To me, predestination is a comfort bcz I know that I haven't the capabilities to achieve anything on my own. And I am so grateful that I have been rescued by His grace, into life and into His eternal Presence. Without it, I would be forever lost.
Roman 6:16-17 states. "You are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads you to death, or of obedience to teaching, which leads you to righteousness." And 1 John 3:8-9 states, "Whoever sins belongs to the Devil. No one, who is begotten by God, commits sin." Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, please examine yourselves sincerely and determine which category you belong to. Many of you believe some verses in the Bible, think they know and follow Christ, and are saved; and find themselves to be in the first one. Why? Because they do not truly know Christ, nor the True Faith, and are separated from the Source of Grace like branches separated from the Vine (John 15:6).
St. Paul said in 1 Cor 9:27, "I chastise my body and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, after I have preached to others, I myself should become a reprobate." St. Paul, an Apostle, was concerned about the possibility of losing his salvation, thus proving that 'Once Saved, Always Saved', 'Faith alone", or 'Predestined" is a complete lie, and that the salvation requires a great efforts on our part to truly live according to Our Lord's Commandments of Love and observing All He commanded as taught by His One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church (Matt 28:20), so that we may be transformed into the True Image and Likeness of Christ (Rom 8:29, 2 Cor 3:18); because, we are judged, not by Faith, but according to our deeds and works (Rev 20:13, 22:12. Matt 25:31-46).
Our Lord said, "Sins against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven (Matt 12:31-32, Mark 3:29, Luke 12:10)." Do not be shocked, but you all, who follow false teachings of protestant churches, have sins against the Holy Spirit, who always remains with, and guide the Catholic Church (John 14:16-17, 16:13), by rejecting the Catholic Church teachings. Why remain outside the Catholic Church, Our Lord's Only Fold (John 10:16), His Body and Bride whom He saves (Eph 5:23), and risk your eternal salvation? Come to His Sheepfold quickly, like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), before it is too late. Amen!
@@reynaldodavid2913Jo After ordering the Apostles to go to all nations and teach them to OBSERVE ALL He commanded (Matt 28:20), Our Lord said, "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned (Mark 16:16)." Which group do you think you belong to? Since protestant churches reject the Catholic Church and Her teachings, all those, who follow them, belong to the 2nd group. Do you know why they have difficulty in understanding the Bible? It's because they do not have the Holy Spirit's guidance, for He withdraws from the souls who follow falsehood and have no True Faith, without which it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:6).
Protestant churches did not even exist, until Luther founded his in AD 1524 after rebelling against the Roman Catholic Church, the pillar and foundation of the Truth (1 Tim 3:15) and Our Lord's Body, and, thus, reject Our Lord, Her Head (Eph 5:23, Col 1:18). The protestant schism was against God's Will that all believers of Him be One (John 17:20). To justify their existence, all protestant churches reject, attack, and work against the Catholic Church.
Our Lord said, "Amen, Amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send, receives Me and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me (John 13:20; Matt 10:40)," "Whoever listens to you listens to Me. Whoever rejects you, rejects Me and rejects the One who sent Me (Luke 10:16)," and "Whoever is not with Me is against Me (Matt 12:30). Whoever rejects Me and does not accept My Words has something to judge him; the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day (John 12:48). You do not believe because you are not among My sheep (John 10:26)."
Do you think people lived before Luther were deceived by the Catholic Church and lost their salvation? Nonsense! Can God's Only Institution, with which God remains always until the end of the world (Matt 28:20, John 14:16-17), fail? Never as Our Lord said, "the gates of Hell shall not prevail against Her (Matt 16:18)."
You are free to believe it or not at your own peril. God leaves everyone to choose Life or Death on their own free will (Sirach 15:17). But why follow wolves in sheep's clothing and risk your eternal salvation? Come quickly to Our Lord's Church, His Only Sheepfold (John 10:16) before it is too late (for the Antichrist's Satanic reign of terror is imminent), so that you may hear His Voice, truly know and follow Him, and be saved by Him (John 10:27-28). Amen!
How do you know He chose you and not the person sitting next to you at church? Tell me, how does one know they are ''chosen''? You don't, and that's what's so absurd about this doctrine of the Dark Ages! But, it's sure nice knowing you got a place in Heaven and others will be wood for the eternal flames of hell! Sick stuff!
@@michaelparrott57 How do you know He chose you and not the person sitting next to you at church? Tell me, how does one know they are ''chosen''? You don't, and that's what's so absurd about this doctrine of the Dark Ages! But, it's sure nice knowing you got a place in Heaven and others will be wood for the eternal flames of hell! Sick stuff!
@@michaelreyes8182 how do you know he chose you? 4 things: 1. Who/what do you love in life 2. Humility - do you recognize your sin 3. Obedience - do you have the urge to be like Christ. Internal 4. Trials - does your faith stand the test of trials Look deeply into yourself and ask you question this. That’s why RC brought up “regenerate person”.
Same here. When I really accepted Gods totality of control, I realized I had no choice but to obey. 😂 I’m scared of Gods hand if I give into any temptation….
@@cwdor Where does Jehovah say Jesus His only Son is the devil? Are you contradicting Isaiah's prophecy in Isaiah 7:14? Is His promised son a devil? Or, the one contradicting it?
@@cwdor Nonsense. You cannot answer a simple question. Where is the proof in the Bible? Even if you go to hell, you will not be able to answer my simple and direct question. Stop your nonsense belief. You are being deceived yourself.
Yes I liked his teaching on what many called calvinism. His eschatology was another matter. Basically he was led astray in partial preterism which is heresy
I'm only starting to listen to RC Sproul now. What a sound teacher and preacher he was. I appreciate his warning at the beginning to handle the doctrine of predestination delicately and to be extra patient with Christians who reject it. Please Lord give me the patience and love I need to share this with my brothers and sisters stuck in the seeker friendly church movement which You delivered me from.
@@Tommythecat007The Bible doesn't say that mercy and justice are the same thing. It says that God is both merciful and just. He is just in always punishing all sin in everyone that has it, and He is merciful in providing a way that those sins may be expunged from our record - the atoning sacrifice of Christ.
This man...what a blessed teacher. This doctrine deepens the well of Salvation so to speak and causes us to draw water from that well.But it also causes us to fall on our faces before him and say "Thank you Lord for saving my soul".
I came across this doctrine when I was newly regenerated and growing in my walk with the Lord. It was timely because the flesh was wrestling hard against my inner new man and I was always mourning over my imperfections. I at times I grew weary of resisting and I thought I'd lose the struggle and end up in hell and my punishment be worse. I read the doctrine and it was too good to be true yet sensible of all. I wept in joy just as I had wept over my sins when I was convicted of my sins. I'm an elect of God by His divine grace. What He saw good in a wretched sinner like me I do not know but what I know is that one day I'll see Him face to face! Thank you Jesus Christ.
@Juan Pablo Zepeda Mar It is Christ who saves on the basis of God's grace, not on the basis of whether someone has embraced Calvinism or not. Be very careful to make statements such as yours
Don’t let Calvinist doctrine make you complacent to sin in your life. Sin can still harden a believer’s heart and lead you astray. We are called to live a holy life, and through God’s Spirit we can.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
@@1988TheHitman Who is the God of Jesus? Rom 15 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 2 Cor 11 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. Eph 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Eph 1 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, Col 1 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 1 Pet 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
It's interesting how I agree with you that RC deserves the eternal rest truly, and yet this very teaching actually shines more light on the truth that no one actually deserves it, haha. Grace!
@@mitchellc4 God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. (1 Timothy 3:16)
Beautiful beautiful truth. How often we think we can save God from being called unfair by saying the decision for salvation comes from our free will. We’re taking the power of regeneration and giving it to ourself without realizing it. God’s grace is required first or we will never come. Praise our Lord for mercy on His undeserving people. 🙏✝️
My opinion is that a person is a thing which has no life. Christ is the life. Christ is the only life as the light that shines in the hearts of all men. Jacob saw the face of God and confessed I am Jacob and was given the new name of Israel which means one who contends with God. It seems to me Jacob is a face of God that Jacob saw. Jacob is not God, God is Jacob. God is all. 🙏
@End Times Are upon us My friend those of us know we are the elect, because we have the Holy Spirit in us. I will pray for you that one day you will repent of your sins and receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior.
@@cwdor Wrong. Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone and not by good works, so no man may boast. Ephesians. You really need to read your Bible or else you're just ignorant.
Amazing message!!! PS: RC rarely looks at his notes and presents a wonderful flow with incredible theological truth! And, delightful comedy and euphemisms :-)
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
@@mitchellc4 ..John 1:1-'In the beginning was rhe Word & the Word was with God & the Word WAS God -vs 14 'and the Word became flesh & dwelt among us' And read here in Jogn 1 & Colossians 1..everything was made by Him & through Him & for Him & eveeything us held together by Him..this is our Jesus. He declared Himself God when Ge was asked who are You ' He saud:'before Avraham was I AM'. He was stined fir blasogemt after they picjed rhemsekves up iff the ground. They fell backwards when He said this name that God told tio Mises in Exidus 3!
@@yvonnerahui8729 Who is the God of Jesus???? Rom 15 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 2 Cor 11 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. Eph 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Eph 1 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, Col 1 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 1 Pet 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
3 months ago I submitted a comment, maybe too condensed with Scripture to give 'spiritual understanding', but... I love hearing RCSproul produce the best "arguments" for predestination! All men are proud-selfwilled examples of Adam, until God in Christ regenerates their minds and hearts, and faith 'in the blood of Christ' is the one gift that makes it evident that God saves them (Ps.149:4, Is.61:1), His own 'meek' saints, called 'sheep' by Christ Himself, our 'meek and lowly in heart' Saviour, and 'Salvation' of God, the 'King of saints'! Praise the LORD that He saves any of us...
Amen. What comfort! What worship to our Maker who has been gracious to us in Christ before the foundation of the world. Else we would be most surely doomed to hell. Amazing grace! I was dead. Now I live because His sweet mercy and power yanked me into life! I could never had chosen Him. I loved my sin and death. I was in bed with my iniquities and they pleased me everyday. Now I hate them. His power has quickened me. I didn't do it. On my knees, I say thank you Father. I now love the Jesus I hated. I never decided it. I found myself awake as one from sleep; as one from the dead. Almighty God! If not for your mercy, I would be lost forever AND JUSTLY SO. We bow forever to God and the Lamb who sits on the throne! ALLELUIAAAA!!!! Thank you Ligonier Ministries. Thank God for a man like R. C whom God used to declare His glorious grace that many people of many nations would worship Him.
1 Peter 1:2 He chose you💓💓💓 "God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace."
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
@Vic Washington No, he didn't. All are his children. I am not sure how accurate the bible information or the translation is. All I know is, God is noncontradicting, unchanging, and loving. Furthermore, more Jesus cleared up / fulfilled more than what we need to live a joyfull life. Keep reading the Gospel, all will be clear through the Holy Spirit.. God bless you.
@@mitchellc4 the fact of the matter is you still need Jesus in ur Life..if u dont believe because the bible doesnt mention literally that Jesus is God (u cant read word by word ) but was said Jesus is the way the truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father unless through me.. I pray that both of us will be illuminated by the will and knowledge and wisdom of God.
