RC was a gift. The wisest of sermons I have heard are from this one man. He is missed. What a great loss. Thank you Ligonier for continuing and sharing his knowledge. He never stopped learning of God and Jesus. He never ceased teaching what he knew.
@@johnnyangel1455 Luke 23:43 And Jesus replied, “Today you will be with me in 🌺 Paradise. 🌺This is a solemn promise.” [9:111] GOD has bought from the believers their lives and their money in exchange for 🌺 *Paradise.* 🌺 Thus, they fight in the cause of GOD, willing to kill and get killed. Such is His truthful pledge in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran-and who fulfills His pledge better than GOD? You shall rejoice in making such an exchange. This is the greatest triumph. [53:38] No soul bears the sins of another soul. [53:39] Every human being is responsible for his own works. ☎️🌐🤔🧠 QURAN: Recall that your Lord said to the angels, "I am placing a representative on Earth." They said, "Will You place therein one who will spread evil therein and shed blood, while we sing.... ⚛ ACCEM 🔄 MECCA ⚛ 🔃 ANTI CHRIST COMMON ERA MONARCH 🕋👑💒 💎👁🗽👁💎 RABBI ON JEWISH GOD th-cam.com/video/qREbrpxyWzg/w-d-xo.html [9:82] Let them laugh a little, and cry a lot. This is the requital for the sins they have earned. [53:43] He is the One who makes you laugh or cry. [53:60] Are you laughing, instead of crying?
Judy,a habit I have used in my life is to practice, due to my belief that Brother RC is a gift. A precious gift from God. When I read the Bible, and study it. I will use time stamps God has created to discern that for example: John 1:1-2. IN The beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and The Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. I firstly must say, that there is not any form of a mistake in your comments, nor especially The Written Words Inspired by God. I always change the “ was” to is. It is a choice I make to help me remember that our Triune God is not bound by time. So in my own mind I believe RC is a gift. We can watch him preach today. We can see Jesus today. We can hear The Holy Spirit today. Now. Without any ceasing. I must add, there is not any error at all in John 1:1-2 because as written According To Jesus Christ. Time was used to bring back to life what truthfully transpired. But especially in John 1:1-14 we know Our Triune God is not subject to time. I could try and delight myself in how I perceive myself. That is not at all my point. In this context just knowing without hesitation that Pastor is Because God is,and always will be🙂
Not even ten minutes in and the guy shows he clearly knows his Kant. I gotta say, as both a Bible-believing, born again by God's grace alone Christian, and as a Philosophy minor, I'm thoroughly impressed by this guy. He's hitting all the reasons I hate about today's "post-modern" society, Darwinism, and Socialism/Communism. Without God, we think that everything's relative. As a Christian, I'm an essential Realist. That means I believe in Absolute Truth, and the Eternal God of Truth Who is Truth Himself (see John 14:6). Needless to say, that's not a popular view these days. So be it. We weren't called to be popular.
Pastor Sproul spoke to God in his initial prayer....the way he spoke showed me clearly it was no show...it was a true request to God. A mighty preacher
It's how we should pray. To my mind, it's the next best model for prayer, 2nd only to Christ's model for prayer when He taught the Apostles to pray. :) Oh, I miss R.C. Sproul!!! I could close my eyes and HEAR his love for God and people in his voice!!!
Boy!!! Secularism certainly on a roll, it's all about being in the now, the me, myself, and I generation. We are now seeing the fruits of this secular madness.
What a deep sermon. Blew my mind. This man continues to be a blessing to me from beyond the grave. May he receive many crowns for his works here on earth.
So what does it profit a man to question the universe, the ins and outs and physics of our world? So what does it profit a man to study, praise, seek to know and embrace the living God. To passionately devote their lives exploring God's infinite wonders, thoughts and ways? This world is only here for a short time, our God is eternal. Man got in trouble by wanting answers to questions already answered but doubted by the enemies deception. Look what that got us; death. Have we not learnt? Salvation through faith ,grace and repentance is all we need to know. Song of songs tells us that without our beloved we have nothing. To find Him all we need to do is praise Him. Describe Him. Our salvation is always tending his garden; going about His Father's work/will. What else do we need?
