This is a lecture within a series that Sproul gave. This one introduces the difference between "existence" and "self existence." Humans exist. God is self-existent. Big difference. For further reading: "Not a Chance", by RC Sproul.
Most comments here are either by Christians who are upset by the title of the video before watching or properly understanding it....or atheists who are upset by the title of the video because they watched hoping for some good talking points that they can use as they troll through Christian YT videos but they either stopped watching or didnt properly understand it. Kind of funny.
Joshua Traffanstedt Yeah well, I'm 100% certain that you're wrong.....so, there's that. Your percentages mean as much to me as mine does to you. Have fun being an anti-theist. Hope you change your mind one day.
1 Peter 1:8New International Version (NIV): 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
@@sanjayksingh6505 You're probably a content fluffer for whoever made this whacked out video. Been a while since I heard anything so absolutely ridiculous
@minecraftkaas No God isn't fake. God is real and everyone knows it, even you. God has put it in all of our hearts and consciousness that He exists ( Ecclesiastes 3:11), that's why the bible says a fool has said in his heart that there is no God because they are choosing to be foolish and deny true knowledge and truth while full knowing that God exists, they chose to deny God because they want their sins and want to stay in their sins but it's a horrible choice to choose sin over God ( Psalms 14). when they chose sin over God, the devil takes hold of them and sin rules them but don't let the devil keep you blinded from the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ ( 2 Corinthians 4:4), don't stay in your sins for sin leads to death ( James 1:17). remember We all will meet the one true and only God the Holy Creator one day ( Hebrews 9;27) and He's being merciful by giving us all time to get right with Him before judgement day, because when judgement day comes you get no second chances. God came as Jesus in the flesh to go and pay our sin debt on the cross, we deserve hell we deserve to take our punishment but in His great love and mercy He took our punishment and sins to the cross. He died and paid for our sin debt in full ( John 19:30) then God rose Jesus on the third day with glory and power and triumph and He conquered hell, sin, death, satan, the world. God broke down the wall that separated us from Him so we can come to Him and be saved and have a relationship with Him. believe and repent of your sins and God will forgive and cleanse you and make you born again by His Holy Spirit ( John 3). today is the day of salvation, you don't know what day or hour or minute or even the second you'll die. Heaven is eternal and hell is eternal as well. Jesus is the only way to Heaven He's the only way we can be saved from sin and from hell ( John 14, Romans 6:23, Romans 10:9-14). don't choose sin over the Holy loving God. come to Jesus! believe and repent ( 1 Cor 6:9-10, Romans 3:23, John 3:15-18, Rom 10:9-14, NKJV).
@@jesusfollowerswomenministries unfortunately u are wrong. It has been proven by physics and science that there is no possible way God is real or exists. We are literally just evolved forms of apes. We have been evolving for over 7 million years. Millions of years ago the first caveman was walking on earth. Then were more to come. There are evidence for this to back up my claim. How was earth created you may ask? Well when the solar system settled into its current lay out about 4.5 billion years ago earth formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust into the third planet from the sun. So yes God isn't real. Sorry for debunking this lol. Also no being could have ever seen and wrote about God. This is because paper didn't exist back then meaning, that someone made the whole thing up. You may believe that God, an impossible being that couldn't even exist is real, but you are denying yourself the truth. Let's just say God was real for a second. Would he like that you were forcing ur beliefs on others. If God was real why would he let 9/11 happen? God was born in the middle east means he is Jewish and he is black. So why would he let George Floyd die? Why would he racism be a thing? Why would he let innocent people of his own race that apparently "created" die? That's right he wouldn't. He would try and help them. So why didn't he? Because he's not real. DEBUNKED
@@djperryboy Even more! Astronomers are sons of Satan because they believe that our planetary system is heliocentric. Which is derived from Hell'o centre.... I'm amazed how those people from classical Rome were so smart and created Latin with modern English in their minds... Outstanding ;-)
Nah... I’m an atheist but I just love listening to both sides of the argument. Your focus should definitely be on the Christians who are commenting before even listening to the video whatsoever. I’m open to all ideas and I’ve used all that I’ve heard, seen and experienced to make up my own mind. Seriously.... did you even read the comments??? Where are these “atheist trolls” you speak of??? Cuz the atheist Channels are OVERFLOWING with religious trolls. So I do believe you’ve gotten it backwards, my dear.
Christina Fidance It was a joke comment, quit taking it seriously big brain? Or did it offend you? A bunch of people who came clicking on this video are atheists with expectations which was betrayed. Same here, but I’m theist who like to listen to both sides of the argument. Read the comment properly, I didn’t mention atheist trolls, it’s “How to troll atheists” I assume English ain’t your first?
@@pineapplepenumbra Yes, the video was sad in the traditional and technical sense, because the truth is truly sad as its the one thing we don't control and are entirely vulnerable to. This video is about the true meaning of "Exist" and it delivers
Hes using word play and actual meanings. He believes in God. He's just saying exists is inaccurate word to speak of God. I get it but I'll still say he is. In our terms the word exists simply means to be
What you call "word play" is called philosophy among educated people, which is the foundation of all science. Without philosophy of science we wouldn't even be able to define what is true and what is not.
what you actually call philosophy is a word play, i can argue from anthropological point of view, other issues like the evolution of language, what we actually have now is the pragmatic understanding or meaning - existence, to come into being or not but can you actually tell what exist and what doesn't thus at the end we end up on a socially conditioned term and definition . i think the only sensible meaning is that God is real and he is existence himself.
I just came to hear someone's perspective; see what their thoughts on the matter were. It's a shame people must take a topic so personally, regardless of your stance.
@John barfneck whattt why do you comment on people you dont know is that apparantely a bad thing you can ask a goddamm stranger on the internet a question what the hells wrong with you lol
@John barfneck Bruh the video has nothing to do with God and people comment "I knew God was real" It's called common sense. Maybe try to use it someday.
I was going to because I'm not having a very good evening to begin with. Secondly, the title of the video is counterintuitive to logic. There's a billions worth of perspectives that call things/actions gods. So what is god? An omnipotent being or supernatural forces perhaps. The word is not that well defined as those that use it in terms to describe the thing they are calling it because when you distill it down to basic, god would be everything. And me..well I want to be nothing. Void being and void existence all together. That's what brought me here and wanting to comment before or after watching about 10 seconds worth after seeing the comments that this guy is lying in the first place. Just being honest, don't crucify me.
Context is key in defining "existence" and, in fact, most words. As we learn in school context clues can help us define words For that reason, the context Sproul uses to define "exist" is completely right But since most people don't use the word "exist" in that way or understand it that way, it may still make sense to use it in "most" situations Still, very good teaching God bless him
But is that not circular reasoning? You're saying that because the Bible says that God said "I will be what I will be," that God therefore is, but you are assuming the Bible is true. Why is it true? What Sproul is talking about has to do with Aristotle's potentials for change. Basically if anything has potential for change (occupies space, changes location, ages, etc.) then it is natural. If something occupies space then it has mass; if it has mass then it is subject to the passage of time. If God exists then he must occupy space, have mass, and therefore be subject to time which makes him a natural being, not supernatural. Hawking said that time did not exist before the Big Bang, so how could God, a natural being, set the Big Bang in motion? Therefore there cannot be a God.
Sag Bag that’s not what he was saying at all. He never claimed gods existence, or lack thereof, he simply pondered what he would think of a biblical quote. Chill out a lil man
Sag Bag also, god, by default, is a supernatural being. He “exists” outside of natural laws. Also, time “began” because experience began, and time is an experience. God is not an experience, and is not contingent on existence of others
Okay how about this - I make a robot that says that and now it is a person? Or now it is a god? You see it doesn’t make much sense and the Bible was written by psychopaths
Gert Scheper. Then very best i can do i pray for you that you allow the Lordin your life,before its too late..becouse there is no repentance in Hell..no not even hope!Christ is 👑.
@@alejandroangel5908 Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
@@Justanobodybro sure he is. It's not enough to believe in a goD. You have to pick the right goD out of all the available choices, and he chose the wrong imaginary friend. Poseidon did not look favorably on him for his life of blaspheming
Is this that much different from modalism? I’m not a modalist, but the way he describes the Trinity doesn’t seem to me as heavily contradicting of modalistic theology as it may seem. Or maybe modalism adds something that makes it heretical. Anybody takers?
Up until they showed the back of the old peoples' heads toward the end, for some reason I pictured a group of kindergarteners who had no idea what was going on.
@@lynnxpooh9024 "im just saying you shouldn’t be taking this risk." So you're suggesting that god doesn't have a sense of humour, or, possibly, has very little patience, compared to a mature human? *If* you're worried about people disrespecting god, that would mean that you should be worried about the 5 billion or so idiots on the planet who follow the torah, bible or qur'an, all of which *massively insult* any god that might exist, far beyond just, "you're gay"!
Seeing the number of "thumbs down" responses on this video shows the unfortunate state of the viewers (or mere visitors to the link). One is either utterly ignorant of his point, has just taken a surface look and decided to make a response without even watching the video, is an atheist, or just hates RC Sproul and/or his reformed view. I suppose another option would be that it was hit in error. There should be no such reaction from any person professing to be a Christian. There was no greater professor for the "existence of God", as it is called, than RC Sproul.
The title reflects exactly what Sproul said in the video, just not in the way most modern English-speaking people understand it (that is, the term "existence"). Click bait is deception; this title doesn't qualify as deception.