I can't thank God enough for all of the help that this wonderful helper, named RC Sproul, was designated to give to us. Anytime my faith is shaking, just the right video comes up in my so-called random playlist on UA-cam lol. His ministry is and was just such a blessing.
51:27 I can relate to this so much, but I never really fought against it too hard. I embraced the doctrine, saw the beauty of it, and rejoiced in it. I began to see it all over the Bible.
thank you God for bringing me this message. We need more men like RC Sproul in this world. thank you God for bringing this man into the world. blessed are all who have the chance to hear his sermons. we are blessed to still have videos of his sermons. he is with you now & you are pleased with his faith. Amen.
Roman 6:16-17 states. "You are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads you to death, or of obedience to teaching, which leads you to righteousness." And 1 John 3:8-9 states, "Whoever sins belongs to the Devil. No one, who is begotten by God, commits sin." Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, please examine yourselves sincerely and determine which category you belong to. Many of you believe some verses in the Bible, think they know and follow Christ, and are saved; and find themselves to be in the first one. Why? Because they do not truly know Christ, nor the True Faith, and are separated from the Source of Grace like branches separated from the Vine (John 15:6).
St. Paul said in 1 Cor 9:27, "I chastise my body and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, after I have preached to others, I myself should become a reprobate." St. Paul, an Apostle, was concerned about the possibility of losing his salvation, thus proving that 'Once Saved, Always Saved', 'Faith alone", or 'Predestined" is a complete lie, and that the salvation requires a great efforts on our part to truly live according to Our Lord's Commandments of Love and observing All He commanded as taught by His One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church (Matt 28:20), so that we may be transformed into the True Image and Likeness of Christ (Rom 8:29, 2 Cor 3:18); because, we are judged, not by Faith, but according to our deeds and works (Rev 20:13, 22:12. Matt 25:31-46).
Our Lord said, "Sins against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven (Matt 12:31-32, Mark 3:29, Luke 12:10)." Do not be shocked, but you all, who follow false teachings of protestant churches, have sins against the Holy Spirit, who always remains with, and guide the Catholic Church (John 14:16-17, 16:13), by rejecting the Catholic Church teachings. Why remain outside the Catholic Church, Our Lord's Only Fold (John 10:16), His Body and Bride whom He saves (Eph 5:23), and risk your eternal salvation? Come to His Sheepfold quickly, like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), before it is too late. Amen!
@@hyeminkwun9523 “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME” ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE Question: “What is the name which is above every name?” Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible. Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?” Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names. Question: What does this mean to me? Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation. Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth? Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation. Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua. Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation? The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us? Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15). Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name? Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA. Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?” Answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved! This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew. “But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!
Gosh, he is a great evangelist in which he speaks so well to keep you interested in the word of God. It is so sad that he passed away back in 2017. May he be at peace in God's arm for bringing the word of God to everyone.
Angela, l, too, was saddened by RC’s passing. He has served his generation so well. He had such a way of explaining tricky subject simply. MEC, Darwin.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
I agree, plus I add that he was the best theologian we had. This message is so clear and true , God destined all the world to be saved with only one condition, to believe in His Son as our mediator and accept this destination to go to heaven with Him.But He also gave us a free will and if we do not believe in Jesus and accept this destination we can reject it. He is not choosing, we are , to be or not to be destined for heaven..
@@angloaust1575 “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME” ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE Question: “What is the name which is above every name?” Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible. Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?” Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names. Question: What does this mean to me? Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation. Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth? Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation. Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua. Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation? The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us? Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15). Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name? Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA. Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?” Answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved! This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew. “But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!
wonderful explanations ! never in my life have been so clear about the doctrine of predestination ! Thank God for sending us such a beautiful message. I am chosen by God. may God use me as His instrument ,a blessing to the others.
he is teaching lies. Jesus said in john14:15 "if you love Me, you will keep My commandments" which proves that men HAVE THE CHOICE whether to accept OR NOT to accept God's offer of grace thru Jesus Christ to EVERY(all) man.
@@fleminglim9122 might I suggest a different reading? Try this: “if it’s a bird, then it will flythrough the air on feathered wings.” That Doesn’t mean that a decision to fly on feathered wings is what made it a bird, the fact that is is flying on feathered wings is the expected evidence that it is indeed a bird.
@@michaeljessicapayton maybe there is something missing with the analogy because i can not find it's connection with the doctrine of calvinism. can you elaborate more?
@@fleminglim9122 You are making an error of grammar. If I say that all those whose surname is Saunders are my relatives I am not making it an option to be my relative. All those who love the Lord will obey him. They don't obey him in order to live him but because they already do.
@@Phill0old please do read hebrews7:25, "...He is able to save to the uttermost THOSE WHO DRAW NEAR to God through Him..." do this verse tells us about "our freewill" in approaching to God? and God does not force us to come near Him although He advice us to come to Him. therefore proving that WE CAN CHOOSE whether to accept or not to accept God's offer of salvation for all mankind.
I enjoyed this video. R. C. definitely knows how to explain things in a way that you can understand. Thank you Heavenly Father the Most High. Your mercy and grace have opened my eyes and heart. All glory be unto you my Lord.
Predestination in the bible is always about events that occur at the resurrection. Because you’re in Christ, you’ll be conformed to His image as stated in 1John 3.... 1John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Being the firstborn refers to the resurrection) Because we’re in Christ, we are predestined to the adoption.... Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Redeemed bodies happens at the resurrection) Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. Because we’re in Christ, we will receive an inheritance at the resurrection.... 1Pe 1:3 ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Eph 1:11 👉🏻In whom 👈🏻also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: The minute before you believed and were not yet in Christ, you weren’t predestined and had no hope..... Eph 2:11 ¶ Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 ¶ For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Predestination is for Christians, NOT to become Christians. God bless.
I too couldn't believe the amazing Grace! That I being desperately wicked was destined for eternal glory. That while I was still dead in my sin God had already appointed a day in which my spirit would be made alive in Him and that day came to pass on 04/20/2011. I thank God for regenerating me.
I am really with you on that one. I look back at my past and think "why me" out of all people much greater than I. I am still bewildered. The Bible tells us that, "it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." Phillipians 2:13
@@helwing01 He has willed that everyone will come to Him in the end that's what the blood of Christ and the cross was for....not just for some like it seems Mr Sproul is saying.
@@Tommythecat007 Your sentence is a bit grammatically skewed. Let's look at it both ways. Question: So God's "will" is going to be done for "everyone," correct? If so then you believe in universal salvation. If God's "will" is not going to be done, then you are describing a God who is weak and not in charge of his created universe. I don't think you believe such. If you say that God is allowing for man's choices, then a man "choosing" God is a "wise" thing to do, right? Why would some have this "wisdom" and others not? Who "gives" this wisdom to some, but not to others? God? Hmmm.... If so, then God, as man's Creator is "choosing" whom he wants to give wisdom to. Since God knows the end from the beginning, the ones He "chooses" to give wisdom to, MUST be Predestined for salvation. So, Mr. "man's choices," we are right back where we started from, aren't we? It is God who "chooses" or "not chooses" to predestine men from before the foundation of the world, just like He tells us in Ephesians 1:5. His basis for it? It is "… according to the good pleasure of His will." Oops! Here we see what his "will" really means. It was to "predestine us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself." Stick to Scripture (Sola Scriptura) and all will be well.
@@davidk.1933 Well yours is an interpretation at the best if you're going to stick to the scripture and be solar scripture as you suggest then you have to include all these verses and therefore I find a limited atonement is completely not possible. Scripture cannot contradict itself. You must include all scripture before any such conclusion. Lamentations 3:31-33 For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.(to portray some will be, is against the will of God and the rest of the verse here explains why)Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing LOVE. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone. 1 Timothy 4:10 That is why we labour and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of ALL people, and especially of those who believe. 1 Corinthians 15:22For just as in Adam ALL die, so also in Christ ALL will be made alive. Just as the result of one trespass was condemnation of ALL men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for ALL men.” (Rom. 5:18) Jesus is “able even to subdue ALL things to Himself.” (Phil. 3:21) Jesus came “that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times he might gather together in one ALL things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth in Him. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works ALL things according to the counsel of HIS WILL.” (Eph. 1:10, 11) The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering towards us, NOT WILLING that ANY should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9) 1 Timothy 2:4-6 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. 1 Timothy 2:5, 6. “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for ALL…” Hebrews 2:9. “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for EVERYONE ALL shall know the Lord, from the least of them to the greatest of them.” (Heb. 8:11) Mercy shall triumph over judgment.” (James 2:13) EVERY creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and ALL that are in them, I heard saying: blessing and honour and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever.” (Rev. 5:13) Through the greatness of your power your enemies shall submit themselves to you. ALL the earth shall worship You and sing praises to you.” (Ps. 66:3, 4) For I will NOT contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would fail before Me, And the souls which I have made.” (Isaiah 57:16) Psalm 103:9 “He will not always accuse, nor will He stay angry forever.” There is no God besides Me, a just God and Saviour; there is none besides Me. Look to Me and be saved, ALL you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself; the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me EVERY knee shall bow, EVERY tongue shall take an oath. He shall say, surely in the Lord I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, and ALL shall be ashamed who are incensed against Him. In the Lord all the descendants of Israel shall be justified and shall glory.” (Isaiah 45:21-25) Philippians 2: 9-11 9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, 10that at the name of Jesus EVERY knee should bow, In heaven and on earth and under the earth,11and EVERY tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, To the glory of God the Father. Romans 14:11 It is written:“ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ” In this mountain the Lord of Hosts will make for ALL people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of well-refined wines on the lees. And he shall destroy on this mountain the surface of the covering cast over ALL nations. He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord will wipe away tears from ALL faces.” (Isaiah 25:6-8) Of those who crucified Him (which is all of us) Jesus declared: “Father forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him DOES NOT remain banished.” 2 Sam. 14:14 Jonah 2:4-6 I said, ‘I have been banished From your sight; Yet I will look again Toward your holy temple.’ 5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[b] The deep surrounded me; Seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down; The earth beneath barred me in FOREVER (really I don’t remember Jonah being in the whale forever. But you, LORD my God, Brought my life up from the pit. Jesus says: “I pass judgment on no one.” [John 8:15] 4But when the kindness of God our Saviour and His love for mankind appeared, 5He saved us(past tense), not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to HIS MERCY, through the washing of new birth. (Born again)Titus3: 3-6 For God has consigned ALL to disobedience, that he may have mercy on ALL. Romans 11:32 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself ALL things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through HIS BLOOD, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20 Ephesians 1:9-10 9 making known[a] to us the mystery of HIS WILL according to HIS PURPOSE, which HE set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite All things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. John 3:14-15 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f] 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal(God given) life in him.”[g] John 12: 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”(doesn’t say some who have chosen to believe those words are just not there) Look you can change the word All and EVERY to SOME or MANY or a certain group(elect) if you want to. But after a robust inclusion of all scripture I would have to conclude that clearly an exclusive gospel is NOT INLINE WITH THE WILL OF GOD If God loves everybody why would he leave some out, What so the ones he didn't choose he didn't love (hardly scriptural, one only has to read Matthew chapter 5 on perfect ‘Love’) to see the folly of such a exclusive understanding.
