What is the Great Commission?

“This is the question that is foremost in the minds of modern men and women. In other words, they want to know not only whether there is providence, but whether it is cold and unfeeling or kind and compassionate. So,”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“I do not believe that the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches are preaching the same gospel that evangelicals preach.”
― R.C. Sproul, Are We Together?: A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism

“here are vast numbers of portraits of Jesus in the art galleries of this world. These images are often so conflicting that they offer little help in achieving an accurate”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“The idea is often expressed in the news media that everyone has a right to believe what he or she chooses to believe; the main thing is to believe something. It does not matter whether you are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or Christian. When I hear comments like that, I want to exclaim, “Does truth matter at all?” The main thing, in my humble opinion, is to believe the truth. I am not satisfied to believe just anything simply for the sake of believing. If what I believe is not true—if it is superstitious or fallacious—I want to be liberated from it. But the mentality of our day seems to be that in matters of religion, truth is insignificant. We learn truth from science. We get good feelings from religion.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“New International Commentary, the Anchor Bible Commentary, the Word Biblical Commentary, the New International Greek Text Commentary and the Interpretation Commentary”
― R.C. Sproul, Knowing Scripture