The title was misleading, but he did not prove that god does is not there, because it can't be done. If something is not there, you can't prove that or it is unnecessary to think anyone could or should. Although this was also not proof of God being there either, but it was a good explanation of what he thinks humans mean when they talk about god. I know he is breaking down with the word "exist" like it didn't apply to god, but our language is for us to use to understand what we can know in our realm about anything so other humans will know what we mean. To say god doesn't exist because "exist" doesn't work on god, then we just have to make up another word to mean if god is there and we'd still be in the same position as before when using the word exist. If he's going to break down word this way and say they don't apply to where god is, as he does not exist in his own realm because existing means to become rather than always be, then one can probably say no words could be applied to god, like "real" because he would not be real where he is either. Real is a human word having meanings that use the word exist in it. I'm glad he proved god isn't creature like us since creature comes from creation. I suppose that means we are all not created in his image as it's been told, since he doesn't have the image of a creature like us. I think this man is helping prove god isn't there more than what he intended.
All im gonna say is, in life there is always 2 sides to everything, good and bad, life and death, left and right, up and down, even and odd, they're the opposite, so if there is mortals, then there must be an immortal too,which is God.
Somethings are right even if nobody is right while other things are wrong even if everybody is wrong. *Seeking to be wise they become like fools. They exchange the truth of God for a lie.*
change your profile picture and turn away from such evil content, its not moral (don't say or think about how there are immoral things in the Bible because it contains things that actually happened, its not for entertainment)
Wow, it's quite hilarious reading these comments below. Half the people here didn't even watch the video. Here's a hint: the title is a BIT misleading. It's not what you think. Watch and find out..
Wowed, this is the one of the most powerful simple but very complex explanation of the Holy Trinity. Amen 🙏🏾😇🙏🏾 See you in Heaven Dr Sproul to give you a loving Hug brother!!
I love it! God is, was, and will always be. Non-believers ask, "where did God come from, or who created God?". Rather than describe God as merely existing leaving the question of how God came to exist, as Christians, we should be stating confidently and proudly reinforcing the fact that God is eternal. For those of us who know God, eternity is not a concept but a fact and a truth from God who is eternal.
+Ron Bozich "God is, was, and will always be." How can you possibly make such a claim? "Rather than describe God as merely existing leaving the question of how God came to exist" Because its much easier to ignore obvious logical errors. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to believe in an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent being, considering it is logically impossible for a single entity to possess all 3 said attributes.
+Larry Crabs There is absolutely no proof that human beings evolved from fish.... Are you an evolution (a potential cause to our reality) believer? If there is a debate here, I am on the side of God because He revealed Himself to me. I was a non-believer for the first 52 years of my life until God changed my mind. I can, and do, have a relationship with God. I know with great certainty that He exists. Do you know with great certainty why we experience reality? I would never tell you that I can prove God to you. But I will tell you that God can prove Himself to you. Shalom!
Ron Bozich "Are you an evolution (a potential cause to our reality) believer? " No, I accept evolution because it has mountains of evidence from various different disciplines of science. "He revealed Himself to me" That is called religious psychosis. There is help out there, if you choose to seek it. "I know with great certainty that He exists." No, you don't. You really want god to exist. You want it so bad that you imagine this non-existent deity appear before you.
+Larry Crabs Also your "mountains of evidence" for our reality is all from God, not from science. With your evidence, produce a species that was transitional into both a walking creature and a flying creature. Somewhere in your evolutionary record there must be a common land creature that mutated into both an erect walking creature and a flying creature with wings???
@Supreme 12191 Psalms 14:1 : "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."
Well, yes, God does not exist as matter-energy. He is not some big old guy up in the sky with a long white beard, throwing thunderbolts at people He doesn't like. It's like the question, "Who created God?" God IS and is eternal so never needed to be created. He is not a created being.
For me its simple. To look at EVERYTHING, how it works. The checks and balances. The shear complexity. The fact that planets do not crash into each other. The fact that we hang in space without falling into chaos. The fact that today, astronomy can tell you when you will see this comet or, that eclipse and that you can time the cycles down to the second. The fact that the simplest cell, must have all of its components present at the same time or it dies. The fact that the DNA is so awesomely complex with so much information in it, boggles the mind. When atheists deny the existence of God, they look at creation s components individually. But, when you look at ALL creation, and see how it all functions together, there is only one conclusion. We need to pray for people like Richard Dawkins because once they enter eternity, life, or summation will be final.
Atheists like me don't hate religious people because of what they think, it's because of what they do. Believing in god is fine but using it for money and fame isn't. I'm fine with christians if they don't use religion to disprove science. You can't prove god exist with science. You can use philosophy to prove it like this video and that's fine. Even though I am a atheist, I like christianity. It's a great way to teach morality. I believe that christianity doesn't help you physically but it helps you mentally.
No one can prove or disprove. Theists believe for personal reasons. Atheists don't believe for personal reasons. There could be a force such as God but until it is discovered or factually proven wrong, we're all just expressing opinions
U stupid dumshit u know humans wont listen until they see that with their own eyes so until they have proven evidence they stop believing but there is no proven evidence so they wont listen so ur are dumber then society
I’m extremely confused and want answers (don’t read if you don’t want to, I’m just ranting. Read if you’re interested in my existential crisis) I’ve been looking at every bit of evidence. I would really want for something to exist a “god”, but reality and our evidence proved that there is nothing. But our evidence also can’t prove nothing, at least not at the 4th dimension/ our “time” so is there something is there nothing or what is there, if there even is anything? I watched a video of a guy in a TED talk, who said that everything was random, extremely convincingly. That it was our “reality”. If it’s our reality than why does it seem impossible to prove it. Also, the god theory, if there is a god why can’t we find proof. Why is there zero, not even the most absurdly tiny amount of evidence of it being so? Why are there over a thousand Gods without proof or evidence. Scientist also say that religious humans have a tendency to place god as the factor for why we don’t understand something as opposed to understanding it. But they are talking general God’s what if God isn’t really the word god, but the whole universe itself. Now we change the word god and put the universe. The universe is physical... well somewhat. Time isn’t, but we know it’s there because it’s happening. The universe is somehow tho, still part of what we know and see. So what was the start of everything. Stephen Hawkins said that there was no time before the Big Bang. It was just an it, so what caused “it” alright I’m back in the same loophole.
@@BonQy no one can prove to you if God exists or not. Jesus said just before they crucified Him. If they do this to the tree when it's still green, imagine what they will do when its dry. The end is near and satan wants us confused. Either you believe or you don't. It's our love of sin that keeps us from accepting God's existence. It's up to you brother. Love.
We are not even a speck on the face of the whole universe and here we are trying to disprove god. It’s simple logic, we are a complicated species in a huge universe the signs are all around us. Something created this complicated species. Something more complicated than us.
He just explained that God does not exist in the sense that the english language uses "exist". R.C. also noted that God's disposition is not createrly therefore he can not be becoming (exist in this context). His argument is contingent upon God being eternal and not subject to change (I.e. aging).
Jack Cassidy McCarthy every time you pray something good happens around you. God can’t control what you think cause it’s your mind. And he can’t control people around you. So it’s not his fault people do bad things around you but he can do something that can make someone change their mind on their own for example: Let’s say your hungry but you look in your fridge and there’s nothing for you to make or eat cause your missing ingredients, but you could’ve sworn yesterday you had enough food but you just shrug it off and decide to go get food once you start walking to the store you see a homeless man being mistreated by other people they are kicking him and punching him and the homeless man just tries to protect his head, these other people have minds of their own a gift God gave them and now you have to make a choice: A. Help the homeless man and tell them to stop. B. Don’t care it’s whatever he’s homeless for a reason, it’s his fault he should’ve studied. What will it be? Why did your food go missing all of a sudden? Why are you here in this position? Why you? Why now? What if they go as far as killing him? Why *DOES* it matter ?
Okay if he exist, what is God? If you ask a thousand believers you will have a thousand different stories of what God is. That is the truth that he only exist in your mind..
Everyone knows that God exists. Because when they stand before Him on judgement day they will be without excuse. And as you quote that verse of scripture note that "there is" is in italics those are words that aren't understood to be in the Hebrew text it is put in there in an attempted help us understand the verse when it should read "the fool says in his heart no God" as if to say "no God" for me. The people who say there is no God are trying to lie to themselves when all of creation and the visible and the invisible shout God exists. Grace be with you brother/sister in Jesus Christ the savior who was God in flesh.
@@dustymar4341 Remember Those are not my Words. My friend in whom i know nothing about . However, Have you received The Holy Ghost since you believed ? Acts 19 Read it. How were you Baptized ?
@@deuteronomy6436 if you are talking about acts 19 :3-5 . Paul is asking a question about baptism and who they are baptized by. This where Paul refers to what is said in Luke 3:16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: So to answer your question I was baptized of the Holy Ghost into repentance and Faith that Jesus Christ is Lord so that I will made acceptable in the presence of the Father because of what Christ did on Calvary. But the commit on the fool verse was me going into further detail on the verse.
@@dustymar4341 No. The question was Whose name where they baptized in. You see next they were rebaptized in Jesus Name and Paul laid hands on them and they began to prophesy. Not baptized by but baptized in JESUS NAME just like Acts 2:38 By the Way, it is The REAl Baptism.