Truly The Lord Almighty chose to minister to all whom at one time or another listened to r c sproul. May you rest in the arms of our saviour brother sproul.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
Thank you LORD God for Dr. Sproul and his faithfulness to teach your Word. This is the most pride crushing and humbling doctrine. To the praise and glory of Your grace.
Faithfulness to false doctrine is not a positive thing. RC Sproul has a lot of correct theology, when he speaks of predestination he is completely out of his League.
I don't remember ever making it through one of R.C.'s videos without crying. We all are so blessed to have Ligonier Ministries videos! Without them, I wouldn't be the individual I am today. May God continue to bless this precious ministry! 🙏🏻
Hahahahahaha what a nutjob God can retire this narcissist youtube expert has arrived at full knowledge Hahahabahahhaa You weenies can't even see your own writing hahahahaha
@@iacoponefurio1915 "For those that believe no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible". George Cobble He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. That's all biblical. Me, I say you're a rude person. I'd never ridicule and mock another just because they believed in something. Your social media skills and awareness lacks much. Try to learn some humility and kindness. It'd prolly shock all that know you! Have a nice day! 😇
@@jenJ-uq8ej “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME” ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE Question: “What is the name which is above every name?” Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible. Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?” Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names. Question: What does this mean to me? Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation. Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth? Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation. Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua. Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation? The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us? Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15). Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name? Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA. Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?” Answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved! This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew. “But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!
One of my favorite Bible word searches done with the aid of technology is to look up and list every verse that has the phrase “But GOD”. Such an overwhelming sense of GOD’s ability to counteract the intentions of man, many times saving us from ruin!
Those that don't believe in predestination or in the doctrine of grace simply have not studied enough. I came to believe in predestination and in what the acronym, TULIP, represents after rejecting then alternately doing a deep study then believing. This cycle went on for years before I ultimately understood and believed. I am settled on it. God is sovereign and what he begins he makes sure to see it through to its end. He 'wrote the story' therefore arranged the events and knows the end from the beginning.
Do you not think there are brilliant, Godly people who have studied the bible throughout their lives, and just came to different conclusions about the issue of Calvinism and what predestination and election mean from a biblical perspective? I could say that those who hold the Calvinist view of scripture just haven’t studied enough, but that isn’t an argument for my position, and only creates barriers to discussion. It’s not that non Calvinists don’t believe in predestination and grace, we just have a different understanding of them.
One of the best exposition on the doctrines of Grace... and the SOLAS. God alone ( the 3 in one), God’s grace alone, One Faith, One Christ, as revealed ONLY in the Scriptures... lots of wonderful theologians ( RC Sproul is one of them) but what really matters is what the Scriptures says... with prayerful reading of the Scriptures ask God to reveal himself to you.
I love his teaching. The only argument that is not addressed is why is evangelizing so strongly required in God’s Word if it has no bearing on salvation.
@ It’s really not. It’s actually anti-biblical. Jesus and Paul were refuting the doctrine of election, not establishing it. The Jews taught their version of the doctrine of election (basically the same as Calvinism) and Jesus said no, God doesn’t just pick some people and not others. Then Paul continued teaching that same thing. It’s mind blowing and sad at the same time that so many Christian theologians got confused about this and get it so badly wrong. But the doctrine of election is what Jesus himself was correcting, not teaching.
In my humble opinion this is the best lecture in the series, maybe on predestination, maybe even of man’s relationship to Deity. Amazing and I haven’t watched the last one either. Hosanna and Hallelujah to God and the Lamb, let Glory to them in the Highest be given henceforth and forever amen and amen.
This isn’t the 16th century. No one speaks like your last sentence. It shows your mimicking someone else’s words to sound “better”. It is obvious when you compared the first part of your comment with the last. Your grammar and sentence structure is average. Then, you finish with sentence structure and grammar that is not only not used anymore, but is far different than your initial statements. It’s two different people speaking.
I am one that struggles with this too. Some think that those that do not believe in predestination, believe that by choosing to answer God’s call makes us think that we are so special because we made the choice. But I have always felt that if I was one of the predestined, pre chosen, pre elected, that would make me more special than those that are not predestined. Like that alone could make people get prideful. Kind of like being the teachers pet, or something. However, I cannot overlook that all the Bible teachers and preachers that I am learning from, does believe in predestination and grace. So every time I want to get away from that, I look for another Bible teacher or preacher, and I hear it again. So, I am beginning to believe that the Lord keeps bringing me back to this teaching and He is helping me to understand it and accept it.
LindyTN, the predestination was stated in the bible but may I ask you the predestination is for what purpose? Does God predestined some and ignored others for hell? Appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.
@Psalm 22 John 3:16; I believed in God’s Sovereignty and the predestination that is taught in the bible. But some taught God in His Sovereignty chose some to eternal life but the rest of mankind to condemnation which I totally disagreed… quote “there are people that will be saved and others that won’t”. Obviously , Christianity didn’t teach universalism in salvation but we are save by God’s grace through faith in Christ (Eph2:8)…Whether in the old or new testament everyone including Abraham is saved through faith in Rom4:3. However, God in His Sovereign in the OT chose Saul and David for His divine purpose and He didn’t predestine them to eternal life. . Quote “Because of predestination. God will have MErcy to whom he wants to have Mercy. God decides, and to all for His Glory!” I don’t agree to your notion because God’s mercy is extended to all who are willing to repent in faith though He remained Sovereign and this is not about predestination as you claimed. By the way, your thoughts are more inclined to Calvinism that taught God predestine some to be saved and others to damnation. However, that is a false teaching.
Somewhere in Romans it says something about if Christ be in you... and then it says something about the same spirit that raised Christ will raise those with Christ in them. Jesus said, The Father is in me and "I am" in you. God told Moses, Be still and know that "I am" the Lord thy God. Who is the Lord thy God? Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life. Rev. 1-5 Jesus Christ is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead. Who is the dead? God said, I created all things, I created evil and I created good... Jacob sent his worldly possessions across the river before he wrestled with the angel in the land of Pineal. Jacob saw the face of God and confessed "I am" Jacob. Who is the face of God? Jacob is the face of God. Jacob is the body of which Christ is the faithful witness as the single life which is the life of the body and the light of the world. ~No one ascends to heaven except the one who fell from heaven. In order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven a man must first sacrifice himself. In order to ascend we must first be ascetic and then we will ascertain the truth. It's the idea of ourselves as being a thing of substance rather than an imagination is the idea we must sacrifice. Paul said, We exist in the mind of God where we live and have our being. Christ is our being, the rock of all ages. There is no other single being other than the one single indivisible being appearing as many separate individuals. Who is the one who appears to be you? It's the same as the one who appears to be I. 🙏
@@Romans1.28 “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME” ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE Question: “What is the name which is above every name?” Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible. Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?” Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names. Question: What does this mean to me? Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation. Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth? Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation. Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua. Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation? The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us? Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15). Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name? Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA. Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?” Answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved! This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew. “But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!
Mr Sproul was sadly caught up in an exclusive heretical gospel, not the gospel of Christ. The cross was inclusive not exclusive, his teaching is nothing but heresy
I know for a fact I did nothing to deserve God's Grace, I did everything to deny it. I still can't do anything on my own, I know it's all God and none of me and I am so glad for that because I would never get anything done rightly. Praise God, Jesus is a powerful Savior and nothing and no one can take me or you from His hand.
Terry Humberd We’re called to believe as a prerequisite for Gods saving grace. So there is something we can do though I agree that it doesn’t merit salvation. Only by God’s Grace does He count it for righteousness. God bless.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
Thank God for His amazing grace and His redemptive purpose; to predestinate, called, justified and glorified that such recipients should be conformed to the image of His Son Jesus Christ. To God alone be praise, both now and forever. Amen!!!
Some God's servants should never die as long as there are His hungry sheep around. My Dear Lord, I thank You So Much for RC Sproul's life. Thank You, Lord, for setting your very best teachers apart for the sake of Your children! THANK YOU!
@@93556108 Ephesians 1:11 "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will". It's for Lords purpose.
@@93556108 to be conformed to the image, eikon, of Gods Son, Christ Jesus, through trials and fire the outer man will be burned off, the inner man, Christ in us, demands it. All that the Father has given me, I will lose not one of them says Jesus.
This a great teaching of the doctrine of predestination. I pray that many christians come to this biblical understanding of predestination. Thank you very much for your ministry that continues to teach the real meaning of Scriptures according to God.
+sonia mit If Calvinistic "predestination" is true, then the following critical questions will no doubt come to mind. If man has been predestined to perish wherefore is God's legal right to punish? Wherefore is sin? For if a man has been predestined to fulfill God's plan and he does so because he has no choice, then therefore whatever sins he does is because God predestined him to do, where is his sin? God therefore becomes the author of sin. So man was created to be what God predestined him to be, he has fulfilled God's plan, then he has obeyed God's will. Where then is man's sin? How can God proclaim a righteous wrath against those who do not obey His commands if He has predestined them not to obey His commands? How can God proclaim to be just when He creates a person to disobey Him, and then punishes that person for doing what he was predestined to do? So why would God predestine a person to love Him which is in essence God loving Himself through that person because that person has no choice? This doctrine of Calvin takes accountability and blame out of man's hands and throws it right into God's lap. If man creates a weapon and uses it to fulfill his plan to kill someone; who is guilty? the man who created the weapon or the weapon itself? In Genesis God says, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil" Does this mean we don't know how to choose between good and evil?
+sonia mit Many people in the church today are clueless and in a state of great confusion regarding what true Biblical predestination is and because of Calvinism's great influence in the churches, they will fall back on Calvinism's twisted definition that has been forcefully imposed into many seminaries, Bible colleges, theology textbooks, dictionaries, churches, and church constitutions for centuries. True Biblical predestination takes place AFTER a person comes to faith in Christ. The Christian is predestinated for 3 things which takes place in the future. True Biblical predestination ONLY applies to those that are saved. 1) They are predestinated to be CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST - Romans 8:29-30, 1 Corinthians 15:49 - And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Philippians 3:21 - Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. All saved people will be like Christ. We shall be like Him - 1 John 3:2. This is a future aspect at the Rapture. 2) They are predestinated to have an INHERITANCE in heaven - Ephesians 1:11, John 14:2-4. Again, this is a future aspect. 3) They are predestinated to have GLORIFIED ETERNAL BODIES OF FLESH AND BONE, the REDEMPTION OF OUR PHYSICAL BODIES just like Jesus resurrected body described in Luke 24:39, Ephesians 1:4-5, Romans 8:23, Christ's newly resurrected glorified body is the prototype of what is to come for all saved Christians at the RAPTURE - 1 Corinthians 15:51-54, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17, 1 John 3:2. ========================================================================================================= There is a world of difference between true Biblical predestination and election versus Calvinist "predestination" and "election." Calvinism will use the terms "predestination" and "election" interchangeably to mean the same thing, that is, salvation or damnation which is predetermined in eternity past by God. Calvinism has hijacked the words, "chose", "chosen", "elect", "election" and "predestinate" and perverted the true definition. The true definition is NOT "chose", "chosen", "elect", "election" for salvation.
