At 21 minutes the ability to follow God and do what God ask is something that I mentally struggle with. R.C said that man wants the benefits without the relationship. I argue with that fact that Gods hand has the responsibility to give me that ability and desire in my heart to seek him because I know that my flawed self cannot. RC is answering every question I have pondered my whole life. I struggle with the fact that God has designed us to fall and has designed us to love him. How can I choose him if He denies that ability through me sometimes? It comes to choice and when choice is between self interest or loving God. What I do not like or enjoy is the fact that self interest overrides my ability to love God. I absolutely cannot stand that piece of me but that piece of me is how God designed me for the choice of the matter that I have the responsibility to choose him. I know and read that Paul struggled with this choice and also when I read about Christ temptation he did not struggle to choose God. I appreciate Gods creation of himself in human flesh to overcome the world but wrongly rebuke it sometimes that He did not experience sin but only on the cross when he took mine. I am thankful he did this but I seriously wish sometimes that God would always give me the ability to overcome but that would give me the divinity of Christ to not need what he did on the cross and the empty tomb. I guess my goal sometimes and what has been contemplated for ages since the fall, is that I want to be independent from relying on God to make personal choices and I can’t possibly do that and live. Then the cycle continues where I then place the responsibility on God to give me this ability to choose him in every situation. I do not like to fail God but he know that I will. I dislike having to say to him I screwed up when I place this responsibility on him to not allow me to screw up. I am human and I have to accept this as his divine plan and that I ALWAYS need him no matter what.
Listenning to the question on so many differnt scripture, keeps me studying ,that I might understand the Great I AM, Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Thankful for the teaching of Gods Hoy Word.
Could it be that the first resurrection of the dead is when we -- who are born in sin and spiritually dead -- come to believe in Jesus and are born anew, born again, becoming spiritually alive? We go from dead to alive by the work of the Holy Spirit and are therefore alive in Christ: our first resurrection is literal.
This man makes up whatever thing he feels fit better. Soul goes to heaven and awaits for judgment?! Nothing close to that is in the Bible. THE DEAD DONT KNOW NOTHING,, THEY ARE ASLEEP
Yes I guess they forget about Jesus resurrecting Lazarus, who had been dead for four days. Funny that Lazarus never mentioned being pulled back out of heaven and brought to the Earth again ;-)
Contradictory verses in the bible: Exodus 20:8 vs Romans 14:5 Exodus 20:12 vs Luke 14:26 Matthew 19:26 vs Judges 1:19 False prophecies in the bible: Ezekiel 26 Ezekiel 29 Joel 3 19 Isaiah 19 Isaiah 17
Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” Romans 14:5 “One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.” There is no contradiction here, only misunderstanding on your part (which is true for any scripture you think is contradictory). When God created the world He gave all mankind the Sabbath day to establish a pattern of work and then rest. But when Jesus came that pattern changed, because Jesus has brought that ultimate rest to us. So we begin with rest, and then we work out of that rest. I didn’t look at the others you mentioned because the larger, more important, problem is that God has not opened your ears to the truth of His words. Until He opens your ears to the truth you literally cannot understand the Bible - you will find many, many things confusing. It would be like if you were janitor and you picked up an advanced electrical engineering text book - you could read the words with no problem but they wouldn’t make sense to you because you have not been “enlightened” as an electrical engineer. Instead, if you truly want to know God, start with the premise that the word that He gave us (the Holy Bible) is inerrant and humbly ask Him to help you understand - ask that He would open your ears to the truth of His word and pray that He would give you a willingness to embrace His word. Right now you are in essence calling God a liar by saying that His words are wrong - we don’t have that option as sinful human beings. By the time you read this I will have said a prayer for you.
ssage John 1 KJV - In the beginning was the Word, and the - Bible Gateway And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 ... The Time for Talk is short, virtually Dead. Gone, Too Late! 🥵😡
YESHUA WAS BORN FROM A VIRGEN AND DIE 4 THE SINS OF HUMANITY AND JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN FROM SIN AND FOUGHT THE SINS OF THE WORLD 4 2K YEARS IN THE FLESH TO BE REBORN AGAIN. I AM THAT I AM.
It is illogical and senseless to call Mary a mother of God, considering the fact that God is eternal and has no mother or father.. Jesus is not God, He is fully human in every way, He was God that became Man and as a Man, He is not God...
EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET THEIR PERFECT BODY AND SOUL IN ABOUT A 1K YEARS. ONLY THE WARRIOS AND ANGELS (GOD'S CHOOSEN) WHO FOUGHT THE DEVIL WILL RECIEVE THEIR PERFECT BODY. AND SOUL AND THEY WILL LIVE LONGER TO TEACH THE REST OF HUMANITY HOW TO REACH THEIR HUMAN POTENCIAL.
