The Birth of Jesus: Dust to Glory with R.C. Sproul

[@manojgabriel84]

I'm alone for this Christmas away from family due to work. But I wanted this Christmas to not feel alone and feel the presence of Christ with me very much than any other time. Thank you Mr. Sproul for your message.

[@lee423hz]

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[@bandigraham]

@@lee423hz Many around the world. Glad there is a community of folks visiting, revisiting and sometimes listening for the first time to our King's beautiful truth. It truly envelops you in strength.

[@Luke-vg4mt]

Brother, be comforted knowing that many of your brethren suffer the same. We are one through Christ

[@paigewells3678]

The magnitude of God is becoming more clear to my little pea brain and I am thankful for RC’s help in this

[@timothysnow4107]

I’m not sure I will ever grasp His magnitude. RC has a way of bringing us closer though.

[@jkpiii4513]

I couldn't agree with you more. I've always said, the more I read the Word, the more I realize I don't know.

[@bonniebarbee7984]

You keep on giving us the TRUTH of the Gospel. I hope to meet you one day and say Thank you for the Teachings and Laughter.

[@maytvargas]

Praise God for this message.

[@denonjoka8848]

Thanks R. C. Sproul *4 This Powerful, Blessful, Deep Sermon of "The Birth of Jesus: From Dust 2 Glory" Where I Have Learnt That Our Great Almighty God Did Not Sent His Son In The World 2 Condemn The World But The World Thru Him Might Be Saved Written In John 3:17* & May Our Great Almighty God Bless Yu R. C. Sproul Althu Yu are Missed So Very Much 2gether With Ligonier Ministries So Very Much.

[@eileendunkley4373]

Beautifully expounded. Thank you sir !

[@cheryladams9261]

I will see you in heaven and be sure to listen to your life story! What a great teacher you are and I have been faithfully reading and learning .

[@timtxy2550]

love and miss RC

[@MrPatdeeee]

"The Birth of Jesus: Dust to Glory" What a great title kind Sir...And so apropos! Wow! Love it... When it comes to the date of Jesus' birth...I was taught many years ago; that the date of "Christmas" was determined by the RCC. So they deemed that Mary got pregnant in the springtime. So they arbitrarily used March 21st ("Vernal Equinox") and added 9 months. Then they used the Sunday "Mass"; that came the closest to December 21st ("Winter Solstice"); and it happened to be December 25th. And they called it "Christ's Mass". Of course, over time, it was short-cutted to "Christmas". Now, whether that is true or not, I have NO clue. But it does seem to be quite plausible in my thinking. But...who in the Pluperfect Hallelujah am I? For the most importance of Christmas, IS Jesus. AMEN! And... ...Worship Jesus always; because He is the ONLY thing that counts. Thus dates, names, celebrations, birth days, etc, are totally moot; when it comes to Jesus; who IS the only true God Almighty. Praise His Holy Name.

[@elainecrandell6040]

Amen

[@elainecrandell6040]

@Johan Abrahams I like the way RC preaches and am in agreement of what he says in this video. All glory to God 🙌🏻

[@lee423hz]

LOVE RC..How ever .! Why should we suffer the curse of DEATH ...???

[@lee423hz]

Because of one Man.........so to say He lost it for Us cause He couldn't reset His / The truth of knowing what the Lord said to them.Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ........Y

[@JessicaNoelle.]

RC Sproul also has sermons on this! 😊

[@maytvargas]

Because of Adamic sin.

[@pauldonnelly6691]

Remember only way to repent and be saved by Christ act 11:14-18, Luke 11:9-13 and Zeph 3:9/acts2:4 just follow only the original gospel tradition teaching not churches ways but Jesus will guide you personally to the end John 10:1-6,11-16, Acts4:12 and 1 John 2:24-25!

[@dustintyson354]

Amen 🙏

[@Tolseyjoy]

Spirit of God is the mind of God. 1 Sam 26:20 "Now do not let my blood fall to the ground FAR FROM THE presence of the Lord". Is God present in hell? Jesus Emmanuel mean God with us. If God is omnipresent why all this claims? God spirit is knowledge and LOCATION (mindful). Gen 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the SPIRIT OF GOD was hovering over the waters. Meaning, not another but God...but paying attention or being mindful of earth, because He is about to do something. Like us when we are about to do something. Example writing books. We need our body and spirit to converge (create attention) to be able to do the task at hand. So is God for we are created in his image. But for God His spirit and spirit (mind) have to converge to be present. That is why God can be in hell, spirit, but not mindful (spirit). That doesn't do violence in His omnipresent attributes. That also explain Emmanuel, God with us for the fullness of God's spirit is in Jesus at that time. And also David rendering of this verse in Samuel, for the spirit of God is in the holy land at that time. Learn people learn.

[@ringojmusic]

Definition of Christianity….the belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul, that he gave you, that is present in all humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree. Now that's some FAITH!

[@zippymax1]

All fine and good--but why do we keep a Catholic-pagan holiday as if it were scripturally commanded?

[@catherineatamian5827]

I worship only Christ. Will me celebrating Christ on a pegan holiday take me to hell ? I’m not Catholic btw.

[@zippymax1]

@@catherineatamian5827 pfft. Will driving 56mph in a 55mph zone take me to hell? Obviously your question is utterly irrelevant to my message.

[@domsuniga969]

Your question is not clear, but I can say the scriptures are clear that we are to serve Christ and Christ alone, we are to have faith in Christ alone. Paul says in Romans 8:1 there is now no condemnation for those in Christ. So if any man is trusting in anything other than Christ for justification, he will be gravely disappointed on the day of his death.

