This message is from Dr. Sproul’s 6-part teaching series Building a Christian Conscience. Watch the entire series: www.ligonier.org/learn/series/building-a-christian-conscience

As David Pawson pointed out. There are 3 types of guilt affecting man: False guilt, exaggerated guilt and true guilt. Psychiatry and psychology can deal with with false guilt and exaggerated guilt, but only God can deal with our true guilt.

thanks God for pastors like you Dr. RC Sproul..your sermons is a treasure to me.. You will be missed..

The prayer reminded me of something I read years ago: Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God. I just love that, and I think it helps us live more as God wants us to if we keep it in mind.

For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God 😓 but even as Christians we still fail our wonderful heavenly father. Thank you Lord for your mercy and forgiveness 🙏🙏

Because of our continual sin, we have a continual need for our Lord and Savior. Thank you God for not allowing us to rely on ourselves 🙏😌

Best teaching most Christians never hear.

R.C. Sproul’s teachings have been a comforting revelation for me, after coming out of an NAR / Charismatic background. So grounded in Scriptures and intelligently presented. God Bless Mr. Sproul. We miss him.

Wonderful! Thank you Ligonier. Thank God for this man's ministry! He, being dead, yet speaks...

R C Sproul was one of the most influential and authentic teachers of the Scripture. His teachings have great impact on my understanding of the Scriptures. One day would see him in heaven!

The Lord will save me from every evil and keep me for His heavenly kingdom, to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Dr Sproul always gives a great breakdown of biblical issues.

The richness of this message is so vast. 🙌🏾🙏 To God be the glory!

This is ground breaking stuff to me. Nobody is fooling God! I’m amazed at RC Sproul’s teachings.

Thank you Lord Jesus for giving your life for us!

What a message! Made clear a few questions that I had for a long time and certainly gave me strength!

I will never tire listening to your teachings. Through listening to I finally achieved eternal security although I got born again in 1983. Jim

I know one thing after coming out of a life of horrid sin ..IF GOD HAD NOT CHOSEN ME I WOULD HAVE NEVVER CHOSE HIM..

thank you always Dr. RC and Ligonier ministry.

Outstanding. Praise The Lord. May God bless Ligonier Ministries. Love from India.

Just in case any find it useful to learn deep understanding, this is a delightful lesson in the journey... a fascinating amount of knowledge and wisdom packed in a half hour...it should be planted, watered and watched again to remember and grown like an oak tree in the mind.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (James 2: 10)

Jesus was basically saying that we should not trust in the law or our supposed adherence to it. God's law is far greater than our understanding of it. God is judging our hearts compared to His own Holiness. God will not only judge our actions but the sins within our hearts. So then His point is that we should give up trying to produce our own righteousness by the law but should trust in His salvation by faith thru grace. It was astonishing to hear that God would judge the heart itself. The reality of this means that all humans are in desperate need of Salvation.

Thank you for making this available.

Thank you so much

God Bless This Man In Heaven! Love You RC Sproul!!!!

Great teaching. Amen

excellent teachings on sin and rewards

THANKS I this brother GAS A LOT OF SERMONS FOR MY THOUGHTS

Such a way to understand the law! I can understand sin in this way!

fantastic explanation.....thank you for sharing.

I absolutely needed to hear this today. I had been struggling and wondering if I’m good enough to make it into heaven with Jesus. Thank you Jesus for your perfect judgment!

Awesome!

I have loved this!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Wow, an eye opener for me. Great lesson. Thanks. So much more to reflect on and consider.

He who knew his Lord's will and prepared not himself shall be beaten with many stripes though he did nothing worthy of stripes, but he who knew not shall be beaten with few stripes though he did things worthy of stripes. Solomon said that there is a vanity, that there be a wicked to whom it happens like unto the righteous, and the righteous that it happens like unto the wicked, it is vanity and vexation of spirit. Truly, there are degrees of sins, therefore degrees of punishments, yet a liar will spent eternity in hell just like a mass murderer, no purgatory etc. We just have to pray to escape God's eternal wrath and judgement on sin and sinners. May God bless you for teaching sound doctrine Sir.

Amen to the Glory of Jesus. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are freely justified by His grace through redemption that came by Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:23-24)

I would’ve loved to be in that class in person. Thank you Lord for the capability to share it on the web🙌🏻

Wow..this is so instrumental...such clarity is welcome...always thought sin is sin...so important to really read scripture and hear christ teachings

If we can't love ourselves, how can we love others. "The great commandment"

Praise the Lord God Almighty! Pastor Sproul is in the Holy Presence of the Lord now, but Jesus surely used him to the max. to preach/teach His word! He was a faithful minister of righteousness, and how fortunate we believers who are still alive can hear his sermons and learn of God and the Bibe from him! Glory!!!

