Apostasy occurs when a church leaves its historic moorings, abandons its historic confessional position, and degenerates into a state where either essential Christian truths are blatantly denied or the denial of such truths is widely tolerated. R. C. Sproul More Quotes by R. C. Sproul More Quotes From R. C. Sproul People only have true understanding when they look at everything from God's perspective. Authentic wisdom begins when we understand that God is to be the object of our devotion, our adoration, and our reverence. R. C. Sproul perspective understanding people We are not doomed to an ultimate conflict with no hope of resolution. The message of the Scripture is one of victory - full, final and ultimate victory. It is not our doom that is certain, but Satan's. His head has been crushed by the heel of Christ, who is the Alpha and Omega. R. C. Sproul scripture finals victory Modern man has lost any sense of God's nearness, but Christianity teaches that God reveals himself through every single thing he has ever brought into being, whether a created object or historical event. R. C. Sproul events historical men I cannot have God in my heart if he is not in my head. Before I can believe in, I must believe that. R. C. Sproul ifs heart believe Every person needs to feel significant. We want our lives to count. We yearn to believe that in some way we are important and that hunger for significance-a drive as intense as our need for oxygen-doesn't come from pride or ego. It comes from God because he wants each of us to understand how important we are. ... We must seek our roots, our origin, and our destiny so that we can know our present value. ..... ...We can help each other realize that we are persons of significance being made in the image of God. R. C. Sproul destiny pride believe When you feel depressed, it helps to actively change your environment. Go and do something different. Martin Luther conquered his depression by going outside to work in his garden. Surprisingly enough, one of the best ways to handle depression is to go to work immediately on the task you least enjoy. (The chances are your depression is caused by guilt feelings arising out of neglect of those tasks.) R. C. Sproul garden feelings depression When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons comes, we can respond in many ways. We can become angry, bitter or terrified. But if we see it as a call from God and not a threat from Satan, we are far more prepared to cope with its difficulties. R. C. Sproul issues christian fear We are all servants. The only question is whom we will serve. R. C. Sproul servant God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus, that's why it is 'sola gratia,' by grace alone, that we are saved. R. C. Sproul supplies grace jesus The more sanctified a person is the more heavily weighted his prayer time is in adoration. R. C. Sproul prayer-time adoration prayer Before I can call upon Christ as my Savior, I have to understand that I need a savior. I have to understand that I am a sinner. I have to have some understanding of what sin is.I have to understand that God exists. I have to understand that I am estranged from that God, and that I am exposed to that God's judgment. I don't reach out for a savior unless I am first convinced that I need a savior. All of that is pre-evangelism. It is involved in the data or the information that a person has to process with his mind before he can either respond to it in faith or reject it in unbelief. R. C. Sproul data understanding mind It’s dangerous to assume that because a person is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. There is irony here. I am sure that the reason I have a deep hunger to learn of the holiness of God is precisely because I am not holy. I am a profane man—a man who spends more time out of the temple than in it. But I have had just enough of a taste of the majesty of God to want more. I know what it means to be a forgiven man and what it means to be sent on a mission. My soul cries for more. My soul needs more. R. C. Sproul here-i-am men mean If there ever was a time when absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing. R. C. Sproul absolutely-nothing ifs The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin. R. C. Sproul loss desire heart We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization. R. C. Sproul intellectual may civilization We fall privately before we ever fall publicly. R. C. Sproul fall Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith. R. C. Sproul grace men firsts The Spirit always communicates that He's for you when He convicts you of your sin. R. C. Sproul communicate sin spirit It's dangerous to assume that because a man is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. I am sure that the reason that I have a deep hunger to learn of the holiness of God is precisely because I am not holy. R. C. Sproul holiness study men Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us. R. C. Sproul given mean christ
