R. C. Sproul Quotes - Page 2

Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.

To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.

The Word of God can be in the mind without being in the heart; but it cannot be in the heart without first being in the mind.

Loving a holy God is beyond our moral power. The only kind of God we can love by our sinful nature is an unholy god, an idol made by our own hands. Unless we are born of the Spirit of God, unless God sheds His holy love in our hearts, unless He stoops in His grace to change our hearts, we will not love Him... To love a holy God requires grace, grace strong enough to pierce our hardened hearts and awaken our moribund souls.

Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously.

The only cure for anxiety is to get down on our knees.

Look to the Bible and not your feelings as the basis of the Christian life.

Isn't is amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it?

The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.

The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.

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.

We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves. The idea is to live all of our lives in the presence of God, under the authority of God, and for the honor and glory of God. That is what the Christian life is all about.

Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.

The principle rule of interpreting Scripture is that Scripture interprets Scripture.

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.

Genuine love for Jesus manifests itself in obedience to His commandments.

One can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.

There is not one piece of cosmic dust that is outside the scope of God's sovereign providence.

We live in age of compromise, but if we stand on the bedrock of God’s truth, we will not bend with the winds of relativism and faithlessness.

If God is the Creator of the entire universe, then it must follow that He is the Lord of the whole universe. No part of the world is outside of His lordship. That means that no part of my life must be outside of His lordship.

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

Scripture does not say that God is 'love, love, love' or that He is 'wrath, wrath, wrath,' but that He is 'holy, holy, holy.'

The promises of God for tomorrow are the anchor for believers today.

The more I learn about God, the more aware I become of what I don’t know about him.