Wouldn't trusting god be a work of FREE WILL! Isn't that a no no? I don't think John Calvin would approve of a work like that. John Calvin said. Of this, the very term in question [free will] furnishes too strong a proof…I think the abolition of it would be of great advantage to the Church. I am unwilling to use it myself; and others, if they will take my advice, will do well to abstain from it.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 2, Chapter 2, Paragraphs 7-8) There is no FREE WILL so how can we trust John Calvin said “…it is very wicked merely to investigate the causes of God’s will. For his will is, and rightly ought to be, the cause of all things that are.”…”For God’s will is so much the highest rule of righteousness that whatever he wills, by the very fact that he wills it, must be considered righteous. When, therefore, one asks why God has so done, we must reply: because he has willed it. But if you proceed further to ask why he so willed, you are seeking something greater and higher than God’s will, which cannot be found.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 23, Paragraph 1) “…we say that God once established by his eternal and unchangeable plan those whom he long before determined once for all to receive into salvation, and those whom, on the other hand, he would devote to destruction…he has barred the door of life to those whom he has given over to damnation.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 7) Because man has no FREE WILL we are little more than puppets just like John Piper says on his website. Quote: "God . . . brings about all things in accordance with his will. In other words, it isn’t just that God manages to turn the evil aspects of our world to good for those who love him; it is rather that he himself brings about these evil aspects for his glory (see Ex. 9:13-16; John 9:3) and his people’s good (see Heb. 12:3-11; James 1:2-4). This includes-as incredible and as unacceptable as it may currently seem-God’s having even brought about the Nazis’ brutality at Birkenau and Auschwitz as well as the terrible killings of Dennis Rader and even the sexual abuse of a young child . . ." TRUTH IN LOVE
God has given us free will, but it has limits/boundaries. Anyone who is predestinated to adoption a God's child, by Christ Jesus for the Father's good pleasure, will be saved from His wrath, because He has ordained that to happen, including giving that person an effectual calling that enables them to see the Gospel is true and to Believe and repent. God's is not the author of evil, but He does use it for His glory. @@truth7416
Moved to tears by RC’s brilliant, simple argument for the eternality of God and thus the value of each moment of our temporal existence. By the grace of God and in Christ alone I am not frightened to death to see my maker when the last appointed grain in my hour glass is gone. Remnants of secularism still in my bones were exposed and frightened to discomfort. Lord have mercy on us all!
Our Sovereign God is eternal. Before anything I am, says the Lord. That is why without faith it's impossible to please God. Nothing is void of God. Nothing is hell.
This sermon was so intricately, yet profoundly woven it boggles the mind. To give us such a macro journey into complicated themes, cosmology, theology, ontology with background bibliography, and anecdotes like the Carl Sagan letter and response was fascinating.But what’s a sermon without an application? His ending , the last 10minutes leading to the subject of time in view of the certainty of eternity put the fear of God afresh into my soul. Simply to the cross I cling, forever grateful, though my pea brain and hard heart cannot grasp this kind of love, I won’t let go.
Pastor Sproul has the ability to explain something complex or abstract and make it relatable. I have a desire to go to seminary to tear up my bible to extract as much of it as possible in his way and time.
@@lepidoptera9337 I did not know that, but you did give me something to think about. Wonder why- is there something wrong with the seminaries? If it is a seminary, should it not bring someone closer to God and not further away? Thanks.
Rest In Peace. You earned it. And you are now reunited with your dear earthly father and your Heavenly Father. God Bless this man and all the work he did for Christ.12-17
I always appreciated RC's great sense of humor! Our God is a God of joy and delight. It makes me happy that RC is experiencing that firsthand, right this very moment. How I long to be with Jesus as well! I'm so weary of this ever-increasingly wicked world. It's really getting to the point where it's unbearable.
I have listened to R.C. Sproul fora number of years now, I am a Pentecostal by experience and have heard Dr. Sproul's thoughts on the evidence of speaking in tongues. I have read his book on the Holiness of God, which I think should be listed as a Christian classic. But I have been totally excited when I discovered all of his sermons here on You Tube. I have to pull myself away to make myself go and take care of the necessary things here at home. I love this man and his works.
Thank you, RC. I miss your live teaching. You are in eternity with GOD. Pragmatism is not absolutely, totally, utterly, completely, impossibly, evil, eternally compatible! Jesus is the TRUTH yesterday, today, tomorrow and eternity.
I miss RC immensely... I still listen to his sermons. his conference messages, his Q &A forums. Etc..and of course his preaching at St Andrew's. His contagious smile remains fresh in my heart😊
Sproul died in 12/17/2017 this sermon sounds like he recorded it yesterday and today is August 13 2022 "God's word is living and powerful, Hebrew 4:12"
DR. SPRUOL IS AN AWESOME TEACHER OF GODS WORD. I HAV LISTENED TO THIS GODLY MANS PREACHING FOR A LONG WHILE . HE IS ONE OF GODS BEST TEACHERS OF GODS WORD N WAYS. ALL BIBLE-BASED. PRAISE GOD !!!!
RC was and is still a blessing. Stumbled on his teachings while do a philosophy course while undertaking a postgraduate teacher's degree. Helped my coursework and my faith. Miss him like I knew him personally.
R.I.P., our dearest and beloveth Rev. Dr. R.C. Sproul. Wow! I never get tired of listening to this Man of GOD. Thank you JESUS for Your humble servant; total awesomeness!