Guy’s if your religious and your watching this just remember that people have opinions, and if you believe god, you have your own opinion, if you disbelieve god, that’s your opinion. And A GOD is a over powered item, creature, animal e.c.t
Now to be fair, I don’t believe god, but I choose to keep my big mouth shut about these things and that’s what others need to do respect people. Being white & calling someone that is black a N*****, and the black guy says that god is not real, they both did something wrong that could distort their life 👇🏻 ( how many people think both did not do the right thing or he should not say these things)
@@sexytingle7085 I agree, i won't discriminate someone over their religion unless they discriminate me, but rebating religion is not the same as using it as a discrimination factor
The Bible says in John 3:16-36 that whoever believes in the Lord Jesus Christ shall not perish but have everlasting life, the Bible also says in Romans 10:9 that those who declare with their mouth that Jesus Christ is their God, Lord, and Savior they shall be saved. Revelation 1:8 says that Jesus is the alpha and the omega. Luke and revelation is the ending times, and Jesus is returning back. So are you going to submit your life to him or no? Narrow is the path that leads to the gates of heaven, but only few people find it. The gates that is the path to destruction is where many people find it! Jesus loves you SO MUCH! That he died on the cross, and was resurrected from the dead 3 days later to give us eternal life..!.!..!..
If God created everything that exist, there was a time when he commenced to create. Back of that commencement there must have been an eternity. In that eternity what was this God doing? Was God inactive prior to creation? He certainly did not think. There was nothing to think about. He did not remember. Nothing had ever happened. What did he do? Can you imagine anything more absurd that an infinite intelligence in infinite nothing wasting an eternity?
If god exist and he created the universe he had to create laws of physics. Before doing so, he was outside time because, indeed, he created time. Trying to understand this is just as ridiculous as to deny any posibility, the Universe as structred and perfect as it is it's just a proof there is an existance beyong it who was capable of putting all these atoms together.
@@salvadorteran3575 Time is a man made concept to determine past, present, and future. There is no such thing as the beginning of time. God could have not created time because it is logically impossible. As well as God can't make a triangle with four sides because a four sided triangle is a logical impossibilty. "The dividing line between past, present, and future is an illusion. So reality is ultimately TIMELESS." - Albert Einstein.
@@salvadorteran3575 "Before doing so, he was outside time because, indeed, he created time." What would that even mean? What does it mean for something to exist "outside" of time? "Outside" is a spacial orientation, that would require God to exist within space time.
For all the atheists coming here and get all worked up. RC is not trying to proof God from proofs. RC is teaching people of God how to properly understand God for who He is. RC is reminding the people of God that God is pure Being - i.e. the definition of our belief of God is that He is eternally "He is", or more famously the eternal "I AM", or another way of understanding Him is that He is "Being" (eternal self-existence, and unchangeable) and not "Becoming" (finite state of existence, changeable)
To be more precise, the Trinity is not three subsistences in one. God existed before Jesus the man and Christ. The Holy Spirit is given via Christ. We are the ones to whom the Holy Spirit is given. We are the Church, being the completion of God's work (if saved). So God exists first, then those who are born from Him, and are of Him. Also, we are not actually "changing". We are "growing" up and down physically, and growing greater in intelligence (at least some of us.) We are still the same person though. There has never been any evidence of evolution in human history. God began in infinity, so He is already complete. God doesn't ever change.
@@shabushabu1453 Wow! This was 3 years ago. Yes - God did precede Jesús the man in time. but when God united with Mary 2000 years ago, Jesus inherited the "infinite nature of the Deity". It is known as the "theophany" Jesus. Don't just read the Bible. Study and understand it.
I love this argument. I’ve heard the argument that the earth itself is personal. That’s another fun one. God always is and always has been. That’s one thing that makes him so wonderful. To live for Him is the greatest thing a person can ever do.
Romans 10:9 [9]That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
A dialogue between myself and the Devil: The Devil: Do you believe in Jesus Christ? Do you believe he is your Lord and Savior? Me: Yes. The Devil: How can you? There is absolutely no conclusive historical evidence he ever existed! Evolutionary science has proven Creationism to be false. Furthermore, greater destruction and violence has been carried out on Earth in the name of Jesus Christ than anyone or anything else!Me: I agree, and that is how I know my faith has been purified from the influence of this world.
Nobody actually cares. The one you talk about, and he does, DOESNT EXIST. You're a sheep being led to the slaughter and when the time comes I hope religion gets wiped out. We need a reverse crusade to rid the world of religious filth. Science is the only way forward. People who believe in religion do not use logic or intelligence.
hahahahaha, im very fascinated by the number of atheists who are commenting here. they are really pissed at anyone who challenges their worldview, they call you all sort of names. we love you guys and we are praying for your salvation, keep commenting though I like the humor in your comments.
Yeah I know but that doesnt mean we shouldnt pray for people, the word of God calls us to pray for every one, for kings and all people as illustrated in 1Timothy 2, forit is good and acceptable in the sight of who desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth. We know that God will call His elect to Him but why he wants us to pray for all men we dont know but we know that He says we should for it is good and acceptable and not that it will save them, we see this also in Romans 10:1 where paul says he desires and prays for israel's salvation, so it's not really that our prayers will save them but that God wants us to pray for the lost, why? I dont know but He says its good and acceptable, thats His command and His command i will do and at the same time preach the gospel to them as illustrated in romans 10:14-15.
Mattthew 19:21, Mark 10:21 and 25, Luke 18:22. the bible tells christians to do many things, i have noticed they usually only do what suits them.I, on the other hand, do everything that the Hong Kong book of Kung Phoo demands!
The bible used to tell christians to torture, murder, burn people to death for refusing to accept their nonsense. Is that still good and acceptable? If no, then your bible - the word of your god - was wrong at some time and was corrected by humans - your god was in effect censored by humans. If yes then I feel pity for your moral bankruptcy.
If God doesn’t exist, who made you? Look all the miracle around you. You think they pop out from nowhere? God the One who is testing and Watching you. On the day of Judgement you’ll be tested.
God is just a vagary of imagination, he is an illusion that our feeble intellect uses to justify an existence lacking meaning and purpose. God is artificial as every concept, tabu and moral we human use to bind ourselves and live in an environment. The fact that we serve no real purpose makes us able to be really free.
Leon Haze I disagree. We were put on earth to face challenges and to be tested. There are many signs of God, but leaped turn away. The devil is clever in what he does. He takes us away from who created us. There is a God!
Keith Thompson Oh, sorry Keith, I just watched the beginning of the video and I got the idea that he is trying to deny the existence of God. Thank you for making me watch the video until the end and I got the truth. Please accept my apologies. May God bless you.
All he did was change the meaning of words from their accepted everyday use to come up with a pseudo clever argument that people who already believe in a god seem to like. note his argument is valid for ANY concept of a god. Thor, Yahweh, Allah, apollo the FSM. Not so clever really is it?
170221dn isn’t that what atheists also do tho? Come up with arguments to defend why they don’t believe in a God? Everyone does that. Everyone defends what they believe or don’t believe in. Of course they do.
Good gamblers do not make bad bets. Atheists get no lasting reward but if there is a God the ones seeking God get a reward. Being religious has a good chance of eternal blessing.
Why should you be punished simply for not believing in that one specific god? If everyone were to die right now, should 70% of the human population that either believes in different god(s) or no gods at all be sent to hell simply for not believing in that particular god?
By definition RC is very accurate. God is more than a gas or blob through the universe but a personal brilliant beyond our comprehension being. Blow your mind more, has 3 persons/each with personalities that Function totally in harmony as ONE.
I grew up in a family of Jehova's Witness. When people left our meetings or was no longer allowed to preach or even talk to Jehova's witnesses and the other way around, it was usually sad. This happened to my brother because he committed a terrible sin which I will not speak of. Now that I am older and no longer trapped just on what my mom believes but on what I believe, I no longer believe in god. There is no hell, no heaven, no paradise. Nothing. I used to get mad at people for disrespecting Jehova's Witnesses and I still do now because I mean c'mon these people truly believe in Jehova and they go through many struggles, but to me, god is as equal as a fairy tale. Stories of people being helped by god are just coincidences. we are just like animals. We await no greater future and there are no superior species that can solve all our problems. I no longer know what to do now, I am simply just a 12 year old and telling my mom would be devistating. But in another hand preeching god's "words" to other people is absurd when I dont have faith or even believe in what I am preeching in the first place.
I'm really sorry for whatever you went through. I just want to clarify that Jehovah Witnesses are NOT Christians. Jehovah Witness is a cult. And not what God wants for us to believe. Please know that people are HORRIBLE representations of God. People do NOT define God. And experiences do NOT define God. God really does love you. He proved that when He gave His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for you
We have all sinned. Sinning is breaking God's law (The Ten Commandments). And because God is just there has to be punishment(hell). Hell is eternal damnation. And once someone goes there, there is no getting out. But God is love and He doesn't want us to go to hell. So He sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to live a sinless life, to die on the cross for our sins, and to rise from the dead. Jesus took all the sins of the world upon Himself and nailed it to the cross. He took our place. The last thing Jesus said on the cross was, "IT IS FINISHED." As in the debt has been PAID. Our debt has been paid in full! Jesus paid the fine. So now we dont have to go to hell. We cannot earn salvation because our good works CANNOT erase our past sins. And even our good works are like filthy rags before God. God cannot be bribed. He is a righteous, perfect Judge. If you want to be saved and spend eternity in heaven with Jesus, where there will be no more pain, sorrow, sadness, death, and evil, then all you must do is receive God's FREE GIFT of salvation by placing your faith(belief and trust) in Jesus Christ for salvation. Just trust that Jesus already took your punishment and now God can save you. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Have you ever felt empty? I know I have. We all have this hole in our heart that only the love of Jesus can fill. Only Jesus Christ can ever truly satisfy you. John 4:13-14 (ESV) says, "Jesus said to her, 'Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." And John 7:37-39 says, "On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, 'If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.' " Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."
