Four Kinds of People: The Assurance of Salvation with R.C. Sproul

Some people who are truly redeemed may lack assurance of their salvation. Others, who do not belong to Christ, might falsely believe they’re saved. In this message, R.C. Sproul considers the challenges we encounter in our pursuit of assurance.
This message is from Dr. Sproul’s 6-part teaching series The Assurance of Salvation. Learn more: www.ligonier.o...

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This message is from Dr. Sproul’s 6-part teaching series The Assurance of Salvation. Learn more: www.ligonier.org/learn/series/assurance-of-salvation

[@Jonathan_Gen15.6]

Thank you I need to send this to a young man who is struggling with His assurance of salvation

[@samuelsomu]

Is this the link where i can get full part of Salvation Subject please?

[@AnnElliott-j9w]

Dr Sproul was such a wonderful teacher. Full of humour but also he taught in a way that was simple but nbrilliant.

[@jayrodhub1]

"One of the most dangerous things is to determine your theology by your experience". RC Amen!!

[@devaprasadhjacob]

rarely have i seen anyone so deep in God's word and not using notes 99% of the time, only when citing the BIBLE

[@jwhillans]

I am assurred. I am also very undeserving. It sends me to my knees in gratitude.

[@lorettarobards2657]

Most people think they are going to heaven because they think they are good. But there is no one good but God. People usually compare themselves with other people, not a Holy God. God is Holy and we are not, that is why we need a savior, we are all sinners. Praise God, that Jesus came and took our sin upon Himself, He died for those that believe, thank You Lord!!

[@rohitminz8443]

Thank you Lord!

[@jayonnaj18]

Amen, amen, amen, @lorettarobards257! There is NONE righteous, no, not one! ONLY the Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16 KJV) is GOOD! We can neither earn nor do we deserve eternal salvation, but our Lord Jesus paid our sin debt in full when He hung bleeding and dying on Calvary's cross, was buried and rose triumphantly from the dead on the 3rd day (1 Corinthians 15:1 - 4 KJV) Praise ye HIM!!!

[@KenThePen247]

So accurate and based on humanism not theology

[@jmama6058]

Absolutely love the teaching of our beloved RC!🙏🏻❤️

[@nereida116]

I so wish I would have found RC at least a decade ago.

[@trh2-f7v]

me as well....

[@arsengrigoryan8753]

RC Sproul remains my mentor through these recordings, continually guiding me with his profound insights and teachings. We are, however, called to continually grow in Christlikeness, aspiring to reflect Him alone, not others, regardless of their worthiness or sanctity. (Heb 12:2) "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

[@jayonnaj18]

That 2nd person on R C's blackboard list! I have been saved for over 45 years now, PRAISE JESUS CHRIST, and I KNOW IT! Glory!!! "Blessed Assurance, JESUS IS MINE!"

[@brand0nn]

Waw 45!! beautiful

[@terminat1]

​@@brand0nnHow do you know it's been 45 years? We're not saved by anything we do. Salvation is of grace.

[@tudahke]

U sound more like 4

[@terminat1]

@user-pd7vq7wt9q John 3:8 is the key to know what? That God is sovereign in salvation?

[@terminat1]

@user-pd7vq7wt9q John 3:8 doesn't say in so many words that we will know when we are saved. It says that those who are born of the Spirit are like the wind that blows. In other words, there is no process or procedure a person can employ to become saved. God is sovereign, and He saves those whom He wishes to save.

[@KGLAD-v5q]

This is what happens when baptism confusion is promoted. The order is clear; salvation, then baptism obedience. ❤️✝️📖

[@bonniebarbee7984]

God Bless those who saved this Pastors wisdom from the Holy Spirit !!! This message was such a Blessing to me . I’ve struggled with this for along time, now I’m at Peace . Amen 🙏

[@gorockmarketing]

Great word! Thought provoking and good caregories to consider with ourselves and when speaking with others.

[@oluwadamilolabolade738]

It is a great deal to have teachers expound on important issues as Salvation. 🇳🇬

[@rhondae8222]

Amen! Praise Christ for this biblical teaching the late Dr. R.C. Sproul. ❤

[@RN2777-g]

I still doubt my salvation. But i pray for the Holy Spirit to open my eyes and help me to be sure of my condition.

[@markRunner8871]

Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, for He is faithful that promised.

[@markRunner8871]

By the way, that’s not a bad prayer either. It helps me to know that The Lord is always faithful.