@@bilbobaggins4403 Please show some respect for yourself, and quit exhibiting your 'kiddish' simplicities; got it!? Who are those people who raised you to do this!?
@@bilbobaggins4403 No church father ever gave a hint of what Sproul preached. 500 years after the Apostles a new cult started Islam. 1500 years after the Apostles the Cult of Calvinism was created. No one from the cross to John Calvin ever said what calvinists teach. John Calvins cult has a large number of desciples today. Sproul, MacArthur, Washer, White, Piper....
Listening to this man shows me that I still need more of God for such a sermon preached in Africa will leave people wondering what the sermon was all about. Am relating his teaching and reason to that of Job and his friends. Knowledge is indeed a necessity.
The irony is……….there is zero constraint of time within eternity. It’s a construct that only exists to allow us to navigate & orientate our lives within the temporal 🙏🏾
Amazing! Praise the Lord for this Godly man! RC, rest in peace with the Father, the Son and the Holy SpiritI What a wonderful Eternity awaits us as fellow brothers of Jesus Christ! Praise the Lord!
As a graduate student in physics I am enamored by Sproul's exposition of his conversation with Sagan (and not the least bit jealous!) The way he explained the very real physics considerations of the Big Bang and the implications that arise was clear yet comprehensive. Truly a gifted man of God!
What an incredible man serving an Incredible God! R.C. helped me before as I struggled with questions about the Lord and blesses me now by the Lord’s Word coming thru him.
I thank God for R C Sproul. Such a brilliant mind. I have never heard of such a ‘simple’ yet so deep and convincing ‘argument’ - in fact Proof - about eternity, as R C Sproul says so clearly: If there is a here ‘now’ there must be an eternity, otherwise, the ‘now’ must be gone as soon as it is contemplated. All our experiences must have a ‘meaning’ only because eternity exists. God Bless Legonier ministries.
Grace Marie to whom did you pray? Poor woman, get a book instead if you hate the Word of God. I convinced 💯 you are so lonely that you are here just to get hate...but guess what. Some were created for destruction & others to spend eternity with Him.😘😁
May The LORD bless all that you put your hands to... And may it all be for His Glory and Honor in Christ Jesus's Name The Lord Jesus Christ has delivered me from drug addiction, homelessness, abusive relationships, evil spirits (yes they're real) , sexual immorality, swearing, lying, stealing, laziness.. and even more. I give all the glory to Him. All praise and worship belong to God. He is real. He is bigger than any problem you face. He will meet you where you are at. Even right now. (Romans 10:13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Currently I'm experiencing a demonic attack. But I am standing on The Word of God which says I have authority over devils and we are commanded by Christ Jesus to drive/cast them out. So I'm will continue to drive them out in The Name of Jesus Christ. Friends I implore you to do the same. The devil doesn't want us thinking it's real. We have authority over it! All of them. Keep strong in The Lord. Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God The Father. I bless every reader of this comment in The Name of Jesus Christ
Am watching this oct.24..looking at u.s.politics at present.these words are prophetic..and rather frightening when marxism is on the rise...the free world is under attack
Well, I deeply appreciate R.C. Sproul and I appreciate his talk here that he gave to the congregation. I'm not sure of the context of the discussion or the sermon, but it was well presented and thoughtful, but I would add this - because I'm philosophically trained in college and graduate school - and that is that when you get into this level of discussion, the abstractions can become themselves a form of meta-philosophy and then you have to go even beyond that and I think ultimately you end up in a place of silence and humility before God, it's more of a direct awareness of being in the presence of God rather than talking about it or thinking about it - a cry from the heart.
It was in the PLAN of Father YAHweh that you would be reading this now. YAHshua died to pay our sin debt in FULL. May Father YAHweh bless your understanding.
