R. C. Sproul Quotations | Page 4

We do not determine right or wrong based on what everybody else is doing.

There is no time in human history when you were more perfectly represented than in the Garden of Eden...

God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus, that's why it is 'sola gratia,' by grace alone, that we are saved.

As soon as a baby enters the world, the baby is immediately introduced to pain. It is somewhat symbolic that life begins with a cry.

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

Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. He is the Seeker; we are the ones who are running.

The only reason why I'm a Christian is because I'm a gift of the Father to the Son, not because of anything I've ever done.

It is superstitious to equate our feelings and inclinations with the leading of the Holy Spirit.

I cannot have God in my heart if he is not in my head. Before I can believe in, I must believe that.

To be known by God is the highest goal of human existence.

We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of God. Amazing grace is no longer amazing to us.

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

For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.

The clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness. That is, when we are in the presence of God, we are humbled and become most aware of ourselves as creatures. This is the opposite of Satan's original temptation, "You shall be as gods.

Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.

The supreme form of cursedness is for the Lord to turn His back on you and bring judgment on you.

It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.

At the final judgment, everyone will stand before God alone.

If ever there were a time there was nothing, there would be nothing now.

The more I expose myself to the Word of God, the greater my faith will be.

Only God can provide us with an eternal perspective and speak to us with absolute and final authority.

Wealth is not wisdom's goal, but is often wisdom's reward.

Sometimes we behave and perform with our lives, not for God, but for an audience.

Worship is not simply a feeling that is experienced; it must also involve understanding and the mind.

God doesn't want us to just feel gratitude, but for us to show it by giving thanks to God with our lives.

Evil may mar the divine image and cloud its brilliance, but it cannot destroy it.

It's easy to be an educated fool.

This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.

The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.

It has been said by church historians that in those periods of Christian history where renewal, revival, and awakening took place and the church was at its strongest, that coincidental with those periods in church history, there was a strong focus on the psalms in the life of God's people-particularly in the worship of God's people.

In the psalms, we have a collection of 150 prayers that were inspired originally by the Holy Ghost. If you want to know how God is pleased and honored in prayer, why not immerse yourself in the prayers that he himself has inspired?

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.

The great triad of enemies for Christian growth contain the world, the flesh, and the devil.

When people ask me how old the Earth is, I tell them I don't know because I don't.

To be spiritually dead is to be diabolically alive

God is not interested in our public displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness.

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.

Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us.

We are cosmic traitors. We must recognize this problem within ourselves if we are to grasp the necessity of the cross.

In salvation we are not only saved from sin and damnation; we are saved unto holiness. The goal of redemption is holiness.

The higher purpose of the cross was that the Father would be glorified by the satisfaction of His justice.

Doctrine does matter.

All that God had to do to harden Pharaoh's heart, or to harden your heart, is to withhold His own grace.

To be conformed to this world is to risk the loss of one’s eternal soul.

Once we are reconciled to God, the estrangement is over, the hostilities have ended, and the peace is sealed for eternity.

If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.

If you are of the truth, if you have learned the truth, if you see the sanctity of the truth, then speak truth. We are not called to be deceivers or liars. God is a God of truth, and His people are called to have an enormously high standard of truth.

I don't always feel His presence. But God's promises do not depend upon my feelings; they rest upon His integrity.

Doctrine divides, but doctrine also unites. It binds together the hearts of God's people who celebrate the truth of God together.

In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics to minimize the importance of doctrine. When doctrine is minimized, heresy can exercise itself without restraint.

In a universe governed by God there are no chance events. Indeed, there is no such thing as chance. Chance does not exist. It is merely a word we use to describe mathematical possibilities. But chance itself has no power because it has no being. Chance is not an entity that can influence reality. Chance is not a thing. It is nothing.