Does God Have a Body?: Questions about God with R.C. Sproul

[@ligonier]

This message is from R.C. Sproul’s 6-part teaching series Questions About God. Watch the entire series: www.ligonier.org/learn/series/questions-about-god/

[@williamiannucci2740]

THANK YOU MY BROTHER FOR YOUR BRETHREN THROUGH CHRIST UNTO ME FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE BECAUSE OUR LORD IS RISEN . 👍

[@ruedigersens9888]

I'm a reborn Christian, 67 years old, and besides that, a physical and theoretical chemist also familiar with particle physics, cosmology, and relativity, and last but not least: psychoanalysis. I always feel awkward to come up with so many different fields. When there is one thing I really want to avoid then it's coming off as arrogant. Something simply drove me to do that. The Lord knows why. I also know the theological foundations of our faith quite well through my private Bible studies. You guys are doing a great job! I have translated the things mysterious for many like body, spirit, the interaction between these, our self, etc into simple pictures from the physics to be able to use them as memory aids. A small example: a born again Christian has internalized a special charge q since his rebirth, which has only the potential sensitive property of the Holy Spirit, with which he can get in contact with the force field of the Holy Spirit even if other interference fields let's say of natural mental nature affect us, such as cognitive biases. Are you interested? I would like to send you a small first draft and would be very interested in constructive criticism from you. Are you interested? God bless you! greetings from Germany.

[@taylordw]

@@ruedigersens9888 I don’t want to be rude, or dismissive but that sounds a little too contrived for my blood, and I’m not buying it, as we Americans say

[@danielmorseabba1]

@@williamiannucci2740 îúio

[@gethsemanedew8844]

Looking at the faces in the audience, I can’t help but notice the humility and purity that’s rarely seen these days. If faithful preaching attracts godly people, we’ve likely seen both here.

[@uncasunga1800]

That's all in your head. Out there 🚀 Gods Spirit is the only one who makes people good. Ezekiel 36

[@harrymalawo6902]

Great observation, I have noticed that too 😇🔥🔥🔥

[@ibperson7765]

Well they are taking ten different medications because big pharma owns their doctor’s minds.

[@alcardozo5493]

I’m learning so much from Ligonier sometimes I find it can be so overwhelming but I love it

[@uncasunga1800]

Praise God

[@doug2993]

Great resource Al, glad you found the wisdom of RC, more important his unlocking the deeper truths.

[@denofboxers1996]

I know that feeling of being overwhelmed. My Christian mentors in my church let me borrow the DVDS of Steven Lawson on "Behold Your God". I was so awed in seeing more closely the character of God that I had to stop half way through in order to take it all in because I was humbled before my God as never before. And now that humbling is occurring most of the time!

[@margaretowsley9725]

I love listening to RC Sproul. I have learned so much from his teaching.

[@TIMMY12181]

Ruckmanites are more sound.

[@PaDutchRunner]

@@TIMMY12181 Ruckmanites?

[@TIMMY12181]

@@PaDutchRunner yes

[@PaDutchRunner]

@@TIMMY12181 That guy was serious bad news.

[@TIMMY12181]

@@PaDutchRunner no. Doctrinally sound. Ruckman was the best.

[@robertrobbins5691]

The huge difference between Sproul and John MacArthur (style, approach, accessibility, humor, warmth, etc.) is really striking. They might say and/or believe the exact same thing but with Sproul, you want to invite him to dinner. With MacArthur, I always feel like I have heard a lecture from one who clearly thinks he is smarter than everyone else. Miss Sproul tremendously. Thank God for video.

[@danielmann5427]

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human? Don't be like the Corinthians

[@DaneDuPlessis]

Oh I think you’d like pastor John if you meet him ☺️

[@marukchozt6744]

@@danielmann5427This quoting of the passage does not answer the point. The OP is discerning a potential sin area of John Macarthur and their personal experiences from hearing JM. Such discernment is not to be equated as the circumstances of the Corinthians, which was a mere popularity contest that had the potential of splitting up the local church body

[@God-Is-Holy]

@@marukchozt6744remember because we feel doesn’t mean reality When I was born again (2021) I learned reformed doctrine early(2022) and my sister who is born again (fruit etc) she would tell me even now that I would act like i knew everything and wanted to always win, and looking back it was like that. I never wanted it to be like that just wanted her to be right about something’s she thought were right. But feel doesn’t always mean sin in a person edit: she has said he does speak with some arrogance when she hears his q&a’s so she doesn’t listen to them often. But hey it might be a little smugness,arrogance Lord willing it isn’t like that.

[@marukchozt6744]

@@God-Is-Holy I'm confused. Why were you responding to me?

[@teddysalad8227]

It’s hard to accept the loss of RC. As long as I’ve been alive he’s been preaching. And I’ve been alive a long time.