I realize that this may not be of any use now in 2017 but I am a youtube guy. It is my main way of staying in touch w/ the world. Dr. Sproul was a fellow Pennsylvanian and was the single best teacher that I have had. I can never repay him , but I know he would not want to be repaid. He would want me to firmly rooted and a solid Christian with excellent Theology. Thanks to the Lord and his servant R.C. I believe that this is where I am. I can't wait to meet R.C. in heaven.
I know he is very good , but even his being good teacher wise and everything is under God choice soveignty not sir RC ..so don't praise him RC , praise GOD . it could be you as God chooses
@@BCF75SMCP lady why don’t you see the good? You are one of those people searching for bad. He’s not praising him. He’s thanking him. You take care of you.
Alexis Porter, since your last post so much more has happened, Covid-19, evil riots (BLM), the hate for our President for his Godly values! Your comment was appropriate a year ago. But much more relevant today! Prayer is essential in our world today!
I consider myself extremely blessed to have come to Christ when and where I did. I was surrounded by Christians with good doctrine who turned me toward teachers with good doctrine, such as Dr. Sproul. I never got mixed up with the wayward evangelicals and the like. Btw, The Holiness of God is sn amazing book that I recommend every Christian read. I wasn’t saved whe R.C. went home, but I still learn so much from him. Look forward to meeting him someday.
I just found RC about 3 months ago. He is with Jesus now and because of technology people like me and you all over the world can hear RC preach Gods Word! I look forward to meeting him in Glory!
I disagree on one point. Can we change God's mind through prayer? Of course! It's called intercessory prayer. It's in several places in the OT. Gideon for one.
There is no saving me. I feared I was not in the elect and now I feel more than ever that there is no hope for me. I want a relationship with him but if he doesn’t want me idk what to do now. I’ve spent hours a day listening to these godly men trying to learn I’ve mentioned to every Christian I know I want to find a church and not one of them has invited my wife and. I’ve begged Jesus to send me someone in my life that can mentor me and nothing has happened yet. In my deepest heart I am not going to give up though.
I can tell when God loves his servant ? After his Servant dies and goes home. God allows his teachings thru his Servant to continue! Just as good now as it was then! I will meet Mr Sproul one day! Amen !
I learn much from R.C Sproul and enjoy watching his question & answer videos. I wish I could be like Dr.Sproul but I have a hard time understanding sometimes and explaining things. Thank God for Dr.Sproul and Ligonier Ministries.
1:03 How can you gain eternal life ? It should be 1 Cor 15:1-4 Jesus died for your sins, was buried and rose again on the third day ( the gospel) and you believing in it only can save you .
At 28:55 GOD is spoken of as having a Glorious Plan of Redemption. The way I picture this truth is to imagine GOD as being a playwright or a movie script writer, director and producer of a Glorious Story that spans the earth’s ages and ends when this universe ends. The cast is made of angels and humans and it is a drama that depicts GOD as knowable to man. The basic story is already sketched out in Scripture and you and I and everyone has already been given a part to play. Some will be heroes and villains and some will be there just for atmosphere or special effects. But whatever one’s role, GOD wrote us our part before the earth was created and we came in on cue! What a Mighty GOD we serve!!
Here’s where I have trouble “seeing” and “doing” which is living a lifestyle that puts ALL MY trust and faith in Christ alone. Do you see how conceptual this phrase is? What does that LOOK LIKE in daily LIFE is what the gentleman wants to know and I want to jump through my phone screen and say “this way”. .. read the Gospels and imagine Jesus was saying things like “Follow Me” to you personally. What if he said something you didn’t understand? Well, since He’s not here in the flesh, you can just sit down and ask the Holy Spirit to make things clear. Just get alone and have a conversation-that’s all that prayer actually is anyway. Ask Him what you should do and then do it without complaining if you can. Remember He’ll supply the things you need to fulfill His requests. If you do well, He’ll praise you; if not, He’ll tell you the plain truth and you’ll do it better next time. You’ll never feel alone because you are not alone.
I think the idea of "soul", "spirit", and "spirit being" should be made clear. What then is our "soul" that goes to God immediately upon our death? Or is it our "spirit" that goes to God? If our "soul"/"spirit" is already with God, then why do Jesus have to come back bringing his "gift" to the elects? And what is this "gift"? Is this "gift" the gift of immortality, or our resurrection from being flesh & blood to immortal "spirit being"? Or is it our mind the "spirit" that goes to God upon the death of our body? Our mind that is like the PC hard drive that contains the total memory of the person's life experience -- thus, every deed and thought of a person will be known on judgment day?
