No Other Name (Acts 4:1-12) - A Sermon by R.C. Sproul

[@ligonier]

This sermon was preached by R.C. Sproul at Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, FL. Hear sermons from his series in the book of Acts: kzbin.info/aero/PL30acyfm60fXnqub4SWgiufkL-mCBXBXG

[@lovealways2609]

these reform/repentance preachers, preach the way i believe the Apostle Paul preached, nothing fancy, no health and wealth priority, but the exaltation of Jesus the Christ/YeSHua Ha'Mashiach alone

[@taylor-gq4rg]

That's very good! You think for yourself, and you already know the truth is plain and simple.

[@LR-yu3mx]

Yes. I love listening to Pastor CR and others from his church

[@terryIKE69]

R. C. Sproul was one who spoke with authority. My soul resonated with every sermon he taught and leaped with joy and revelation. Cannot wait to see him in Glory so I can express what an impact his ministry made on my Christian life.

[@BuildingYourInheritance]

Definitely 💯 agree and none of us better not be complacent less alone deceived by our own selves!

[@jessyjonas4988]

The Lord knows those who are HIS

[@almamoore8446]

Praise to our Heavenly Father who has given us one way, Christ Jesus. Only those who truly believe this will enter into the kingdom of God. Wonderful Words of God and conved to us by the Holy Ghost.

[@stevealgate2436]

I LOVE what RC had to say! It was challenging, but also very encouraging. I am a CHILD OF GOD! I am ready to die on the principle that JESUS is the one and only way to get to heaven! That by God sending His Son to die on the cross for man, is MORE THAN enough to bring salvation to all. Amen!

[@tamaramalone-qj3hv]

Another excellent sermon by RC Sproul

[@roxannelippard3354]

Amen thank you Jesus

[@LR-yu3mx]

Amen!❤

[@Heather-q2l]

🙌AMEN AND AMEN

[@JohnMoog-ug6bk]

RC’s argument to his professor is reminiscent of CS Lewis’s trilemma. Today she’d be berating students who dare use the term “biological woman.”

[@thomascagle8904]

Could R.C. Preach or what? 😊

[@memtesin5918]

Jesus told you, take this path, it's safe, but you knowingly take the false path, then complain about the hell you put yourself and others through. SMH

[@loislois3086]

Please listen to videos by steve sewell. Truth in the bible and rightly spoken. Amen.

[@nanomachines2985]

Yet people get stuck on Matthew 28:19, and somehow miss the fact that not a single apostle baptized a single person with the trinity

[@DogSoldier1948]

The Holy Spirit had not come until after Christ ascension. The Apostles were sent to Jerusalem to wait for the Holy Spirit to arrive. He arrived on Pentecost, which means fifty.Only they didn't call it Pentecost. That's the Greek name. The Jews called it the Feast of Harvest or the Feast of Weeks. The church was created on the Jewish feast day, an agriculture feast. The Jewish celebrated the first fruits of their harvest, and the Christian celebrates the first fruits of Christ death and accession. Many were saved on that day.

[@Atomic568]

Although the Bible doesn’t give a explanation of the apostle’s baptizing anyone. It should be obvious to all that in the book of Acts chapter 2: 36-39 KJV that it must have been the apostles who when 3000 souls who God added to the church to be saved did the baptizing. As in churches today the minister does the baptizing not the elders or deacons.

[@nanomachines2985]

@@Atomic568 I don't know if I understand what you mean by saying the Bible doesn't give an explanation of the apostles baptizing anyone. In Matthew, John was baptizing people for the remission of sins. Then later Jesus was baptized by John to fulfill all righteousness. Then in John 3, he tells Nicodemus that no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Then Jesus and his apostles went on to baptize people the next morning after meeting with Nicodemus. The act of water baptism was actively practiced before the Messiah began his ministry. You can also tell by looking at the greek term used in Matthew 28:19 when he said to baptize all nations. It's directly related to his command, but the apostles all knew to use the name of Jesus when doing so. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something you said?

[@DogSoldier1948]

​@Atomic568 The baptism at Pentecost was a baptism of the Holy Spirit, not a water baptism.

[@DogSoldier1948]

@nanomachines2985 “Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can these things be?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?’ ” Like the wind that blows, the work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration can not finally be resisted or controlled. And like the wind that blows, you cannot see the Spirit as He regenerates a dead sinner; rather, you can see only the effects of regeneration-profession of faith, repentance, and evidence of a changed life (John 3:8). These ideas are particularly important when we consider the doctrine of baptismal regeneration taught by some churches. Essentially, baptismal regeneration says that God regenerates at baptism, and everyone to whom baptism is applied. But if the Spirit’s work in regeneration is invisible and uncontrollable, then we can not make that one-to-one correlation between baptism and regeneration. Such a correlation takes away from the mystery of how the Spirit operates and assumes that we know where He is going. If we do this with the wind, we certainly jit. As John Calvin comments, “By the Spirit of God we are formed again and made new men, though his manner of doing this be concealed from us.” Speaking of baptism, we must also note that some believe Jesus is speaking of Christian baptism in John 3:5 when He says being born of water and the Spirit is necessary for salvation. If that were true, then today’s passage could be marshaled in support of baptismal regeneration. However, while Christian baptism is certainly a picture of the cleansing and renewal that occur in regeneration, today’s passage makes it impossible that the water of John 3:5 refers to the water of baptism. In John 3:9-10, we read that Jesus expected Nicodemus, a teacher of Israel who knew the Hebrew Scriptures-the Old Testament-to know it is necessary to be reborn by water and the Spirit. But as Christian baptism had not yet been instituted when Jesus spoke to Nicodemus, how could Jesus have expected him to know about it? The answer is that Jesus could not have expected it and did not expect it. He was referring to something else. Ezekiel 36:22-38 is the likeliest background for Jesus’ teaching on the need to be born of water and the Spirit. In this text, Ezekiel refers to the cleansing that Israel would receive after going through the Babylonian exile. The people would be purified and receive new hearts that would obey the Lord. In fact, the exile from the Promised Land proved that such a renewal would be necessary. In like manner, our exile from paradise in Adam proves our need for purification and renewal. Water is an image that represents this cleansing.