If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved. R. C. Sproul More Quotes by R. C. Sproul More Quotes From R. C. Sproul Mindless Christianity is no Christianity at all. You can't love what you don't know. R. C. Sproul mindless christianity knows If you truly have it, you never lose it; and if you lose it, you never truly had it. R. C. Sproul loses ifs The most violent expression of God's wrath and justice is seen in the Cross. If ever a person had room to complain for injustice, it was Jesus. He was the only innocent man ever to be punished by God. If we stagger at the wrath of God, let us stagger at the Cross. Here is where our astonishment should be focused. R. C. Sproul innocent-man men jesus Here then is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy. R. C. Sproul passion real bible There is nothing in this universe you need more desperately than Christ. R. C. Sproul universe needs christ Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected. R. C. Sproul duty prayer christian God is the foundation of all authority, He exercises that foundation because He is the author and the owner of His creation. He is the foundation upon which all other authority stands or falls. R. C. Sproul foundation exercise fall The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness. R. C. Sproul deception christian lying At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God. R. C. Sproul sin moments desire The human dilemma is this: God is Holy and we are not. God is Righteous and we are not. R. C. Sproul dilemma righteous holy There is not one piece of cosmic dust that is outside the scope of God's sovereign providence. R. C. Sproul sovereign pieces dust The irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom. R. C. Sproul irony slavery men The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself. R. C. Sproul fleeing benefits men Christ told his disciples not to be anxious about tomorrow, but he never said not to consider tomorrow. Intelligent problem solving demands careful consideration of the future effects of present solutions. R. C. Sproul anxiety intelligent overcoming Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority. R. C. Sproul sovereign sin authority Reformed theology does NOT teach that God brings the ELECT kicking and screaming, against their will, into His kingdom. It teaches that God so-works in the hearts of the Elect as to make them willing and pleased to come to Christ. They come to Christ because they want to. They want to because God has created in their hearts a desire for Christ. R. C. Sproul doe desire heart The world is filled with God's glory. You can't turn without bumping into it. R. C. Sproul turns glory world God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it. R. C. Sproul christian faith god If God is not sovereign, God is not God. R. C. Sproul sovereign ifs The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ. R. C. Sproul men jesus christ