[@jd-gw4gr]

our lost is Heaven's gain: he is at the feet of Jesus Our Lord where he and all of us want to be hope to be and some Day will be! Peace

[@Sherlock245]

Where have all the flower gone?? Gone to children eveyone when will they ever learn when will the ever learn.... Time will pass and all be gone But I still am here Like a turtle still am here.. Why do tary so long??? What purpose of this wait?? The flower have all wither and die.. Even the seasons have passed and gone. Mothers with baby whined and grown. A farmer crop ready for harvest Why do we toil under this sun?? With our backs to the sun?? Only to wake up to do it all again?? Why do we toil all day???

[@jd-gw4gr]

@@Sherlock245 we toil all day because of our fallen nature and one Day God has promise to restore our fallen nature: He is faithful to His Promise; so we toil!

[@Sherlock245]

@@jd-gw4gr its rhetorical like king solomon all the things under the sun in vain... Better dead now then later the toil we bear day to day. A dream we cant wake up from The burden on our backs keeps getting heavier. War ravages on while we climb this mountain Churches in confusion with no solution. If tomorrow civilization vanish it wont make a difference. Only in Gods mind does time matter. A billion cycle will pass and humanity crumbles to dust We are like the poppies of the field. Today we live tomorrow we go. The universe is waiting for the lord intervention. And so we wait as we wither to dust. We are slowly withering away...

[@jd-gw4gr]

@@Sherlock245 AAmen

[@sf3207]

"we don't care about how we worship God, but God cares about how we worship Him...in spirit and truth." What a precious statement at the very end of his presentation. How true it is 👏🙏🙏👏

[@albertmoore4445]

We can sum up what we know about God very succinctly: 0 What people hope, imagine and conjecture about God fills endless volumes.

[@theresa42213]

Such a wonderful teacher this man is! PRAISE JESUS for HIS Word, and the people who devote their lives to spreading it to others! :D

[@uncasunga1800]

Amen

[@onyerekene7586]

This man's teachings have been life-changing for me 💯🔥

[@jessyjonas4988]

" Now to the King eternal immortal invisible to God who alone is wise be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." 1 Timothy 1:17✝️

[@Sherlock245]

Fernando immortal invisible only wise God.

[@LR-yu3mx]

Thank JESUS for me being able to listen and absorb these precious biblical sermons of a heaven ly man

[@TheArmchairTheologian]

Thank you so much for sharing this powerful study on the God of the Bible. I don’t skip a single second since I admire how R C delivers messages Biblically and systematically in line with philosophical perspectives.

[@tongakhan230]

A prophecy worth noting. Acts 20:29 I know that after my going away oppressive wolves will enter in among you and will not treat the flock with tenderness, 30 and from AMONG YOU YOURSELVES men will rise and SPEAK TWISTED THINGS to draw away the disciples after themselves.

[@kevinfromcanada4379]

@@tongakhan230 Yes, false teachers like you who would proclaim that Jesus isn't God and deny what the Bible says (cf. Joh 1:1, 8:58, 20:28, 1Jo 5:20 et al).

[@keithdoeskungfu]

I've not seen this yet. I just love Dr Sproul so much. He's my very favorite teacher of all things spiritual and philosophical.

[@kamauwikeepa7308]

What a powerful message of spiritual truth, now I fully understand stand what is meant by God is Spirit. Thank God for this dear brother who is now in the presence of the almighty, as his word says, Absent from the body present with the Lord. Amen!

[@sergiotovar9476]

Revelation is being fulfill right before our eyes!!! 2000

[@paulseano5100]

RC’s hair certainly has some body. Ha! Such insightful teaching. RC Sproul is a great expositor. RC had a sense of humor and I wish I would’ve had the opportunity to walk into one of those meetings years ago and spectate and say: “ I was just down by the drink machines and I noticed that they had Dr Pepper and Coca Cola but they didn’t have any RC Sproula! RC will be missed.

[@ArmorofTruth]

Just imagine what that hair is gonna look like GLORIFIED!

[@kimathi_w]

Yes! His hair was beautiful! He never really lost it. Just went grey

[@transelvis]

That was good-think he would have appreciated also

[@rethinkingsojourner3246]

Grateful to the LORD for this.

[@Tetelestai.John19.30]

He explains everything so well even a c student like me can understand.

[@rpireland6131]

R C Sproul has helped me greatly with my assignments. His teachings has also given me some points to answer the heresies that challenges the Biblical stance of conscience, thoughts and mind. Wonderful teaching!

[@ronschueler909]

"If you've seen me you've seen the father." and the word became flesh and dwelt amoung us"

[@thomasricardo9833]

Thank you Dr. Sproul 🙏

[@Nick-od3vd]

Thanks from Canada 🇨🇦

[@angloaust1575]

God is a spirit Worship him in spirit and in truth

[@anthonyvongsa]

Great Teacher of Gods Word!