I’m so very grateful to God for giving us the blessing of R.C.Sproul and Ligonier Ministries, for such a time as this, available now to pretty much everyone everywhere in 2023. How gracious, how amazing, how marvellous.
St.Paul : in Roman's 3:10 states the fact which Jesus explicitly affirmed in John 6:40 'no one CAN come to Me, unless the Father Who sent Me draws him/her' Still St.Paul affirms in 2 Cor 4:4-6 that the mind of unregenerate man is 'blinded' by the god of this world ( Satan), SO...as I understand Paul at Mars Hill among the Stoics, when he writes in Acts 17:26,27.../27 particularly, the description IS of a blind man 'groping'. That fits with the fact that every human has a conscience/ a moral compass AND as St.Paul writes in his 1st chapter of his letter to the Romans, that the 'invisible attributes OF God...are clearly perceived' through general revelation in nature/ 'the things that have been made' So, I think, St.Paul in his gracious wishfulness, knowing that God is Rich in Mercy, is affording to all men the plausible exception that God may, Freely of His own good pleasure, add one more soul to his elect. And knowing all that St.Paul wrote, Jonathan Edward's is ALSO, in his gracious wishfulness, inviting 'all men' to place themselves in the best position possible 'to see the light of the glory of the gospel in the Face of Christ : go to church !
Why would ANYONE not be concerned about the TRUTH not being told in the sanctuary? Unbelievable that she would ask that question I’m astonished I would run the other way
I loved listening to RC Sproul, but was impossible when was here on earth. I could not afford to pay what was requested. The lord has given the revelations to be shared freely and Him should be sufficient to provide for ministry but you say those who donate are the backbone of the ministry, meaning their money? ...
I am eternally great full to God my savior for his unspeakable love and for leading me to the ministry of this dear brother in the faith. May God continue to bless this ministry whereby we can learn more about the teaching, understanding and upholding the truth of God's word. Thank you so much.
My understanding was always that every woman had the ability to carry the sinless savior, as even Eve thought she might have done. What made Mary unique was that she believed and was in the right place and the right time to be the Messiah's mother. Further, my understanding is that the man's seed brings the sinful nature. Woman's seed vs Man's seed that brings life to her egg. By some process we don't understand or know, God gave life to Mary's egg. Is this wrong to think this?
@24:00 his answer on seeking reminds me of what I recently read in John 6:26-27 when Jesus told the crowd they were seeking because they ate of the loaves and not because of the miracles.
Definitely some people seek God, even the apostles of Jesus were earnestly seeking for Jesus the messaiah before they became the apostles of Jesus, if you are seeking for the messiah that you know is a God-sent, it means you are also seeking for God because the messiah will teach you about God.. When God said no one seek after God, no not one, what He meant is no one seek Him and obey all His will, but because man is a fallen creature inherited from Adam no man can obey all the will of God...
You can't be assured of life everlasting, unless you were selected before the foundation of the universe. "if you believe", you cannot believe unless God already selected you to believe before you even confessed your belief.
I so love RC's devoting his life to us. He stands out in my ❤ and mind as eloquent with his words thar ive tested to be true. Thanks Lord for giving us this man
Do not listen to this man. Jesus was without sin due to the fact that he did not have a fleshly father. Through MAN sin came into the world. But, through the willful perfect sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and made whole through him.
I think one possibility for Jesus being born without original sin is that God miraculously gave Mary a divine seed and at the same time temporarily removed the curse from her during her gestation period and the birth. I do not know if God has DNA but if we could examine the DNA of Jesus I think we would see either DNA from Mary alone or DNA with aspects that have never been seen in any other human.
Mary was conceived with no sin and remaind sinless her whole life. She bore Jesus who is God. That alone makes her without stain before Jeaus was born. I don't think God would have any woman that sinned become the mother of his only son.
So was Dr Sproul saying its not enough for Jesus to have paid for our sins because though that would cleanse us back to being like Adam in God's eyes pre fall but without his imputed righteousness then when we sin post salvation we would have just returned to our post fall state without his righteousness being put into our accounts? So that the moment we are saved, we have already reached the finish line so to speak?
God created everything; Natural Laws, Time, Space, Life, just everything, even The Good which He Is, and the evil which He is not!. Therefore, Since He is perfect in all ways, His creation is perfect and is His Plan with His reason, that we fallen humans cannot understand because our present intellect is too minuscule in comparison to God's complete knowledge! So, if we are to be redeemed, That has to be by God Himself.
Truth is so lacking in the church today. Truth takes a backseat to the pursuit of "building relationships" and "loving others". How can we truly love others and build relationships if truth is not at the center? I once heard someone say "The facts dont care about your feelings". The truth is offensive to some but its necessary for healing and growth.