Romans 4:5 (ESV) says, "And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness," And Romans 11:6 (ESV) says, "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace." So what we do contributes NOTHING to our salvation. But just because we dont have to do good works to be saved, doesnt mean we should take advantage of God's grace. Out of gratitude, we should live for Jesus and try our best to obey him. Romans 6:1-2 (ESV) says, "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?"
And another thing. You are NOT too far gone. God can forgive ANY AND ALL sins that you have committed. God bless you! I love you and God loves you the most!
I think I got sucked into another misleading title. I appreciate the logical assumptions and all Mr. Sprouls has definitely proven nothing. Better to be cold than luke warm though. There is always hope!
Ecclesiastes 12 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
@@wr450child7 Why think about the wars it has started? Think of the death tolls from political wars and you will be astounded to see that over 90% of all violent deaths from wars are the result of political wars. Nothing to do with religion but plenty to do with lust, envy, greed, and pride. Maybe we should dump politics and follow religion...
Haha, well done with the clickbait title :) ! For those that are not as amused as I am, here's what the lecturer says: he doesn't try to prove or disprove if such a being exists, what he's trying to do is to show that we can't use the word "exist/existence" when talking about God, because the word that reflects the accurate idea is "subsist/subsistence". God doesn't "exist": "exist" implies a change (born, live, die, or to put it differently: have a point in time where a creature doesn't exist, after that one where it exists for a period of time, and finally one where it doesn't exist again, or to put it another way: the creature undergoes change), but God is unchanging (has been around and will be around for all eternity), AND he is a "being" that contains 3 subsistences, NOT existences within "him": if you look at the elements of the words (in other words, their etymology), ex = out, existence = standing out, sub = under, subsistence = be under something. Note: God is likely sexless, so the male pronoun does not imply sex, just as when we say "Father" we only compare his creative aspect to what we perceive as an earthly creative aspect, which is the male sex. To put it another way: only creatures can exist because they are limited in time (born, live, die), and God is a being because he's eternal, and the Holy Trinity subsists in God, NOT exist in God (so the Holy Trinity is three subsistences). 0:32 and now I think it's clear why he said that the worst thing we could discover is that God "exists": because then, God would at one point die (not that him being around changes anything for the better as far as we can tell, assuming you believe in him).
So God doesn't exist, he just simply IS? For some reason, its actually understandable, I just think some people use exists in a way of describing that he is real, because of their lack of vocabulary, and literary understanding of words.
"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord . There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge." Psalms 14:1-6 KJV "For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts." Psalms 10:3-4 KJV
Yeshua Is My Shepherd The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. Psalm:118:16 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. Psalm:118:17 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. Psalm:118:18 The Right hand of the lord is jesus!
Yeshua Is My Shepherd u didnt get my point! It is messianic psalm about jesus being saved from the cross! He was saved! He didnt die on cross! His substitute was crucified not him!
Ahmed Deedat We cannot sustain this affirmative just put one verse only out of context, but we have to know the all Scripture. And the Scripture says that Jesus was crucified and at the third day He rosen from the death by the power of God Almigthy. He is the Lord and He and the Father was one.
Imagine a situation, where, something can be found out. If one side tells a person who can get this information. Now 2 things occur. Either, that person simply believes the person telling them is just completely nuts, because there is no evidence then so be it. Then, that person then can just keep doing what they were doing in their own private sanctuary as they were before, living within their free rights. Or, that it is known, yet covered up to such a level--Where the person telling it will never be allowed to have access due to the other side being of a satanic realm. They, living by that faith (Knowing how real God is by doing just what they do) and for the lie & deceit by the nature of the beast they represent. And by default--Allows said person to retain their free rights by those means as well. Living, as a non criminal, only expressing themselves in a free society--Having not lost those rights. Either 2 gets back to that same place. How could such a thing be possible--Other than by God existing could it be so?
This is a lecture within a series that Sproul gave. This one introduces the difference between "existence" and "self existence." Humans exist. God is self-existent. Big difference.
For further reading: "Not a Chance", by RC Sproul.
Most comments here are either by Christians who are upset by the title of the video before watching or properly understanding it....or atheists who are upset by the title of the video because they watched hoping for some good talking points that they can use as they troll through Christian YT videos but they either stopped watching or didnt properly understand it.
Kind of funny.
Jason Mahurin I myself am neither theist or atheist. I'm an anti theist. I can say with 99.9% certainty that GOD DOES NOT EXIST.
There's always that .01% chance I'm wrong. I'll take those odds.
Joshua Traffanstedt Yeah well, I'm 100% certain that you're wrong.....so, there's that.
Your percentages mean as much to me as mine does to you.
Have fun being an anti-theist. Hope you change your mind one day.
1 Peter 1:8New International Version (NIV): 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
How can u be 'anti' to something u acknowledge doesn't exist?
The Person who posted this video has used REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY on all of us
He didn't use anything, if he did then it didn't work, at least not for me
Don't speak for everyone lady
@@JustinCase-t4l watch the video carefully, u won't text me again
@@sanjayksingh6505 What video? I don't know what you're talking about ma'am
@@sanjayksingh6505 You're probably a content fluffer for whoever made this whacked out video. Been a while since I heard anything so absolutely ridiculous
This is lowkey clickbait, and I love it.
Low key? I fell out of my chair!
It is not clickbait
@@krazo4Christ ~ Amen Cory! :D So did l.
@minecraftkaas No God isn't fake. God is real and everyone knows it, even you. God has put it in all of our hearts and consciousness that He exists ( Ecclesiastes 3:11), that's why the bible says a fool has said in his heart that there is no God because they are choosing to be foolish and deny true knowledge and truth while full knowing that God exists, they chose to deny God because they want their sins and want to stay in their sins but it's a horrible choice to choose sin over God ( Psalms 14). when they chose sin over God, the devil takes hold of them and sin rules them but don't let the devil keep you blinded from the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ ( 2 Corinthians 4:4), don't stay in your sins for sin leads to death ( James 1:17). remember We all will meet the one true and only God the Holy Creator one day ( Hebrews 9;27) and He's being merciful by giving us all time to get right with Him before judgement day, because when judgement day comes you get no second chances. God came as Jesus in the flesh to go and pay our sin debt on the cross, we deserve hell we deserve to take our punishment but in His great love and mercy He took our punishment and sins to the cross. He died and paid for our sin debt in full ( John 19:30) then God rose Jesus on the third day with glory and power and triumph and He conquered hell, sin, death, satan, the world. God broke down the wall that separated us from Him so we can come to Him and be saved and have a relationship with Him. believe and repent of your sins and God will forgive and cleanse you and make you born again by His Holy Spirit ( John 3). today is the day of salvation, you don't know what day or hour or minute or even the second you'll die. Heaven is eternal and hell is eternal as well. Jesus is the only way to Heaven He's the only way we can be saved from sin and from hell ( John 14, Romans 6:23, Romans 10:9-14). don't choose sin over the Holy loving God. come to Jesus! believe and repent ( 1 Cor 6:9-10, Romans 3:23, John 3:15-18, Rom 10:9-14, NKJV).
@@jesusfollowerswomenministries unfortunately u are wrong. It has been proven by physics and science that there is no possible way God is real or exists. We are literally just evolved forms of apes. We have been evolving for over 7 million years. Millions of years ago the first caveman was walking on earth. Then were more to come. There are evidence for this to back up my claim. How was earth created you may ask? Well when the solar system settled into its current lay out about 4.5 billion years ago earth formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust into the third planet from the sun. So yes God isn't real. Sorry for debunking this lol. Also no being could have ever seen and wrote about God. This is because paper didn't exist back then meaning, that someone made the whole thing up. You may believe that God, an impossible being that couldn't even exist is real, but you are denying yourself the truth. Let's just say God was real for a second. Would he like that you were forcing ur beliefs on others. If God was real why would he let 9/11 happen? God was born in the middle east means he is Jewish and he is black. So why would he let George Floyd die? Why would he racism be a thing? Why would he let innocent people of his own race that apparently "created" die? That's right he wouldn't. He would try and help them. So why didn't he? Because he's not real. DEBUNKED
The title should be changed to
"The definition of the word exist"
Which is not even true because ex and exist are completely different words and have nothing to do with each other
@@djperryboy Even more! Astronomers are sons of Satan because they believe that our planetary system is heliocentric. Which is derived from Hell'o centre.... I'm amazed how those people from classical Rome were so smart and created Latin with modern English in their minds... Outstanding ;-)
@@tjblues01 so how many satans are you talking about
@@sic650 As many as angels in Honda...
tjblues01
Not at akl.not everybody every thing is satan.This one reason out of thousands I am am wicxan not a Christian
This is a huge “How to troll Atheists” video
Nah... I’m an atheist but I just love listening to both sides of the argument. Your focus should definitely be on the Christians who are commenting before even listening to the video whatsoever. I’m open to all ideas and I’ve used all that I’ve heard, seen and experienced to make up my own mind. Seriously.... did you even read the comments??? Where are these “atheist trolls” you speak of??? Cuz the atheist Channels are OVERFLOWING with religious trolls. So I do believe you’ve gotten it backwards, my dear.
Christina Fidance It was a joke comment, quit taking it seriously big brain? Or did it offend you? A bunch of people who came clicking on this video are atheists with expectations which was betrayed. Same here, but I’m theist who like to listen to both sides of the argument. Read the comment properly, I didn’t mention atheist trolls, it’s “How to troll atheists” I assume English ain’t your first?