Amazing indeed how I came to the conclusion that there must be God (the necessity of God ) when I was 16.was just doing a lil personal apologetic theory for my self. Now two years later I hear it from R.C 😅😅.. in a video a coupla years old
Yes RC great preacher but…. For crying out loud, his congregations have absolutely no interest in evangelizing. They say, since they are Calvinists, there’s no need. And RC and his designated assistant and current pastors act indifferent to His Great Commission. 😢
Thank you for the video. Dr. Sproul is blessed indeed, now being in the presence of the Lord. It is difficult to describe the immutable, all-powerful, all-loving, God, Who can exist in eternity and the individual heart of the believer at the same time! How awesome He is! 🕊
Wouldn't trusting god be a work of FREE WILL! Isn't that a no no? I don't think John Calvin would approve of a work like that. John Calvin said. Of this, the very term in question [free will] furnishes too strong a proof…I think the abolition of it would be of great advantage to the Church. I am unwilling to use it myself; and others, if they will take my advice, will do well to abstain from it.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 2, Chapter 2, Paragraphs 7-8) There is no FREE WILL so how can we trust John Calvin said “…it is very wicked merely to investigate the causes of God’s will. For his will is, and rightly ought to be, the cause of all things that are.”…”For God’s will is so much the highest rule of righteousness that whatever he wills, by the very fact that he wills it, must be considered righteous. When, therefore, one asks why God has so done, we must reply: because he has willed it. But if you proceed further to ask why he so willed, you are seeking something greater and higher than God’s will, which cannot be found.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 23, Paragraph 1) “…we say that God once established by his eternal and unchangeable plan those whom he long before determined once for all to receive into salvation, and those whom, on the other hand, he would devote to destruction…he has barred the door of life to those whom he has given over to damnation.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 7) Because man has no FREE WILL we are little more than puppets just like John Piper says on his website. Quote: "God . . . brings about all things in accordance with his will. In other words, it isn’t just that God manages to turn the evil aspects of our world to good for those who love him; it is rather that he himself brings about these evil aspects for his glory (see Ex. 9:13-16; John 9:3) and his people’s good (see Heb. 12:3-11; James 1:2-4). This includes-as incredible and as unacceptable as it may currently seem-God’s having even brought about the Nazis’ brutality at Birkenau and Auschwitz as well as the terrible killings of Dennis Rader and even the sexual abuse of a young child . . ." TRUTH IN LOVE
Amen, and praise God for his marvelous works, some of which are given through men such as this. I loved this man for his joyous human side, but more so for his revelation of the scriptures, both old and new. He had an extrodinary gift. Such gifts make me weep for joy as I come to understand the truth of Gods holy word. Thank you Lord.
did we ever expect the devil to agree with christian understanding of truth? so now we are nearing where we began.....let the church be purified as Gods will sees fit....Lord have mercy on us .....Lord have mercy on meX7
I love the Word of God with R C Sproul
RC Sproul always making complex subject matters simplier
RC was a gift. The wisest of sermons I have heard are from this one man. He is missed. What a great loss.
Thank you Ligonier for continuing and sharing his knowledge. He never stopped learning of God and Jesus. He never ceased teaching what he knew.
Is . He still is. But yes you're right too. 👍
Amen!
@@johnnyangel1455 Luke 23:43
And Jesus replied, “Today you will be with me in 🌺 Paradise. 🌺This is a solemn promise.”
[9:111] GOD has bought from the believers their lives and their money in exchange for 🌺 *Paradise.* 🌺 Thus, they fight in the cause of GOD, willing to kill and get killed. Such is His truthful pledge in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran-and who fulfills His pledge better than GOD? You shall rejoice in making such an exchange. This is the greatest triumph.
[53:38] No soul bears the sins of another soul.
[53:39] Every human being is responsible for his own works.
☎️🌐🤔🧠 QURAN: Recall that your Lord said to the angels, "I am placing a representative on Earth." They said, "Will You place therein one who will spread evil therein and shed blood, while we sing....
⚛ ACCEM 🔄 MECCA ⚛
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MONARCH 🕋👑💒
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[9:82] Let them laugh a little, and cry a lot. This is the requital for the sins they have earned.
[53:43] He is the One who makes you laugh or cry.
[53:60] Are you laughing, instead of crying?
Judy,a habit I have used in my life is to practice, due to my belief that Brother RC is a gift. A precious gift from God. When I read the Bible, and study it. I will use time stamps God has created to discern that for example: John 1:1-2. IN The beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and The Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
I firstly must say, that there is not any form of a mistake in your comments, nor especially The Written Words Inspired by God. I always change the “ was” to is. It is a choice I make to help me remember that our Triune God is not bound by time. So in my own mind I believe RC is a gift. We can watch him preach today. We can see Jesus today. We can hear The Holy Spirit today. Now. Without any ceasing. I must add, there is not any error at all in John 1:1-2 because as written According To Jesus Christ. Time was used to bring back to life what truthfully transpired. But especially in John 1:1-14 we know Our Triune God is not subject to time.
I could try and delight myself in how I perceive myself. That is not at all my point. In this context just knowing without hesitation that Pastor is
Because God is,and always will be🙂
hahaha
Not even ten minutes in and the guy shows he clearly knows his Kant. I gotta say, as both a Bible-believing, born again by God's grace alone Christian, and as a Philosophy minor, I'm thoroughly impressed by this guy. He's hitting all the reasons I hate about today's "post-modern" society, Darwinism, and Socialism/Communism. Without God, we think that everything's relative. As a Christian, I'm an essential Realist. That means I believe in Absolute Truth, and the Eternal God of Truth Who is Truth Himself (see John 14:6). Needless to say, that's not a popular view these days. So be it. We weren't called to be popular.
So be it.
What about Capitalism?
Christopher Jones
AMEN, brother!
Thus, R.C. Sprouls - "The Common Man's Theologian"
Dd S yeah you’re triggered. Sorry, man. Got a safe space over here for you.