The Father said I will punish parents sin down to the son to the 7th generation Jesus was not affected by this He was not born under our hereditary sin He had no Sin so He could bare The Curse for us
So what do you do if you don't live within driving distance of a bible-based church? I'm in the hills of highland Scotland surrounded by liberal theology, social justice churches and all the baggage that carries with it. The closest baptist church has only one service a week, sermon is 20 minutes max, music is very loud and pop band, and no prayer meetings . No one around me ever talks about Jesus. People talk about their "faith" and how it helps them through life....
Alexandra I have a similar problem. We have no choice but to teach ourselves with the aid of the Holy spirit within us and read our NKJV or KJV bibles by ourselves. Occasionally I get to speak to people at work or my wife about true Christianity but for the most part I am alone with God on this. Better to be alone with God than popular with Satan and his seed. If you want to listen to some solid Baptist preaching listen to pastor Steven Anderson of faithful word baptist church. Very very Bible based and a no tolerance stance on anti Christ ideas. I am not with him on the trinity as I don't and now never will believe Jesus is God but I am with him on nearly everything else. May Jesus bless you and your family, Christopher.
BiblicalUnitarianChris I pray you find the true Jesus and are saved from your sins. A Jesus who is not God is a Jesus who can't save, like the Mormons have as well.
Joshua Theo Yes there are Free Churches but the closest one to me is an hour away so I don't know if I should sell up and move to that town. Because I have no church family or close Christian friends, it is hard to find sound advice on this. I emailed Alistair Begg about this two years ago and never received an answer. I wrote a letter to Sinclair Ferguson a year ago and also did not receive an answer. It's a difficult one! Meantime, I long for Christian companionship and fellowship and also being a member of a church family.
I Love Rc Sproul and Miss Him So Much,Thank God His Teachings Are Recorded For Future Generations Like Myself!
Man I miss him
Me too 🙏🏼
A true blessing for all who heard and still are listening
Thank God for people like Cynthia and David who care about the Truth!
I really miss this mans precious teachings and wisdom
Amen
At 21 minutes the ability to follow God and do what God ask is something that I mentally struggle with. R.C said that man wants the benefits without the relationship. I argue with that fact that Gods hand has the responsibility to give me that ability and desire in my heart to seek him because I know that my flawed self cannot. RC is answering every question I have pondered my whole life. I struggle with the fact that God has designed us to fall and has designed us to love him. How can I choose him if He denies that ability through me sometimes? It comes to choice and when choice is between self interest or loving God. What I do not like or enjoy is the fact that self interest overrides my ability to love God. I absolutely cannot stand that piece of me but that piece of me is how God designed me for the choice of the matter that I have the responsibility to choose him. I know and read that Paul struggled with this choice and also when I read about Christ temptation he did not struggle to choose God. I appreciate Gods creation of himself in human flesh to overcome the world but wrongly rebuke it sometimes that He did not experience sin but only on the cross when he took mine. I am thankful he did this but I seriously wish sometimes that God would always give me the ability to overcome but that would give me the divinity of Christ to not need what he did on the cross and the empty tomb. I guess my goal sometimes and what has been contemplated for ages since the fall, is that I want to be independent from relying on God to make personal choices and I can’t possibly do that and live. Then the cycle continues where I then place the responsibility on God to give me this ability to choose him in every situation. I do not like to fail God but he know that I will. I dislike having to say to him I screwed up when I place this responsibility on him to not allow me to screw up. I am human and I have to accept this as his divine plan and that I ALWAYS need him no matter what.
The greatest Theologian of my time and arguably of all time. ❤
Dr. Sproul was such a wonderful gift from our Lord.
Listenning to the question on so many differnt scripture, keeps me studying ,that I might understand the Great I AM, Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Thankful for the teaching of Gods Hoy Word.
Everything has predestined....
Subtitles for the deaf please 😢
How do you explain Rev. 20:4-5 on the first resurrection of the dead? Is this figurative or literal?
Could it be that the first resurrection of the dead is when we -- who are born in sin and spiritually dead -- come to believe in Jesus and are born anew, born again, becoming spiritually alive? We go from dead to alive by the work of the Holy Spirit and are therefore alive in Christ: our first resurrection is literal.
This man makes up whatever thing he feels fit better. Soul goes to heaven and awaits for judgment?! Nothing close to that is in the Bible. THE DEAD DONT KNOW NOTHING,, THEY ARE ASLEEP
Yes I guess they forget about Jesus resurrecting Lazarus, who had been dead for four days. Funny that Lazarus never mentioned being pulled back out of heaven and brought to the Earth again ;-)
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The lineage of Christ cannot be placed in Saul because Saul is an evil person and not the child of God, David is..
