R. C. Sproul - Man Quotes

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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 Christ. Yet even His love made people angry. His love was a perfect love, a transcendent and holy love, but HIs very love brought trauma to people. This kind of love is so majestic we can't stand it.

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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 with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity.

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To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign.

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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 was Jesus. He was the only innocent man ever to be punished by God. If we stagger at the wrath of God, let us stagger at the Cross. Here is where our astonishment should be focused.

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The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.

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What better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?

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Natural man's sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself.

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