R.C. Sproul: The Former Things Have Passed Away

Although we suffer now, our present travails are nothing compared to the blessings that await us. In this lecture, Dr. R.C. Sproul looks at God's promises concerning the final eradication of suffering in the new heavens and new earth. He will explain how all of redemptive history leads up to this time when the kingdom of God will be consummated and all tears will be wiped away.
This message is from our 2010 Winter Conference, Suffering and the Sovereignty of God: • Suffering and the Sove...
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  • @adaevans213
    @adaevans2133 жыл бұрын

    My husband of nearly 49 years was recently called home -- on March 4, 2021 -- after a long struggle post-stroke and a short struggle with kidney disease. My school teacher of over 5 decades ago and a Godly man sent me here so that I could have some salve for my grieving soul. I will be ever grateful to my school teacher of all those years ago!

  • @ChristineMillerServiss

    @ChristineMillerServiss

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to the miracle ofmodern broadcasting, we can listen to RC for a long time. I don't think i will ever get to the end of this wonderfu blessing. And all the while he is enjoying the presence of the Lord. Best of both worlds.

  • @patriciavarga4084

    @patriciavarga4084

    11 ай бұрын

  • @aracelielardo4791
    @aracelielardo47913 жыл бұрын

    We thank the Lord God for giving us this brilliant theologian in our time.

  • @DS-uh6nr
    @DS-uh6nr Жыл бұрын

    I am so thankful for RC and his teachings. There’s not a teaching that can give me comfort quite like his teachings, and bring the holiness of God down into my living room. So thankful for these archives. I love how he teaches the holiness of God some thing that we so desperately need these days.

  • @mirandayeoh8606
    @mirandayeoh86064 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid at school, I was in the school choir. One of the songs we sang was 'The Holy City'. Later on at university, I understood the Gospel, the Bible, and repented of my sins. So thankful to God for keeping me and forgiving me. (To this day, I remember the lyrics of the song 'The Holy City'.)

  • @patriciavarga4084

    @patriciavarga4084

    11 ай бұрын

  • @pndungu1
    @pndungu13 жыл бұрын

    We will see Him in the fullness of Glory as He is.

  • @Chesterbarnes1
    @Chesterbarnes16 жыл бұрын

    Initially I rarely listened to Dr. Sproul, after his death we began to listen and to discover his brilliance, a skill as a theologian/scholar/ and preacher. God bless his memory

  • @williamiannucci2740

    @williamiannucci2740

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh he's not dead my friends . 👍

  • @marshallcurrie8391
    @marshallcurrie83916 жыл бұрын

    I have never heard words spoken that touched my heart and my soul as those Dr. Sproul used in this message. I shall miss him a great deal. I thank my FATHER and my LORD and Saviour JESUS CHRIST for putting him in my life. May GOD bless and keep you forever. I shall miss you a great deal.

  • @pndungu1
    @pndungu13 жыл бұрын

    Christ is the beginning and the end,the Alpha and the Omega.

  • @simuljustusetpeccator5547

    @simuljustusetpeccator5547

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @YA-ok1mo
    @YA-ok1mo3 жыл бұрын

    😭😭😭 I am starting to miss RC. Thank God for such person.

  • @docholliday7548
    @docholliday75483 жыл бұрын

    Dislikes? Good to see that we have atheists, people of false doctrine & apostates hearing God's holy Word which will not return void.

  • @stockinettestitch

    @stockinettestitch

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Seeds get planted when least expected. 🙂

  • @lintonbrowne7157
    @lintonbrowne71575 жыл бұрын

    Dr Sproul So gifted ,God Truly is Amazing, My life was change years ago when I start listening to this Theologian. Thanks to God for His Sovereignty in this life.So greatful to God in Jesus Mighty Name. for this Teachings.

  • @pndungu1
    @pndungu13 жыл бұрын

    The teachings of this man are really amazing. May his soul rest well.

  • @tinacross1196
    @tinacross11965 жыл бұрын

    What a blessing this man is- all through this sermon myself and my husband were smiling RC is now in Glory and we are so blessed for him. It will be good to one day be with him and the Lord and the new Jerusalem- how I need to keep this vision and these promises in my day to day work and not let th enemy play with my mind and stress me out and make me miserable. I have a wonderful future to look forward to and I need to be able to have mercy for my colleagues and do the people who would give me grief. Oh Lord make me strong in your mighty power

  • @bridgetttubbs9959
    @bridgetttubbs99592 жыл бұрын

    A sweet sermon with no more tears. Then their is more ! Glory to God forever and ever.

  • @ursulajenni6521
    @ursulajenni65212 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU ABBA FATHER FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE - IN THIS HOUR! Such encouragement, peace and great joy fill my longing heart to finally see Jesus as He is!!!

  • @pndungu1
    @pndungu13 жыл бұрын

    God will wipe away our tears.

  • @rondavis5304
    @rondavis53045 жыл бұрын

    You are there right now my Brother. Amen

  • @jerrybricker1129
    @jerrybricker11295 жыл бұрын

    So much better than the raucous debate over end times and the sequence of future events....