+sonia mit Calvinism's understanding of "predestination" has a striking similarity to Islam's belief in fatalism. 1) The Islamic Surah Ibrahim 14:4 - "And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and ALLAH SENDS ASTRAY(THEREBY) WHOM HE WILLS AND GUIDES WHOM HE WILLS. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise." 2) The Islamic Surah 2:6-7 states, "It is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. ALLAH HAS SET A SEAL ON THEIR HEARTS AND ON THEIR HEARING. AND ON THEIR EYES IS A VEIL; GREAT IS THE CHASTISEMENT THEY INCUR." 3) John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, section 5 - "SOME ARE PREORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE, OTHERS TO ETERNAL DAMNATION, and accordingly, as each has been created for one or other of those ends, we say that he has been predestined to life or death." 4) "That owing to one man all pass into condemnation who are born of Adam unless they are born again in Christ, even as He has appointed them to be regenerated, before they die in the body, whom He PREDESTINATED TO EVERLASTING LIFE, as the most merciful bestower of grace; while to those whom He HAS PREDESTINATED TO ETERNAL DEATH, He is also the most righteous awarder of punishment not only on account of the sins which they add in the indulgence of their own will, but also because of their original sin, even if, as in the case of infants, they add nothing thereto. Now this is my definite view on that question, so that the hidden things of God may keep their secret, without impairing my own faith." - Augustine, City of God, On the Soul and its Origin, Book 4, Chapter 16. 5) In Islam, Allah is exalted and pleased as he sends people to hell: this is the fatalistic claim of Islam. Fatalism is a belief that events are fixed in advance for all time in such a manner that human beings are powerless to change them. In this case, Allah will send to heaven whomever he pleases, and send to hell whomever he pleases. ("Unveiling Islam: An Insider’s Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs" pages 31-32, by authors Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2002.)
@@wtom04, You said: True Biblical predestination takes place AFTER a person comes to faith in Christ. The Christian is predestinated for 3 things which takes place in the future. True Biblical predestination ONLY applies to those that are saved. =>>> Where did you get this doctrine of predestination? I am NOT a Calvinist, But It is indeed true and Biblical that God predestined since the foundation of the world some to be saved, and some to be damned to hell... I can assure you that what I am telling you is true... =>>> Please read Matthew 13:24-43 (KJV), The parable of the 'Wheat and the Tares', In this parable Jesus revealed that regarding salvation, There are only two(2) kinds of people in the world... ''The Wheat and the Tares'', Sometimes Jesus called them the ''Sheep and the goats'' The Wheat(Elect) are the True Children of God by heredity since the foundation of the world.. and the Tares(reprobates) are the children of the devil by heredity also. Definitely God predestined all His children since the foundation of the world to be saved, and the children of the devil to damned to hell... =>>> EXAMPLES of the children devil are: Cain, Judas, some of the pharisees to whom Jesus said: ''you are of your father the devil'' (John 8:44)...
@@wtom04 I listen to Jim brown truth and Grace ministries on utube, he teaches predestination, I agree with him totally, although had never heard anything about it,, so could you explain what you believe it is, sounds like you agree, but not with all, I don’t know Calvinist doctrine, but my teacher has been accused of being one.
47:56 "But the biblical doctrine of election, get this point, teaches that some people receive grace, the rest receive justice. No one ever receives injustice from God." That's the clearest, simplest way I've ever seen it explained!
Really? You think it fair that God created some people, born as sinners, never gave them an effective call so they even had a chance of repenting, believing and being saved, was actually such a micromanager that they could not even commit one sin without God causally decreeing that they should do it, and then send them to hell for eternity for sins that at worst he made them commit, or at best left them totally unable to avoid committing? No friend! You need to flee this twisting of the gospel. By faith you are saved. Not by regeneration and salvation come to faith which is the order that Calvinism gives. The Bible has a different order of salvation to Calvinism. Repent and believe and you will be saved is the order of the Bible. In the same way the very idea of salvation by faith us distorted by many Calvinists - listen to a Calvinist teach on Romans and hear how they put faith on the same side of the equation as works, when saint Paul put it on the opposite side. You really need to get some truth from Leighton Flowers Provisionist Soteriology 101.
... and among the most absurd, for according to Mr. Sproul (using his definition of "elect"), those very people (the elect) receive an injustice: they go to heaven whereas their less fortunate neighbors go to hell. That itself is an injustice.
@@UnknownUser-dy6ij Yes, I did in spite of the fact that he could have whittled it down to ten minutes and said the same thing. A man commits murder. His brother is the chief-of-police, and he's never arrested: the evidence is destroyed. He received mercy and grace from his brother, for whatever reasons. Is that an injustice? Of course it is. It's not fair to the victim, his family, or society. The one brother (the murderer) just happened to be "elect" in his brother's eyes. Many other examples could be cited in which violent criminals are shown "grace and mercy" - which is usually an injustice. Perhaps Mr. Sproul simply defines "justice" and "injustice" differently than the dictionary. Also, did you notice how he skimmed right over the "born of water and of Spirit" part? Why? Because the "witnesses" that he was citing (who commented on the passage) saw it as a reference to water baptism, and he preferred not to mention that.
Wonderful message we need for this world so people can understand what the Lord has to go through to redeem us from our sins and prepare a home for those want to be with him.
Absolutely true statement Mr Sproul , God not predestined to every human being .That’s the problem with those who don’t agree with doctrine predestination.
God's grace is so powerful he predestinated 99% of humanity to eternal hell-fire, because God is Love... and RC wants Christians to celebrate. Praise be to God that Calvinism is utterly wrong in it's understanding of predestination, depravity, free will, grace etc. I enjoy watching these videos as it shows me how great the Grace of God really is, sadly RC didn't come to the complete realisation of that.
I have been reading the Bible every day for almost 2 years and I know I am truly a new creation in Christ. My pastor and most of my friends do not support this doctrine and yes, it is very challenging, but I cannot escape the fact that it is so scriptural! The Bible is a challenging and offensive book and this is a challenging doctrine, but it’s not in the least bit offensive. It’s beautiful. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and I have happily submitted my life to him and I am alive! Hallelujah praise the Lord. What else do I need to say?
RC Sproul explains here many beliefs of predestination and also the correct explanation of predestination. Very informative Sermon. Well worth the time to watch if you’re struggling with, what is predestination. Well done, Dr Sproul! RIP, Sir. God’s work through you is complete.
The Gospel in terms of predestination is a comfort to be embraced because we can rest from time to time from our battle with our flesh which tempts us to understand it with human wisdom instead of apprehending it by the gift of faith in the righteousness of Christ alone.
I have listened to this very video many times and I still find it so much on point. I miss Dr. Sproul but I thank God for the technology to go back and listen whenever we would like. God Bless :).
This conflict with his view. Philippians 2:12 Consequently, my beloved ones, just as you have always obeyed, not only during my presence but now much more readily during my absence, KEEP WORKING OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION with fear and trembling.
Amazing message.
I was Muslim and i became Christian one year ago. And RC's teaching helped me a lot to understand the Word of God.
Praise the Lord!
Amen my brother.
God bless
Welcome to the family! Praise God!
@@bobbyv8126 God bless you, brother.
To me, predestination is a comfort bcz I know that I haven't the capabilities to achieve anything on my own. And I am so grateful that I have been rescued by His grace, into life and into His eternal Presence. Without it, I would be forever lost.
You are not alone. Same here
Roman 6:16-17 states. "You are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads you to death, or of obedience to teaching, which leads you to righteousness." And 1 John 3:8-9 states, "Whoever sins belongs to the Devil. No one, who is begotten by God, commits sin." Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, please examine yourselves sincerely and determine which category you belong to. Many of you believe some verses in the Bible, think they know and follow Christ, and are saved; and find themselves to be in the first one. Why? Because they do not truly know Christ, nor the True Faith, and are separated from the Source of Grace like branches separated from the Vine (John 15:6).
St. Paul said in 1 Cor 9:27, "I chastise my body and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, after I have preached to others, I myself should become a reprobate." St. Paul, an Apostle, was concerned about the possibility of losing his salvation, thus proving that 'Once Saved, Always Saved', 'Faith alone", or 'Predestined" is a complete lie, and that the salvation requires a great efforts on our part to truly live according to Our Lord's Commandments of Love and observing All He commanded as taught by His One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church (Matt 28:20), so that we may be transformed into the True Image and Likeness of Christ (Rom 8:29, 2 Cor 3:18); because, we are judged, not by Faith, but according to our deeds and works (Rev 20:13, 22:12. Matt 25:31-46).
Our Lord said, "Sins against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven (Matt 12:31-32, Mark 3:29, Luke 12:10)." Do not be shocked, but you all, who follow false teachings of protestant churches, have sins against the Holy Spirit, who always remains with, and guide the Catholic Church (John 14:16-17, 16:13), by rejecting the Catholic Church teachings. Why remain outside the Catholic Church, Our Lord's Only Fold (John 10:16), His Body and Bride whom He saves (Eph 5:23), and risk your eternal salvation? Come to His Sheepfold quickly, like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), before it is too late. Amen!
@@hyeminkwun9523, Sorry bro, none of the verses that you gave can disprove election snd predestination or once saved is always saved...
@@reynaldodavid2913Jo After ordering the Apostles to go to all nations and teach them to OBSERVE ALL He commanded (Matt 28:20), Our Lord said, "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned (Mark 16:16)." Which group do you think you belong to? Since protestant churches reject the Catholic Church and Her teachings, all those, who follow them, belong to the 2nd group. Do you know why they have difficulty in understanding the Bible? It's because they do not have the Holy Spirit's guidance, for He withdraws from the souls who follow falsehood and have no True Faith, without which it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:6).
Protestant churches did not even exist, until Luther founded his in AD 1524 after rebelling against the Roman Catholic Church, the pillar and foundation of the Truth (1 Tim 3:15) and Our Lord's Body, and, thus, reject Our Lord, Her Head (Eph 5:23, Col 1:18). The protestant schism was against God's Will that all believers of Him be One (John 17:20). To justify their existence, all protestant churches reject, attack, and work against the Catholic Church.
Our Lord said, "Amen, Amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send, receives Me and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me (John 13:20; Matt 10:40)," "Whoever listens to you listens to Me. Whoever rejects you, rejects Me and rejects the One who sent Me (Luke 10:16)," and "Whoever is not with Me is against Me (Matt 12:30). Whoever rejects Me and does not accept My Words has something to judge him; the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day (John 12:48). You do not believe because you are not among My sheep (John 10:26)."
Do you think people lived before Luther were deceived by the Catholic Church and lost their salvation? Nonsense! Can God's Only Institution, with which God remains always until the end of the world (Matt 28:20, John 14:16-17), fail? Never as Our Lord said, "the gates of Hell shall not prevail against Her (Matt 16:18)."
You are free to believe it or not at your own peril. God leaves everyone to choose Life or Death on their own free will (Sirach 15:17). But why follow wolves in sheep's clothing and risk your eternal salvation? Come quickly to Our Lord's Church, His Only Sheepfold (John 10:16) before it is too late (for the Antichrist's Satanic reign of terror is imminent), so that you may hear His Voice, truly know and follow Him, and be saved by Him (John 10:27-28). Amen!
Saved by Grace through faith.
It’s not my hold of Christ that saves me but His hold of me
Absolutely true 😊
How do you know He chose you and not the person sitting next to you at church? Tell me, how does one know they are ''chosen''? You don't, and that's what's so absurd about this doctrine of the Dark Ages! But, it's sure nice knowing you got a place in Heaven and others will be wood for the eternal flames of hell! Sick stuff!
