John Quotes

“It is the task of the pastor and of the church to feed the sheep. If someone who is not a sheep comes in, that's fine, but we're not going to change the menu and give the sheep goats' food. Worship is for the sheep.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“Real conversion is an experience of repentance and forgiveness before God. It is not merely praying a prayer, joining a Christian church, or receiving a sacrament. It is being brought to our knees by the conviction of God the Holy Spirit.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“But I hope you understand why I believe Jesus is the only way. It is because Jesus said that He was the only way, and if I deny that, I deny Him."
Let me just say parenthetically, if you deny that, you deny Him.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“The love, concern, and compassion that we have one for another should be so atypical of the world that they serve as definitive proof thatJesus was not merely a great moral teacher but the second person of the Trinity, sent by God. This unity should also testify to the world that God loves believers just as He loves Christ. The clear demonstration of a supernatural work going on in the midst of the people of God shows the love, favor, and grace of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Hini nothing was made that was made. In Hini was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“this plan, who received the physical blessing of healing, apparently never went past the physical to saving faith.
How easy it is for us to be faithful to Christ when we receive some benefit from His hand. Likewise, how difficult it can be for us to remain faithful when we do not receive what we want.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“I don't want us to miss the underlying assumption in this statement from Jesus there are degrees of wickedness. Not all sin is equally heinous, and in this case there was a greater and a lesser sin.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“The failures of Judas, of Peter, and of their fellow disciples should cause us to fall to our knees in surrender, asking Christ to cause us to stand. Only by His power will we remain loyal to Him.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“We live in a culture that embraces pluralism and relativism, and we are told every (lay that proselytizing people or trying to convert people to Christianity is taboo. But the Lord Himself was sent by the Father to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10), and He passed the baton to His disciples.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“God makes no promise that He will use my story as His power unto salvation. The gospel is not about me. The gospel is aboutJesus. It is the proclamation of the person and work of Christ, and of how a person can appropriate the benefits of the work of Christ by faith alone.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“But we shouldn't confuse our personal testimonies with the gospel. Sharing our personal testimonies is not evangelism. It's merely pre-evangelism, sort of a warm-up for evangelism. Our testimonies may or may not be significant or meaningful to those with whom we are speaking. There are lots of folks who can relate to my story; they say, "Yeah, I know what he's talking about because I used to live like that too." But not everyone can relate to my story.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“I hear people say that the miracles of the New Testament prove the existence of God, but they do not. God demonstrates His existence long before a single miracle is ever performed by anyone. The function of miracles is not to prove the existence of God but to demonstrate and authenticate a messenger of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“The true power, the power that will change your life, is the power, the dunamis, of God the Holy Spirit, and God promises to attend the preaching of His Word with that power. Preaching has no power unless God the Holy Spirit takes His Word and penetrates hearts with it. That's where the power is if you believe the Word of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“When we look at the Trinitarian work of redemption, we make a distinction between its design and its accomplishment. Our redemption is designed and mandated by the Father (in conjunction with the other members of the Godhead), and the Father sends the Son into the world. This is why, throughout the Gospel of John, we repeatedly have heard Jesus say, both to His disciples and to His adversaries, that He came to do the will of the Father. The work of the Son of God was to accomplish the task of redemption that the Father intended.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“I am convinced that the most neglected dimension of the life of Jesus in the church today is His ascension. Without the ascension, both the cross and the resurrection are meaningless. The climax of Jesus' earthly ministry came when He ascended to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. This was His investiture, His coronation, when the Father crowned Him as King of kings and Lord of lords. It was at that moment that Jesus' glory was restored to Him in His heavenly kingdom.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“In the final analysis, the only reason I ant a Christian is that the Father wants to honor the Son.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“You are responsible to believe and to teach what the Bible teaches, not what you would like for it to teach.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“Actually, any Christian who has tried to bear witness to others has heard that charge: "Who do you think you are?" The greatest answer to that question that I've ever heard is the old answer, "I'm just one beggar telling other beggars where they can find bread." That's really all I anl, and that's all any of us are.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“One of the chief functions of miracles in the New Testament, according to the apostolic testimony, was to authenticate agents of revelation, such as the apostles. God attested that these people were speaking His Word by the wonders and the miracles they performed. Such authenticating miracles would have been completely useless if non-agents of revelation could have performed such works. If Satan had the ability to perform true miracles,
Nicodenius only could have said, "We know you are sent either from God or from the Devil."
It is true that the Bible warns us about "false christs and false prophets" who will perform "signs and wonders" (Mark 13:22). But Satan's so-called miracles are "lying wonders" (2 Thess. 2:9). Satan can perform incredibly clever tricks, but they are not true miracles; they are phony signs because Satan is not God. Satan cannot create something out of nothing; he cannot bring life out of death; he cannot do the things that only God can do.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“The temple that was standing in Jesus' time was destroyed by the Romans in AD 70. Many evangelical Christians are waiting eagerly for the Jews to build a new temple, seeing that as a sign of the end of the age. They fail to understand that the temple already has been rebuilt. Christ is the temple, the locus of the living presence of God in the midst of His people, and the rebuilding of the temple took place on the (lay of His resurrection.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“I should adopt the ancient Christian practice of lectio continua, "continuous expositions," in my preaching. This method of preaching verse-by-verse through books of the Bible (rather than choosing a new topic each week) has been attested throughout church history as the one approach that ensures believers hear the full counsel of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“Jesus went on, "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit" (v. 2). This verse sets forth a major emphasis on the relationship of the believer to Christ. Jesus' exhortation throughout this portion of His discourse is that, as Christians, as His disciples, we are to be fruitful. That is, we are to be productive.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“So I don't fear death, but if you ask me about dying, that's another matter. If I could just close my eyes and step across into heaven, that would be glory for me, but none of us knows the route we will take. It may be one that includes great affliction, pain, and suffering. But the travail will be for a moment compared with the other side. Though we may experience the pangs of terror as we consider the prospect of dying, death itself holds no fear for us because it is our entrance to that suite that Jesus has prepared for us in heaven, a suite in the house where He Himself dwells.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“As we know, Jesus was "a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" (Isa. 53:3). He knew pain beyond any measure that we have experienced. Yet beyond the pain, the sorrow, the afflictions, and the humiliation stood One whose life was marked by joy.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“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

“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

“We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, John

“when I was in seminary I kept a card on my desk that said, "You are responsible to believe and to teach what the Bible teaches, not what you would like for it to teach." I realize that when there's something in the Word of God that I don't like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it's with me.”
― R.C. Sproul, John