[@LilacDaisy2]

Until a month ago, I was the same. Exhausting! It took a lot of videos by NeedGod to get it through to me that I am trusting 100% in Jesus, who saves me from my past AND future sins when I believe in him. They recommend RC Sproul and have live videos, where they talk to unbelievers live, around the world. It's STUNNING to see how simple the Gospel is to believe. You can also ask Ryan questions, live, and he'll answer. I never thought I was good enough, and now I know I never will be. God's standard is perfection. That's why Jesus died - to give us HIS perfection, so we could be saved. xoxo

[@2011hib]

If you believe in His promise it all works out. Great teaching ❤

[@johndodson8464]

Truth is objective. Assurance is subjective.

[@jessyjonas4988]

“And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.” Mark 10

[@tbabubba32682]

A goldmine in plain sight.

[@williamloree905]

Proverbs gives three kind of persons the wise, the simple, the fool. I always go to what God teaches.

[@williamloree905]

In Revelation 12 my pastor teaches three kind of angels - ones who went with God, ones who went with Satan, and ones that could careless-

[@darryld.8616]

Then go with these verses which says there are 4 different kinds of people based on the "soil" of their hearts....... Luke 8:5-8 NASB95 - (5) “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up. (6) “Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. (7) “Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. (8) “Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

[@nereida116]

This is focused on the NT where Christ Jesus touches earth for His ministry.

[@LilacDaisy2]

When I worry if I'm a number four, I now do not look in the mirror but to the Gospel, as in John three sixteen and seventeen.

[@Lily_of_the_fields]

I was saved somewhere between May-October 2023 this year has been an explosion of illumination

[@trh2-f7v]

Philippians 1:6 😇

[@djquiz6425]

A very common pathway to false assurance is the Altar-call -> sinner's prayer -> then hearing OSAS over and over until sanctification becomes insignificant.

[@RL-tg6ds]

Also known as decisionism.

[@Thatoneguy-pu8ty]

The American gospel lacks sanctification.

[@peg7929]

What is OSAS?

[@djquiz6425]

@peg7929 "Once saved, always saved" I would agree that "once elect always elect" but people don't usually mean it that way when teaching it. 2 Peter 2:20-22 and Hebrews 6:4-6 are not idle warnings. Jesus told parables that also warn of servants that end up in the place of "weeping and gnashing of teeth" or like the parable of the unforgiving servant that was forgiven, but ended up imprisoned in the end.

[@LilacDaisy2]

This can be a strawman argument though, I'm thinking lately. Sure, a Judas could do a sinner's prayer or altar call. But what about those who really believe - as Judas never did, and their sanctification takes a really long time, yet they still believe as John three sixteen.

[@neburion102978]

When i was 18 i had an encounter with jesus i was praying he came into my room baptized me with he's spirit showed me a vision and felt he's fiscal hand touch me.

[@anart2814]

Like Jesus said about being born again, know one knows were the wind blows or where it goes. I never had a conversion. I feel like he was with me always.

[@arelygomez8710]

Do not go by your feelings, emotions and thinking. It needs to be in action, deed and power. Knowing without doubt. Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the Word of God.

[@LilacDaisy2]

When did you first believe

[@TheBuddy1939]

#3 sanctification allows knowledge of our God

[@christophesutter1844]

Parfaitement explicite 🔥💜🔥alléluia

[@rhondae8222]

I believe most people fall into the fourth category (most people believe they are saved, but they are not saved).

[@LilacDaisy2]

I thought the same until just a month ago, when I read Judas never believed and that Jesus spoke in parables to those he didn't want to be saved. In John, Jesus says if they understood what he said, and they believed they *would* be saved. It's like God can not deny himself, when we believe in Jesus. Surely all who really believe are sanctified, even if it can be difficult to see. I have doubted my Dad's salvation until now, because he no longer goes to church, has a firey temper, lies and loves to belittle people. But he really does believe in Jesus.

[@remediosaquino9657]

@@LilacDaisy2 Hebrews 6: 4 - 6 it strongly states: It is impossible for those who have been once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the Word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to public disgrace. It is a powerful revelation of His Words. Blessed be the Name of the Lord because His Words reveal the absolute truth of His wonderful plans and also for us to know the unknown kept in His infinite wisdom. God loves you🙏

[@dsp62122]

From the Lord Jesus's point of view in Heaven looking down upon mankind in Creation, He sees only two kinds of people... The objects of His wrath destined for everlasting destruction. The objects of His mercy destined for everlasting glory. So, then, understanding the eternal Gospel of our Lord Jesus hinges on knowing who those two kinds of people are...