@@michaelparrott57 How do you know He chose you and not the person sitting next to you at church? Tell me, how does one know they are ''chosen''? You don't, and that's what's so absurd about this doctrine of the Dark Ages! But, it's sure nice knowing you got a place in Heaven and others will be wood for the eternal flames of hell! Sick stuff!
@@michaelreyes8182very simple read the book of JAMES and know you are saved.
@@michaelreyes8182 how do you know he chose you? 4 things:
1. Who/what do you love in life
2. Humility - do you recognize your sin
3. Obedience - do you have the urge to be like Christ. Internal
4. Trials - does your faith stand the test of trials
Look deeply into yourself and ask you question this. That’s why RC brought up “regenerate person”.
I so miss Dr. RC Sproul. I thank God and Ligonier Ministries for these video teachings. Thank you!
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@@SpotterVideo amen! Glad I'm not the only one trying to unplug people from the calvinism matrix.
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I listen to this message over and over. It is so humbling. It instills a holy fear of God in my heart.
Same here. When I really accepted Gods totality of control, I realized I had no choice but to obey. 😂 I’m scared of Gods hand if I give into any temptation….
One of d most brilliant Christian philosopher-theologians of the 20-21st century. God bless your soul, Dr Sproul.
Romans 11… he’s in hell
Jesus is the devil
You’ve been deceived
Repent accept jahovah and do good works
@@Madcow7777 How do you know, are you there?
@@cwdor Where does Jehovah say Jesus His only Son is the devil? Are you contradicting Isaiah's prophecy in Isaiah 7:14? Is His promised son a devil? Or, the one contradicting it?
@@cwdor Nonsense. You cannot answer a simple question. Where is the proof in the Bible? Even if you go to hell, you will not be able to answer my simple and direct question. Stop your nonsense belief. You are being deceived yourself.
My favourite teacher of the word. I'm sure he's praising his Lord with joy.
Yes I liked his teaching on what many called calvinism. His eschatology was another matter. Basically he was led astray in partial preterism which is heresy
Eternal bliss
My favourite theologian, too!
@@marksorenson5871 - Partial preterism is still not as dangerous and unbiblical as dispensationalism.
@@c.c.7687 Yes dispensationalism is crazy
This amazing theologian is so sadly missed. Excellent message.
I miss him and just started following him
What a marvelous grace! I rejoice in the fact that I am not born by my will! But by His grace and grace alone!
Amen
Amen! Soli Deo gloria!
Sure is great to know it doesn't hinge on us !!
Right on * John 1:13
Romans 8:28-30
I have those wonderful words underlined. 😊
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I'm only starting to listen to RC Sproul now. What a sound teacher and preacher he was. I appreciate his warning at the beginning to handle the doctrine of predestination delicately and to be extra patient with Christians who reject it. Please Lord give me the patience and love I need to share this with my brothers and sisters stuck in the seeker friendly church movement which You delivered me from.
@Mmhmmyeahok Hey guy, did you even read my comment?
"If mercy were an obligation, it wouldn't be mercy, it would be justice." Amen
@@crushedrighthand3090 True mercy is Gods justice...unless you negate the cross completely as Calvinism does.
@@Tommythecat007The Bible doesn't say that mercy and justice are the same thing. It says that God is both merciful and just.
He is just in always punishing all sin in everyone that has it, and He is merciful in providing a way that those sins may be expunged from our record - the atoning sacrifice of Christ.
I finally learned to see from God's point of view for the very first time. Praise the only true God who pulls me out of hell.
That's how it all makes sense- seeing it from God's point of view.
The strength to follow God’s commands could never come from me!
The words from this sermon give me chills! Oh, how profound and unsearchable is God's TRUTH!
I’m currently reading chosen by God and loving it. I’m a former Arminian who came to the truth after many years.
R. C. Sproul .....A true teacher of God. I am grateful to God for giving him to us.
I can listen to this over and over and it comforts me ❤ Thank You Father God for you Saving GRACE 🙏🙏🙏 In Jesus Precious Name
Thank you my Father and my God for your unspeakable gift our Lord Jesus Christ. 💙🙌🙏
I thank God for R.C.Sproul . Can't wait to meet this brother in Glory one wonderful day!
This man...what a blessed teacher.
This doctrine deepens the well of Salvation so to speak and causes us to draw water from that well.But it also causes us to fall on our faces before him and say "Thank you Lord for saving my soul".
I came across this doctrine when I was newly regenerated and growing in my walk with the Lord. It was timely because the flesh was wrestling hard against my inner new man and I was always mourning over my imperfections. I at times I grew weary of resisting and I thought I'd lose the struggle and end up in hell and my punishment be worse. I read the doctrine and it was too good to be true yet sensible of all. I wept in joy just as I had wept over my sins when I was convicted of my sins. I'm an elect of God by His divine grace. What He saw good in a wretched sinner like me I do not know but what I know is that one day I'll see Him face to face! Thank you Jesus Christ.
@Juan Pablo Zepeda Mar It is Christ who saves on the basis of God's grace, not on the basis of whether someone has embraced Calvinism or not. Be very careful to make statements such as yours
Don't let yourself degenerated by predestination
Don’t let Calvinist doctrine make you complacent to sin in your life. Sin can still harden a believer’s heart and lead you astray. We are called to live a holy life, and through God’s Spirit we can.
Oh how I love this Preacher and his blessings Sermon Seminars through the spirit of God . Rest in Peace RC you deserved it truly.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
RSV
Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
@@mitchellc4
Stop your blasphemy it doesn’t belong here! Jesus isn’t God? Go tell that to Thomas who said “My Lord and My God” 🤷🏻♂️
@@1988TheHitman
Who is the God of Jesus?
Rom 15
6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Cor 11
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.
Eph 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
Eph 1
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Col 1
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
1 Pet 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
It's interesting how I agree with you that RC deserves the eternal rest truly, and yet this very teaching actually shines more light on the truth that no one actually deserves it, haha. Grace!
@@mitchellc4 God was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
(1 Timothy 3:16)
This is one of the best preaching/teaching videos that I have ever watched- thank God for this Message!
Beautiful beautiful truth. How often we think we can save God from being called unfair by saying the decision for salvation comes from our free will. We’re taking the power of regeneration and giving it to ourself without realizing it. God’s grace is required first or we will never come. Praise our Lord for mercy on His undeserving people. 🙏✝️
“For by grace we are saved through faith - a believer must exercise faith which is a human choice.
Repentance and faith gifts of God
My opinion is that a person is a thing which has no life. Christ is the life. Christ is the only life as the light that shines in the hearts of all men. Jacob saw the face of God and confessed I am Jacob and was given the new name of Israel which means one who contends with God. It seems to me Jacob is a face of God that Jacob saw. Jacob is not God, God is Jacob. God is all. 🙏
Faith is a gift from God
@ Amen
RC explains predestination so perfectly.
Hallelujah.
Thank you Father for your sovereign Grace, and electing me into your family.
Amen.
@End Times Are upon us
My friend those of us know we are the elect, because we have the Holy Spirit in us.
I will pray for you that one day you will repent of your sins and receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior.
Jesus Is the devil
Repent accept jahovah and do good works
@@cwdor
Wrong.
Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone and not by good works, so no man may boast. Ephesians.
You really need to read your Bible or else you're just ignorant.
@@dougmaverick3287 and so Judas and Matthew 7
Amazing message!!!
PS: RC rarely looks at his notes and presents a wonderful flow with incredible theological truth! And, delightful comedy and euphemisms :-)
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
RSV
Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
He was a natural 🙏🏽
And so young here.
@@mitchellc4 ..John 1:1-'In the beginning was rhe Word & the Word was with God & the Word WAS God
-vs 14 'and the Word became flesh & dwelt among us'
And read here in Jogn 1 & Colossians 1..everything was made by Him & through Him & for Him & eveeything us held together by Him..this is our Jesus.
He declared Himself God when Ge was asked who are You ' He saud:'before Avraham was I AM'.
He was stined fir blasogemt after they picjed rhemsekves up iff the ground. They fell backwards when He said this name that God told tio Mises in Exidus 3!
@@yvonnerahui8729
Who is the God of Jesus????
Rom 15
6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Cor 11
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.
Eph 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
Eph 1
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Col 1
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
1 Pet 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
3 months ago I submitted a comment, maybe too condensed with Scripture to give 'spiritual understanding', but...
I love hearing RCSproul produce the best "arguments" for predestination!
All men are proud-selfwilled examples of Adam, until God in Christ regenerates their minds and hearts, and faith 'in the blood of Christ' is the one gift that makes it evident that God saves them (Ps.149:4, Is.61:1), His own 'meek' saints, called 'sheep' by Christ Himself, our 'meek and lowly in heart' Saviour, and 'Salvation' of God, the 'King of saints'! Praise the LORD that He saves any of us...
That was probably one of if not the best sermon I have ever heard of my life!
A Sproul sermon is always a profound learning experience.
Amen. What comfort! What worship to our Maker who has been gracious to us in Christ before the foundation of the world. Else we would be most surely doomed to hell.
Amazing grace! I was dead. Now I live because His sweet mercy and power yanked me into life! I could never had chosen Him. I loved my sin and death. I was in bed with my iniquities and they pleased me everyday.
Now I hate them. His power has quickened me. I didn't do it. On my knees, I say thank you Father. I now love the Jesus I hated. I never decided it. I found myself awake as one from sleep; as one from the dead.
Almighty God! If not for your mercy, I would be lost forever AND JUSTLY SO.
We bow forever to God and the Lamb who sits on the throne!
ALLELUIAAAA!!!!
Thank you Ligonier Ministries.
Thank God for a man like R. C whom God used to declare His glorious grace that many people of many nations would worship Him.
Amen, and Amen again, bukunwa osinowo! LORD Bless You!
1 Peter 1:2
He chose you💓💓💓
"God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace."
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
RSV
Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
@Vic Washington No, he didn't. All are his children. I am not sure how accurate the bible information or the translation is. All I know is, God is noncontradicting, unchanging, and loving. Furthermore, more Jesus cleared up / fulfilled more than what we need to live a joyfull life. Keep reading the Gospel, all will be clear through the Holy Spirit.. God bless you.
@@mitchellc4 the fact of the matter is you still need Jesus in ur Life..if u dont believe because the bible doesnt mention literally that Jesus is God (u cant read word by word ) but was said Jesus is the way the truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father unless through me..
I pray that both of us will be illuminated by the will and knowledge and wisdom of God.
Sprout was such an awesome teacher. He was gentle, empathetic to other’s perspectives and clear.
Hallelujah! Thank you Lord God for Your amazing grace! 🙏😇
Hallelujah I was born Again Christian on October 3 2015 Amen
I can't thank God enough for all of the help that this wonderful helper, named RC Sproul, was designated to give to us. Anytime my faith is shaking, just the right video comes up in my so-called random playlist on UA-cam lol. His ministry is and was just such a blessing.
Thank you, God, for your grace! What an inspired teaching! Praise the LORD!
51:27 I can relate to this so much, but I never really fought against it too hard. I embraced the doctrine, saw the beauty of it, and rejoiced in it. I began to see it all over the Bible.
