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Men Quotes by R C Sproul
- Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature…
- The main problem with those who deny the existence of God is not intellectual. It is not because of insufficient information, or that God's manifestation…
- Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more loving than Jesus…
- It’s dangerous to assume that because a person is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. There is irony…
- Without God man has no reference point to define himself.
- Humanism was not invented by man, but by a snake who suggested that the quest for autonomy might be a good idea.
- He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty…
- Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.
- The irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom.
- The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ.
- What better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?
- The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.
- Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God.
- Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.
- Fallen man is free to choose what he desires, but because his desires are only wicked he lacks the moral ability to come to Christ.…
- Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.
- Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God
- 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…
- To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign.
- The modern movement of worship is designed to break down barriers between man and God, to remove the veil, as it were, from the fearsome…
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