357 Quotes by R. C. Sproul

By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.

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

When we behold the face of God, all memories of pain and suffering will vanish. Our souls shall be totally healed.

If grace is obligated it is no longer grace. The very essence of grace is that it is undeserved.

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

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. As long as he remains in the flesh, unregenerate, he will never choose Christ. He cannot choose Christ precisely because he cannot act against his own will. His fall is so great that only the effectual grace of God working in his heart can bring him to faith.

The more seriously we understand the radical nature of sin, the more it exercises a restraint upon us.

No sinner has the right to say with impunity, 'God you owe me grace.' If grace is owed, it is not grace. The very essence of grace is its voluntary character. God reserves to himself the sovereign, absolute right to give grace to some and withhold that grace from others.

Doctrine does matter.