Great stuff!

“And the squirrels are watching me, and the kangaroos!” - RC Sproul (out of context)

Good teaching

Amazing ❤

Bravo!!!!

I love Dr. Sproul. He's such a wonderful teacher. I can't wait to meet him in heaven❤️✝︎❤️

Very good content! Greetings from Germany

Wow became one of the great expository teachers of my time!

Amen

Wow! I thank God for expository teachers! One of the few last greats!

I really enjoy listening to preachers/evangelists/pastors/ such as the late R.C. Sproul and the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries at SonLife Broadcasting in Baton Rouge , LA. /Pastor Allen Nolan at Cornerstone Fellowship Ministries in Oklahoma but I'm in Ohio and feel guilty I'm not attending a LIVE and in PERSON church. No matter where go to search for a church , that's not all that far from our zip code, that preaches about things at this level, we are very disappointed. So we spend out time watching listening to Pastors on KZfaq. Thoughts from anyone else experiencing this same dilemma? thanks in advance and may God Bless:-)

Amen.

R.C. Always reminded me of Peter Falk, the American actor most famous for his role as scruffy TV detective Columbo

This is true, also what is true; is the reasoning of a good preacher like RC Sproul that even though they are gone from the Earth their words still speak because they are speaking when they do from the Holy Spirit, and word that shall never perish.

Please pray that God saves me and fills me with His Holy Spirit, Thanks

Love RC! Reminds me of Columbo lol

Such shall receive the greater Damnation He who delivered me unto you Has the greater sin!

Takeaway: All sin is mortal sin in the sense that it deserves death. (James 2:10) No sin is mortal in that It can destroy your saving grace. (Ephisans 2:8-9)

I love Sproul. I thought for years Jesus was making the thought and the act the same. I do not wish to give squirrels the wrong impression of God much less my fellow man.

God, by his wonderful appearances on the behalf of his people, went about to wrest their idols from them, they held them so much the faster, and said one to another, "Be of good courage; let us unanimously agree to keep up the reputation of our gods. Though Dagon fall before the ark, he shall be set up again in his place." One tradesman encourages another to come into a confederacy for the keeping up of the noble craft of god-making. Thus men's convictions often exasperate their corruptions, and they are made worse both by the word and the works of God, which should make them better.

Gives me a headache hearing this stuff. Sometimes I think that ego gets between the inspiration for a teaching and the delivery of the teaching. It is written on our hearts.

I'd have to find book, chapter and verse -- wherein it is written that if we put ourselves under the law, that is when we will be judged by the whole law - if guilty of one sin, then guilty of breaking all of the laws. As born-again Christians, we are under grace. Sure sounds like Galatians to me. The law was as a school teacher - to show us our sins. Now that part I know is Galatians. I'll listen to this whole series- see if there's something more specific on this.

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There are only two types of sin. That which can be forgiven and that which cannot be forgiven.

I presume R.C. recorded this study while he was in his later 20's? early 30's? much appreciation and may God Bless you!:-)

Matthew 5:21-22 "21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire."

Before personal phones you could judge character, when someone would get a call and they would say; Tell them im not home.

I'm sorry😢

Just a question: can someone please point me to the Scripture or scriptural passage that explains the different degrees of severity in hell?

Christ - " Do you suppose those on whom the tower of Shiloam fell were worse sinners? No, but I tell you that unless you repent......." Interpretation by Christians: there are no varying degrees of sin in God's eyes. Christ (again) before Pilate: "He who has delivered Me to you has the GREATER sin". Now I'll watch the video to see if RC comes close to my analysis of this whole issue.

Young R C looks like Nick saban ❤

I really enjoy this man’s sermons… if there are different levels of reward in heaven, does that mean we will feel regret that we didn’t live better lives on Earth, or that we’ll be (something like) “jealous” of people who are rewarded more?

Catholics always taught that there are "venial sins" (not serious enough to go to hell) and "mortal sins" (serious -- go straight to hell). Most Catholics have moved away from that kind of terminology today.

A man who hates his brother is a murderer at heart. Ask to be washed clean and strive to be pure hearted. He thinks as a beast does and has no sense of spirit by focusing on the world.

Phenomenal, of course. But I couldn't help but thinking how much he reminded me of Columbia (Peter Falk) :)

15:45 Calvin on degree of sin.

If i could meet one person and have coffee with them. Id want it to be rc sproul.

🤷‍♂️Will the sinner in hell hoping to reduce the quantum of his sinning perceive "less heat" in hell⁉️🤦🏻‍♂️ As for the truly saved, Jesus (living in him today) is the only reward he wants.