[@dallasjohnson7623]

Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing be on your people! Selah (Psalm 3:8, ESV) and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" (Revelation 7:10, ESV)

[@erwinrommel6777]

Hit that like plz thumbs-up helps spread the word of GOD ❤

[@stephengorman1025]

The only way to be assured of salvation is if ultimately God reconciles all to Himself. Thankfully this is what the Bible teaches and what many of the early Church Father taught and as a result turned the World upside down. Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the Sin of the World.

[@nchunter8918]

Hello Stephen, how then do you understand Jesus harsh warnings? Like those who will come to Him saying they have done many mighty works in His name and He will say depart from me for I never knew you?

[@stephengorman1025]

@nchunter8918 Indeed there is judgement for all. The Lord does not recognise the people we become outside of Him. However this cannot be equated to eternal conscious Torment which achieves nothing and denigrates God's character. All God's punishments are restorative (kolasis) and not retributive (timoria) so we are commanded to repent in this age if we do not the fire of God's love will purge us from all sin and wickedness in the age to come. Ultimately the Gospel is Good News for all.I suggest reading 'On the Incarnation' by Athanasius as a starting point to understand the Faith once delivered. Grace and Peace.

[@deepakhansda3401]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MegaZsozsoka]

There is one more category,the majority of people belong to this; They are last and don't know it'

[@channelsofinterest272]

I question my salvation often...its completely demoralizing and tiring

[@Ahmedpuno]

What makes you question your salvation?

[@bossabassa364]

You are saved because Jesus Christ saved you. What he did on the cross was enough to save you fully. Trust, look, and call on him

[@LilacDaisy2]

Until a month ago, I was the same. Exhausting! It took a lot of videos by NeedGod to get it through to me that I am trusting 100% in Jesus, who saves me from my past AND future sins when I believe in him. They recommend RC Sproul and have live videos, where they talk to unbelievers live, around the world. It's STUNNING to see how simple the Gospel is to believe. You can also ask Ryan questions, live, and he'll answer. I never thought I was good enough, and now I know I never will be. God's standard is perfection. That's why Jesus died - to give us HIS perfection, so we could be saved. xoxo

[@Ahmedpuno]

@@LilacDaisy2 I would recommend Yankee Arnold. Yes it’s easy to be saved. Believed/Trust on the Lord Jesus Christ that He died for ALL of your sins. And nothing can take away the gift of salvation once you put your trust in HIM alone. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

[@LilacDaisy2]

@@Ahmedpuno I just discovered and wrote out Eph 1:13 this morning! Unfortunately, Yankee Arnold makes a lot of personal-experience arguments instead of using much Scripture, so I'm always left wanting with his sermons.

[@jabeskumar4942]

Amen.

[@IdahoGunGuy]

Loved it although a slight disagreement with the bank analogy of how to learn the fake over the real. I worked with a manager who spent years in a bank and he said that the way the tellers were trained was to have them in the money room for several weeks and thus they knew the real so well that when a counterfeit bill came into their hands they knew it instantly. Would love to hear from other bank people on the feed to check the validity of this. Having said that I highly respect RC Sproul and however this turns out - will not change that high opinion that I have of him.

[@jessyjonas4988]

“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they answered. 22 “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!” 23 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” Matthew 27

[@trh2-f7v]

I saw this and got on it because the Title said > 4 kinds of people..... I remember watching RC on a Q&A......saying one time...(jokingly) "There are 3 kinds of people...those that can count ...and those that cant....🤣🤣🤣 anybody else remember that?

[@Marmalard]

Can we be honest there? There are so many different interpretations of scripture and what salvation means/when you’re saved, that it’s very anxiety provoking. If you’re a new Christian and you hear one person laying down the conditions for salvation and then someone else saying something different then it’s really distressing.

[@melbae.1124]

THE WORST PEOPLE IS THE NUMBER 4. THEY DONT EVEN ACCEPT TO DISCUSS ABOUT IT.

[@jessyjonas4988]

Wow similar thoughts in devotion Looking at Matthew 14:1-12 Herod Antipas “ being ruler over Galilee, he heard about Jesus “ What was his response- “ this is John the Baptist, he is risen from the dead and therefore these powers are at work in him”😮 What have you heard about Jesus, what say you

[@AlemGerie]

Does Christ love us equal to himself or more than himself? Which love is true, loving equal you , loving more than you?

[@jessyjonas4988]

“When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned ,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.” Matthew 27

[@LilacDaisy2]

But Judas never believed.

[@jessyjonas4988]

@@LilacDaisy2 the bible never stated that.

[@LilacDaisy2]

@@jessyjonas4988 What about John 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that did not believe, and who he was, that would betray him.