Exactly. Well said.
Exactly the same for me.
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thank you God for bringing me this message. We need more men like RC Sproul in this world. thank you God for bringing this man into the world. blessed are all who have the chance to hear his sermons. we are blessed to still have videos of his sermons. he is with you now & you are pleased with his faith. Amen.
Roman 6:16-17 states. "You are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads you to death, or of obedience to teaching, which leads you to righteousness." And 1 John 3:8-9 states, "Whoever sins belongs to the Devil. No one, who is begotten by God, commits sin." Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, please examine yourselves sincerely and determine which category you belong to. Many of you believe some verses in the Bible, think they know and follow Christ, and are saved; and find themselves to be in the first one. Why? Because they do not truly know Christ, nor the True Faith, and are separated from the Source of Grace like branches separated from the Vine (John 15:6).
St. Paul said in 1 Cor 9:27, "I chastise my body and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, after I have preached to others, I myself should become a reprobate." St. Paul, an Apostle, was concerned about the possibility of losing his salvation, thus proving that 'Once Saved, Always Saved', 'Faith alone", or 'Predestined" is a complete lie, and that the salvation requires a great efforts on our part to truly live according to Our Lord's Commandments of Love and observing All He commanded as taught by His One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church (Matt 28:20), so that we may be transformed into the True Image and Likeness of Christ (Rom 8:29, 2 Cor 3:18); because, we are judged, not by Faith, but according to our deeds and works (Rev 20:13, 22:12. Matt 25:31-46).
Our Lord said, "Sins against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven (Matt 12:31-32, Mark 3:29, Luke 12:10)." Do not be shocked, but you all, who follow false teachings of protestant churches, have sins against the Holy Spirit, who always remains with, and guide the Catholic Church (John 14:16-17, 16:13), by rejecting the Catholic Church teachings. Why remain outside the Catholic Church, Our Lord's Only Fold (John 10:16), His Body and Bride whom He saves (Eph 5:23), and risk your eternal salvation? Come to His Sheepfold quickly, like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), before it is too late. Amen!
@@hyeminkwun9523 “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME”
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE
Question: “What is the name which is above every name?”
Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible.
Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?”
Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names.
Question: What does this mean to me?
Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation.
Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth?
Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation.
Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua.
Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation?
The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us?
Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH!
The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15).
Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name?
Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA.
Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?”
Answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved!
This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew.
“But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!
Gosh, he is a great evangelist in which he speaks so well to keep you interested in the word of God. It is so sad that he passed away back in 2017. May he be at peace in God's arm for bringing the word of God to everyone.
Angela, l, too, was saddened by RC’s passing. He has served his generation so well. He had such a way of explaining tricky subject simply. MEC, Darwin.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
RSV
Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
No cursing , please...
Totally agree.
Exalt the creator abase the creature!
I love the this teaching..Thank you Dr. R C Sproul..Thank you my Father in heaven for the Saving Grace..
Off topic: Mr. Sproul puts a huge grin on my face when he speaks because The Word and also those of his own flow from his very soul. 🤗
So many christians ignore the Scriptures that discuss predestination. This is a great reminder for many in the church.
Dr. Sproul is an excellent expositor of the Word of God.
I agree, plus I add that he was the best theologian we had. This message is so clear and true , God destined all the world to be saved with only one condition, to believe in His Son as our mediator and accept this destination to go to heaven with Him.But He also gave us a free will and if we do not believe in Jesus and accept this destination we can reject it. He is not choosing, we are , to be or not to be destined for heaven..
Made willing in the day of his power!
@@angloaust1575 “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME”
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE
Question: “What is the name which is above every name?”
Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible.
Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?”
Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names.
Question: What does this mean to me?
Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation.
Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth?
Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation.
Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua.
Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation?
The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us?
Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH!
The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15).
Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name?
Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA.
Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?”
Answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved!
This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew.
“But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!
wonderful explanations ! never in my life have been so clear about the doctrine of predestination ! Thank God for sending us such a beautiful message. I am chosen by God. may God use me as His instrument ,a blessing to the others.
he is teaching lies.
Jesus said in john14:15 "if you love Me, you will keep My commandments" which proves that men HAVE THE CHOICE whether to accept OR NOT to accept God's offer of grace thru Jesus Christ to EVERY(all) man.
@@fleminglim9122 might I suggest a different reading? Try this: “if it’s a bird, then it will flythrough the air on feathered wings.”
That Doesn’t mean that a decision to fly on feathered wings is what made it a bird, the fact that is is flying on feathered wings is the expected evidence that it is indeed a bird.
@@michaeljessicapayton maybe there is something missing with the analogy because i can not find it's connection with the doctrine of calvinism. can you elaborate more?
@@fleminglim9122 You are making an error of grammar. If I say that all those whose surname is Saunders are my relatives I am not making it an option to be my relative. All those who love the Lord will obey him. They don't obey him in order to live him but because they already do.
@@Phill0old
please do read
hebrews7:25,
"...He is able to save to the uttermost THOSE WHO DRAW NEAR to God through Him..."
do this verse tells us about "our freewill" in approaching to God? and God does not force us to come near Him although He advice us to come to Him. therefore proving that WE CAN CHOOSE whether to accept or not to accept God's offer of salvation for all mankind.
I enjoyed this video. R. C. definitely knows how to explain things in a way that you can understand. Thank you Heavenly Father the Most High. Your mercy and grace have opened my eyes and heart. All glory be unto you my Lord.
This makes so sense it makes me praise God and be thankful
This makes me smile and cry, because I just found him, and now he's gone.
Only time I am grateful for media.😢
That is breathtaking truth and I certainly know I in no way merit it. Glory to our beloved Father and Lord Jesus. It is truly mind-boggling.
Thank You Father God for preachers like Brother RC I got a better understanding of this topic Thank You Jesus
This sermon. Changed my mind. He’s right.
Predestination in the bible is always about events that occur at the resurrection. Because you’re in Christ, you’ll be conformed to His image as stated in 1John 3....
1John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
(Being the firstborn refers to the resurrection)
Because we’re in Christ, we are predestined to the adoption....
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
(Redeemed bodies happens at the resurrection)
Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
Because we’re in Christ, we will receive an inheritance at the resurrection....
1Pe 1:3 ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Eph 1:11 👉🏻In whom 👈🏻also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
The minute before you believed and were not yet in Christ, you weren’t predestined and had no hope.....
Eph 2:11 ¶ Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 ¶ For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Predestination is for Christians, NOT to become Christians.
God bless.
@@evanu6579 Your reply is EXCELLENT! Very well done Sir.
Evan U are you a dispensationalist?
madjack821
No sir.
M. S.
Thanks brother.
Such a powerful message. How wonderful is the Lord who has willed that I come to Him, even to a man as dead as I am. I couldn't believe it.
I too couldn't believe the amazing Grace! That I being desperately wicked was destined for eternal glory. That while I was still dead in my sin God had already appointed a day in which my spirit would be made alive in Him and that day came to pass on 04/20/2011. I thank God for regenerating me.
I am really with you on that one. I look back at my past and think "why me" out of all people much greater than I. I am still bewildered. The Bible tells us that, "it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." Phillipians 2:13
@@helwing01 He has willed that everyone will come to Him in the end that's what the blood of Christ and the cross was for....not just for some like it seems Mr Sproul is saying.
@@Tommythecat007 Your sentence is a bit grammatically skewed. Let's look at it both ways. Question: So God's "will" is going to be done for "everyone," correct? If so then you believe in universal salvation. If God's "will" is not going to be done, then you are describing a God who is weak and not in charge of his created universe. I don't think you believe such.
If you say that God is allowing for man's choices, then a man "choosing" God is a "wise" thing to do, right? Why would some have this "wisdom" and others not? Who "gives" this wisdom to some, but not to others? God? Hmmm....
If so, then God, as man's Creator is "choosing" whom he wants to give wisdom to. Since God knows the end from the beginning, the ones He "chooses" to give wisdom to, MUST be Predestined for salvation. So, Mr. "man's choices," we are right back where we started from, aren't we? It is God who "chooses" or "not chooses" to predestine men from before the foundation of the world, just like He tells us in Ephesians 1:5. His basis for it? It is "… according to the good pleasure of His will." Oops! Here we see what his "will" really means. It was to "predestine us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself." Stick to Scripture (Sola Scriptura) and all will be well.
@@davidk.1933 Well yours is an interpretation at the best if you're going to stick to the scripture and be solar scripture as you suggest then you have to include all these verses and therefore I find a limited atonement is completely not possible. Scripture cannot contradict itself.
You must include all scripture before any such conclusion.
Lamentations 3:31-33
For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.(to portray some will be, is against the will of God and the rest of the verse here explains why)Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing LOVE. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.
1 Timothy 4:10
That is why we labour and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of ALL people, and especially of those who believe.
1 Corinthians 15:22For just as in Adam ALL die, so also in Christ ALL will be made alive.
Just as the result of one trespass was condemnation of ALL men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for ALL men.” (Rom. 5:18)
Jesus is “able even to subdue ALL things to Himself.” (Phil. 3:21)
Jesus came “that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times he might gather together in one ALL things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth in Him. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works ALL things according to the counsel of HIS WILL.” (Eph. 1:10, 11)
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering towards us, NOT WILLING that ANY should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)
1 Timothy 2:4-6
4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.
1 Timothy 2:5, 6. “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for ALL…”
Hebrews 2:9. “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for EVERYONE
ALL shall know the Lord, from the least of them to the greatest of them.” (Heb. 8:11)
Mercy shall triumph over judgment.” (James 2:13)
EVERY creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and ALL that are in them, I heard saying: blessing and honour and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever.” (Rev. 5:13)
Through the greatness of your power your enemies shall submit themselves to you. ALL the earth shall worship You and sing praises to you.” (Ps. 66:3, 4)
For I will NOT contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would fail before Me, And the souls which I have made.” (Isaiah 57:16)
Psalm 103:9 “He will not always accuse, nor will He stay angry forever.”
There is no God besides Me, a just God and Saviour; there is none besides Me. Look to Me and be saved, ALL you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself; the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me EVERY knee shall bow, EVERY tongue shall take an oath. He shall say, surely in the Lord I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, and ALL shall be ashamed who are incensed against Him. In the Lord all the descendants of Israel shall be justified and shall glory.” (Isaiah 45:21-25)
Philippians 2: 9-11
9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
10that at the name of Jesus EVERY knee should bow, In heaven and on earth and under the earth,11and EVERY tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, To the glory of God the Father.
Romans 14:11
It is written:“ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ”
In this mountain the Lord of Hosts will make for ALL people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of well-refined wines on the lees. And he shall destroy on this mountain the surface of the covering cast over ALL nations. He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord will wipe away tears from ALL faces.” (Isaiah 25:6-8)
Of those who crucified Him (which is all of us) Jesus declared: “Father forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)
But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him DOES NOT remain banished.” 2 Sam. 14:14
Jonah 2:4-6
I said, ‘I have been banished
From your sight;
Yet I will look again
Toward your holy temple.’
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]
The deep surrounded me;
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
The earth beneath barred me in FOREVER (really I don’t remember Jonah being in the whale forever.
But you, LORD my God,
Brought my life up from the pit.
