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101 " Death often frightens us. When we see another person die, we are reminded that we are also mortal, that someday death will come to us. It is a thought we try to push from our minds. We are uncomfortable when another’s death rudely intrudes into our lives and reminds us of what we will face at some unknown future date. Death reminds us that we are creatures. Yet as fearsome as death is, it is nothing compared with meeting a holy God. When we encounter Him, the totality of our creatureliness breaks upon us and shatters the myth that we have believed about ourselves, the myth that we are demigods, junior-grade deities who will try to live forever. "
― R.C. Sproul , The Holiness of God
102 " All true Christian love is one and the same in its principle. It comes from the same source or fountain and is communicated to the believer by the same Holy Spirit. In this love, both God and man are loved from the same motive, namely, for holiness' sake. "
― R.C. Sproul , God's Love: How the Infinite God Cares for His Children
103 " All virtue that is saving, or distinguishing of true Christians, is summed up in Christian love. It is love that disposes us to honor God as God, to adore and worship Him. Love recognizes God's right to govern us and His worthiness to be the object of our obedience. At the same time, love disposes us to treat our neighbors with honor and respect. "
104 " Christian pilgrims live in tents. They are seminomads. They are never so at home in this world that they completely settle in. Life is always a frontier for them. The water they drink is never stagnant. "
― R.C. Sproul , Pleasing God
105 " Everything we learn—economics, philosophy, biology, mathematics—has to be understood in light of the overarching reality of the character of God. That is why, in the Middle Ages, theology was called “the queen of the sciences” and philosophy “her handmaiden.” Today the queen has been deposed from her throne and, in many cases, driven into exile, and a supplanter now reigns. We have replaced theology with religion. "
― R.C. Sproul , Everyone's a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology
106 " two vitally important truths about the Christian life: we are pilgrims, and we make progress. "
107 " cuando Dios ordena algo, su propósito es totalmente bueno. "
― R.C. Sproul , Does God Control Everything? (Crucial Questions, #14)
108 " The Bible never tells us to take a leap of faith into the darkness and hope that there’s somebody out there.The Bible calls us to jump out of the darkness and into the light.That is not a blind leap.The faith that the New Testament calls us to is a faith rooted and grounded in something that God makes clear is the truth. "
― R.C. Sproul , Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics
109 " God says it, it is settled, whether we believe it or not. There is no higher court of appeal than the voice of God. So "
― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)
110 " To reduce the demands of God’s law is to do violence to the holiness of God. To inflate one’s own self-assessment to the point of self-delusion is an extreme form of pride. "
111 " Rebirth is instantaneous. Justification is instantaneous. But sanctification is a lifelong process. It involves a diligent struggle against a multitude of obstacles. "
112 " Just laws reflect what is right. "
― R.C. Sproul , Abortion: A Rational Look At An Emotional Issue
113 " The work of perfecting our spiritual state is called glorification. Glorification does not take place in this life. "
114 " if God is not sovereign, God is not God. If there is even one maverick molecule in the universe—one molecule running loose outside the scope of God’s sovereign ordination—we cannot have the slightest confidence that any promise God has ever made about the future will come to pass. "
115 " God's kingdom will never come where His name is not considered holy. "
116 " la fuente originaria de la Escritura es Dios. Por "
― R.C. Sproul , Las grandes doctrinas de la Biblia - ¿Conoce las verdades fundamentales de la fe cristiana?
117 " When Adolf Hitler came to power, the Nazis were not content to find a “final solution” for Jews and Gypsies. They also sought to eliminate intellectuals whose ideas were at odds with the “values” of the Third Reich. My friend was removed from his position. When he spoke out against the Nazis, his wife and all but one of his children were arrested and executed. He escaped from Germany with his young daughter. "
― R.C. Sproul , Consequences of Ideas
118 " If to secure our redemption Christ only needed to make an atonement for us, he could have come down from heaven and gone directly to the cross. But he also had to fulfill all righteousness by submitting at every point to the law of God. By his sinless life he achieved positive merit, which merit is imputed to all who put their faith in him. Christ not only died for us but he lived for us as well. "
― R.C. Sproul , What Is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics
119 " One excruciating problem faced by single women-more so in past generations than today-is caused by the unwritten rule of our society that allows men the freedom actively to pursue a marriage partner while women are considered loose if they actively pursue a prospective husband. No biblical rule says that a woman eager to be married should be passive. There is nothing that prohibits her from actively seeking a suitable mate. "
― R.C. Sproul , Can I Know God's Will? (Crucial Questions, #4)
120 " There is no such “mother” as Mother Nature. Nature itself is powerless to produce life of any kind. In itself, nature is barren. The power to produce life resides in the Author of nature—God. To substitute nature as the source of life is to confuse the creature with the Creator. All forms of nature worship are acts of idolatry that are detestable to God. "
― R.C. Sproul , Essential Truths of the Christian Faith