Christina Fidance I’m curious, who do you like to listen to?
@@itzabhinav2220 Imagine believing in something that people made up
@@TeamFortressClassic Sure chief, what makes you sound smart and superior.
This Is The Saddest Comment Section I Have Ever Seen.
The video, itself, was pretty sad, too.
pineapplepenumbra No you are sad
Yep
Lol you didn't even watch the video my man.
@@pineapplepenumbra Yes, the video was sad in the traditional and technical sense, because the truth is truly sad as its the one thing we don't control and are entirely vulnerable to. This video is about the true meaning of
"Exist" and it delivers
What is that thing he is writing on? It's like an Etch-a-Sketch but bigger. Is it new technology?
a chalk board?
Bruh are you for real??
Hes using word play and actual meanings. He believes in God. He's just saying exists is inaccurate word to speak of God. I get it but I'll still say he is. In our terms the word exists simply means to be
What you call "word play" is called philosophy among educated people, which is the foundation of all science.
Without philosophy of science we wouldn't even be able to define what is true and what is not.
Christine P THANK YOU
@@jaikee9477 Pretty much.
what you actually call philosophy is a word play, i can argue from anthropological point of view, other issues like the evolution of language, what we actually have now is the pragmatic understanding or meaning - existence, to come into being or not but can you actually tell what exist and what doesn't thus at the end we end up on a socially conditioned term and definition . i think the only sensible meaning is that God is real and he is existence himself.
@@loydteds3944 Interesting observation.
I just came to hear someone's perspective; see what their thoughts on the matter were. It's a shame people must take a topic so personally, regardless of your stance.
Why do these people comment before watching the video? 😣
Eli'Yah Busby
@John barfneck whattt why do you comment on people you dont know is that apparantely a bad thing you can ask a goddamm stranger on the internet a question what the hells wrong with you lol
@John barfneck Bruh the video has nothing to do with God and people comment
"I knew God was real"
It's called common sense. Maybe try to use it someday.
@Mario1611 LAZY AUDIENCE INCAPABLE OF UPLOADING THEIR OWN VIDEOS.
I was going to because I'm not having a very good evening to begin with. Secondly, the title of the video is counterintuitive to logic. There's a billions worth of perspectives that call things/actions gods. So what is god? An omnipotent being or supernatural forces perhaps. The word is not that well defined as those that use it in terms to describe the thing they are calling it because when you distill it down to basic, god would be everything. And me..well I want to be nothing. Void being and void existence all together. That's what brought me here and wanting to comment before or after watching about 10 seconds worth after seeing the comments that this guy is lying in the first place. Just being honest, don't crucify me.
Context is key in defining "existence" and, in fact, most words. As we learn in school context clues can help us define words
For that reason, the context Sproul uses to define "exist" is completely right
But since most people don't use the word "exist" in that way or understand it that way, it may still make sense to use it in "most" situations
Still, very good teaching
God bless him
R.C. Sproul's teachings are so deep and it really opens up your mind and the heart.
Old testament = god is an alien
New testament = jesus is alien hybrid.
I would like to hear R.C. Sproul apply Revelation 1:4,8, 4:8 and Exodus 3:14 to this talk.
"I will be what I will be".
But is that not circular reasoning? You're saying that because the Bible says that God said "I will be what I will be," that God therefore is, but you are assuming the Bible is true. Why is it true?
What Sproul is talking about has to do with Aristotle's potentials for change. Basically if anything has potential for change (occupies space, changes location, ages, etc.) then it is natural. If something occupies space then it has mass; if it has mass then it is subject to the passage of time. If God exists then he must occupy space, have mass, and therefore be subject to time which makes him a natural being, not supernatural. Hawking said that time did not exist before the Big Bang, so how could God, a natural being, set the Big Bang in motion? Therefore there cannot be a God.
Sag Bag that’s not what he was saying at all. He never claimed gods existence, or lack thereof, he simply pondered what he would think of a biblical quote. Chill out a lil man
Sag Bag also, god, by default, is a supernatural being. He “exists” outside of natural laws. Also, time “began” because experience began, and time is an experience. God is not an experience, and is not contingent on existence of others
Okay how about this - I make a robot that says that and now it is a person? Or now it is a god? You see it doesn’t make much sense and the Bible was written by psychopaths
Sag Bag gods fake
Every knee shall bow,and every tounge confess..Jesus Christ is Lord!🙌
Ramiro Jimenez Amen
Every man shall protest, everything shall obey the one and only, Allah
Ramiro Jimenez my knee will not bow, and my tounge will not confess.
Gert Scheper. Then very best i can do i pray for you that you allow the Lordin your life,before its too late..becouse there is no repentance in Hell..no not even hope!Christ is 👑.
Ramiro Jimenez pray to the mountain as much as you want , it never helped Anyone. But be my geust.
Praise be to YHWH! Praise be to I AM!
where is he though
@@alejandroangel5908 Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Well, that is one way to blow my mind.
Well done RC sproul in confusing me more than I already was.
God isn’t being, becoming, or any fucking thing. God is a concept in your head that makes you feel good about your life.
It is so strange how JUST yesterday I started reading Dr Sproul's book "Discovering the God who is" which contains this. Blessing!
Did you end up learning who god is? I like reading mythology books too.
aaaarrrghhhhhh. i feel the Lord testing my resolve to forgive!!!!!!!!! he didnt wipe all the chalk off the board hahahahahaha.@1:08sec
RIP R.C.Sproul. Now in the presence of his Lord.
Shane Kelly nah he’s in hell
NITEMARE no he’s not dumbfuck
@@Justanobodybro he has succeeded more than you ever will!
-**- did i say anything wrong u dumb fuck
@@Justanobodybro sure he is. It's not enough to believe in a goD. You have to pick the right goD out of all the available choices, and he chose the wrong imaginary friend. Poseidon did not look favorably on him for his life of blaspheming
God Bless R.C.
Daniel Bone What an intellectual, and kind soul. A rare combination.
Pun intended?
Bro all imma gonna say is this man doesn't know anything his talking about he doesn't no shit. Ok is he dead? No exactly end of discussion
@@DiZzY-oe7sp all I'm going to say is, learn how to spell then do your unnecessary comments.
Gods not real
Unspoken Truth: Just because you humans don't want to believe in God our creator doesn't mean that your consequence don't have actions.
Is this that much different from modalism? I’m not a modalist, but the way he describes the Trinity doesn’t seem to me as heavily contradicting of modalistic theology as it may seem. Or maybe modalism adds something that makes it heretical. Anybody takers?
Up until they showed the back of the old peoples' heads toward the end, for some reason I pictured a group of kindergarteners who had no idea what was going on.
"they will deny me, for they do not know who the father is"
dude, i just found my answer, thank you so much, I hope God works through u continuously
@@CobaltMongoose god is gay
@@mid5503 no u
@@ivanbrada9547 uno reverse card so still gay
@@lynnxpooh9024 "im just saying you shouldn’t be taking this risk."
So you're suggesting that god doesn't have a sense of humour, or, possibly, has very little patience, compared to a mature human?
*If* you're worried about people disrespecting god, that would mean that you should be worried about the 5 billion or so idiots on the planet who follow the torah, bible or qur'an, all of which *massively insult* any god that might exist, far beyond just, "you're gay"!
Seeing the number of "thumbs down" responses on this video shows the unfortunate state of the viewers (or mere visitors to the link). One is either utterly ignorant of his point, has just taken a surface look and decided to make a response without even watching the video, is an atheist, or just hates RC Sproul and/or his reformed view. I suppose another option would be that it was hit in error. There should be no such reaction from any person professing to be a Christian. There was no greater professor for the "existence of God", as it is called, than RC Sproul.
You wouldn’t have to be a Christian to like this. Sufficient but not necessary.
The title reflects exactly what Sproul said in the video, just not in the way most modern English-speaking people understand it (that is, the term "existence"). Click bait is deception; this title doesn't qualify as deception.
The title was misleading, but he did not prove that god does is not there, because it can't be done. If something is not there, you can't prove that or it is unnecessary to think anyone could or should. Although this was also not proof of God being there either, but it was a good explanation of what he thinks humans mean when they talk about god.
I know he is breaking down with the word "exist" like it didn't apply to god, but our language is for us to use to understand what we can know in our realm about anything so other humans will know what we mean. To say god doesn't exist because "exist" doesn't work on god, then we just have to make up another word to mean if god is there and we'd still be in the same position as before when using the word exist. If he's going to break down word this way and say they don't apply to where god is, as he does not exist in his own realm because existing means to become rather than always be, then one can probably say no words could be applied to god, like "real" because he would not be real where he is either. Real is a human word having meanings that use the word exist in it. I'm glad he proved god isn't creature like us since creature comes from creation. I suppose that means we are all not created in his image as it's been told, since he doesn't have the image of a creature like us. I think this man is helping prove god isn't there more than what he intended.
Why am I just now finding this man’s teachings!? Excellent!
Shut up, Your false god-_-
His teachings are fake, Bad comment
@@ruol7123 lol anime profile pic
@@ruol7123 The moment you're arrogant, you are close-minded
All im gonna say is, in life there is always 2 sides to everything, good and bad, life and death, left and right, up and down, even and odd, they're the opposite, so if there is mortals, then there must be an immortal too,which is God.
Somethings are right even if nobody is right while other things are wrong even if everybody is wrong. *Seeking to be wise they become like fools. They exchange the truth of God for a lie.*
Same way for god believers there are non believers
Live with that sucka
change your profile picture and turn away from such evil content, its not moral (don't say or think about how there are immoral things in the Bible because it contains things that actually happened, its not for entertainment)
did you ever saw him???????