[@darrenfulton4380]

God is like the wind he’s everywhere

[@DanBurress]

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.Since the Savior rose from death with a perfected body,He would not possess such a body if His own Father and our Creator did not also have one too.We are made in God's express image according to Genesis.Not in a mystic sense, it is a very down to earth expression of truth. If the Savior and the Father are of one substance,then you must admit that God now has a perfected form even if He did not have one before the Saviors earthly ministry.The prophet Joseph Smith made it very clear that we do not worship an invisible intellect, without body, parts or passions.

[@kvelez]

7:19 God is a spirit. 11:34 The human body. 19:11 Spirit vs Force 24:56 2 Kings 6 9-23

[@EdmundoAlarcon-n7s]

God has a perfect body

[@jasonstclair1329]

Excellent teaching, eye opening.

[@jessyjonas4988]

To be a Christian is to believe what God says is true and to live our lives based on the foundation of this truth.

[@BonnieBlue2A]

Remember the Sabbath (7th Day) and keep it Holy (set apart). John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

[@gordoncrawley5826]

@@BonnieBlue2A Go and learn the truth about why we, now in the New Covenant period, celebrate the Lords Day, as our sabbath day. Plenty of good and solid teaching on this out there. Go to 'Sermon Audio' and select teaching sermons on this. Jews still observe the 7th day, Christians observe the 1st day, for we are set apart in Christ, the new creation. See Hebrews 8:13

[@kamauwikeepawikk9520]

Thank you for this wonderful ministry. Amen

[@jd-gw4gr]

EXCELLENC, EXCELLENCE and again i say EXCELLENT: i will have to listen and re-listen to this serval time. this is an EXCELLENT thought provoking quest to understand: EXCELLENCE> sproul at the top of his game. what is spirit: start with what we know about matter. God is not a solid liquid gas nor plasma but the closest approximation to understand what a spirit is is within us. great line by sproul. where do you live instead where do you exist your being. now is your existence your body? how important is your mind to your personality?EXCELLENT is our mind matter begs the question are our thoughts matter? the nature of the mind is in a corrupted state until we have a re-birth i.e.; we are born again! my consciousness of myself takes place in my mind except for vanity i see my physical-matter i.e.; my body and have awareness of my physical state/judgement. Jesus tells us that the mind is corrupt this is not elusive but a sad fact because of the Fall in the Garden. reducing thinking to matter thus destroying the concept of personality as a myth. of course skinner would make this point because there is no room in a global-world-order for individuality or individual personality only what the state tells you can you think the state controls the personality your thoughts. this is happening don't kid yourself. Jesus is coming soon morning night or noon many will met their doom, trumpets will sound!!!!! what do you said to people who think like skinner, the deep state, the leaders of global-world-order: concepts like individuality, freedom, dignity are myths illustrations? i would say if individuality, freedom, individual dignity are myths, then what is left is non( individuality, freedom and dignity ) and we are left with non-reality. that is to say a concept that does not fit into the working order of God Creation or stated another way mythical individualities, freedoms, and human dignity and only non-individuality non-freedom and non-dignity lead despair and suicide death. our thoughts are determine reactions: Peter tells us to give an answer for the hope we have, thus not to give skinner an answer serve his propose. skinner is right thoughts are reactions and since we are corrupted until we have our re-birth born again, without God to guide our thinking with the WORD OF GOD, we have only non-individuality etc. we live in our conscience interesting! thus our conscience needs to be clear before God. i think therefore i am wrong God thought therefore i am. i am because God is I AM. if a man die shall he live, Jesus I AM the Truth The Life and The Resurrection, if you believe in Me though you die yet shall you live. is there more to humanity than matter, absolutely yes, Jesus proved it by resurrecting the dead in His earthly ministry and in His own resurrection: i'm afraid, no cause the world is more than we know. what is reality? What God says is true and what God says is true is recorded in the Holy Bible. What is truth, thy Word is Truth and the Word become Flesh! who is Jesus? the invisible who became visible. worship is that which comes from the heart and is inflamed with love for God.

[@RRodriguez1904]

Great comment 👍🏽And yes, RC’s describing spirit is his Godly genius in a nutshell. I’m going on , from the description box, to this series. God keep the brethren. Amen and Maranatha.

[@권세욱-f8o]

Thank you. This proof , I think, is truthful and urgent to present times.

