Who Is Jesus? Quotes

“three stanzas says the same thing: May the Lord bless; may the Lord make His face shine; may the Lord lift up His countenance upon you. The Israelite understood blessedness concretely: to be blessed was to be able to behold the face of God. One could enjoy the blessing only in relative degrees: the closer one got to the ultimate face-to-face relationship, the more blessed he was. Conversely, the farther removed from that face-to-face”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Any time we discuss a historical event, we review the facts, and sometimes we argue about what really took place, what was said, what was observed. However, once we agree on the facts (or agree to disagree), we are still left with the most important question we can ask: What is the meaning of the event?”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“He not only was human; he showed us what God intended humanity to be, all along.”
― Greg Gilbert, Who Is Jesus?

“Christ comes from the Greek word christos, which means "anointed." It corresponds to the Hebrew word translated "messiah." When Jesus is called”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Christians aren’t making a religious claim when they say Jesus rose from the grave. They’re making a historical one; they’re saying that this thing happened just as surely and really as it happened that Julius Caesar became emperor of Rome. It’s the kind of claim that can be thought about and investigated; it can be judged,”
― Greg Gilbert, Who Is Jesus?

“Truth may be mysterious, indeed even paradoxical, but never, never, never contradictory.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Somewhere, somehow, something must have the power of being. If not, we are left with only two options: (1) being comes from nothing or (2) nothing is (a contradiction). These options would be more miraculous than miracles if such were possible.
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― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“His reign is neither mythical nor illusory. It corresponds to a real state of affairs. At this very moment, the Lord God omnipotent reigns with His Son at His right hand, in the seat of imperial”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“small”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“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?

“only”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

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

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

“distinguished academic career, Dr. Sproul helped train”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“skipping, and singing the whole way. They recalled the words of Jesus in the upper room of the”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

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

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

“. The only difference between the kingdom today and the kingdom that we will know in the future is its visibility. Jesus is King right now. He holds the highest governmental office in the universe because He has been elevated to that position by God, which is at the heart of the Apostles’ Creed: “[He] suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried…. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty.” To be at the right hand of God is to be in the position of authority, by which He rules not just the church but also the world. That is why the church cries, “Hallelujah!” Our Messiah is not only our Prophet and Priest but also our King.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“At the Council of Chalcedon in the fifth century, the Christian church sought to find a formula that would call attention both to the full humanity of Jesus and to His full deity. The words the church settled on in A.D. 451 were “vere homo, vere Deus.” The formula meant that Jesus was truly man and truly God, calling attention to His two natures.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“The disciples were slow in grasping the expediency of Jesus’ departure. They resisted His determination to go to Jerusalem and took umbrage at His announcements of His coming death. Between the resurrection and the ascension, new light dawned on them as they”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

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

“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?

“and believers existing side by side. This means unbelief can gain entrance into the church. But it never can gain entrance into Christ. The Christ we believe, the Christ we trust,”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“hands sticky from the paste. The story is told of the vagrant who knocked at the farmer’s door and politely inquired about employment as a handyman. The farmer cautiously put the man to work on a trial basis to measure his skill. The first task was to split logs”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“Existen distintos métodos que podríamos utilizar para conseguir nuestra imagen de Jesús. Podríamos examinar los credos clásicos de la iglesia, y adquirir así un valioso conocimiento acerca de la sabiduría colectiva de las edades. Podríamos restringir nuestra investigación a la teología contemporánea en un intento por estudiar a Jesús a la luz de nuestra propia cultura. O podríamos probar suerte en nuestra propia creatividad y producir una nueva mirada especulativa. Yo opto por mirar a Jesús según como nos lo presenta el Nuevo Testamento.”
― R.C. Sproul, ¿Quién es Jesús?

“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, or made impotent by scholarly surgery is not Christ but Antichrist.”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“in which Jesus was speaking. The ascension of Jesus was the supreme”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?

“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?

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

“Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods which you have not known” (Deut. 11: 26–28, NIV). The curse is the judgment of God on disobedience, on”
― R.C. Sproul, Who Is Jesus?