I listen to this twice a month. Thank you, O Lord, for this brilliant and loving servant who now rests eternally with You.
Amen!
Pastor Sproul spoke to God in his initial prayer....the way he spoke showed me clearly it was no show...it was a true request to God. A mighty preacher
It's how we should pray. To my mind, it's the next best model for prayer, 2nd only to Christ's model for prayer when He taught the Apostles to pray. :)
Oh, I miss R.C. Sproul!!! I could close my eyes and HEAR his love for God and people in his voice!!!
_I absolutely love his use of "big words" but is the dictionary after them also._
Boy!!! Secularism certainly on a roll, it's all about being in the now, the me, myself, and I generation. We are now seeing the fruits of this secular madness.
Amen
What a deep sermon. Blew my mind. This man continues to be a blessing to me from beyond the grave. May he receive many crowns for his works here on earth.
Elizabeth Sclafani well said Elizabeth!
Just recently started listening to R.C....found him by listening to John MacArthur....R.C....speaks such GREAT TRUTH....He's Awesome!
@Dd S explain
Elizabeth S. I like R. C. TO. DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE HATERS.
@Dd S dear dee dee thank you for your contributions, your comments, are worth ongoing examinations and investigations.
So what does it profit a man to question the universe, the ins and outs and physics of our world?
So what does it profit a man to study, praise, seek to know and embrace the living God. To passionately devote their lives exploring God's infinite wonders, thoughts and ways?
This world is only here for a short time, our God is eternal.
Man got in trouble by wanting answers to questions already answered but doubted by the enemies deception. Look what that got us; death.
Have we not learnt?
Salvation through faith ,grace and repentance is all we need to know.
Song of songs tells us that without our beloved we have nothing.
To find Him all we need to do is praise Him.
Describe Him.
Our salvation is always tending his garden; going about His Father's work/will.
What else do we need?
No church or theologians explains it clearly as Rc.He is so wise
Wouldn't trusting god be a work of FREE WILL! Isn't that a no no?
I don't think John Calvin would approve of a work like that.
John Calvin said. Of this, the very term in question [free will] furnishes too strong a proof…I think the abolition of it would be of great advantage to the Church. I am unwilling to use it myself; and others, if they will take my advice, will do well to abstain from it.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 2, Chapter 2, Paragraphs 7-8)
There is no FREE WILL so how can we trust John Calvin said
“…it is very wicked merely to investigate the causes of God’s will. For his will is, and rightly ought to be, the cause of all things that are.”…”For God’s will is so much the highest rule of righteousness that whatever he wills, by the very fact that he wills it, must be considered righteous. When, therefore, one asks why God has so done, we must reply: because he has willed it. But if you proceed further to ask why he so willed, you are seeking something greater and higher than God’s will, which cannot be found.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 23, Paragraph 1)
“…we say that God once established by his eternal and unchangeable plan those whom he long before determined once for all to receive into salvation, and those whom, on the other hand, he would devote to destruction…he has barred the door of life to those whom he has given over to damnation.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 7)
Because man has no FREE WILL we are little more than puppets just like John Piper says on his website.
Quote: "God . . . brings about all things in accordance with his will. In other words, it isn’t just that God manages to turn the evil aspects of our world to good for those who love him; it is rather that he himself brings about these evil aspects for his glory (see Ex. 9:13-16; John 9:3) and his people’s good (see Heb. 12:3-11; James 1:2-4). This includes-as incredible and as unacceptable as it may currently seem-God’s having even brought about the Nazis’ brutality at Birkenau and Auschwitz as well as the terrible killings of Dennis Rader and even the sexual abuse of a young child . . ."
TRUTH IN LOVE
@@truth7416I am Jesus. We all have the choice to demand perfection or crave emptiness
God has given us free will, but it has limits/boundaries.
Anyone who is predestinated to adoption a God's child, by Christ Jesus for the Father's good pleasure, will be saved from His wrath, because He has ordained that to happen, including giving that person an effectual calling that enables them to see the Gospel is true and to Believe and repent.
God's is not the author of evil, but He does use it for His glory.
@@truth7416
I don’t know how many time I listened to this, it doesn’t get old. I missed RC.
Moved to tears by RC’s brilliant, simple argument for the eternality of God and thus the value of each moment of our temporal existence. By the grace of God and in Christ alone I am not frightened to death to see my maker when the last appointed grain in my hour glass is gone. Remnants of secularism still in my bones were exposed and frightened to discomfort. Lord have mercy on us all!
Lord have mercy on us all.amen amen.as what was said answering Jesus,I belief help my unbelief
Right now counts forever....WOW....thank you for this post...RC SPROUL....one of the greatest
The Lord Jesus gets all the credit for this man. A man created for a time such as this and to declare an eternal message such as this.