[@jessyjonas4988]

Jesus Christ is FULLY GOD and FULLY MAN

[@jessyjonas4988]

God can have anything He wants God is Spirit If He wants to have a body He can

[@albertjames804]

7:52 "the wind blows where it will..." thats the reason why I thought the Holy spirit was just this fluid gaseous energy, that came from God. I used to think that the spirit was just a force of energy working on behalf of God, instead of a person of the God head

[@jessyjonas4988]

Amen There is a fragrance about you The sound of your name recalls it The beauty of Jesus can be seen in you Solomon 1:16✝️

[@uncasunga1800]

That is not biblical

[@uncasunga1800]

The pursued, says to the King, "your name is like perfume poured out"

[@MessagestotheBrideofChrist]

I’m quite surprised, and even shocked, at the high number of viewers thought it appropriate to click the thumbs down 👎🏼 meme on this amazing presentation. Ignorance of the deeper things of God seems to be growing in our final generation.

[@williammoulton6809]

Amen to that!!

[@katearmstrongstudies]

It's all those disappointed Mormons 😂

[@user-sn9qs4xk3m]

i love this message

[@lewisedwards4058]

“Wuuushup Him” 😂😂 Pastor Sproul really used to have a strong accent.

[@psshunreal]

He said worship in a way I don’t remember him saying it. Haha

[@BrandynMakes]

I have never heard him say it like this!!! I love it.

[@ChaZ-cp6qw]

Speech impediment

[@BossaNossa1]

Hmm... R.C. is a meer 48 years young here... and on fire for the Word!

[@BraydenWolframe]

Amen Sproul. May we cherish this message within our hearts. I pray that we will seek to honor and glorify The Lord forevermore. God bless you all.

[@soodanimdraws357]

Stop being disrespectful.

[@irmarose4603]

Beautiful teaching

[@jacobbrown9219]

What a lecture!!!!

[@larrykoz4009]

Dr Sproul’s teacher clearly taught his students that those who hold to false doctrine never stop arguing, they never admit they are incorrect.

[@BossaNossa1]

I miss R.C. see you one day... Jesus Christ is Lord †

[@michaelhaws6607]

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. This is the resurrected christ

[@gloriosatierra]

God has a body filled with the Holy Spirit: so much so that when you meet Him, and then leave Him, His Spirit comes along. 🌿

[@angloaust1575]

They heard the voice of the lord God walking in the garden!

[@michaelhaws6607]

This shows there was a difference between a spirit and a person who has come to earth obtained a mortal body and then died and went through the resurrection and has a perfected and glorified body.

[@monew632]

I have listened to many of Dr. Sproul’s older sermons and have never noticed his dropping of the “r” in worship! 😅 I thought he was doing a bit at first.

[@dw-rh6fb]

Jesus is God incarnate.

[@eddiesblacksmithingkjv9185]

Amen

[@tongakhan230]

WHAT! How did one come up with that theory? 'No man has SEEN God at ANY TIME' - 1 John 4:12 Does that mean that no one ever saw Jesus? John included.

[@dw-rh6fb]

@@tongakhan230 Jesus is God incarnate.

[@dw-rh6fb]

@@tongakhan230 if you deny that Jesus is God incarnate, you will find that hells fires are your end.

[@Romans8-9]

@@tongakhan230 That´s a reference to God the Father. Read the following verses for context.

[@dottiedogdiscovers]

Both the Father and the Son and those that rose from the grave at the resurrection have resurrected bodies: immortal physical bodies capable to endure eternal glory.

[@timothydodenhoff1068]

This is really good!

[@gleasonparker1684]

He does make you think.

[@michaelhaws6607]

Spirit and truth is eternal. Or gnollum meaning eternal. Truth is often on the body side of the equation. A spiritual body. The resurrection is where your body and spirit are reunited. You will receive a perfect immortal eternal body. We came to this earth 🌎 to obtain a body. So we can become more like God.

[@eddiesblacksmithingkjv9185]

Yes Jesus Christ

[@indriadrayton1132]

This is genius! Incomparable...

[@soodanimdraws357]

RC would call you out for using a noun as an adjective 😂

[@1974jrod]

Yes, God does have a body. His name is Jesus.

[@aztecmixtli]

God has a body. The word became man and dwelled among us. He is Jesus. He is the visible form of the invisible God.

[@tongakhan230]

If so, wouldn't that be a case of God having being seen by humans at some time? However, the apostle John categorically wrote: 'No man has SEEN God at ANY TIME.' - 1 John 4:12 Jesus himself asserted the fact that God is a Spirit. John 4:24 God is a Spirit, and those worshipping him must worship with spirit and truth.”

[@aztecmixtli]

@@tongakhan230 Jesus is an equivalent to God. If you know the son you know the father.

[@tongakhan230]

@@aztecmixtli : That, I'm sorry to say, is a personal opinion. Note what Jesus declared in prayer to his God: John 17:3 This means everlasting life, their coming to know YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, and the one WHOM YOU SENT, Jesus Christ. Jesus ADDS himself apart from the only True God. If Jesus too was the only True God, Jesus' prayer makes no sense. God CANNOT SEND HIMSELF. HE can only send a lesser being. An angel. John 14:28 You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, for the Father IS GREATER THAN I AM. Hope this helps.

