This statement by R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) changed my spiritual life because the role of imputation in the gospel finally clicked:
"[W]hen I say that we are justified by works and by works alone, what do I mean by it? I mean that the grounds of my justification and the grounds of your justification are the perfect works of Jesus Christ. We're saved by works, but they are not our own. That's why we say we're saved by faith, and we're saved by grace, because the works that save us aren't our works, they're Somebody else's works."
From "What is Reformed Theology?." You can watch the lecture here. Don't let the title put you off. Covenant theology is a wonderful doctrine.
I am imagining two things:
ReplyDelete1) RC meeting up in glory with his beloved mentor John Gerstner who proceeds to correct RC over some esoteric point, and RC loving every minute of it.
2) I once heard RC (not in person, alas) say he would spend the first 10,000 years of free time in heaven learning how to hit a major league curveball. I am seeing him there, now, digging in at the plate...
RC had such a great sense of humor too:
Delete"Peccadillo - cousin of the armadillo"
On simul justus et peccator - "et, the past tense of to eat"
I'm so glad we had the chance to go to Ligonier 2012 and see him in person. I can't listen to audio versions of his books read by another person, It doesn't sound right because I hear his voice in my head.