Jesus says: “I pass judgment on no one.” [John 8:15]
4But when the kindness of God our Saviour and His love for mankind appeared, 5He saved us(past tense), not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to HIS MERCY, through the washing of new birth. (Born again)Titus3: 3-6
For God has consigned ALL to disobedience, that he may have mercy on ALL. Romans 11:32
19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself ALL things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through HIS BLOOD, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20
Ephesians 1:9-10
9 making known[a] to us the mystery of HIS WILL according to HIS PURPOSE, which HE set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite All things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
John 3:14-15
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f] 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal(God given) life in him.”[g]
John 12: 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”(doesn’t say some who have chosen to believe those words are just not there)
Look you can change the word All and EVERY to SOME or MANY or a certain group(elect) if you want to.
But after a robust inclusion of all scripture I would have to conclude that clearly an exclusive gospel is NOT INLINE WITH THE WILL OF GOD
If God loves everybody why would he leave some out, What so the ones he didn't choose he didn't love (hardly scriptural, one only has to read Matthew chapter 5 on perfect ‘Love’) to see the folly of such a exclusive understanding.
Praise God for all His faithful servants who have preached the truth of His sovereign, electing grace!
Truly The Lord Almighty chose to minister to all whom at one time or another listened to r c sproul. May you rest in the arms of our saviour brother sproul.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
RSV
Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
What a great man of God. He is missed.
I love this man is by far my favorite. He is very wise and humble
I can't get enough of this sermon! Thank you Dr. Sproul. THANK YOU ❤️ ❤❤❤❤
Thank you LORD God for Dr. Sproul and his faithfulness to teach your Word. This is the most pride crushing and humbling doctrine. To the praise and glory of Your grace.
Faithfulness to false doctrine is not a positive thing. RC Sproul has a lot of correct theology, when he speaks of predestination he is completely out of his League.
Taking on subjects when no one really wanted to talk about it. RC is definitely one of the most gifted teachers of our time.
An amazing teaching from and amazing teacher…God bless his memory and legacy. 🙏🏾
I don't remember ever making it through one of R.C.'s videos without crying. We all are so blessed to have Ligonier Ministries videos! Without them, I wouldn't be the individual I am today.
May God continue to bless this precious ministry! 🙏🏻
Hahahahahaha what a nutjob
God can retire this narcissist youtube expert has arrived at full knowledge
Hahahabahahhaa
You weenies can't even see your own writing hahahahaha
@@iacoponefurio1915
"For those that believe no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible". George Cobble
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
That's all biblical.
Me, I say you're a rude person. I'd never ridicule and mock another just because they believed in something.
Your social media skills and awareness lacks much.
Try to learn some humility and kindness.
It'd prolly shock all that know you!
Have a nice day! 😇
@@jenJ-uq8ej “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME”
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE
Question: “What is the name which is above every name?”
Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible.
Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?”
Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names.
Question: What does this mean to me?
Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation.
Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth?
Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation.
Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua.
Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation?
The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us?
Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH!
The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15).
Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name?
Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA.
Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?”
Answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved!
This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew.
“But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!
I miss Dr Spoul. I am joyful for him as I know he is in the presence of our Father who chose him from the foundations of the World.
One of my favorite Bible word searches done with the aid of technology is to look up and list every verse that has the phrase “But GOD”. Such an overwhelming sense of GOD’s ability to counteract the intentions of man, many times saving us from ruin!
Can you help me with the app I can use for word searches. Thank you.
Those that don't believe in predestination or in the doctrine of grace simply have not studied enough. I came to believe in predestination and in what the acronym, TULIP, represents after rejecting then alternately doing a deep study then believing. This cycle went on for years before I ultimately understood and believed. I am settled on it. God is sovereign and what he begins he makes sure to see it through to its end. He 'wrote the story' therefore arranged the events and knows the end from the beginning.
Do you not think there are brilliant, Godly people who have studied the bible throughout their lives, and just came to different conclusions about the issue of Calvinism and what predestination and election mean from a biblical perspective? I could say that those who hold the Calvinist view of scripture just haven’t studied enough, but that isn’t an argument for my position, and only creates barriers to discussion.
It’s not that non Calvinists don’t believe in predestination and grace, we just have a different understanding of them.
I Praise, Worship, and Love God!!God bless!!
One of the best exposition on the doctrines of Grace... and the SOLAS. God alone ( the 3 in one), God’s grace alone, One Faith, One Christ, as revealed ONLY in the Scriptures... lots of wonderful theologians ( RC Sproul is one of them) but what really matters is what the Scriptures says... with prayerful reading of the Scriptures ask God to reveal himself to you.
I love his teaching. The only argument that is not addressed is why is evangelizing so strongly required in God’s Word if it has no bearing on salvation.
This is a difficult doctrine but completely Biblical
yes the mystery
Amen
*unbiblical.
@@TheRomans9Guybiblical
@ It’s really not. It’s actually anti-biblical. Jesus and Paul were refuting the doctrine of election, not establishing it. The Jews taught their version of the doctrine of election (basically the same as Calvinism) and Jesus said no, God doesn’t just pick some people and not others. Then Paul continued teaching that same thing. It’s mind blowing and sad at the same time that so many Christian theologians got confused about this and get it so badly wrong. But the doctrine of election is what Jesus himself was correcting, not teaching.
RC Sproul will always be remembered.
In my humble opinion this is the best lecture in the series, maybe on predestination, maybe even of man’s relationship to Deity. Amazing and I haven’t watched the last one either. Hosanna and Hallelujah to God and the Lamb, let Glory to them in the Highest be given henceforth and forever amen and amen.
This isn’t the 16th century. No one speaks like your last sentence. It shows your mimicking someone else’s words to sound “better”. It is obvious when you compared the first part of your comment with the last. Your grammar and sentence structure is average. Then, you finish with sentence structure and grammar that is not only not used anymore, but is far different than your initial statements. It’s two different people speaking.
@@emilykelly7453why do you care?
I am one that struggles with this too. Some think that those that do not believe in predestination, believe that by choosing to answer God’s call makes us think that we are so special because we made the choice. But I have always felt that if I was one of the predestined, pre chosen, pre elected, that would make me more special than those that are not predestined. Like that alone could make people get prideful. Kind of like being the teachers pet, or something. However, I cannot overlook that all the Bible teachers and preachers that I am learning from, does believe in predestination and grace. So every time I want to get away from that, I look for another Bible teacher or preacher, and I hear it again. So, I am beginning to believe that the Lord keeps bringing me back to this teaching and He is helping me to understand it and accept it.
LindyTN, the predestination was stated in the bible but may I ask you the predestination is for what purpose? Does God predestined some and ignored others for hell? Appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.
@Psalm 22 John 3:16; I believed in God’s Sovereignty and the predestination that is taught in the bible. But some taught God in His Sovereignty chose some to eternal life but the rest of mankind to condemnation which I totally disagreed…
quote “there are people that will be saved and others that won’t”. Obviously , Christianity didn’t teach universalism in salvation but we are save by God’s grace through faith in Christ (Eph2:8)…Whether in the old or new testament everyone including Abraham is saved through faith in Rom4:3. However, God in His Sovereign in the OT chose Saul and David for His divine purpose and He didn’t predestine them to eternal life. .
Quote “Because of predestination. God will have MErcy to whom he wants to have Mercy. God decides, and to all for His Glory!” I don’t agree to your notion because God’s mercy is extended to all who are willing to repent in faith though He remained Sovereign and this is not about predestination as you claimed. By the way, your thoughts are more inclined to Calvinism that taught God predestine some to be saved and others to damnation. However, that is a false teaching.
Somewhere in Romans it says something about if Christ be in you... and then it says something about the same spirit that raised Christ will raise those with Christ in them.
Jesus said, The Father is in me and "I am" in you. God told Moses, Be still and know that "I am" the Lord thy God. Who is the Lord thy God? Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life. Rev. 1-5 Jesus Christ is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead. Who is the dead? God said, I created all things, I created evil and I created good...
Jacob sent his worldly possessions across the river before he wrestled with the angel in the land of Pineal. Jacob saw the face of God and confessed "I am" Jacob. Who is the face of God?
Jacob is the face of God. Jacob is the body of which Christ is the faithful witness as the single life which is the life of the body and the light of the world. ~No one ascends to heaven except the one who fell from heaven.
In order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven a man must first sacrifice himself. In order to ascend we must first be ascetic and then we will ascertain the truth. It's the idea of ourselves as being a thing of substance rather than an imagination is the idea we must sacrifice. Paul said, We exist in the mind of God where we live and have our being. Christ is our being, the rock of all ages. There is no other single being other than the one single indivisible being appearing as many separate individuals. Who is the one who appears to be you? It's the same as the one who appears to be I. 🙏
@@Romans1.28 “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME”
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE
Question: “What is the name which is above every name?”
Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible.
Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?”
Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names.
Question: What does this mean to me?
Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation.
Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth?
Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation.
Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua.
Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation?
The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us?
Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH!
The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15).
Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name?
Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA.
Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?”
Answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved!
This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew.
“But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!
Learning, learning, learning. I love the warmth and good humor of Sproul, Steven Lawson, and Justin Peters. I am so grateful for their ministries.
Started to listen RC Sproul teachings only recently, I thank God for his life and teachings. What a sound teacher!!
Mr Sproul was sadly caught up in an exclusive heretical gospel, not the gospel of Christ. The cross was inclusive not exclusive, his teaching is nothing but heresy
Splendid exposition. Thank you, Dr. Sproul.
I know for a fact I did nothing to deserve God's Grace, I did everything to deny it. I still can't do anything on my own, I know it's all God and none of me and I am so glad for that because I would never get anything done rightly. Praise God, Jesus is a powerful Savior and nothing and no one can take me or you from His hand.
Thank God for someone who understands that we cannot do anything to save us except God's love, grace and mercy.
Terry Humberd
We’re called to believe as a prerequisite for Gods saving grace.
So there is something we can do though I agree that it doesn’t merit salvation. Only by God’s Grace does He count it for righteousness.
God bless.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
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Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
Yes the ones who claim to have chosen an unseen God do it for their own glory.
Paul said those who cannot stand sound doctrine will creep in unawares
Amen! Sis,. AMEN!
Watched this 3 times because I know for surely I am predestined.
My life today was so blessed to finally understand predestined this is something that has brothered me for years
Alll my days were written in His book before 1 of them came to be.
Psalm 139
Thank God for His amazing grace and His redemptive purpose; to predestinate, called, justified and glorified that such recipients should be conformed to the image of His Son Jesus Christ.
To God alone be praise, both now and forever. Amen!!!
Thank God I saw this sermon today it has been such a blessing to me
I see this doctrine in Exodus 6 with all the "I will, I will, I will..." thank you Lord and God for your irresistible grace!!
God used Dr Sproul in a mighty way in my life and in the lives of millions.
This is the best message I've heard on this subject.. beautifully explained...
Some God's servants should never die as long as there are His hungry sheep around. My Dear Lord, I thank You So Much for RC Sproul's life. Thank You, Lord, for setting your very best teachers apart for the sake of Your children! THANK YOU!
Amen Sproul. We have been predestined before the foundations of the world. May we cherish this forevermore. God bless you all.
YourBrotherInChrist; you claimed "we have been predestined". May I ask biblically the predestined is for what purpose? thank you.