I could listen to him nonstop. Brilliantly expounds the Gospel. All glory to God. Hope to meet him in heaven.
Amen!
Thank the Lord for sending great preachers
Not going to happen.
You don't need to hope -- Heaven is for an infinite time, so eventually you will meet everybody there.
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What a beautiful sermon! I'm so thankful for RC Sproul's existence. Praise The Lord!
Our Sovereign God is eternal. Before anything I am, says the Lord.
That is why without faith it's impossible to please God.
Nothing is void of God.
Nothing is hell.
This sermon was so intricately, yet profoundly woven it boggles the mind. To give us such a macro journey into complicated themes, cosmology, theology, ontology with background bibliography, and anecdotes like the Carl Sagan letter and response was fascinating.But what’s a sermon without an application? His ending , the last 10minutes leading to the subject of time in view of the certainty of eternity put the fear of God afresh into my soul. Simply to the cross I cling, forever grateful, though my pea brain and hard heart cannot grasp this kind of love, I won’t let go.
Pastor Sproul has the ability to explain something complex or abstract and make it relatable. I have a desire to go to seminary to tear up my bible to extract as much of it as possible in his way and time.
@@lepidoptera9337 I did not know that, but you did give me something to think about. Wonder why- is there something wrong with the seminaries? If it is a seminary, should it not bring someone closer to God and not further away? Thanks.
He is my best teacher ever. I will always listen to him. Thanks to Ligonier Ministry!
R.C. was one of the Giants of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH OR FAITH.
Rest In Peace. You earned it. And you are now reunited with your dear earthly father and your Heavenly Father. God Bless this man and all the work he did for Christ.12-17
I always appreciated RC's great sense of humor! Our God is a God of joy and delight. It makes me happy that RC is experiencing that firsthand, right this very moment. How I long to be with Jesus as well! I'm so weary of this ever-increasingly wicked world. It's really getting to the point where it's unbearable.
Amen, and amen.
This sermon gave me a glimpse of Gods power and majesty! I am eternally grateful God is merciful because we are nothing without Him
I have listened to R.C. Sproul fora number of years now, I am a Pentecostal by experience and have heard Dr. Sproul's thoughts on the evidence of speaking in tongues. I have read his book on the Holiness of God, which I think should be listed as a Christian classic. But I have been totally excited when I discovered all of his sermons here on You Tube. I have to pull myself away to make myself go and take care of the necessary things here at home. I love this man and his works.
Never gets old is a correct summation of all his sermons anyone who listens will grow in knowledge and grace of God Almighty 🙏
Thank you, RC. I miss your live teaching. You are in eternity with GOD. Pragmatism is not absolutely, totally, utterly, completely, impossibly, evil, eternally compatible! Jesus is the TRUTH yesterday, today, tomorrow and eternity.
Eternity is not endless time, eternity is no time at all. G-d never ages. “I am that I am.”
I miss RC immensely...
I still listen to his sermons. his conference messages, his Q &A forums. Etc..and of course his preaching at St Andrew's. His contagious smile remains fresh in my heart😊
RC is quite brilliant.
Eric Day bybye
@Dd S What is your problem with the doctrine of election? Does God not have the right to choose who to save and who not to save?
@Dd S You’re an angry dude. Why so angry?
M
@Victor Makris jj
What a GENIUS !!
Sproul died in 12/17/2017 this sermon sounds like he recorded it yesterday and today is August 13 2022
"God's word is living and powerful, Hebrew 4:12"
Yes it is
DR. SPRUOL IS AN AWESOME TEACHER OF GODS WORD. I HAV LISTENED TO THIS GODLY MANS PREACHING FOR A LONG WHILE . HE IS ONE OF GODS BEST TEACHERS OF GODS WORD N WAYS. ALL BIBLE-BASED. PRAISE GOD !!!!
Man this guy is good
RC was and is still a blessing. Stumbled on his teachings while do a philosophy course while undertaking a postgraduate teacher's degree. Helped my coursework and my faith. Miss him like I knew him personally.
What an excellent sermon. R.C. Sproul was one of the wisest men.
R.I.P., our dearest and beloveth Rev. Dr. R.C. Sproul. Wow! I never get tired of listening to this Man of GOD. Thank you JESUS for Your humble servant; total awesomeness!
Nah he was a man of golf.
@@bilbobaggins4403 Please show some respect for yourself, and quit exhibiting your 'kiddish' simplicities; got it!? Who are those people who raised you to do this!?
@@mbbn8929 kiddish? That's not a word. I was simply stating that RC Sproul is not a good theologian. He is an entertainer at best.
@@bilbobaggins4403 No church father ever gave a hint of what Sproul preached. 500 years after the Apostles a new cult started Islam. 1500 years after the Apostles the Cult of Calvinism was created. No one from the cross to John Calvin ever said what calvinists teach. John Calvins cult has a large number of desciples today. Sproul, MacArthur, Washer, White, Piper....