Beautiful,3 in one being.Oh the joy that fills my soul.Excelent concept.
Wow, it's quite hilarious reading these comments below. Half the people here didn't even watch the video. Here's a hint: the title is a BIT misleading. It's not what you think. Watch and find out..
I`m not Christian, but God is Omnipotent, Omniscience, Omnipresent right?
Wowed, this is the one of the most powerful simple but very complex explanation of the Holy Trinity. Amen 🙏🏾😇🙏🏾 See you in Heaven Dr Sproul to give you a loving Hug brother!!
I love it! God is, was, and will always be. Non-believers ask, "where did God come from, or who created God?". Rather than describe God as merely existing leaving the question of how God came to exist, as Christians, we should be stating confidently and proudly reinforcing the fact that God is eternal. For those of us who know God, eternity is not a concept but a fact and a truth from God who is eternal.
+Ron Bozich "God is, was, and will always be." How can you possibly make such a claim?
"Rather than describe God as merely existing leaving the question of how God came to exist" Because its much easier to ignore obvious logical errors.
There is absolutely no reason for anyone to believe in an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent being, considering it is logically impossible for a single entity to possess all 3 said attributes.
+Larry Crabs There is absolutely no proof that human beings evolved from fish.... Are you an evolution (a potential cause to our reality) believer? If there is a debate here, I am on the side of God because He revealed Himself to me. I was a non-believer for the first 52 years of my life until God changed my mind. I can, and do, have a relationship with God. I know with great certainty that He exists. Do you know with great certainty why we experience reality? I would never tell you that I can prove God to you. But I will tell you that God can prove Himself to you. Shalom!
Ron Bozich "Are you an evolution (a potential cause to our reality) believer? "
No, I accept evolution because it has mountains of evidence from various different disciplines of science.
"He revealed Himself to me"
That is called religious psychosis. There is help out there, if you choose to seek it.
"I know with great certainty that He exists."
No, you don't. You really want god to exist. You want it so bad that you imagine this non-existent deity appear before you.
+Larry Crabs Also your "mountains of evidence" for our reality is all from God, not from science. With your evidence, produce a species that was transitional into both a walking creature and a flying creature. Somewhere in your evolutionary record there must be a common land creature that mutated into both an erect walking creature and a flying creature with wings???
+Ron Bozich Amen.
Glory to God!🔥🔥🔥❤
@Supreme 12191 Psalms 14:1 : "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."
Go to school. God don't exist
@@karma1506 I agree lol
@@karma1506 Agreed.
@@karma1506 If they went to school and got educated, they'd already know god is a myth.
Well, yes, God does not exist as matter-energy. He is not some big old guy up in the sky with a long white beard, throwing thunderbolts at people He doesn't like. It's like the question, "Who created God?" God IS and is eternal so never needed to be created. He is not a created being.
Glen Kippel exactly
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That’s what I’m talking about
AMEN!!
you didn’t prove anything, you just gave me more reasons to believe in God
If you see the Bible,almost every prophecies of the Bible are fulfilled.
Sad
1:13 I thoght for a second there that he talked about Play Doh
🤣🤣🤣🤣
wait so what kinda play doh is he talking about 😂 ??
@@wanasilini9797 Plato 😂👌 the ancient greek philosopher.
For me its simple. To look at EVERYTHING, how it works. The checks and balances. The shear complexity. The fact that planets do not crash into each other. The fact that we hang in space without falling into chaos. The fact that today, astronomy can tell you when you will see this comet or, that eclipse and that you can time the cycles down to the second. The fact that the simplest cell, must have all of its components present at the same time or it dies. The fact that the DNA is so awesomely complex with so much information in it, boggles the mind. When atheists deny the existence of God, they look at creation s components individually. But, when you look at ALL creation, and see how it all functions together, there is only one conclusion. We need to pray for people like Richard Dawkins because once they enter eternity, life, or summation will be final.
Atheists like me don't hate religious people because of what they think, it's because of what they do. Believing in god is fine but using it for money and fame isn't. I'm fine with christians if they don't use religion to disprove science. You can't prove god exist with science. You can use philosophy to prove it like this video and that's fine. Even though I am a atheist, I like christianity. It's a great way to teach morality. I believe that christianity doesn't help you physically but it helps you mentally.
How come even with proof that he does not exist people still believe in God. I don't think society can be any dumber. 🤦🏻♂️
No one can prove or disprove.
Theists believe for personal reasons.
Atheists don't believe for personal reasons.
There could be a force such as God but until it is discovered or factually proven wrong, we're all just expressing opinions
U stupid dumshit u know humans wont listen until they see that with their own eyes so until they have proven evidence they stop believing but there is no proven evidence so they wont listen so ur are dumber then society
I’m extremely confused and want answers (don’t read if you don’t want to, I’m just ranting. Read if you’re interested in my existential crisis) I’ve been looking at every bit of evidence. I would really want for something to exist a “god”, but reality and our evidence proved that there is nothing. But our evidence also can’t prove nothing, at least not at the 4th dimension/ our “time” so is there something is there nothing or what is there, if there even is anything? I watched a video of a guy in a TED talk, who said that everything was random, extremely convincingly. That it was our “reality”. If it’s our reality than why does it seem impossible to prove it. Also, the god theory, if there is a god why can’t we find proof. Why is there zero, not even the most absurdly tiny amount of evidence of it being so? Why are there over a thousand Gods without proof or evidence. Scientist also say that religious humans have a tendency to place god as the factor for why we don’t understand something as opposed to understanding it. But they are talking general God’s what if God isn’t really the word god, but the whole universe itself. Now we change the word god and put the universe. The universe is physical... well somewhat. Time isn’t, but we know it’s there because it’s happening. The universe is somehow tho, still part of what we know and see. So what was the start of everything. Stephen Hawkins said that there was no time before the Big Bang. It was just an it, so what caused “it” alright I’m back in the same loophole.
@@BonQy no one can prove to you if God exists or not. Jesus said just before they crucified Him. If they do this to the tree when it's still green, imagine what they will do when its dry. The end is near and satan wants us confused. Either you believe or you don't. It's our love of sin that keeps us from accepting God's existence. It's up to you brother. Love.
One moment of silence for those atheists who were happy as fuck at first😂😂
We are not even a speck on the face of the whole universe and here we are trying to disprove god. It’s simple logic, we are a complicated species in a huge universe the signs are all around us. Something created this complicated species. Something more complicated than us.
Yes there is being and we are, of being. The notion of becoming something has made us lose sight of our being. Amen.
Teach it Dr. Sproul!! I sure miss him!!
The title... Is the most misleading thing I've read since I was a child and watched "A cars life: Sparky's Big adventure".
And I love it.
Still wating for the part that proves that god does'nt exist.
He just explained that God does not exist in the sense that the english language uses "exist". R.C. also noted that God's disposition is not createrly therefore he can not be becoming (exist in this context). His argument is contingent upon God being eternal and not subject to change (I.e. aging).
Jack Cassidy McCarthy every time you pray something good happens around you. God can’t control what you think cause it’s your mind. And he can’t control people around you. So it’s not his fault people do bad things around you but he can do something that can make someone change their mind on their own for example:
Let’s say your hungry but you look in your fridge and there’s nothing for you to make or eat cause your missing ingredients, but you could’ve sworn yesterday you had enough food but you just shrug it off and decide to go get food once you start walking to the store you see a homeless man being mistreated by other people they are kicking him and punching him and the homeless man just tries to protect his head, these other people have minds of their own a gift God gave them and now you have to make a choice: A. Help the homeless man and tell them to stop.
B. Don’t care it’s whatever he’s homeless for a reason, it’s his fault he should’ve studied.
What will it be? Why did your food go missing all of a sudden? Why are you here in this position? Why you? Why now? What if they go as far as killing him? Why *DOES* it matter ?
Jack Cassidy McCarthy yeh your not receiving the point here. I don’t blame u tho. Other people who read it got it.
Jack Cassidy McCarthy u haven’t even answered my question yet.
Jack Cassidy McCarthy u can scroll up and look for it, come on now 🤦♀️
Christ died for our sins and rose again. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
Did he fuck you idiot
How does relying on faith and believing whatever a book tells you equal validity?
God is real he is here to protect us
God isn't real and if the stupid ass thing protects us why do people die everyday
Atheists just got triggered after they thought they won😂👌👍
Okay if he exist, what is God? If you ask a thousand believers you will have a thousand different stories of what God is. That is the truth that he only exist in your mind..
What a good vessel this man was. Enjoy your rest R.C. Sproul. God blessed many with you.
@Pfft Lmao yeah you didnt watch the vid did you
@Pfft Lmao he wasnt disproving
Pfft Lmao you definitely didnt watch the video
@Pfft Lmao ???
@Pfft Lmao you're a dumbass LOL. Get out of here troll
Can someone make Eng subtitle please?
I'm bad in listening....
Pure Being... I AM that I AM ... who changes not... May I always walk humbly before you my LORD and my God...
Lol, that means God is saying I can BECOME who you want me to be. God is neither existent nor nonexistent in human vocabulary.
Wisdom begins with the fear of God. Seek God. Fear God. Repent. Put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ
RIP RC Sproul
We shall meet you in glory ❤
Ugly girl,Go to hell
@@ruol7123 Shut your dang mouth fool.