@@93556108 Ephesians 1:11 "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will". It's for Lords purpose.
@@BraydenWolframe What is for Lord's purpose ? what is your message?
@@93556108 to be conformed to the image, eikon, of Gods Son, Christ Jesus, through trials and fire the outer man will be burned off, the inner man, Christ in us, demands it. All that the Father has given me, I will lose not one of them says Jesus.
@@93556108 to be will Christ Jesus in paradise, heirs because of the price paid for us, we are bought with a price.
This a great teaching of the doctrine of predestination. I pray that many christians come to this biblical understanding of predestination. Thank you very much for your ministry that continues to teach the real meaning of Scriptures according to God.
+sonia mit If Calvinistic "predestination" is true, then the following critical questions will no doubt come to mind. If man has been predestined to perish wherefore is God's legal right to punish? Wherefore is sin? For if a man has been predestined to fulfill God's plan and he does so because he has no choice, then therefore whatever sins he does is because God predestined him to do, where is his sin?
God therefore becomes the author of sin. So man was created to be what God predestined him to be, he has fulfilled God's plan, then he has obeyed God's will. Where then is man's sin?
How can God proclaim a righteous wrath against those who do not obey His commands if He has predestined them not to obey His commands? How can God proclaim to be just when He creates a person to disobey Him, and then punishes that person for doing what he was predestined to do?
So why would God predestine a person to love Him which is in essence God loving Himself through that person because that person has no choice? This doctrine of Calvin takes accountability and blame out of man's hands and throws it right into God's lap.
If man creates a weapon and uses it to fulfill his plan to kill someone; who is guilty? the man who created the weapon or the weapon itself? In Genesis God says, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil" Does this mean we don't know how to choose between good and evil?
+sonia mit Many people in the church today are clueless and in a state of great confusion regarding what true Biblical predestination is and because of Calvinism's great influence in the churches, they will fall back on Calvinism's twisted definition that has been forcefully imposed into many seminaries, Bible colleges, theology textbooks, dictionaries, churches, and church constitutions for centuries.
True Biblical predestination takes place AFTER a person comes to faith in Christ. The Christian is predestinated for 3 things which takes place in the future. True Biblical predestination ONLY applies to those that are saved.
1) They are predestinated to be CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST - Romans 8:29-30, 1 Corinthians 15:49 - And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Philippians 3:21 - Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. All saved people will be like Christ. We shall be like Him - 1 John 3:2. This is a future aspect at the Rapture.
2) They are predestinated to have an INHERITANCE in heaven - Ephesians 1:11, John 14:2-4. Again, this is a future aspect.
3) They are predestinated to have GLORIFIED ETERNAL BODIES OF FLESH AND BONE, the REDEMPTION OF OUR PHYSICAL BODIES just like Jesus resurrected body described in Luke 24:39, Ephesians 1:4-5, Romans 8:23, Christ's newly resurrected glorified body is the prototype of what is to come for all saved Christians at the RAPTURE - 1 Corinthians 15:51-54, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17, 1 John 3:2.
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There is a world of difference between true Biblical predestination and election versus Calvinist "predestination" and "election." Calvinism will use the terms "predestination" and "election" interchangeably to mean the same thing, that is, salvation or damnation which is predetermined in eternity past by God.
Calvinism has hijacked the words, "chose", "chosen", "elect", "election" and "predestinate" and perverted the true definition. The true definition is NOT "chose", "chosen", "elect", "election" for salvation.
+sonia mit Calvinism's understanding of "predestination" has a striking similarity to Islam's belief in fatalism.
1) The Islamic Surah Ibrahim 14:4 - "And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and ALLAH SENDS ASTRAY(THEREBY) WHOM HE WILLS AND GUIDES WHOM HE WILLS. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."
2) The Islamic Surah 2:6-7 states, "It is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. ALLAH HAS SET A SEAL ON THEIR HEARTS AND ON THEIR HEARING. AND ON THEIR EYES IS A VEIL; GREAT IS THE CHASTISEMENT THEY INCUR."
3) John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, section 5 - "SOME ARE PREORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE, OTHERS TO ETERNAL DAMNATION, and accordingly, as each has been created for one or other of those ends, we say that he has been predestined to life or death."
4) "That owing to one man all pass into condemnation who are born of Adam unless they are born again in Christ, even as He has appointed them to be regenerated, before they die in the body, whom He PREDESTINATED TO EVERLASTING LIFE, as the most merciful bestower of grace; while to those whom He HAS PREDESTINATED TO ETERNAL DEATH, He is also the most righteous awarder of punishment not only on account of the sins which they add in the indulgence of their own will, but also because of their original sin, even if, as in the case of infants, they add nothing thereto. Now this is my definite view on that question, so that the hidden things of God may keep their secret, without impairing my own faith." - Augustine, City of God, On the Soul and its Origin, Book 4, Chapter 16.
5) In Islam, Allah is exalted and pleased as he sends people to hell: this is the fatalistic claim of Islam. Fatalism is a belief that events are fixed in advance for all time in such a manner that human beings are powerless to change them. In this case, Allah will send to heaven whomever he pleases, and send to hell whomever he pleases. ("Unveiling Islam: An Insider’s Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs" pages 31-32, by authors Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2002.)
@@wtom04, You said: True Biblical predestination takes place AFTER a person comes to faith in Christ. The Christian is predestinated for 3 things which takes place in the future. True Biblical predestination ONLY applies to those that are saved.
=>>> Where did you get this doctrine of predestination? I am NOT a Calvinist, But It is indeed true and Biblical that God predestined since the foundation of the world some to be saved, and some to be damned to hell... I can assure you that what I am telling you is true... =>>> Please read Matthew 13:24-43 (KJV), The parable of the 'Wheat and the Tares', In this parable Jesus revealed that regarding salvation, There are only two(2) kinds of people in the world... ''The Wheat and the Tares'', Sometimes Jesus called them the ''Sheep and the goats'' The Wheat(Elect) are the True Children of God by heredity since the foundation of the world.. and the Tares(reprobates) are the children of the devil by heredity also. Definitely God predestined all His children since the foundation of the world to be saved, and the children of the devil to damned to hell... =>>> EXAMPLES of the children devil are: Cain, Judas, some of the pharisees to whom Jesus said: ''you are of your father the devil'' (John 8:44)...
@@wtom04 I listen to Jim brown truth and Grace ministries on utube, he teaches predestination, I agree with him totally, although had never heard anything about it,, so could you explain what you believe it is, sounds like you agree, but not with all, I don’t know Calvinist doctrine, but my teacher has been accused of being one.
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"But the biblical doctrine of election, get this point, teaches that some people receive grace, the rest receive justice. No one ever receives injustice from God."
That's the clearest, simplest way I've ever seen it explained!
Really? You think it fair that God created some people, born as sinners, never gave them an effective call so they even had a chance of repenting, believing and being saved, was actually such a micromanager that they could not even commit one sin without God causally decreeing that they should do it, and then send them to hell for eternity for sins that at worst he made them commit, or at best left them totally unable to avoid committing?
No friend! You need to flee this twisting of the gospel. By faith you are saved. Not by regeneration and salvation come to faith which is the order that Calvinism gives. The Bible has a different order of salvation to Calvinism. Repent and believe and you will be saved is the order of the Bible.
In the same way the very idea of salvation by faith us distorted by many Calvinists - listen to a Calvinist teach on Romans and hear how they put faith on the same side of the equation as works, when saint Paul put it on the opposite side.
You really need to get some truth from Leighton Flowers Provisionist Soteriology 101.
Amen and how does that make you or I feel?
The meek shall inherit the earth. What humbling facts.
... and among the most absurd, for according to Mr. Sproul (using his definition of "elect"), those very people (the elect) receive an injustice: they go to heaven whereas their less fortunate neighbors go to hell. That itself is an injustice.
@@brendanjobe6895 The elect recieve mercy and grace while the rest receive justice, no one gets injustice. Did you watch the whole video?
@@UnknownUser-dy6ij Yes, I did in spite of the fact that he could have whittled it down to ten minutes and said the same thing. A man commits murder. His brother is the chief-of-police, and he's never arrested: the evidence is destroyed. He received mercy and grace from his brother, for whatever reasons. Is that an injustice? Of course it is. It's not fair to the victim, his family, or society. The one brother (the murderer) just happened to be "elect" in his brother's eyes.
Many other examples could be cited in which violent criminals are shown "grace and mercy" - which is usually an injustice. Perhaps Mr. Sproul simply defines "justice" and "injustice" differently than the dictionary.
Also, did you notice how he skimmed right over the "born of water and of Spirit" part? Why? Because the "witnesses" that he was citing (who commented on the passage) saw it as a reference to water baptism, and he preferred not to mention that.
Glory to God
Thank you Dr. Sproul for this revealing teaching on predestination
Wonderful message we need for this world so people can understand what the Lord has to go through to redeem us from our sins and prepare a home for those want to be with him.
Thank God i made to watch this for stands and truth...God bless to the preacher..
Thanks liginear, ministry for teaching sound doctrine and the authority of scripture,which honors a sovereign glorious Lord
can see the joy in your face of knowing THIS !
Absolutely true statement Mr Sproul , God not predestined to every human being .That’s the problem with those who don’t agree with doctrine predestination.
What a masterful explanation of the truth of predestination!!
Perfect teaching Mr Sproul, I am agree 100% 👍👍👍👌👌👌
Andrew Lawrence, do you believe your born again is because you were predestined?
I love listening to brother RC.
God's grace is so powerful he predestinated 99% of humanity to eternal hell-fire, because God is Love... and RC wants Christians to celebrate. Praise be to God that Calvinism is utterly wrong in it's understanding of predestination, depravity, free will, grace etc. I enjoy watching these videos as it shows me how great the Grace of God really is, sadly RC didn't come to the complete realisation of that.
I have been reading the Bible every day for almost 2 years and I know I am truly a new creation in Christ. My pastor and most of my friends do not support this doctrine and yes, it is very challenging, but I cannot escape the fact that it is so scriptural!
The Bible is a challenging and offensive book and this is a challenging doctrine, but it’s not in the least bit offensive. It’s beautiful.
Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and I have happily submitted my life to him and I am alive! Hallelujah praise the Lord. What else do I need to say?
RC Sproul explains here many beliefs of predestination and also the correct explanation of predestination. Very informative Sermon. Well worth the time to watch if you’re struggling with, what is predestination. Well done, Dr Sproul!
RIP, Sir. God’s work through you is complete.
Thank you for sharing this. ❤️ It is confirmation for my own studies and walk in the Spirit.
No body is better than others no matter how they think.
I've listened to this lecture several times
So have I it gets worse every time I here it lol
Can 1 of you explanation @34.00 what on earth he'd talking about.. acts 72??????
The Gospel in terms of predestination is a comfort to be embraced because we can rest from time to time from our battle with our flesh which tempts us to understand it with human wisdom instead of apprehending it by the gift of faith in the righteousness of Christ alone.
I have listened to this very video many times and I still find it so much on point. I miss Dr. Sproul but I thank God for the technology to go back and listen whenever we would like. God Bless :).
This conflict with his view.
Philippians 2:12 Consequently, my beloved ones, just as you have always obeyed, not only during my presence but now much more readily during my absence, KEEP WORKING OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION with fear and trembling.