[@jessyjonas4988]

@@LilacDaisy2 thanks for the reminder of this scripture. The text makes reference to “ some and they”. Jesus knows the heart of man including the heart of all these disciples following Him. Jesus made a similar statement in John 2: 23-25. The verse does say, “and who would betray Him” which makes us think this is specifically Judas. Even if it is specifically Judas, it does not tell us he did not believe. Perhaps he betrayed Jesus because he did believe, but was disappointed that Jesus was not establishing his Kingdom the way he thought.Also it is possible because he did believe, he thought Jesus would not have allowed himself to be taken but would have outsmarted them the way He had done many times before

[@LilacDaisy2]

@@jessyjonas4988 Well, I never would have imagined it could not be clear when reading it, but there you go.

[@samuelsomu]

Amen. God bless you. Sir can you get me the next session link please.?

[@irenecaissie]

I know am saved I've never doubted

[@johndodson8464]

You aren't saved by meeting Jesus, an experience or an event. The sole instrument of salvation is BELIEVING. You believe that a proposition is true that you didn't believe before. Btw, no one is without some doubt.

[@franklongo4970]

Paul, in Romans 8:17-27, gives the Christian a moral certainty of our salvation, i.e., our ontic state of existence before God. For an absolute certainty in a conditioned universe, that takes a private revelation from God before He calls us to our practical judgment.

[@justincarter5578]

I don't agree with number 3 because I didn't see anything in the Bible that says people may not know they're saved. Even those who were carnal in Corinth never doubted their salvation. If anyone can show me the Bible, I would be grateful.

[@AnnetteJones-bb1iz]

I think Mathew 25 alludes to it. When the righteous are surprised that they have done all this righteousness.

[@LilacDaisy2]

The book of 1 John seems to be written to assure believers

[@swordfish54]

Shouldn’t there be a fifth group for unsaved people that don’t know they are unsaved?

[@aquaseahorselove3939]

I think that is the 4th group he's talking about, his wording seems a bit off. He writes 4. Unsaved (Know they are saved) "But believe they are saved" is written below as he's writing it. The unsaved can't really 'know' they are saved, but they can believe and think they are saved. Another words, this group is unsaved, but don't realize they are unsaved, they just think they are. These are the people who on judgement day who will not understand why they are being turned away and plead, but but didn't we DO great things in your name? And Jesus will say, "Depart from me I never KNEW you."

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

There are 10 kinds of people - those who know how to count using the binary system and those who don't.

[@Craigs_Veritas_Bullet1n]

Where are the other parts?

[@stuartjohnson5686]

Actually they study genuine money so much they know the fakes when they see them.

[@stephengorman1025]

The Good News as I understand it is that ultimately God reconciles all to himself (Colossians 1v15-20, Phillipians 2v9-11). This reconciliation does not occur for all in this age but will come for the goats after the chastisement of that age (aionias kolasis). We are not saved by faith but by grace and it is the grace of God that will produce this faith in us. The faith that God looks for is to know He is good and is always good and this is morst clearly seen at the Cross when Christ gave his life for the Sin of the World. We can only have assurance of salvation in this life if God's desires to save all (I Tim 2v3-6).

[@angloaust1575]

Three types of conversions Gods Preachers Self According to a w pink!

[@jessyjonas4988]

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT JESUS , WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH HIM?

[@bobdalton2062]

I should've skipped this one and gone to the next one sometimes RC rambles too much. I picked up a little bit even listening at 2x this was not particularly useful. show me from God's word because that's where my confidences

[@christopherwillemse]

Pray for understanding. This man's teachings are so brilliant

[@andremichau2455]

I don't agree with RC's "3rd person".

[@merrillbartle4174]

I disagree. There are three types of people, there’s the regenerate there’s the unregenerate and there’s the to be regenerated at some point.✝️

[@paulenzor6993]

Only, R.C. could take the entire time explaining the obvious and then end in the last 5 seconds saying that he'll actually explain the reason for the entire post in the next lesson. And the site giving NO WAY to find that lesson on utube with any hope to find it!!! Madness reigns supreme, typical ineptitude. Whoops my bad, they have a list in the comments section, but only if you fork over money for the rest of the program. So this post is really just a infomercial teaser to buy further products, sure!! What a crock, con artists scam. That's why I stopped donating to the group years ago. Pay to play, on the donation mailing list for decades. Manipulative exploitation is disgusting. Not very endearing at all. It's going to be very interesting to see what actually happens to many of the Christian leaders in terms of what was really behind what motivated their " ministry". Most interesting indeed.

[@chrisneverforget9117]

Great take.

[@MartinAtwell-z5c]

❤❤❤