When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons comes, we can respond in many ways. We can become angry, bitter or terrified. But if we see it as a call from God and not a threat from Satan, we are far more prepared to cope with its difficulties.
R. C. SproulIt is superstitious to equate our feelings and inclinations with the leading of the Holy Spirit.
R. C. SproulEvery person needs to feel significant. We want our lives to count. We yearn to believe that in some way we are important and that hunger for significance-a drive as intense as our need for oxygen-doesn't come from pride or ego. It comes from God because he wants each of us to understand how important we are. ... We must seek our roots, our origin, and our destiny so that we can know our present value. ..... ...We can help each other realize that we are persons of significance being made in the image of God.
R. C. SproulWe live in age of compromise, but if we stand on the bedrock of Godโs truth, we will not bend with the winds of relativism and faithlessness.
R. C. SproulThe power of the gospel is the word of God . . . nobody needs a gospel if thereโs no judgment, or law, if God is not a God of judgment. If there is no such thing as hell, what good is the gospel?
R. C. SproulThis means that if a person fulfills his or her vocation as a steelmaker, attorney, or homemaker coram Deo, then that person is acting every bit as religiously as a soul-winning evangelist who fulfills his vocation. It means that David was as religious when he obeyed Godโs call to be a shepherd as he was when he was anointed with the special grace of kingship. It means that Jesus was every bit as religious when He worked in His fatherโs carpenter shop as He was in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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