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Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary) QUOTES

1 " 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)

2 " I do not have to prove to you that God exists, because I think you already know it. Your problem is not that you do not know that God exists; your problem is that you despise the God whom you know exists. Your problem is not intellectual; it is moral—you hate God. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

3 " There is a war in the Christian life between flesh and spirit. We still battle with the flesh, but the battle is not with our physical body. It may include that, but the battle between the flesh and the spirit is the battle between the old man, who is fallen and corrupt, and the regenerated person, who is now living by the Spirit of God. Paul "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

4 " any time the gospel is preached accurately and passionately, it will bring conflict, and since people flee from conflict, every generation will tend to water down or hide the gospel, allowing it to be eclipsed by darkness as it had been for centuries before the Reformation. At "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

5 " Can anything be more ridiculous than a religion that builds on a fundamental refusal to acknowledge what is known to be true? Can "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

6 " God’s priority is that people understand his holy character. People may not feel their need of that, but there is nothing they need more than to have their minds exploded in their understanding of who God is. God "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

7 " The foolishness of preaching is the method God has chosen to save the world. That "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

8 " Sometimes we make an artificial separation or distinction between the Old and New Testaments. We talk about the Old Testament as law and the New Testament as gospel, as if there were no law in the New Testament and no gospel in the Old Testament. Paul says at the very beginning that the gospel is not a novelty; it is the same gospel that was promised numerous times before. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

9 " the gospel of Christ was given in the promise of the curse of the enemy. That "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

10 " The Bible teaches us again and again that we are slaves to sin. Sin is not only in our nature, but it is our master. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

11 " The Minister’s Burden From the beginning of his ministry to the very end Paul was acutely conscious of the burden that Christ had put upon him as an apostle of God’s gospel. He knew that his duty was to communicate the full counsel of God. That burden has been shared by every earnest minister of the gospel ever since. The pulpit is not a place for the minister to orate or opine on his personal preferences or insights. The pulpit is where the Word of God is to be pro-claimed, and the burden of everyone who stands in it is to make sure that the whole counsel of God is to be given to the people of God. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

12 " There is also irony here: when Christ sets us free from slavery to the flesh, he calls us to the royal liberty of slavery to him. That is why we call him Master. We acknowledge that it is from him that we get our marching orders. He is the Lord of our lives. We are not our own. We are not autonomous or independent. Unless people understand their relationship to Christ in these terms, they remain unconverted. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

13 " It is your duty to believe and to teach what the Bible teaches, not what you would like it to teach. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

14 " Anybody can believe in God. What it means to be a Christian is to trust him when he speaks, which does not require a leap of faith or a crucifixion of the intellect. It requires a crucifixion of pride, because no one is more trustworthy than God. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

15 " If our decisions about how to treat others are always motivated by love for God, a singular love for God, we really do not have to worry about the law, because the law reflects what is pleasing to God. That is why Augustine said, “Love God and do what you want.” If you love God, you can do as you please, because you will be doing what pleases God. It is that simple. If you really love him, you will be pleased by what pleases him, and what pleases him is revealed to us in his law. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

16 " Once we are reconciled and justified we can rejoice even when people slander us and wound us deeply. We can glory in it because of Christ and our justification. We glory in tribulation because we know what tribula-tion does. Paul understood, because he believed in the sovereignty and providence of God. There are no accidents in this world. No matter how many injustices are heaped upon us this side of heaven, they do not mean anything compared to the crown of glory that God has prepared for his people. Paul is saying that when we go through afflictions and tribulations we can glory in them, not because we enjoy pain but because we know what tribulation yields. For most people, tribulation breaks the spirit, leads them to despair, and causes them to abandon all hope. Not so for the Christian. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

17 " Good preachers work hard with the text. They want to make the sermon as accurate as possible. They also want to make it as interesting as possible. They want to persuade, admonish, and exhort, yet nothing happens as a result of their skill. Nothing can happen—at least, nothing good. The Holy Spirit, who attends the preached Word, is the only one who moves people to changed lives and growth. The Word is where the power is. It is not in programs or human skills. We can preach this Word till we are blue in the face, but if the Holy Spirit does not work through the Word preached, noth-ing happens. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

18 " Very early in my tenure with St. Andrew’s, I determined that I should adopt the ancient Christian practice of lectio continua, “continuous expositions,” in my preaching. This method of preaching verse-by-verse through books of the Bible (rather than choosing a new topic each week) has been attested throughout church history as the one approach that ensures that believers hear the full counsel of God. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

19 " The Bible teaches that justification is by faith alone, yet ultimately there is only one way anybody is ever saved in the presence of God, and that is through works. The question is not whether we are going to be saved through works; the question is whose works. We are saved through the works of the One who alone fulfilled the terms of the covenant of works. That is why it is not just the death of Christ that redeems us, but it is also the life of Christ. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

20 " beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. "

― R.C. Sproul , Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)