[@kevinfromcanada4379]

@@aztecmixtli Tonga Khan doesn't have any interest in truth. I've dealt with this guy before. He spreads the same garbage no matter how many times he's shown his error, and when you've answered all his objections to the trinity and present verses that prove Jesus is God, he ignores them. When you push for an answer he just stops speaking to you... like I said, he's not interested in truth. He's been shown plenty of times that there is a difference between ontology and function, but continues to propagate his false teaching. The President/PM is greater than I am (function) but we are both equal by virtue of our being (both human). The Father is greater than Jesus by function (Father-Son language tips you off) but equal in being (both God-Joh 1:1). TK is an anti-Christ that John speaks of in his epistle, denying the person of Christ.

[@kevinfromcanada4379]

@@tongakhan230 see above comment.

[@christianpertiwi]

amen

[@trevortonner7973]

So my take is to look at the tri-unity...trinity..."Let us make man in our image"...We as humans have a mind, body, and spirit...God is the mind, Jesus is the body and the Holy spirit is the spirit...working as one. 1 God...3 persons

[@nadkhaa8360]

My dear R. C. Sproul or his / her representative. I live in Iraq. I'm muslim. I want to convert from Islam to christianity, but i face difficulities and dangers. That's why I want to immigrate to usa. I need your help in this respect. My regards.

[@DanBurress]

Dear sir: I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.Please know that you are loved,and God knows your situation.The Holy Bible and Book of Mormon stand together as a duel witness that Christ has come to rescues us from sin and that the throne of grace is within reach of every soul that wishes to come.If you wish to know more, please feel free to respond and we will take it step by step.While you are waiting,be the best citizen of your country that the Lord expects of you, obeying its laws and requirements, even when that is difficult. as it may be.Ask the Lord to give you the comfort of the Holy Spirit and use that comfort to administer to the needs of your family and friends.Yours in Christ Jesus, Dan.

[@BossaNossa1]

"The invisible becomes visible" - Jesus Christ

[@tongakhan230]

If that is the case, then John's statement that 'no man has SEEN God at ANY TIME' (1 John 4:12), is in error, isn't it. John and others actually SAW Jesus.

[@kevinfromcanada4379]

Tonga Khan doesn't have any interest in truth. I've dealt with this guy before. He spreads the same garbage no matter how many times he's shown his error, and when you've answered all his objections to the trinity and present verses that prove Jesus is God, he ignores them. When you push for an answer he just stops speaking to you... like I said, he's not interested in truth. He's been shown plenty of times that in Joh 1:18 there are two entities called God (the Father and the Son). In the context of Joh 1:18 and 1Jo 4:12, the God who no one has seen is clearly the Father. Jesus is the visible God who makes known the Father (the invisible God). Jesus is the YHWH who appeared to Abraham (Gen 18:1) and whom the leaders of Israel saw on the mount (Exo 24:10). Tonga Khan ignores these texts and all the ones that conflict with his false teaching. He's an anti-Christ that John speaks of in his epistle, denying the person of Christ.

[@kevinfromcanada4379]

@@tongakhan230 see above comment.

[@karenbeardwilson]

John Chapter 4. God is a Spirit. He is not a Physical Being. Born of the Spirit. God is not matter. Where you live is where you are. When I die I still live Spiritually I will live again. God is an infinite Spirit. We are a finite Spirit. Let us see what God has given us to see. What God says is Truth. Live my life on the conviction of The Truth God tells me. There are spirits about me all the time. Wowser God is with me all the time.

[@dennishagans6339]

Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Ecc 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Ecc 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 1Co 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 1Co 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 1Co 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 1Co 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 1Co 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 1Co 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 1Co 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. 1Co 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 1Co 15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 1Co 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

[@JohnWilliams-dy5dz]

Conclusion: God has a spiritual body

[@dw-rh6fb]

People require a body to be alive. Without a body, a person is dead.

[@BonnieBlue2A]

You have it backwards. The flesh is the lower form. Our Spirit does not die even when our flesh does. YHVH is Spirit. He is living. See: 2 Corinthians 3

[@dw-rh6fb]

@@BonnieBlue2A without a body and spirit, life cannot be experienced unless you are God. God is the only spirit that doesn't "need" a body.

[@dw-rh6fb]

@@BonnieBlue2A God is spirit, not you. You are flesh and spirit. Without a body, you have no life.

[@dw-rh6fb]

@@BonnieBlue2A that's why we await our resurrection.