Contradictory verses in the bible:
Exodus 20:8 vs Romans 14:5
Exodus 20:12 vs Luke 14:26
Matthew 19:26 vs Judges 1:19
False prophecies in the bible:
Ezekiel 26
Ezekiel 29
Joel 3 19
Isaiah 19
Isaiah 17
Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.”
Romans 14:5 “One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.”
There is no contradiction here, only misunderstanding on your part (which is true for any scripture you think is contradictory).
When God created the world He gave all mankind the Sabbath day to establish a pattern of work and then rest. But when Jesus came that pattern changed, because Jesus has brought that ultimate rest to us. So we begin with rest, and then we work out of that rest.
I didn’t look at the others you mentioned because the larger, more important, problem is that God has not opened your ears to the truth of His words. Until He opens your ears to the truth you literally cannot understand the Bible - you will find many, many things confusing. It would be like if you were janitor and you picked up an advanced electrical engineering text book - you could read the words with no problem but they wouldn’t make sense to you because you have not been “enlightened” as an electrical engineer.
Instead, if you truly want to know God, start with the premise that the word that He gave us (the Holy Bible) is inerrant and humbly ask Him to help you understand - ask that He would open your ears to the truth of His word and pray that He would give you a willingness to embrace His word. Right now you are in essence calling God a liar by saying that His words are wrong - we don’t have that option as sinful human beings.
By the time you read this I will have said a prayer for you.
ssage
John 1 KJV - In the beginning was the Word, and the - Bible Gateway
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 ...
The Time for Talk is short, virtually Dead. Gone, Too Late! 🥵😡
Why are there so few likes? Christians don't like RC, too lazy, or there is something wrong in the system?
YESHUA WAS BORN FROM A VIRGEN AND DIE 4 THE SINS OF HUMANITY
AND
JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN FROM SIN AND FOUGHT THE SINS OF THE WORLD 4 2K YEARS IN THE FLESH TO BE REBORN AGAIN.
I AM THAT I AM.
Why are you screaming?
It is illogical and senseless to call Mary a mother of God, considering the fact that God is eternal and has no mother or father.. Jesus is not God, He is fully human in every way, He was God that became Man and as a Man, He is not God...
EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET THEIR PERFECT BODY AND SOUL IN ABOUT A 1K YEARS.
ONLY THE WARRIOS AND ANGELS (GOD'S CHOOSEN) WHO FOUGHT THE DEVIL WILL RECIEVE THEIR PERFECT BODY. AND SOUL AND THEY WILL LIVE LONGER TO TEACH THE REST OF HUMANITY HOW TO REACH THEIR HUMAN POTENCIAL.
I realize that this may not be of any use now in 2017 but I am a youtube guy. It is my main way of staying in touch w/ the world.
Dr. Sproul was a fellow Pennsylvanian and was the single best teacher that I have had. I can never repay him , but I know he would not want to be repaid. He would want me to firmly rooted and a solid Christian with excellent Theology. Thanks to the Lord and his servant R.C. I believe that this is where I am.
I can't wait to meet R.C. in heaven.
eric walls I wander what he’s doing up their
eric walls he is down not up otherwise he’s resurrected already and then up.
Frampa
His body is down but his spirit/soul is up there
Frampa
Resurrection is the union between the body and soul/spirit.
The body being down there and the spirit up there.
Amen Suporta!
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RC you were one of the most amazing teachers of all time. I can not wait to meet you in heaven. Love you sir. Thank you for all you have done.
I know he is very good , but even his being good teacher wise and everything is under God choice soveignty not sir RC ..so don't praise him RC , praise GOD . it could be you as God chooses
Amen
@@BCF75SMCP lady why don’t you see the good? You are one of those people searching for bad. He’s not praising him. He’s thanking him. You take care of you.
@@BCF75SMCP oh and very “very good”?God working through that man surpasses “very good” by a long shot dearest.
best theologian of our generation I believe
I am truly sorry that I never had a chance to meet Dr. Sproul. He has been a blessing to me.
"It's impossible to be a Christian and not care about the truth." Speaking of the Church teaching false doctrine...Well said Dr. Sproul
Amen!
R.C. Sproul...one of my heroes!
The answer of the first question is also now fact for RC. May Jesus bless his Soul forever.
I love R C Sproul and his teachings, I didn’t know him till a few years ago, his preaching is very thoughtful🙏💯
How wonderful that a God fearing theologian the caliber of RC Sproul is still teaching and bringing Truth after his departure to be with Christ.
I was so fortunate to attend a few sessions under RC and can say I’ve never felt more immediate growth than after his lectures.