Only The fool has said in his heart There is no GOD
Everyone knows that God exists. Because when they stand before Him on judgement day they will be without excuse. And as you quote that verse of scripture note that "there is" is in italics those are words that aren't understood to be in the Hebrew text it is put in there in an attempted help us understand the verse when it should read "the fool says in his heart no God" as if to say "no God" for me. The people who say there is no God are trying to lie to themselves when all of creation and the visible and the invisible shout God exists. Grace be with you brother/sister in Jesus Christ the savior who was God in flesh.
@@dustymar4341 Remember Those are not my Words. My friend in whom i know nothing about . However, Have you received The Holy Ghost since you believed ? Acts 19 Read it. How were you Baptized ?
@@deuteronomy6436 if you are talking about acts 19 :3-5 . Paul is asking a question about baptism and who they are baptized by. This where Paul refers to what is said in Luke 3:16
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
So to answer your question I was baptized of the Holy Ghost into repentance and Faith that Jesus Christ is Lord so that I will made acceptable in the presence of the Father because of what Christ did on Calvary.
But the commit on the fool verse was me going into further detail on the verse.
@@dustymar4341 No. The question was Whose name where they baptized in. You see next they were rebaptized in Jesus Name and Paul laid hands on them and they began to prophesy. Not baptized by but baptized in JESUS NAME just like Acts 2:38 By the Way, it is The REAl Baptism.
@Deuteronomy 6:4 Shut up Muslim boy, you will go to hell
Peace be with you...
Who gave this man a mouth to talk, and ear to listen, and eye to see? Was it not “ I am, that I am” which we called GOD.
Guy’s if your religious and your watching this just remember that people have opinions, and if you believe god, you have your own opinion, if you disbelieve god, that’s your opinion. And A GOD is a over powered item, creature, animal e.c.t
Now to be fair, I don’t believe god, but I choose to keep my big mouth shut about these things and that’s what others need to do respect people.
Being white & calling someone that is black a N*****, and the black guy says that god is not real, they both did something wrong that could distort their life
👇🏻 ( how many people think both did not do the right thing or he should not say these things)
@@sexytingle7085 I agree, i won't discriminate someone over their religion unless they discriminate me, but rebating religion is not the same as using it as a discrimination factor
Lol this is the greatest troll of all time
The Bible says in John 3:16-36 that whoever believes in the Lord Jesus Christ shall not perish but have everlasting life, the Bible also says in Romans 10:9 that those who declare with their mouth that Jesus Christ is their God, Lord, and Savior they shall be saved. Revelation 1:8 says that Jesus is the alpha and the omega. Luke and revelation is the ending times, and Jesus is returning back. So are you going to submit your life to him or no? Narrow is the path that leads to the gates of heaven, but only few people find it. The gates that is the path to destruction is where many people find it! Jesus loves you SO MUCH! That he died on the cross, and was resurrected from the dead 3 days later to give us eternal life..!.!..!..
@@poweroftruth9258 I tried but God wouldn’t help me so I couldn’t do it.
@@JoshuaTCoe wym?
If God created everything that exist, there was a time when he commenced to create. Back of that commencement there must have been an eternity. In that eternity what was this God doing? Was God inactive prior to creation? He certainly did not think. There was nothing to think about. He did not remember. Nothing had ever happened. What did he do? Can you imagine anything more absurd that an infinite intelligence in infinite nothing wasting an eternity?
If god exist and he created the universe he had to create laws of physics. Before doing so, he was outside time because, indeed, he created time. Trying to understand this is just as ridiculous as to deny any posibility, the Universe as structred and perfect as it is it's just a proof there is an existance beyong it who was capable of putting all these atoms together.
@@salvadorteran3575 Time is a man made concept to determine past, present, and future. There is no such thing as the beginning of time.
God could have not created time because it is logically impossible.
As well as God can't make a triangle with four sides because a four sided triangle is a logical impossibilty.
"The dividing line between past, present, and future is an illusion. So reality is ultimately TIMELESS."
- Albert Einstein.
@@salvadorteran3575 "Before doing so, he was outside time because, indeed, he created time."
What would that even mean? What does it mean for something to exist "outside" of time? "Outside" is a spacial orientation, that would require God to exist within space time.
@Honorato Hector Rivas you said i dont like the idea of being submitted to his law? waht do you mean by his law?
@Honorato Hector Rivas On what empirical basis have you determined that a god exist, and how do you know that it's eternal?
For all the atheists coming here and get all worked up. RC is not trying to proof God from proofs. RC is teaching people of God how to properly understand God for who He is. RC is reminding the people of God that God is pure Being - i.e. the definition of our belief of God is that He is eternally "He is", or more famously the eternal "I AM", or another way of understanding Him is that He is "Being" (eternal self-existence, and unchangeable) and not "Becoming" (finite state of existence, changeable)
To be more precise, the Trinity is not three subsistences in one. God existed before Jesus the man and Christ. The Holy Spirit is given via Christ. We are the ones to whom the Holy Spirit is given. We are the Church, being the completion of God's work (if saved). So God exists first, then those who are born from Him, and are of Him.
Also, we are not actually "changing". We are "growing" up and down physically, and growing greater in intelligence (at least some of us.) We are still the same person though. There has never been any evidence of evolution in human history. God began in infinity, so He is already complete. God doesn't ever change.
God existed before Jesus? Resurrecting ancient heresy for fun?
Read John 1.
@@shabushabu1453 Wow! This was 3 years ago. Yes - God did precede Jesús the man in time. but when God united with Mary 2000 years ago, Jesus inherited the "infinite nature of the Deity".
It is known as the "theophany" Jesus.
Don't just read the Bible. Study and understand it.
In Christ God can exist, stand out and can be 'I'am Whom I will become"
I love this argument. I’ve heard the argument that the earth itself is personal. That’s another fun one. God always is and always has been. That’s one thing that makes him so wonderful. To live for Him is the greatest thing a person can ever do.
Sometimes I flush before im done peeing..and sometimes I flush too soon and im still peeing after the flush is complete.
ikr? I hate it!
I don't get what you're trying to say
He is saying the same thing in two different ways
Romans 10:9
[9]That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
I feel that.
A dialogue between myself and the Devil:
The Devil: Do you believe in Jesus Christ? Do you believe he is your Lord and Savior?
Me: Yes.
The Devil: How can you? There is absolutely no conclusive historical evidence he ever existed! Evolutionary science has proven Creationism to be false. Furthermore, greater destruction
and violence has been carried out on Earth in the name of Jesus Christ than anyone or anything else!Me: I agree, and that is how I know my faith has been purified from the influence of this world.
Yes you had a dialogue with the devil
THIS is a great learning. Hallelujah!
l love this man, but l especially LOVE The One he talks about all the time! _ALL GLORY_ goes to The KING of kings, and LORD of lords!
Nobody actually cares. The one you talk about, and he does, DOESNT EXIST. You're a sheep being led to the slaughter and when the time comes I hope religion gets wiped out. We need a reverse crusade to rid the world of religious filth. Science is the only way forward. People who believe in religion do not use logic or intelligence.
hahahahaha, im very fascinated by the number of atheists who are commenting here. they are really pissed at anyone who challenges their worldview, they call you all sort of names. we love you guys and we are praying for your salvation, keep commenting though I like the humor in your comments.
You can't pray someone into salvation.
Yeah I know but that doesnt mean we shouldnt pray for people, the word of God calls us to pray for every one, for kings and all people as illustrated in 1Timothy 2, forit is good and acceptable in the sight of who desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth. We know that God will call His elect to Him but why he wants us to pray for all men we dont know but we know that He says we should for it is good and acceptable and not that it will save them, we see this also in Romans 10:1 where paul says he desires and prays for israel's salvation, so it's not really that our prayers will save them but that God wants us to pray for the lost, why? I dont know but He says its good and acceptable, thats His command and His command i will do and at the same time preach the gospel to them as illustrated in romans 10:14-15.
Mattthew 19:21, Mark 10:21 and 25, Luke 18:22. the bible tells christians to do many things, i have noticed they usually only do what suits them.I, on the other hand, do everything that the Hong Kong book of Kung Phoo demands!
The bible used to tell christians to torture, murder, burn people to death for refusing to accept their nonsense. Is that still good and acceptable? If no, then your bible - the word of your god - was wrong at some time and was corrected by humans - your god was in effect censored by humans.
If yes then I feel pity for your moral bankruptcy.
hahahahaha, which are these things that the Christians were told to do and are not doing?
Insert meme where head explodes, lol. Great stuff! Love it!
What do you think about evolution?
@@wehfgyuewaq833 Evolution contradicts itself
@@robdog4062 no
@@mid5503 Explain how it don't?
@@robdog4062 tell me first why you think it does ill debunk you
I’m a Christian and this is still funny 😆
Given how things are going, I'm convinced Dr. Sproul will go down as one of the last great philosophers of history.
If God doesn’t exist, who made you? Look all the miracle around you. You think they pop out from nowhere? God the One who is testing and Watching you. On the day of Judgement you’ll be tested.
God is just a vagary of imagination, he is an illusion that our feeble intellect uses to justify an existence lacking meaning and purpose. God is artificial as every concept, tabu and moral we human use to bind ourselves and live in an environment. The fact that we serve no real purpose makes us able to be really free.
Leon Haze I disagree. We were put on earth to face challenges and to be tested. There are many signs of God, but leaped turn away. The devil is clever in what he does. He takes us away from who created us. There is a God!
You're fucking parents made you
logically it's a great way to prove the being of God. It really makes sense. Thanks
+Rustam Sohrab lol please take a moment and actually watch the video because it's quite clear you didn't.