[@Luka23567]

@@dw-rh6fb We don’t know what God truly is. “Spirit” doesn’t really explain anything. Without God the universe (the earth) the sun, day and night cycles, and life would not exist. We can only exist in the flesh with human bodies. Without physical bodies, we don’t exist. Our physical bodies along with everything in it, makes us and keeps us alive. When the body dies, we are dead.

[@rubiks6]

OMGoodness! RC pronounces it "woiship"! I love you, Dr. Sproul and your teaching loses none of its strength for your lack of pronunciation but it does amaze me. ----------------------------- My argument to your professor's question would be that Jesus is God and Jesus has a body, therefore the Mormon is not wrong on this point. Fitting in with the notion of the triune God, God both does and does not have a body. God transcends our mortal thinking on this issue. My personal view is that Jesus has been that man that he is since before the foundation of the world. When it says we are made in God's image, I take that literally, both physically and spiritually. We, too are triune. I think Jesus and Adam would have looked like twins. I think it was the man Jesus when scripture talks about "the Lᴏʀᴅ God walking in the garden in the cool of the day." I have a tendency to ascribe every Godly thing in the Bible to Jesus Christ unless it is undeniable not Jesus, like when God the Father spoke from Heaven at Jesus' baptism. I think the flame in the dark that walked between the animal pieces Abraham had laid out was Jesus. I think the burning bush Moses saw was Jesus. I don't think there is a problem with that because all three members of the Godhead are "co-equal," as they say. If I should mistakenly call the Father Jesus, I have done nothing wrong for Isaiah tells us the Son will be called "the everlasting Father" (Isa 9.6). Does God have a body? Sure seems like it to me. Is God a Spirit? Scripture says plainly He is. God is to us, as is often the case, an enigma. Glory to our triune Gᴏᴅ!

[@s_u_r_v_i_v_o_r]

How unfortunate to see that the vast majority of people have misunderstood God. God is indeed a Physical Being, and if you want to know how He looks like, just look at yourself in the mirror. We are all in His Image.

[@elcioeverton8679]

Amen.

[@bryanpratt5850]

A spirit has not flesh and bones as you see me have. Luke 24:39

[@dudungstrings5916]

this question just pops up in my head while watching this.. what body does God uses when abraham bargains to God about the destruction of sodom and gomora.. is it God himself or an angel? pls enlighten me

[@robertdeffenbaugh9004]

Yes I have a body when I’m not home in the Void.

[@timothydodenhoff1068]

What year was this, I'm reading his biography now, it's great. Half price at Westminster books , it was not to long ago. 17.00 hardback.

[@krisl2838]

Spiritual body I would assume, unless I'm wrong?

[@ronaldcossin4525]

be in the Holy Spirit you will go back to the beginning and back to the end in time and space see it all it awaits go as many times as you wait to there is no fear it fades away

[@jessyjonas4988]

" The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.." Romans 8:16✝️ God is a Spirit God can have a body if he wants And it would not equal finality Outside of time where God exists There is only infinite because our brain Cannot comprehend Doesn't mean it can't happen

[@tongakhan230]

The Bible clearly states that God doesn't change. Malachi 3:6 “For I am Jehovah; I do not change. Taking on a human body will be out of the question. The creator will become the created. Makes no sense.

[@jessyjonas4988]

@@tongakhan230 taking a human body would not change him Liquid water becomes ice Ice melts - liquid water The creator did become the created With God things make faith not necessarily sense

[@tongakhan230]

@@jessyjonas4988 : Using analogies, many things can be shown. But they may not necessarily be the truth. The scriptures say that God DOESN'T CHANGE. He also is IMMORTAL. Meaning he CANNOT DIE. Habakkuk 1:12 Are you not from everlasting, O Jehovah? O my God, my Holy One, YOU DO NOT DIE. If Jesus was God in a flesh form, then humans have SEEN God at SOME TIME. However, the Apostle John who had SEEN Jesus, categorically wrote: 'No man has SEEN God at ANY TIME.' - 1 John 4:12 Any time takes in ALL POSSIBILITIES. Meaning NEVER. Trust this helps.

[@kevinfromcanada4379]

@@tongakhan230 wow. You again. You're still using the same tired arguments that have been debunked. God cannot change in reference to his character but God change in other ways. For example, when God is angry or happy with people, that is a change in his disposition. So stop taking verses out of context. God cannot die, so the second person of the trinity took on humanity so he could die. Physical death is the separation of soul/spirit (the immaterial part of people) from the body, not the cessation of the person. So when Jesus died, he didn't cease to exist. The immaterial part of him was in paradise (heaven). Again, as I've pointed out to you before, there are two persons in Joh 18 called God. The God whom no one has ever seen is clearly identified as the Father in the context. But no one familiar with the OT would say that God has not been seen (cf. Gen 18:1, Exo 24:10). John clearly presents Jesus as God (Joh 1:1, 1:18, 20:28, 1Jo 5:20) and Jesus claims to be God in John's gospel (Joh 8:58). Jesus is God, coequal to God the Father in essence/nature.