Why did 18:38 make me laugh so much 😂😂 love you R C, see you on the other side 🌈
The result of the state declaring its "independence" from God? Being given over to depravity, as we see happening more and more every day.
Alexis Porter, since your last post so much more has happened, Covid-19, evil riots (BLM), the hate for our President for his Godly values! Your comment was appropriate a year ago. But much more relevant today! Prayer is essential in our world today!
Dr. R.C., I praise God for your life Sir. The wisdom He has granted you is just AMAZING! :)
i realize I am kind of off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream new movies online ?
@Axel Amir flixportal xD
@Junior Jake thank you, I went there and it seems like a nice service =) I appreciate it!
@Axel Amir happy to help =)
I consider myself extremely blessed to have come to Christ when and where I did. I was surrounded by Christians with good doctrine who turned me toward teachers with good doctrine, such as Dr. Sproul. I never got mixed up with the wayward evangelicals and the like.
Btw, The Holiness of God is sn amazing book that I recommend every Christian read. I wasn’t saved whe R.C. went home, but I still learn so much from him. Look forward to meeting him someday.
I just found RC about 3 months ago. He is with Jesus now and because of technology people like me and you all over the world can hear RC preach Gods Word! I look forward to meeting him in Glory!
Awesome teaching!! I pray God gives us more people like Dr. R.C.
Whenever you let your light so shine before men I glorify the Father which is in heaven
Glory to GOD!!! Utterly fantastic information! Thank you R.C. Sproul! Also, thank you to Lee Webb!
I really love this man. I love Dr. John MacArthur too.
estaría muy agradecida si esta charla estuviese en español. saludos desde Colombia
We miss you RC SPROUL.
I disagree on one point. Can we change God's mind through prayer? Of course! It's called intercessory prayer. It's in several places in the OT. Gideon for one.
Jesus didn't burn in hell forever for us because....He DIED "the penalty for sin is death" and hell was only created for the evil spirits.
Thank you,I’m ready your bookChosen by God,I’ve also read the Holiness of
God,Your teaching is clearly being lead by the Spirit.❤
There is no saving me. I feared I was not in the elect and now I feel more than ever that there is no hope for me. I want a relationship with him but if he doesn’t want me idk what to do now. I’ve spent hours a day listening to these godly men trying to learn I’ve mentioned to every Christian I know I want to find a church and not one of them has invited my wife and. I’ve begged Jesus to send me someone in my life that can mentor me and nothing has happened yet. In my deepest heart I am not going to give up though.
I can tell when God loves his servant ?
After his Servant dies and goes home. God allows his teachings thru his Servant to continue! Just as good now as it was then! I will meet Mr Sproul one day! Amen !
I learn much from R.C Sproul and enjoy watching his question & answer videos. I wish I could be like Dr.Sproul but I have a hard time understanding sometimes and explaining things. Thank God for Dr.Sproul and Ligonier Ministries.
Thank you R. C . for the evidence of your joy in the Lord when you share the Bible with us. RP from the UK
1:03 How can you gain eternal life ?
It should be 1 Cor 15:1-4
Jesus died for your sins, was buried and rose again on the third day ( the gospel) and you believing in it only can save you .
Good summation. What do you believe is the greatest danger facing the Church today?
At 28:55 GOD is spoken of as having a Glorious Plan of Redemption. The way I picture this truth is to imagine GOD as being a playwright or a movie script writer, director and producer of a Glorious Story that spans the earth’s ages and ends when this universe ends. The cast is made of angels and humans and it is a drama that depicts GOD as knowable to man. The basic story is already sketched out in Scripture and you and I and everyone has already been given a part to play. Some will be heroes and villains and some will be there just for atmosphere or special effects. But whatever one’s role, GOD wrote us our part before the earth was created and we came in on cue! What a Mighty GOD we serve!!
Here’s where I have trouble “seeing” and “doing” which is living a lifestyle that puts ALL MY trust and faith in Christ alone. Do you see how conceptual this phrase is? What does that LOOK LIKE in daily LIFE is what the gentleman wants to know and I want to jump through my phone screen and say “this way”. .. read the Gospels and imagine Jesus was saying things like “Follow Me” to you personally.
What if he said something you didn’t understand? Well, since He’s not here in the flesh, you can just sit down and ask the Holy Spirit to make things clear. Just get alone and have a conversation-that’s all that prayer actually is anyway.
Ask Him what you should do and then do it without complaining if you can. Remember He’ll supply the things you need to fulfill His requests. If you do well, He’ll praise you; if not, He’ll tell you the plain truth and you’ll do it better next time.
You’ll never feel alone because you are not alone.
10 year ago already? Thank you Ligonier!
