|
492bd88
|
Now I know who the Holy Spirit is.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
a746972
|
Si bien la regeneracion es invisible, debemos tener presente que Jesus dijo que podemos ver los efectos de ella, tal como vemos, oimos y sentimos los efectos del viento. ?Donde buscamos las manifestaciones tangibles del nuevo nacimiento? Lo vemos en los frutos de una vida cambiada.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
1cefce2
|
The simple answer is that there is something in the creature that does not reside in the Creator--sin. That does not mean that the creature has something greater than the Creator; rather, the creature has something far less than the Creator.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
514a2be
|
Para volvernos expertos en cualquier cosa, debemos practicar. Si queremos aprender a orar, entonces debemos orar; y seguir orando.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
6e5b2d1
|
We do not want to take credit for our evil choices. We sometimes try to blame them on God, just as Adam did when he said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate" (Gen. 3:12). He tried to blame the fall on God Himself. That's our tendency--take credit for the good, transfer blame for the evil. But Edwards understood that any good deed we do, any righteous choices that we make, are only because God is..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
b04c40d
|
This is the essence of idolatry: replacing the reality with a counterfeit.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
f3f2808
|
THE WAY TO RECOVER JOY Paul's admonition to believers to be joyful presupposes that believers can do something if they find themselves lacking in joy. He is right, of course, and the New Testament is filled with teaching on how to be joyful. The most basic method is to focus our attention on the ground of our joy, the source of our joy. Paul gives one of the most practical of these teachings in Philippians: "Whatever is true, whatever is ho..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
5adcc6f
|
I am convinced that the most neglected dimension of the life of Jesus in the church today is His ascension. Without the ascension, both the cross and the resurrection are meaningless. The climax of Jesus' earthly ministry came when He ascended to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. This was His investiture, His coronation, when the Father crowned Him as King of kings and Lord of lords. It was at that moment that Jesus' glory was r..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
d134235
|
We live in a culture that embraces pluralism and relativism, and we are told every (lay that proselytizing people or trying to convert people to Christianity is taboo. But the Lord Himself was sent by the Father to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10), and He passed the baton to His disciples.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
729d75b
|
I don't want us to miss the underlying assumption in this statement from Jesus there are degrees of wickedness. Not all sin is equally heinous, and in this case there was a greater and a lesser sin.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
058df4e
|
8:26-27 says: "The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the" --
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
11009a3
|
convinced is the biblical doctrine on the great subject of the inspiration of Scripture. In making this confession and presenting this commentary, we hope to dispel
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
97273de
|
I hear people say that the miracles of the New Testament prove the existence of God, but they do not. God demonstrates His existence long before a single miracle is ever performed by anyone. The function of miracles is not to prove the existence of God but to demonstrate and authenticate a messenger of God.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
64a0a82
|
It was St. Augustine who once prayed, "Thou halt made us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it finds its rest in Thee."
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
681f987
|
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid" (John 14:27)."
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
a675130
|
When Luther boldly declared the biblical doctrine of jus.ifrcation by faith alone, he said, "Justification is by faith alone, but not by a faith that is alone."
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
78af158
|
But we shouldn't confuse our personal testimonies with the gospel. Sharing our personal testimonies is not evangelism. It's merely pre-evangelism, sort of a warm-up for evangelism. Our testimonies may or may not be significant or meaningful to those with whom we are speaking. There are lots of folks who can relate to my story; they say, "Yeah, I know what he's talking about because I used to live like that too." But not everyone can relate ..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
5fbb90a
|
God makes no promise that He will use my story as His power unto salvation. The gospel is not about me. The gospel is aboutJesus. It is the proclamation of the person and work of Christ, and of how a person can appropriate the benefits of the work of Christ by faith alone.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
1147048
|
El desarrollo de una mente renovada es la definicion biblica de transformacion espiritual.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
62a5c3a
|
Nuestro gozo debe provenir de la seguridad de que tenemos redencion en Cristo. El mayor gozo que una persona puede tener es saber que su nombre esta escrito en el Libro de la Vida del Cordero, que es salva y vivira por siempre con Cristo.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
f7e52e5
|
Government is to minister as an instrument in the hand of God to promote justice and to punish evil.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
f44e147
|
If God crushes us in godly sorrow, it is an act of sheer grace. It's His act of mercy to bring us to faith and conversion.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
c7854b4
|
Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it. JONATHAN EDWARDS
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
c9ef1df
|
Es a partir de promesas como esta que adquirimos nuestra confianza en el don de Dios de la perseverancia.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
1c87044
|
You are responsible to believe and to teach what the Bible teaches, not what you would like for it to teach.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
da26c3b
|
One can go through the external motions of a profession but not truly be in possession of the inward reality of salvation.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
b3caca1
|