[@tongakhan230]

@@kevinfromcanada4379 : Wasn't one who made out that Jesus was so addicted to his human nature that even fully as God in heaven he still calls God as his God? That to explain away Revelation 3:12.

[@pannonia77]

What about Jesus's resurrected body? If he ascended to Heaven, then the second divine person - and therefore God - has some form of a body. Which also contradict the assertion of the Bible (and Christians) that God does not change, since before the second divine person became a man, it (he?) did not have a body, but now after the ascension it/he does.

[@naamhaisiddhu]

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[@bonajab]

Materialists have as many problems as anybody. No matter what configuration atoms are arranged in, matter does not become conscious. Configuration does not produce consciousness. The brain does affect emotions, memory, and reasoning. That's brain chemistry. But brain chemistry does not explain the fact that I know I have emotions and memory and that I'm thinking. The soul is the spirit of man. It is not physical. It is the ego. The ego is me. I make decisions based on what I want at any given moment. What I want depends on what I believe.

[@4jchan]

You make an interesting point but may I also add that materialist also have a problem with personal identity. How is it when your physical body undergoes changes and that every cell in our body is replaced with new ones that you can know that you are the same person. Personal identity can't be based on our physical bodies but in the soul.

[@BossaNossa1]

Based on his noting the baseball manager's brain tumor this Bible study was held in 1987...

[@Sumtingwongbruh123]

If we only know the full mysteries of God and Jesus? But than...

[@mickday5234]

In what year was this, perhaps early 80 is. could et be!?

[@stuartjohnson5686]

C.,S. Lewis said we are not a body that posses a soul but a soul that has a body. Why is Sproul slurring "worship"?

[@chosensoldier]

Here's a beautiful verse that proves God has a body, it's not my opinion it's what the scriptures saith.. how does a voice walk without a body??? KJV Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God 👉walking👈 in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

[@jamiethomas4858]

My computer is old and won’t support this training series. How can I get it on DVD?

[@craigcrawford6595]

Probably from Ligonier Ministries online. .

[@Fart_Fella]

Look online if u can order DVD set for this series beloved

[@Kikuye]

Man, R.C Sproul's Pittsburgh (?) accent was way stronger back then.

[@peet4921]

Any god is by definition a spirit, supernatural, thus non-physical, not natural, thus immaterial. Please explain how some-thing immaterial can affect or even create any-thing material ?

[@smallhelmonabigship3524]

A Mormon here. Since Mormons were mentioned by him, I would be happy to further the conversation with anyone here who is willing provided I don't get banned from this channel. The resurrection is the re-uniting of the spirit with the body. Spirit is life, and no body can live without the spirit. When Jesus was crucified, His spirit left His body and His body died. When Jesus was resurrected on the third day, His spirit was re united with His body, and he could again be seen and felt. His beloved disciple John leaned his head on the breast of the Savior. Jesus did not lose His resurrected body when He ascended into Heaven. When Jesus returns to the Jews in the end, the surviving Jews will be able to see and feel the nail prints in His hands and Feet, and feel His side. The godhead represents the Father, His Son, and the Holy Spirit of God, and they should be worshipped as one God. It is the Holy Ghost that can be everywhere and pervade all things. The first Christians would be baptized in water for the remission of sins, wherein their body was washed clean inside. The ordained priests would then lay their hands on their heads for the reception of the Holy Ghost, wherein they would be baptized by God with fire and with the Holy Ghost. It was then that the gifts promised by Jesus in Mark 16 would follow those that believed and were baptized. They could prophesy, speak in tongues, interpret in tongues, heal the sick, raise the dead, etc. The Spirit of God was described as the sound of a rushing wind.

[@lolaguide4648]

You don't believe Jesus is God. Therefore you have no Saviour. Seek His face. Your empty rituals and Joseph Smith are meaningless. Pray that you come to saving faith in Christ alone.

[@smallhelmonabigship3524]

@@lolaguide4648 Would not your words be more meaningful if you engaged me in an intelligent dialogue, rather than ad-hominen statements?

