Does God Control Everything? Quotes

“What kind of a concept of God do we have that we would say that God is paralyzed by human choices? If His freedom is limited by our freedom, we are sovereign, not God. No, we are free, but God is even more free. This means that our freedom can never limit God’s sovereignty.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“if God’s sovereignty is limited one ounce by our freedom, He is not sovereign. What kind of a concept of God do we have that we would say that God is paralyzed by human choices? If His freedom is limited by our freedom, we are sovereign, not God. No, we are free, but God is even more free. This means that our freedom can never limit God’s sovereignty.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“if God is not sovereign, God is not God. If there is even one maverick molecule in the universe—one molecule running loose outside the scope of God’s sovereign ordination—we cannot have the slightest confidence that any promise God has ever made about the future will come to pass.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“En términos de su propósito eterno, Dios ha estimado que es bueno permitir que el mal ocurra en este mundo.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“If God ceased to exist, the universe would perish with Him, because God not only has created everything, He sustains everything. We are dependent on Him, not only for our origin, but also for our continuing existence.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“Chance is a perfectly good word to describe mathematic possibilities, but it is only a word. It is not an entity. Chance is nothing. It has no power because it has no being; therefore, it can exercise no influence over anything. Yet, we have sophisticated scientists today who make sober statements declaring that the whole universe was created by chance. This is to say that nothing caused something, and there is no statement more anti-scientific than that. Everything has a cause, and the ultimate cause, as we have seen, is God.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“cuando Dios ordena algo, su propósito es totalmente bueno.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“if God is not sovereign, God is not God. If there is even one maverick molecule in the universe—one molecule running loose outside the scope of God’s sovereign ordination—we cannot have the slightest confidence that any promise God has ever made about the future will come to pass. This,”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“Lo que hizo Judas fue totalmente malo, pero cuando Dios ordena todas las cosas que suceden, él no solo ordena los fines sino también los medios para esos fines, y él actúa a través de todas las cosas para llevar a cabo su justo propósito.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“it must be good that evil exists, because God sovereignly, providentially ordains only what is good. In terms of His eternal purpose, God has esteemed it good that evil should be allowed to happen in this world.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“if God is not sovereign, God is not God.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“To me, there is nothing more comforting than knowing that there is a God of providence who is aware not only of every one of my transgressions but of every one of my tears, every one of my aches, and every one of my fears.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“What would happen to the universe if God died? If God ceased to exist, the universe would perish with Him, because God not only has created everything, He sustains everything.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“there must be something that has the power of being; otherwise, nothing would be. It’s that simple.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“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?

“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?

“Esa es la pregunta del hombre moderno.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“If any atheist would think seriously and logically about the concept of being for five minutes, it would be the end of his atheism.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

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― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“El concepto básico aquí es que lo que Dios crea, él lo sustenta. Por lo tanto, una de las subdivisiones importantes de la doctrina de la providencia es el concepto de sustento divino. En palabras simples, esta es la clásica idea cristiana de que Dios no es el gran Relojero que fabrica el reloj, le da cuerda, y luego sale de escena. En lugar de eso, él preserva y sostiene aquello que crea.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“La noción cristiana clásica más bien era que Dios es tanto la causa primaria del universo como también la causa primaria de todo lo que acontece en el universo.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“El pecado es cualquier falta de conformidad con la ley de Dios, o transgresión de ella”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“concepto básico aquí es que lo que Dios crea, él lo sustenta. Por lo tanto, una de las subdivisiones importantes de la doctrina de la providencia es el concepto de sustento divino. En palabras simples, esta es la clásica idea cristiana de que Dios no es el gran Relojero que fabrica el reloj, le da cuerda, y luego sale de escena. En lugar de eso, él preserva y sostiene aquello que crea.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“Para mí no hay nada más reconfortante que saber que hay un Dios de providencia que no solo está consciente de cada una de mis transgresiones, sino de cada una de mis lágrimas, cada uno de mis dolores, y cada uno de mis miedos.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“todo en la vida está bajo la dirección del gobierno del Dios todopoderoso”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Controla Dios todas Las Cosas?

“His sovereign, providential government is not exercised in such a way as to destroy what we call human freedom or human volition. Rather, human choices and human actions are a part of the overall providential scheme of things, and God brings His will to pass by means of the free decisions of moral agents. The fact that our free decisions fit into this overarching plan in no way lessens the reality of that freedom.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

“There was a mountain climber who slipped on a ledge and was about to plummet thousands of feet to his death, but as he started to fall, he grabbed a branch of a tiny, scraggly tree that was growing out of a crack in the face of the cliff. As he clung to the branch, the roots of the scraggly tree began to pull loose, and the climber was facing certain death. At that moment, he cried out to the heavens, “Is there anyone up there who can help me?” In reply, he heard a rich, baritone voice from the sky, saying: “Yes. I am here and I will help you. Let go of the branch and trust Me.” The man looked up to heaven and then looked back down into the abyss. Finally, he raised his voice again and said, “Is there anyone else up there who can help me?”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?

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

“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?

“Providence is not the same thing as God’s foreknowledge or prescience. Foreknowledge is His ability to look down the corridors of time and know the outcome of an activity before it even begins.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Control Everything?