Some people have to steal to eat. Be tolerant in all things. You can not talk about the person, till you walk in their shoes☮️

'He soweth discord.' Proverbs 6:14

I was hoping you could answer this serious question. No question without God's grace just one sin leads to eternal damnation. I believe God's word is pretty clear that they are degrees of sin and even the serious sins God will forgive once He justifies us. So my question is and I want to use an example. A presumptuous sin such as a unbiblical divorce. That is, it is a planned willful disobedience against God. Divorces take some time to complete. Plenty of time to seek guidance to change your mind. Can a born again Christian willfully disobey God, a sin He hates with a passion. I have come to the conclusion unless this sin is repented quickly you were never born again.

I don’t think i’ve ever considered the fact that there were actual rewards for holiness.

Did the Young Ruler ever lie...

Dr. Sproul Thus the Holy Bible of which Jehovah God is the one Author was completed by means of his witnesses, even as it had been begun by means of them. Consequently, with no room allowed for Scriptural contradiction, it may be said that The Holy Bible is the Book by Jehovah's witnesses. As Revelation 19:6 exclaims, "Hallelujah!"

This same psychiatrist: How can David say " against thee only have I sinned did he not sin against Uriah by killing him?" Psychiatrists need salvation Help them Lord they are ensnared in the pride of life

Sin is sin in every degree. 'Whatsoever is not of faith, is sin'... every aberration from the truth, is sin.

Ezekiel 18:24 24 “But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

R.C. I keep expecting him to say, excuse me just a second then reaching into his pocket and pulling out a flip-open communicator and saying; Kirk here, come in Enterprise

Rc has kind of a Richard gere vibe

I really like RC but not too sure about this and the degrees of heaven and hell. Through Christ I am saved - I would like to think that one day I am sitting at the table with Him and the disciples and those mighty men such as RC and all those who have preached the gospel in a mighty way - but if there were degrees in heaven then I won’t be at that table. The Bible also says there is no weeping or gnashing of teeth in heaven - surely if I am sitting at the lower table I will be sad in that my life for Him on this earth was never good enough to be at the higher table. The same with hell. I believe all of us that are saved will be happy knowing that we are with out Saviour - regardless that some were mightier than others. Probably I am wrong - but I simply believe that there is two ways - heaven or hell. And regardless - there are no degrees as this would bring about ‘feelings’ and unhappiness in heaven.

This is weird he never said in Jesus name !

What year was this recorded?

No. No. I have to say NO to this one. The flaw in this argument is that while hell is a reward, eternal life is NOT a reward. Justice demands that I go to hell, but the grace of God spared me from justice by God taking my sin upon Himself. It is true that the unsaved people will be judged according to their works. However saved people will not be justified to enter heaven because of their works. If justice overules, all deserve death - eternal death. I am not looking for justice, I want mercy!! Romans 4:1-5 teaches that the only people who are righteous are those who believe in the One who justifies the ungodly. Our faith is counted for righteousness by God. NOT our works. There are NO degrees of righteousness. There is only 'sin' and 'not sin'. All believers have the same righteousness as far as God is concerned. Any 'righteousnes' apart from that is filthy rags according to the prophet Isaiah. It is just as bad to hate as it is to murder. The temporal consequence might be different but the eternal is as horrible. God is a judge of a standard way above ours. Sin is sin. Plain and plain. O Christian never pray for justice. Never ask for what you deserve. O sinner, I promise you that you don't want justice - you need mercy. Don't think that some sin is any less - the price is as hefty. Yes the more the sin, the more the punishment but the punishment is as horrible. It will all be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Flee to grace and mercy in Jesus Christ. You will have fled from justice - for Christ took it upon Himself.

DONT FORGET THAT THE APOSTOL SAY THERE ARE MORTAL SIN, AND NOT MORTAL SIN.

Sin is Sin! There is no degree of sin. Once a person believes in Christ as their Savior, their sins are forgiven. Do they still Sin! Obviously they do. Sin is sin. Believers are not judged according to their sins. But at the Rapture, when we see Jesus face to face, and stand before Him, we will be rewarded for our service to Him on this earth. And we will receive our crown or crowns, if any, to lay at His feet.

All sins are deadly because they can all send you to hell if you're a spiritually dead unrepentant sinner who dies in their sin.

Thats not what Jesus meant at all, He meant that once the idea of Adultery lands in your head (temptation) and you dont shoo it away, but rather begin then to Dwell on it, you then have committed it to heart, meaning that if given the opportunity you would have committed it in concrete, not just the abstract. Sin is not Consequentialism, its spirtual, its problem does not lay in the committing in a concrete sense. We know consequentialism as a Moral system fails continually. If anything its worse to only dream about it and say "at least i have not done it" and be a hypocrite than to actually go and do it, at least the person doing it you can be seen as a individual.

This sermon proved that there will not be eternal hell, the sinner will burn to the degree of their sins, en finally turn to ashes.