[@PilgrimNinja]

Isaiah 43:10-11 Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior. You will not become a god. Satan is not Jesus’ brother (Jesus created everything and everyone, even Satan). You worship a false Christ and you need to repent and believe the truth. In love …

[@smallhelmonabigship3524]

@@PilgrimNinja The Hebrew word for God is Elohim, which means Gods plural. Or even Godhead. Worship the one true Godhead. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Three different beings. Everything in the universe is done under the authority of the one true Godhead, and there is no higher authority. It is common for Protestant and Evangelical denominations to misrepresent Mormon beliefs even to the point of ridicule and mockery of Mormonism, wherein they bear false witness that Mormons believe they will somehow displace God. If you are honest of heart, what I am about to say I hope may give you pause to think and ponder. But, if your mind has been bound by the shackles of your religious persuasion, then what I am about to say won't move you. For people that work and create things with their hands, they can appreciate this. Everything we do in this life, the work we do, the workmanship of our hands, the knowledge and wisdom we learn, will better benefit us in the life to come. People are simply not happy, unless they have a purpose in life. A job to do, responsibilities to manage, to have people that depend on us. We were designed and created to be this way. If we are eternal beings and we live forever, what do you think we will be doing every day for the next forever? If we live forever, and we build and create forever, then it can be said that there is no end to our works. There is no end to our creations. There is no end to the workmanship of our hands. The Scriptures say that those who are saved, become joint heirs with Jesus Christ to all the fullness of the Father's kingdoms. The Savior doesn't replace the Father. All things the Savior does, Every world and kingdom he creates, He does with an eye single to the glory of the Godhead. Now just look at the stars in the sky. There is no end to the numbers of stars. With our most powerful telescopes, we can see billions of stars in our galaxy. We have found numerous planets in orbit around many of those stars. What is more, we can see tens of billions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars in them, just like our own galaxy. The workmanship of God's hands is truly endless. Just think about that and ponder it, if your mind isn't shackled, and then ponder whose beliefs are more illogical and unreasonable, Mormonism or modern Christianity?

[@smeatonlighthouse4384]

In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God, the same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made. Jesus Christ is clearly taught to be the Word in human form. He is now and ever will be in a body, so it is perfectly correct to say that God has a body. The Father has not, neither has the Holy Spirit who are the other two person who compose the Godhead.

[@sarahward3874]

Sarah Ward. He does have a body.! The body of Christ which includes the Church. The believing Christians.

[@stuartjohnson5686]

C. S. Lewis said we have it backwards we're not a body thaut has a soul or spirit we are a spirit or soul which has a body. The one is immortal the second will die and have to be replaced come the resurrection

[@mikeisi]

I think the lady at 5:49 is in love.

[@05fordgtx1]

Yes God does have a body his name is Jesus Christ

[@Scott-t2p]

Are you a oneness?

[@ricklamb772]

God can do all things and be all things,He can appear in any shape or size or dimension. HE CREATED HIS SON JESUS IN HEAVENIN HIS PROJECTED IMAGE.HIS SELF IMAGE.BUT HE IS ALL IN ALL.

[@hummerwisdom]

MESS WE’VE MADE O Father, what a mess we’ve made Mess we’ve made Mess we’ve made O Father, what a mess we’ve made O how You must be dismayed! We don’t know what time it is We don’t know how we should live Yielding to the prowess of unruly men To our destruction and bitter end They’ve chosen land masses over grace from sin Chosen Caesar over the King of kings Echoed in the Judeo-church, “Israel-First!” Forfeiting blessings by blessing the cursed O Father, what a mess we’ve made Mess we’ve made Mess we’ve made O Father, what a mess we’ve made O how You must be dismayed! The children don’t know who they are High on heroine and Hollywood stars The elderly have been lobotomized Wisdom stricken from their hollowed eyes O Father, what a mess we’ve made Mess we’ve made Mess we’ve made O Father, what a mess we’ve made If only You we’d obeyed! BRIDGE And as the World at large awaits Your fantasy-arrival Every blasted creature on earth struggles for survival, O......and If only we had read Your sacred Books We’d know the killers and the crooks We’d crown You King of kings right now At Your feet, we’d be falling down O Father, what a mess we’ve made Mess we’ve made Mess we’ve made O Father, what a mess we’ve made O how You must be O how You must be, justly dismayed. Copyright 2021, Renee La Chapelle In FULL recognition that the “End Times” came and went with the destruction of the Harlot/Jerusalem and her Temple AD70. THE ESTABLISHMENT KNOWS IT. DO YOU? Please look into this MOST VITAL matter as a counterfeit Apocalypse is being orchestrated for the purpose of ushering in a tyrannical One World Superstate largely propelled by a fantasy-rapture and a “future”coming Messiah/King. KING THEN, KING OF KINGS, NOW! Luke 19:38 “Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.” King James Version May every creature that dwells on God/YAH’s blessed earth come to the truth at this most urgent time in history. For KING of Kings and Kingdom, HalleluYAH! 🙌🏻 💕

[@ronaldcossin4525]

I would have said The Wind as the Hebrew Bible says the air we need to survive in this temple of flesh and blood

[@barriesmith3489]

Are we to believe that a spirit has no form the spirit of Samuel was recognised by king Saul,

[@JamesRichardWiley]

God is invisible and beyond human comprehension, except when he isn't. Afterwards we can talk about something from nothing, but leave me out of it.