When we look at the Trinitarian work of redemption, we make a distinction between its design and its accomplishment. Our redemption is designed and mandated by the Father (in conjunction with the other members of the Godhead), and the Father sends the Son into the world. This is why, throughout the Gospel of John, we repeatedly have heard Jesus say, both to His disciples and to His adversaries, that He came to do the will of the Father. The..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
d2bda2f
|
In the final analysis, the only reason I ant a Christian is that the Father wants to honor the Son.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
46dd898
|
The true power, the power that will change your life, is the power, the dunamis, of God the Holy Spirit, and God promises to attend the preaching of His Word with that power. Preaching has no power unless God the Holy Spirit takes His Word and penetrates hearts with it. That's where the power is if you believe the Word of God.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
8d9bb0a
|
The failures of Judas, of Peter, and of their fellow disciples should cause us to fall to our knees in surrender, asking Christ to cause us to stand. Only by His power will we remain loyal to Him.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
ebfad5b
|
When we pray, we must remember who God is and who we are before Him. We must remember first and foremost that God's name is to be kept holy. We must remember that He is the Source of our provision and that all good things come from Him. We are to live in such a way that we make visible the kingdom of God in this world. We must regularly confess our sin, for that is one of the surest marks of a Christian. We are to pray that God will protect..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
938876d
|
every major discussion of ethics these days begins with an analysis of the chaotic situation of modern culture. Even secular writers and thinkers are calling for some sort of basic agreement on ethical behavior. Humanity's "margin of error," they say, is shrinking with each new day. Our survival is at stake. These "prophets of doom" point out that man's destructive capability increased from 1945 to 1960 by the same ratio as it did from the ..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
7c3b21a
|
had gone to heaven. Enoch was "translated" and Elijah was "taken up." One could "ascend" a ladder (Jesus had told Nathanael that he would see angels ascending and descending on the Son of Man, and Jacob beheld a ladder in his midnight dream at Bethel) or one could "ascend" to Jerusalem, moving to a higher elevation from sea level. The term could be used figuratively to refer to the elevation of a king to his royal office. But no one ever ha..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
f5f3e82
|
to Jerusalem. They must have been giddy: laughing, skipping, and singing the whole way. They recalled the words of Jesus in the upper room of the promise of another Comforter who would come. They were glad in heart because they finally understood where Jesus was going and why He was going there. Earlier, Christ had said, "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended"
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
59bb57c
|
not just a matter of "doing the right thing" but of figuring out what the right thing is. This proliferation of options generates confusion in our world and, for many, a sense of despair. Will we ever reach a cultural consensus that will stabilize the shifting sands of pluralism? All this talk of "theories of ethics" may"
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
38138b5
|
living. Trusted theological resource-- Tabletalk avoids trends, shallow doctrine and popular movements to present biblical truth simply and clearly. Thought-provoking topics--each issue contains challenging, stimulating articles on a wide variety of topics related to theology
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
989c147
|
Honor must go not to our organizations, our denominations, our individual modes of worship, or even our particular churches, but to God alone.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
8fa9321
|
The first element of prayer should be adoration, or praise. The Psalms, which are inspired samples of godly prayer, are heavily weighted on the side of adoration. I've noticed over many years that as we grow in the discipline and in the delight of prayer, it seems that we naturally spend more and more of our time on this first element. Second, prayer should include confession of our sin; as we remember who we are when we come into God's pre..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
99fdc56
|
Frenzy, the counterfeit of fervency, is a contrived attempt to simulate godly fervor. Those who deliberately manipulate people's emotions are served warning here. There is something holy, something sovereign, about genuine spiritual fervor that cannot be manufactured artificially. It is easy to confuse frenzy and fervor, but the confusion is deadly.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
874b38f
|
here are vast numbers of portraits of Jesus in the art galleries of this world. These images are often so conflicting that they offer little help in achieving an accurate picture of what Christ looked like during the period
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
f4fc191
|
Dr. R. C. Sproul is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, an international multimedia ministry based in Lake Mary, Florida. He also serves
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
46ea18c
|
We need Christ-the real Christ. A Christ born of empty speculation or created to squeeze into the philosopher's pattern simply won't do. A recycled Christ, a Christ of compromise, can redeem no one. A Christ watered down, stripped of power, debased of glory, reduced to a symbol, or made impotent
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
59df517
|
Forgetting the benefits of God is also the mark of the immature Christian, one who lives by his feelings. He is prone to a roller-coaster spiritual life, moving quickly from ecstatic highs to depressing lows. In the high moments, he feels an exhilarating sense of God's presence, but he plunges to despair the moment he senses an acute absence of such feelings.
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |
|
bb6b16e
|
I am frequently amazed at the difference between the accent I find in the pages of sacred Scripture and that which I read in the pages of religious magazines and hear preached in the pulpits of our churches. We have an image of God as full of benevolence. We see Him as a celestial bellhop we can call when we need room service or as a cosmic Santa Claus who is ready to shower us with gifts. He is pleased to do whatever we ask Him to do. Mean..
|
|
|
R.C. Sproul |