@@mbbn8929 where did you go? I need you to explain to me the complexities of RC Sproul. 🤣🤣🤣
A very learned expositor of the word of God. Though he is no longer here with us, his messages still speaks to us and the lost. Thank you.
So far this world is still alive in god’s blessings yet science can’t except it and cannot deny it but it is in front of our face every day
Listening to this man shows me that I still need more of God for such a sermon preached in Africa will leave people wondering what the sermon was all about.
Am relating his teaching and reason to that of Job and his friends. Knowledge is indeed a necessity.
I appreciate every sermon by prof. CR. Such valuable truths!
A NATIONAL TREASURE! May The LORD continue to give us gifted men and women for the edification of the church!
Imagine if we lived with an Eternal focus, what a difference the church in America would be!,
Excellent, glory to God!!!
I can visibly see eternity in time because of what this man has spoken into our ears
The irony is……….there is zero constraint of time within eternity. It’s a construct that only exists to allow us to navigate & orientate our lives within the temporal 🙏🏾
An absolutely brilliant biblical message by the late Dr R.C. Sproul😊Thanks for sharing.
This gentleman is so endowed with knowledge. You learn when you listen to him.
GOD always exists because HE Self exists.
In Him, we live and move and have our being.
AMEN BROTHER BILL🎚️🙌
Amazing! Praise the Lord for this Godly man! RC, rest in peace with the Father, the Son and the Holy SpiritI What a wonderful Eternity awaits us as fellow brothers of Jesus Christ! Praise the Lord!
As a graduate student in physics I am enamored by Sproul's exposition of his conversation with Sagan (and not the least bit jealous!) The way he explained the very real physics considerations of the Big Bang and the implications that arise was clear yet comprehensive. Truly a gifted man of God!
I accepted Christ listening to Pastor Sproul.
That's why "" I AM THAT I Am"" & " I AM" . Ex-3:14
Living with eternity in view vitalizes our faith in God and calls forth love and service.
What an incredible man serving an Incredible God! R.C. helped me before as I struggled with questions about the Lord and blesses me now by the Lord’s Word coming thru him.
Brilliant argument . Thank The Lord for rc
harold sargent really miss him.
we have been so blessed with the True Shepherds of the Faith like these Reformation Preachers...!
I thank God for R C Sproul. Such a brilliant mind. I have never heard of such a ‘simple’ yet so deep and convincing ‘argument’ - in fact Proof - about eternity, as R C Sproul says so clearly: If there is a here ‘now’ there must be an eternity, otherwise, the ‘now’ must be gone as soon as it is contemplated. All our experiences must have a ‘meaning’ only because eternity exists. God Bless Legonier ministries.
Sproul was called home at the perfect point in time... The LORD (is) gracious...
It's wonderful to have such teachers as the Reformation . Ministries
How are you doing
So glad to hear RC express love for Catholic people. It's so important to speak the truth in love.
what a lovely man of God.
Amazing sermon on the eternal perspective.
Grace Marie to whom did you pray? Poor woman, get a book instead if you hate the Word of God. I convinced 💯 you are so lonely that you are here just to get hate...but guess what. Some were created for destruction & others to spend eternity with Him.😘😁
How old was Joseph and how old was Marry when they got married?
@@AtamMardes Probably early teens. Why?
@@judylloyd7901
Pedophile?
the Real Deal: a Brilliant Classical
Christian ✝️ Warrior 55 +yrs.
Hallelujahs
May The LORD bless all that you put your hands to... And may it all be for His Glory and Honor in Christ Jesus's Name
The Lord Jesus Christ has delivered me from drug addiction, homelessness, abusive relationships, evil spirits (yes they're real) , sexual immorality, swearing, lying, stealing, laziness.. and even more. I give all the glory to Him. All praise and worship belong to God. He is real. He is bigger than any problem you face. He will meet you where you are at. Even right now.
(Romans 10:13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Currently I'm experiencing a demonic attack. But I am standing on The Word of God which says I have authority over
devils and we are commanded by Christ Jesus to drive/cast them out. So I'm will continue to drive them out in The Name of Jesus Christ.
Friends I implore you to do the same. The devil
doesn't want us thinking it's real.
We have authority over it!
All of them.
Keep strong in The Lord.
Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God The Father.
I bless every reader of this comment in The Name of Jesus Christ
Am watching this oct.24..looking at u.s.politics at present.these words are prophetic..and rather frightening when marxism is on the rise...the free world is under attack
A lot of light to my soul out of this message.
I love our brother RC.
Listening to this and loving the fact that RC is enjoying eternity.
Love this man of God, wonderfully imperfect but perfect in his passion for the holiness of our Creator.
What a teaching. What a teacher.
