Vincent Cheung > Quotes

“But ignorance of divine revelation affects all of thought and life, from one's view toward history and philosophy, to one's interpretation of music and literature, to one's understanding of mathematics and physics.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“We must never allow the non-Christians to think that we are prepared to accept their beliefs or to make the slightest adjustment to the Christian worldview.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“All things are decided and caused by God – nothing is free from his control, and he has not chosen to forego his control on anything. The doctrine is repulsive to those who abhor the rule and honor of God, and so they oppose it. But the doctrine is a source of comfort and celebration to those who love him. Why would we want it any other way, than for God to rule over all things? And what better life can we wish for, than to be ruled by God?   The doctrine contradicts the religious tradition that God does not decree evil or that he does not cause evil. Of course God does not make decrees against his other decrees. Since God is not insane, he has only one will, one desire.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“The necessity of theology is a question of the necessity of communication from God. Since this is God's universe, divine revelation is the infallible and binding source of information and interpretation regarding all of thought and life. Since God has spoken, and since it is necessary to hear him, to believe him, to obey him, and to declare him, theology is necessary.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“we are indeed saved by faith in Christ, but it is only through the Bible that we receive an infallible revelation from and about Christ.”
― Vincent Cheung, Invincible Faith

“the study of theology is the most important human activity.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“Religious experiences are meaningless unless they are accompanied by verbal communication that carry intelligible content.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“Jeremiah says that God is one who enforces and delights in justice (Jeremiah 9:24), and Isaiah calls him "a God of justice" (Isaiah 30:18). He will one day "judge the world with justice" (Acts 17:31).”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“God is infinite and we are finite; therefore, we can never know everything about God. But just because we cannot know everything about God does not mean that we cannot know anything about him, and to know him in an accurate and definite manner.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“One who respects non-Christian beliefs and who thinks that some of them might be true is probably not a Christian in the first place. Just as Jesus has nothing to learn from the devil, Christians have nothing to learn from non-Christians (2 Corinthians 6:15).[84]”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“to love God means to devote our intellect to the worship and service of God, to acquire knowledge about him and his commands, and to obey all biblical precepts.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“God saved you not because you have been good, but he sovereignly arranged for you to hear the gospel and regenerated you.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Parables of Jesus

“Within the Christian worldview, Scripture is the sole and ultimate test for truth. God has given us a system of truth through the Scripture. Since the Bible is God's revelation, it can never be wrong on any issue that it addresses. A thorough knowledge and understanding of the Scripture, then, is our ultimate safeguard against satanic deception of every kind.”
― Vincent Cheung, On Good and Evil

“One who begins to awaken from his spiritual stupor sees that it is better to be a Christian than to wallow in sin, and that it is better to be a believer than an unbeliever.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Parables of Jesus

“Christianity affirms an absolute exclusivity. There is only one way to salvation, and anyone who does not come through this way is excluded. The way to God and heaven is not a wide path but a narrow one. It is so narrow that salvation is possible only through one person, one message, one faith, and anyone who does not travel on this path is heading toward damnation, and endless conscious torment in hell.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Parables of Jesus

“The necessary result is that the person who claims to believe both divine sovereignty and human freedom believes neither.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“it is clear that divine sovereignty and human freedom contradict each other.[16] If God controls everything, including man's thoughts, then man is not free from God. If man is free from God in any sense or to any degree, then God does not control everything.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“A person who has a billion times the wealth of another still operates within human limitations and the monetary system, but one who has infinite resources operates on an altogether different level. A person who lives a thousand times longer than another person is still mortal, but one who is immortal is not greater only in degree, but also in kind.”
― Vincent Cheung, Systematic Theology

“if the Bible is a revelation of truth, then anything that contradicts it must be false.”
― Vincent Cheung, Invincible Faith

“Biblical soteriology cannot rest on a non-biblical epistemology, but it rests on a biblical epistemology that emphasizes the sovereign God and the infallible Scripture.”
― Vincent Cheung, Ultimate Questions

“God himself pursues them and throws them into the lake of fire.”
― Vincent Cheung, Invincible Faith

“God's forgiveness does not imply that he tolerates sin; rather, he rejoices in a person's repentance, that the person has come to his senses, and that he has come to place himself at the mercy of God, knowing that he has no merit of his own. Accordingly, Jesus says, "There is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents" (Luke 15:10).”
― Vincent Cheung, The Parables of Jesus

“Accordingly, a person who insists that he accepts Christ because of his own free will, and not because of God's sovereign choice and direct action in his soul, cannot at the same time affirm a sovereign God.”
― Vincent Cheung, Ultimate Questions

“I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. (Isaiah 46:10)”
― Vincent Cheung, The Author of Sin

“Scripture testifies that only knowledge about God is a worthy end:”
― Vincent Cheung, The Parables of Jesus

“Since the only God presented in the Bible is an absolutely sovereign God, a person who affirms human free will cannot, without contradiction, affirm belief in God.”
― Vincent Cheung, Ultimate Questions

“Many people place great pride on their works, but the words of Jesus apply to them just as much as they apply to murderers and prostitutes: "Unless you repent, you too will all perish" (Luke 13:3, 5). Some people think that as long as they are not like what they regard as the worst of sinners, then they will do fine. However, the Bible says that unless they repent, they will perish just like the worst of sinners. One can be saved and accepted by God only through the faith and repentance that he grants.”
― Vincent Cheung, The Parables of Jesus

“Christ does for us what we are too cowardly and unfaithful to do.”
― Vincent Cheung, Invincible Faith

“Any compromise in the doctrine of God generates a rippling effect that destroys the integrity of all other biblical doctrines. Once we accept a false view of God, the rest of the system cannot be Christian.”
― Vincent Cheung, Ultimate Questions

“The Bible does not contrast between the native human abilities of the Christians and the non-Christians; rather, it makes a contrast between man's abilities and God's abilities – between human power and divine power, the wisdom of man and the wisdom of God. When these are pitted again each other, there is no contest, "For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.”
― Vincent Cheung, Apologetics In Conversation