I think the idea of "soul", "spirit", and "spirit being" should be made clear. What then is our "soul" that goes to God immediately upon our death? Or is it our "spirit" that goes to God? If our "soul"/"spirit" is already with God, then why do Jesus have to come back bringing his "gift" to the elects? And what is this "gift"? Is this "gift" the gift of immortality, or our resurrection from being flesh & blood to immortal "spirit being"? Or is it our mind the "spirit" that goes to God upon the death of our body? Our mind that is like the PC hard drive that contains the total memory of the person's life experience -- thus, every deed and thought of a person will be known on judgment day?
I admire RC
I’m so very grateful to God for giving us the blessing of R.C.Sproul and Ligonier Ministries, for such a time as this, available now to pretty much everyone everywhere in 2023. How gracious, how amazing, how marvellous.
This is program brother R.C. I can't even express joy, but say thank LORD JESUS our King for it and his servant.
St.Paul : in Roman's 3:10 states the fact which Jesus explicitly affirmed in John 6:40 'no one CAN come to Me, unless the Father Who sent Me draws him/her'
Still St.Paul affirms in 2 Cor 4:4-6 that the mind of unregenerate man is 'blinded' by the god of this world ( Satan), SO...as I understand Paul at Mars Hill among the Stoics, when he writes in Acts 17:26,27.../27 particularly, the description IS of a blind man 'groping'. That fits with the fact that every human has a conscience/ a moral compass AND as St.Paul writes in his 1st chapter of his letter to the Romans, that the 'invisible attributes OF God...are clearly perceived' through general revelation in nature/ 'the things that have been made'
So, I think, St.Paul in his gracious wishfulness, knowing that God is Rich in Mercy, is affording to all men the plausible exception that God may, Freely of His own good pleasure, add one more soul to his elect.
And knowing all that St.Paul wrote, Jonathan Edward's is ALSO, in his gracious wishfulness, inviting 'all men' to place themselves in the best position possible 'to see the light of the glory of the gospel in the Face of Christ : go to church !
Why would ANYONE not be concerned about the TRUTH not being told in the sanctuary? Unbelievable that she would ask that question I’m astonished I would run the other way
8 yr old had the best question. RC was a Wiseman
I loved listening to RC Sproul, but was impossible when was here on earth. I could not afford to pay what was requested. The lord has given the revelations to be shared freely and Him should be sufficient to provide for ministry but you say those who donate are the backbone of the ministry, meaning their money? ...
Love ya RC.Great teacher.
I am eternally great full to God my savior for his unspeakable love and for leading me to the ministry of this dear brother in the faith. May God continue to bless this ministry whereby we can learn more about the teaching, understanding and upholding the truth of God's word. Thank you so much.
My understanding was always that every woman had the ability to carry the sinless savior, as even Eve thought she might have done. What made Mary unique was that she believed and was in the right place and the right time to be the Messiah's mother. Further, my understanding is that the man's seed brings the sinful nature. Woman's seed vs Man's seed that brings life to her egg. By some process we don't understand or know, God gave life to Mary's egg. Is this wrong to think this?
If God wanted His Church to rest on the 7th day why is the 'Lord's Day' the 1st day of the week? See Acts 2 pentecost always falls on a Sunday.
@24:00 his answer on seeking reminds me of what I recently read in John 6:26-27 when Jesus told the crowd they were seeking because they ate of the loaves and not because of the miracles.
Definitely some people seek God, even the apostles of Jesus were earnestly seeking for Jesus the messaiah before they became the apostles of Jesus, if you are seeking for the messiah that you know is a God-sent, it means you are also seeking for God because the messiah will teach you about God.. When God said no one seek after God, no not one, what He meant is no one seek Him and obey all His will, but because man is a fallen creature inherited from Adam no man can obey all the will of God...
RC is in Heaven but I love hearing his teachings on UTube to grow daily. See you in Heaven my brother in Jesus!❤
Thank you for this video. My fav part 19:54 to 27:51 "They are seeking for the benefits of God without God". I miss you RC.
You can't be assured of life everlasting, unless you were selected before the foundation of the universe. "if you believe", you cannot believe unless God already selected you to believe before you even confessed your belief.
I so love RC's devoting his life to us. He stands out in my ❤ and mind as eloquent with his words thar ive tested to be true. Thanks Lord for giving us this man
Good answer but I wish he would have given biblical guidance on that.
One amazing Teacher with the intellect and gift of exposition.
I would like table talk magazine ☺️ please I live in Australia 💗
Amen and amen.
Great teaching, I learned a lot now Lord get it from my head to my heart. 💜
The (8) year old Matthew should read Isaiah 63:17 key word (made) us to err....”