Like so much to hear him explain things. Think God gave him his knowledge and wisdom and understanding.
We are living in the eternity of the people who have died before us. Think of the people who died during the previous decades and centuries.
For me it really deserves another dose of this discussion/teaching so as to consolidate more truths.
GOD is TRUTH 🙏.
Well, I deeply appreciate R.C. Sproul and I appreciate his talk here that he gave to the congregation. I'm not sure of the context of the discussion or the sermon, but it was well presented and thoughtful, but I would add this - because I'm philosophically trained in college and graduate school - and that is that when you get into this level of discussion, the abstractions can become themselves a form of meta-philosophy and then you have to go even beyond that and I think ultimately you end up in a place of silence and humility before God, it's more of a direct awareness of being in the presence of God rather than talking about it or thinking about it - a cry from the heart.
He was one of God’s blessings to modern theology, philosophy and simple logic!!
Brilliant revelation, this answer a lot of questions. R.C.
National treasure right there.
It was in the PLAN of Father YAHweh that you would be reading this now. YAHshua died to pay our sin debt in FULL. May Father YAHweh bless your understanding.
What a great sermon. He really showed the big picture.
Amazing indeed how I came to the conclusion that there must be God (the necessity of God ) when I was 16.was just doing a lil personal apologetic theory for my self. Now two years later I hear it from R.C 😅😅.. in a video a coupla years old
This man hit the heart--miss him.
Thankful to God for Dr. Sproul.
I believe that reformed teaching and expository preaching is the gospel of salvation in Christ alone Coram Deo
Sproul, Piper, MacArthur~ If u listen to these three Men you will be on the right track. Never gonna see these Guys on TBN!!
Truth
Sproul, Piper, McArthur are the voice that is most needed in the Body of Christ today.
Yes RC great preacher but…. For crying out loud, his congregations have absolutely no interest in evangelizing. They say, since they are Calvinists, there’s no need. And RC and his designated assistant and current pastors act indifferent to His Great Commission. 😢
Thank you for the video. Dr. Sproul is blessed indeed, now being in the presence of the Lord.
It is difficult to describe the immutable, all-powerful, all-loving, God, Who can exist in eternity and the individual heart of the believer at the same time! How awesome He is! 🕊
Wouldn't trusting god be a work of FREE WILL! Isn't that a no no?
I don't think John Calvin would approve of a work like that.
John Calvin said. Of this, the very term in question [free will] furnishes too strong a proof…I think the abolition of it would be of great advantage to the Church. I am unwilling to use it myself; and others, if they will take my advice, will do well to abstain from it.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 2, Chapter 2, Paragraphs 7-8)
There is no FREE WILL so how can we trust John Calvin said
“…it is very wicked merely to investigate the causes of God’s will. For his will is, and rightly ought to be, the cause of all things that are.”…”For God’s will is so much the highest rule of righteousness that whatever he wills, by the very fact that he wills it, must be considered righteous. When, therefore, one asks why God has so done, we must reply: because he has willed it. But if you proceed further to ask why he so willed, you are seeking something greater and higher than God’s will, which cannot be found.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 23, Paragraph 1)
“…we say that God once established by his eternal and unchangeable plan those whom he long before determined once for all to receive into salvation, and those whom, on the other hand, he would devote to destruction…he has barred the door of life to those whom he has given over to damnation.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 7)
Because man has no FREE WILL we are little more than puppets just like John Piper says on his website.
Quote: "God . . . brings about all things in accordance with his will. In other words, it isn’t just that God manages to turn the evil aspects of our world to good for those who love him; it is rather that he himself brings about these evil aspects for his glory (see Ex. 9:13-16; John 9:3) and his people’s good (see Heb. 12:3-11; James 1:2-4). This includes-as incredible and as unacceptable as it may currently seem-God’s having even brought about the Nazis’ brutality at Birkenau and Auschwitz as well as the terrible killings of Dennis Rader and even the sexual abuse of a young child . . ."
TRUTH IN LOVE
Amen, and praise God for his marvelous works, some of which are given through men such as this. I loved this man for his joyous human side, but more so for his revelation of the scriptures, both old and new. He had an extrodinary gift.
Such gifts make me weep for joy as I come to understand the truth of Gods holy word.
Thank you Lord.
Thank you
Amazing sermon
Sure miss him.
Brilliant! Awesome! Beyond words!
wow phenomenal......InChrist
You can never find God because that which is engaged in the search for God, is God Himself.
Mind blown!
so excellent....and is why we all differ so much in our approaches to societal issues.
very powerful message
How old was Joseph and how old was Marry when they got married?
Absolutely great!
did we ever expect the devil to agree with christian understanding of truth? so now we are nearing where we began.....let the church be purified as Gods will sees fit....Lord have mercy on us .....Lord have mercy on meX7
I think the best answer is "Anywhere He wants."