Keith Thompson
Oh, sorry Keith, I just watched the beginning of the video and I got the idea that he is trying to deny the existence of God. Thank you for making me watch the video until the end and I got the truth. Please accept my apologies. May God bless you.
Rustam hey, thank you for this comment. I feel God in the way this was handled. may God bless you brother.
All he did was change the meaning of words from their accepted everyday use to come up with a pseudo clever argument that people who already believe in a god seem to like.
note his argument is valid for ANY concept of a god. Thor, Yahweh, Allah, apollo the FSM.
Not so clever really is it?
170221dn isn’t that what atheists also do tho? Come up with arguments to defend why they don’t believe in a God? Everyone does that. Everyone defends what they believe or don’t believe in. Of course they do.
Mind blown... awesome. Thanks RC. You were a great teacher. You will be missed.
bless his heart, lol
Good gamblers do not make bad bets. Atheists get no lasting reward but if there is a God the ones seeking God get a reward. Being religious has a good chance of eternal blessing.
Why should you be punished simply for not believing in that one specific god? If everyone were to die right now, should 70% of the human population that either believes in different god(s) or no gods at all be sent to hell simply for not believing in that particular god?
Where can I get the full video of this?
By definition RC is very accurate. God is more than a gas or blob through the universe but a personal brilliant beyond our comprehension being. Blow your mind more, has 3 persons/each with personalities that Function totally in harmony as ONE.
I think you are wrong he is an amazing pasta being. ALl the evidence he presented completely supports the flying spaghetti monster do you not agree?
170221dn God is not defined by your imaginations
@@170221dn This Flying Spaghetti Monster satire has gotten old....
@@thomasecker8897
"This Flying Spaghetti Monster satire has gotten old...."
I think God myths from 3-4 thousand years ago are getting a bit tired.
@@170221dn Which ones?
I grew up in a family of Jehova's Witness. When people left our meetings or was no longer allowed to preach or even talk to Jehova's witnesses and the other way around, it was usually sad. This happened to my brother because he committed a terrible sin which I will not speak of. Now that I am older and no longer trapped just on what my mom believes but on what I believe, I no longer believe in god. There is no hell, no heaven, no paradise. Nothing. I used to get mad at people for disrespecting Jehova's Witnesses and I still do now because I mean c'mon these people truly believe in Jehova and they go through many struggles, but to me, god is as equal as a fairy tale. Stories of people being helped by god are just coincidences. we are just like animals. We await no greater future and there are no superior species that can solve all our problems. I no longer know what to do now, I am simply just a 12 year old and telling my mom would be devistating. But in another hand preeching god's "words" to other people is absurd when I dont have faith or even believe in what I am preeching in the first place.
I'm really sorry for whatever you went through. I just want to clarify that Jehovah Witnesses are NOT Christians. Jehovah Witness is a cult. And not what God wants for us to believe. Please know that people are HORRIBLE representations of God. People do NOT define God. And experiences do NOT define God. God really does love you. He proved that when He gave His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for you
We have all sinned. Sinning is breaking God's law (The Ten Commandments). And because God is just there has to be punishment(hell). Hell is eternal damnation. And once someone goes there, there is no getting out. But God is love and He doesn't want us to go to hell. So He sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to live a sinless life, to die on the cross for our sins, and to rise from the dead. Jesus took all the sins of the world upon Himself and nailed it to the cross. He took our place. The last thing Jesus said on the cross was, "IT IS FINISHED." As in the debt has been PAID. Our debt has been paid in full! Jesus paid the fine. So now we dont have to go to hell. We cannot earn salvation because our good works CANNOT erase our past sins. And even our good works are like filthy rags before God. God cannot be bribed. He is a righteous, perfect Judge. If you want to be saved and spend eternity in heaven with Jesus, where there will be no more pain, sorrow, sadness, death, and evil, then all you must do is receive God's FREE GIFT of salvation by placing your faith(belief and trust) in Jesus Christ for salvation. Just trust that Jesus already took your punishment and now God can save you. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Have you ever felt empty? I know I have. We all have this hole in our heart that only the love of Jesus can fill. Only Jesus Christ can ever truly satisfy you. John 4:13-14 (ESV) says, "Jesus said to her, 'Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." And John 7:37-39 says, "On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, 'If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.' " Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."
Romans 4:5 (ESV) says, "And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness," And Romans 11:6 (ESV) says, "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace." So what we do contributes NOTHING to our salvation. But just because we dont have to do good works to be saved, doesnt mean we should take advantage of God's grace. Out of gratitude, we should live for Jesus and try our best to obey him. Romans 6:1-2 (ESV) says, "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?"
And another thing. You are NOT too far gone. God can forgive ANY AND ALL sins that you have committed. God bless you! I love you and God loves you the most!
He was playing with words to prove being? So we are trying to become being ? Because we are called human being? Bing bing! What he said? 😂
Think of what the word human mean...
Then think about what being means.
Then put em together
I think I got sucked into another misleading title. I appreciate the logical assumptions and all Mr. Sprouls has definitely proven nothing. Better to be cold than luke warm though. There is always hope!
Yes he has told the definition of exist
God is real. Yep. That’s right. I said it. Atheists and unbelievers are about to hate me.
Ecclesiastes 12
12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Athiest gang where u at?
Right here... my friend is trying to convert me but I ain’t having that.
I’m thinking about all the wars it has started
Always here, getting new information and of course laughing at the word salad rationalizations. Word salad is comfort food to a theist.
@@wr450child7
Why think about the wars it has started?
Think of the death tolls from political wars and you will be astounded to see that over 90% of all violent deaths from wars are the result of political wars.
Nothing to do with religion but plenty to do with lust, envy, greed, and pride.
Maybe we should dump politics and follow religion...
Boi what starts the being or becoming? God made the perfect time so nothing comes from nothing
@@peli_candude554 they're both fake so
I love that😂 best video I’ve ever watched.
Ali Ali 😂 you need jesus✝️✝️
@@mr.stepdaddy2259 😂😂🤫🤫
Guys. Please watch video first than comment what you want.
This is crazy it blow my mind away, tittle vs video makes it very contradictory but in the end the real true behind all of it. Amazing!
*LET'S GET THIS CLEAR*
*All of us have our oppinions*
Haha, well done with the clickbait title :) !
For those that are not as amused as I am, here's what the lecturer says: he doesn't try to prove or disprove if such a being exists, what he's trying to do is to show that we can't use the word "exist/existence" when talking about God, because the word that reflects the accurate idea is "subsist/subsistence".
God doesn't "exist": "exist" implies a change (born, live, die, or to put it differently: have a point in time where a creature doesn't exist, after that one where it exists for a period of time, and finally one where it doesn't exist again, or to put it another way: the creature undergoes change), but God is unchanging (has been around and will be around for all eternity), AND he is a "being" that contains 3 subsistences, NOT existences within "him": if you look at the elements of the words (in other words, their etymology), ex = out, existence = standing out, sub = under, subsistence = be under something. Note: God is likely sexless, so the male pronoun does not imply sex, just as when we say "Father" we only compare his creative aspect to what we perceive as an earthly creative aspect, which is the male sex.
To put it another way: only creatures can exist because they are limited in time (born, live, die), and God is a being because he's eternal, and the Holy Trinity subsists in God, NOT exist in God (so the Holy Trinity is three subsistences).
0:32 and now I think it's clear why he said that the worst thing we could discover is that God "exists": because then, God would at one point die (not that him being around changes anything for the better as far as we can tell, assuming you believe in him).
You dont believe God exists. Do you believe you exist?
watch the video, idjit :p
Why wouldn't anyone believe they exist?
He believes God IS; above existence
Great video, loved it! Thank for posting it.
"God does not exist, he is eternal"
- Søren Kierkegaard -
So God doesn't exist, he just simply IS? For some reason, its actually understandable, I just think some people use exists in a way of describing that he is real, because of their lack of vocabulary, and literary understanding of words.
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"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord . There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge."
Psalms 14:1-6 KJV
"For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."
Psalms 10:3-4 KJV
Yeshua Is My Shepherd bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla. Bull shit.
Yeshua Is My Shepherd
The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalm:118:16
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Psalm:118:17
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Psalm:118:18
The Right hand of the lord is jesus!
Ahmed Deedat Amem. The Lord Jesus be always exalted.
Yeshua Is My Shepherd u didnt get my point! It is messianic psalm about jesus being saved from the cross! He was saved! He didnt die on cross! His substitute was crucified not him!
Ahmed Deedat We cannot sustain this affirmative just put one verse only out of context, but we have to know the all Scripture. And the Scripture says that Jesus was crucified and at the third day He rosen from the death by the power of God Almigthy. He is the Lord and He and the Father was one.
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Great lecture even if only a few mins...lots to think on...
You wrote this comment 7 years ago, has ur life changed since this comment? Like are u proud so far of the decisions you’ve made
I don't understand your explanation....but the video caption says god doesn't exist...I AGREE
Imagine a situation, where, something can be found out. If one side tells a person who can get this information. Now 2 things occur. Either, that person simply believes the person telling them is just completely nuts, because there is no evidence then so be it. Then, that person then can just keep doing what they were doing in their own private sanctuary as they were before, living within their free rights. Or, that it is known, yet covered up to such a level--Where the person telling it will never be allowed to have access due to the other side being of a satanic realm. They, living by that faith (Knowing how real God is by doing just what they do) and for the lie & deceit by the nature of the beast they represent. And by default--Allows said person to retain their free rights by those means as well. Living, as a non criminal, only expressing themselves in a free society--Having not lost those rights. Either 2 gets back to that same place. How could such a thing be possible--Other than by God existing could it be so?