  • @YamahaJ27
    @YamahaJ275 жыл бұрын

    A truly great theologian, and man!

  • @oar-N-oasis
    @oar-N-oasis2 жыл бұрын

    Ugh Y you make me cry sir Sproul 🙂

  • @docholliday7548
    @docholliday75483 жыл бұрын

    What's your one hundred year plan? I love it! That is the most important question.

  • @hopeforthefuture8680
    @hopeforthefuture86803 жыл бұрын

    Just think of what he is doing now seeing the face and glory of God. I think this is one of my favorite services so far. What’s going to be better than being in the Presence of the fullness of God. He has been so gracious and merciful to me. Because HE IS. What a Savior!

  • @jeanmilhollin5176
    @jeanmilhollin51766 жыл бұрын

    Encourage is what this is about for us who are at the of our life. When I see Him face to face I. Will fall on my face and Call. My God Holy Holy , Holy . I can't wait to see God our Temple . Can't wait to see my sister who had Downs now healed from all the pain see had on the old earth . Thank you sir for your teachings . Ps. Young and old should be Encourage by this mans ' Preaching

  • @beckbeck4858
    @beckbeck48583 жыл бұрын

    Love RC .... sermons ....

  • @kyonghwanhwang6980
    @kyonghwanhwang6980 Жыл бұрын

    i should have known pastor r.c before he went to heaven. i ask strongly my son and daughter to hear this sermon to recognize who we are.

  • @savedBygrace29
    @savedBygrace296 ай бұрын

    Amen and Hallelujah!! All glory to God forever in Christ Jesus ❤️❤️❤️✝️🙏🙌

  • @myrnacrittenden217

    @myrnacrittenden217

    5 ай бұрын

    Could you tell me which version of the Bible he uses? Thanks

  • @savedBygrace29

    @savedBygrace29

    5 ай бұрын

    @@myrnacrittenden217 I'm not entirely sure. I think it used to be the NASB. But I know he sometimes used the KJV and a Greek version.

  • @seektruth3307
    @seektruth3307 Жыл бұрын

    Just being a little nit-picky. The sky is blue because the dust particulates in the air scatter the blue spectrum of light coming from the sun, not because water is "blue". The water appears blue because it is reflecting the blue light scattering in the air above. It has been a common misconception but water itself has no actual color outside of possible contaminants. Still, it is all a wonderous creation of our almighty God. I do deeply appreciate the Godly wisdom of Dr. Sproul.

  • @MichaelCollins-js5kq
    @MichaelCollins-js5kq3 ай бұрын

    I love the question...WHATS YOUR HUNDRED YEAR PLAN???.......I am a staff chaplain and funeral director.... the one thing I know....LIFE IS SHORT...many AMERICANS think they will live to100....and enjoy perfect health till 99 and 1/2.....this message give us great hope...former things will pass away......RC SPROUL rest in JESUS

  • @Yesica1993
    @Yesica19932 ай бұрын

    He's home now. I'm not. Please, Jesus. Come quickly. Please. This life and this godless, wicked world get more unbearable by the day.

  • @acertiger591
    @acertiger591 Жыл бұрын

    Since~ 1963 for this family ✅

  • @eileendunkley4373
    @eileendunkley43738 ай бұрын

    Why would any one not believe God. He is coming back! Thank you RC.

  • @williamiannucci2740
    @williamiannucci27402 жыл бұрын

    😭 Thank you RC

  • @danielolushola5217
    @danielolushola52174 жыл бұрын

    #GodUsedRC ♥️

  • @Okieshowedem
    @Okieshowedem3 жыл бұрын

    Satan is the father of lies. He has deceived the whole world Revelation 12:9 May Father YAHweh bless your understanding.

  • @poppybo6601
    @poppybo66016 жыл бұрын

    Hallelujah!

  • @josephmathew3193

    @josephmathew3193

    3 жыл бұрын

    R.C. is in eternity already!

  • @carolinabarraza8679
    @carolinabarraza86795 жыл бұрын

    Le doy grasias a Dios por que me diola oprtunidad de obtener el Libro LA SANTIDAD DE DIOS esscrita por R . C Sproul soy cristiana desde los 10 Ańjos pero Nunca entedi la grandeza de Dios y su Santidad un gran sier vo delSeńor Para lagloria de Dios!

  • @Okieshowedem
    @Okieshowedem3 жыл бұрын

    May Father YAHweh bless your understanding and show you His Resurrected Son YAHwehShua. Hebrews 1:4 YAHshua has by inheritance obtained His most excellent Resurrected NAME.

  • @davidneal9368
    @davidneal93682 жыл бұрын

    The glory of God was seen leaving the first temple, but was seen settling over Bethlehem at the birth of Jesus?

  • @davidneal9368
    @davidneal93682 жыл бұрын

    We might not remember the former things that have passed away. For he will wipe away every tear. We might not remember loved ones who didn't make it to heaven. For this, might seem like a bad dream.