[@zippymax1]

@@domsuniga969 My question is obviously about Christmas and Christmas alone. EDIT: and if my question wasn't crystal clear to you, I daresay you need new glasses.

[@domsuniga969]

@@zippymax1 Well, I would not want to assume, but it is clearly about Christmas. But the answer is simple it is not commanded in scripture to celebrate it. So if any man is celebrating Christmas thinking this earns me favor or gains self righteousness through the celebration then that man needs to repent of the sin of idolatry and pride. But to the man who does not celebrate it out of self righteousness the same is the case.

[@johngregory5424]

When Mary Registered Jesus birth, name the year that she gave she registrar. Over his lifetime Jesus would also have given his birth year, please name that year.

[@alfonsoleyson3962]

Jesus was born at the feast of the trumpet, Tishri 1, 3 BC. The census was for the 750th year since Rome was founded. After 3,days, it was the 1st of the triple conjunctions of Jupiter, the king planet to Regulus, the brightest star on constellation Leo, the lion of the tribe of judah. The Julian date was September 11, 3 BC. Remember 9/11?

[@johngregory5424]

@@alfonsoleyson3962 An interesting response. Are you suggesting that Mary and Jesus gave the year of his birth as 9/11/BC?

[@alfonsoleyson3962]

@@johngregory5424 the 8th course of Abijah of the father of john gave a clue to Jesus birth. The Sabbath after Nisan 1 on 4 BC was the start of the 1st course. The 8th course would be 8 x 7 or 56 days. Add the 2 feast weeks of unleavened bread and Pentecost or 14 days brings the total to 70 days. Add the 40 weeks of gestation or 280 days brings the total to 350 days. Add the travel time of Zecharias from Jerusalem to his home and the 2 days from Nisan 1 4 BC to 7 days brings us to Nisan 1, 3 BC as the birth of John. Jesus was born 6 months later to take us to Tishri 1, 3 BC. Easy

[@johngregory5424]

@@alfonsoleyson3962 So Mary told the Registrar that Her baby was born Tishri 1,3 Before Christ?

[@alfonsoleyson3962]

@@johngregory5424 at the roman census, they used the timeline of Rome founding, 750th year. BC was invented thousand of years later

[@elishaoluwafemi1982]

If it were a virgin birth how did Jesus become the son of God? None of the apostles held to the teaching of virgin birth, why did you get the idea from? Jesus is the Son of God, not because he was born of a virgin, but because Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit at Jesus’ normal conception. If you struck out “how can this be since I knew not a man” and the Matthew’s account - before they ever met together - the narrative would fit in with the rest of the gospel. Those who introduced the virgin birth in the second century did so with the intent of deifying Mary and make her the Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven, an ancient pagan religion. These narratives do not align with the rest of Scriptures. Read Romans 1:1-4

[@alexkelley385]

“Never give us nothing”? Yikes… major grammar issue. Appears your response is cut and paste plus your phrases. Deny Christ’s deity and you deny His ability to save. John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:15-16; Heb. 1:1-8

[@Tolseyjoy]

Jesus is god not God. Salvation need a sinless and obedient man Heb2:"11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family". Verse "17 For this reason HE HAD TO BE MADE like them,[k] FULLY HUMAN in every way," . Christ as God is of no use to mankind. It only adds to human problem which is sin. Enough said. What mankind need is a savior and the bible has clearly told us who and how it will be. Rom 5:19 "For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the OBEDIENCE OF THE ONE MAN the many will be made righteous". So vacillating about Jesus' deity which is a lie, never give us nothing. Unless RC was preaching God to God obedience which accuses the Gods (3) of cheating themselves!!! One God only. Read these verses in New testament; John 17:3, 1 Cor 8:5, James 2:19, Mat 28:22, Mark 10:18, Mark 12:29-32, Luke 18:19, Rom 3:29-30, John 14:28.

[@S36542]

I'm going crazy

[@S36542]

@Johan Abrahams thank you I really need a friend to tell me how to deal .. thanks be to the lord 🙏

[@S36542]

@Johan Abrahams thank you so much

[@S36542]

@Johan Abrahams for being a sinner I never wanted to be sinner I just became a sinner and now every day I pray to ask for forgiveness and repentance for all my sins. I don't want to be no longer a sinner.

[@S36542]

@Johan Abrahams I will read this in my Bible thank you for caring.

[@psycheevolved1428]

No such person. Bad translating. It’s not a J but an old i. Iesus pronounced Iessa. It was a woman. People blindly trust poor translations.

[@domsuniga969]

Negative. There is no other name under heaven by which men might be saved, except through Jesus Christ, the Gospel is clear and simple that you must believe in who He was and what He did, and you will be saved. In turning to Him in faith you will thus be repenting of sin, or turning from sin to Faith in Christ Jesus the Lord and Savior.

[@Psalm146-2]

That is nonsense of course. What you have stated would mean far more than just a bad translation - it would mean the entire intent of Bible has been misunderstood. But just so you know, the name Jesus is the transliteration (the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet) of the Hebrew term Yehoshua/Jehoshua which is contracted to "Joshua.” All of these names are the same and they all mean “Yahweh saves" (or "Yahweh is salvation").

[@pauldonnelly6691]

Remember only way to repent and be saved by Christ act 11:14-18, Luke 11:9-13 and Zeph 3:9/ acts2:4 just follow only the original gospel tradition teaching not churches beliefs but Jesus will guide and teach you to the end John 10:1-6,11-16, acts 4:12 and 1 John 2:24-25!