And we've been the benefactors for your choices
We miss this man and his teaching. Can't wait to see R.C in heaven 😊
Deveria ser dublado essa entrevista.
December 31 2014 God bless Amen
1.16 ish. I love it ❤ “stick to it edness” 😂
Do not listen to this man. Jesus was without sin due to the fact that he did not have a fleshly father. Through MAN sin came into the world. But, through the willful perfect sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and made whole through him.
I think one possibility for Jesus being born without original sin is that God miraculously gave Mary a divine seed and at the same time temporarily removed the curse from her during her gestation period and the birth. I do not know if God has DNA but if we could examine the DNA of Jesus I think we would see either DNA from Mary alone or DNA with aspects that have never been seen in any other human.
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WAKE UP (GIVE THEIR SOUL TO JESUS CHRIST) BEFORE THEY DIE, , WILL WAKE UP IN HELL 4 ETERNITY.
Mary was conceived with no sin and remaind sinless her whole life. She bore Jesus who is God. That alone makes her without stain before Jeaus was born. I don't think God would have any woman that sinned become the mother of his only son.
So was Dr Sproul saying its not enough for Jesus to have paid for our sins because though that would cleanse us back to being like Adam in God's eyes pre fall but without his imputed righteousness then when we sin post salvation we would have just returned to our post fall state without his righteousness being put into our accounts? So that the moment we are saved, we have already reached the finish line so to speak?
God created everything; Natural Laws, Time, Space, Life, just everything, even The Good which He Is, and the
evil which He is not!. Therefore, Since He is perfect in all ways, His creation is perfect and is His Plan with
His reason, that we fallen humans cannot understand because our present intellect is too minuscule in
comparison to God's complete knowledge! So, if we are to be redeemed, That has to be by God Himself.
ONE SIMPLE SIN WILL GET A PERSON REJECTED FROM HELL.
IN ORDER 4 SOMEONE TO INHERIT GOD'S KINGDOM, THE PERSON MUST BE HOLY/ FREE FROM SIN.
I AM HOLY.
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JESUS IS GOD
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JESUS DEFEATED THE DEVIL IN THE HUMAN FORM IN THE FLESH AND IN THE MIND.
JESUS WAS TH3 PERFECT IMAGE OF GOD.
Truth is so lacking in the church today. Truth takes a backseat to the pursuit of "building relationships" and "loving others". How can we truly love others and build relationships if truth is not at the center? I once heard someone say "The facts dont care about your feelings". The truth is offensive to some but its necessary for healing and growth.
Dr. R.C Sproul reminds me of my Granddad, He was called to preach as well
Miss him!
The Father said I will punish parents sin down to the son to the 7th generation Jesus was not affected by this He was not born under our hereditary sin He had no Sin so He could bare The Curse for us
ABORTION IS SO SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND
YET
PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH AND IN GOVERNMENT DO NOT UNDERSTAND SIN.
So what do you do if you don't live within driving distance of a bible-based church? I'm in the hills of highland Scotland surrounded by liberal theology, social justice churches and all the baggage that carries with it. The closest baptist church has only one service a week, sermon is 20 minutes max, music is very loud and pop band, and no prayer meetings . No one around me ever talks about Jesus. People talk about their "faith" and how it helps them through life....
Alexandra I have a similar problem. We have no choice but to teach ourselves with the aid of the Holy spirit within us and read our NKJV or KJV bibles by ourselves. Occasionally I get to speak to people at work or my wife about true Christianity but for the most part I am alone with God on this. Better to be alone with God than popular with Satan and his seed. If you want to listen to some solid Baptist preaching listen to pastor Steven Anderson of faithful word baptist church. Very very Bible based and a no tolerance stance on anti Christ ideas. I am not with him on the trinity as I don't and now never will believe Jesus is God but I am with him on nearly everything else.
May Jesus bless you and your family,
Christopher.
BiblicalUnitarianChris I pray you find the true Jesus and are saved from your sins. A Jesus who is not God is a Jesus who can't save, like the Mormons have as well.
Scotland has a lot if Free Presbyterian Churches of Scotland. That couldn't be a more Bible-based church.
@@biblicalunitarianchris1447 your username is a contradiction.
Biblical and unitarian don't add up.
Joshua Theo Yes there are Free Churches but the closest one to me is an hour away so I don't know if I should sell up and move to that town. Because I have no church family or close Christian friends, it is hard to find sound advice on this. I emailed Alistair Begg about this two years ago and never received an answer. I wrote a letter to Sinclair Ferguson a year ago and also did not receive an answer. It's a difficult one! Meantime, I long for Christian companionship and fellowship and also being a member of a church family.
I have a question. ..When did God became the son of God? When did that happened?
I miss you Dr. R.C Sproul!