  • @wesleyhite8203
    @wesleyhite82032 жыл бұрын

    God has never, ever answered any of my prayers. Not even one. If someone else prays for me, will that help.

  • @agliwliwa

    @agliwliwa

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reflect if any un-repented sin, unforgiveness that’s hindering your prayers from being answered or is your prayer the will of God.

  • @ChristineMillerServiss

    @ChristineMillerServiss

    2 жыл бұрын

    What are you praying? Try praying God's Word. Find one of the books Prayers that Avail Much. They are from God's Word which never returns empty to Him. However in all prayer faith is required. It sounds that might be part of the problem.

  • @CarolDePinto
    @CarolDePinto17 күн бұрын

    8

  • @carolinabarraza8679
    @carolinabarraza86795 жыл бұрын

    XX

  • @billysmith2939
    @billysmith29392 жыл бұрын

    Was

  • @olgaburgos7780
    @olgaburgos7780 Жыл бұрын

    What a touching sermon, I love to hear the Words preached so warmly but, I do not believe in an eternal burning for the lost, I read , yes , that they are burned, but not for an eternity! Sodom and Gomorrah were burned but they are not burning still, they turned to ashes, no more to be seen, completely destroyed, are no more, they have vanquished. All these terms are used to describe the end for the lost. Not possible to have eternal hell or any of these other terms. Even the earth and the heavens will melt with a fervent heat ……all things will be dissolved. Burned for ever out of existence. My God never wanted anyone of His creation to die, that is why He sent His Son to die for the ones that did not choose to believe and accept His grace. Their burning death will be according to their deeds and then they will end to ashes, as the Genesis book said. My God Is love, and having a second death for the sinners (many burned twice), but to have them burn continuously for ever and ever, is not in the character of my Father God. He hated sin that killed His Son but He still loved His lost children whom He wanted saved.

  • @Yesica1993

    @Yesica1993

    2 ай бұрын

    You can "believe" whatever you want. God's Word is the authority. Not what we "believe." "My God Is love, and having a second death for the sinners (many burned twice), but to have them burn continuously for ever and ever, is not in the character of my Father God." Your "God" is not the biblical one. "He hated sin that killed His Son but He still loved His lost children whom He wanted saved." Good grief, hear yourself. If someone is lost, then, by definition, they are not God's child! Cease this nonsense. Believe and heed God's Word.

  • @youngisrealite4765
    @youngisrealite47652 жыл бұрын

    The red man has no salvation lol. Its funny to hear esau act like he has the blessing. Blessed be the GOD OF Israel

  • @youngisrealite4765

    @youngisrealite4765

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxsams4550 for you to comment on my comment you know damn well what’s funny

  • @youngisrealite4765

    @youngisrealite4765

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxsams4550 I have no concern for anyone that isn’t apart of my nation, just like God and Christ Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:22👉🏾 Ye men of Israel, hear these words👈🏾; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Hebrews 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. Hebrews 8:10 👉🏾For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel👈🏾 after those days, saith the Lord; 👉🏾I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

  • @youngisrealite4765

    @youngisrealite4765

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxsams4550 Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, Romans 9:2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. Romans 9:3 👉🏾For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:👈🏾 Romans 9:4 👉🏾Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;👈🏾 Romans 9:5 👉🏾Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.👈🏾 Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. Romans 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. Romans 9:9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. Romans 9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; Romans 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) Romans 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. Romans 9:13 👉🏾As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.👈🏾 Romans 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. Romans 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Again if you’re not Israel than this book shouldn’t even be in your hands frfr, it has nothing to do with you!!

  • @youngisrealite4765

    @youngisrealite4765

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxsams4550 Matthew 5:44 you have no understanding of that so again leave it alone. It was referring to the southern kingdom ( black Jews) having a hatred towards our own people ( northern kingdom) when there was a split in the kingdom. Southern kingdom kept the commandments and the northern kingdom didn’t do, they became an enemy. That’s not saying love every other nation that has had Gods children in captivity beacuse Ecclesiasticus 12:10 Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness. Would be a contradiction right?

  • @youngisrealite4765

    @youngisrealite4765

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxsams4550 Luke 1:68 👉🏾Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,👈🏾 Luke 1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; Luke 1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: Luke1:71👉🏾That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us👈🏾 Luke 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; Luke 1:73 👉🏾The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,👈🏾 Luke 1:74 That he would grant unto us, 👉🏾that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,👈🏾 So according to scripture who’s your enemy that you’re in the hand of ?? lol this book not for you.. you the NIV OR whatever else but if you’re not an Israelite you are wasting your time “trying to believe and or have faith” The God of the Bible does not deal with any other nation. As believers y’all Christian’s sure don’t read

  • @jamespython5147
    @jamespython5147 Жыл бұрын

    Endless personal stories, he's quite annoying!

  • @AfricanSheep

    @AfricanSheep

    11 ай бұрын

    Well then listen to someone else, most of us absolutely love RC Sproul and his wonderful teaching.