Private Interpretation: Knowing Scripture with R.C. Sproul 

This message is from R.C. Sproul’s 12-part teaching series Knowing Scripture. Watch the entire series: www.ligonier.org/learn/series/knowing-scripture/

This is type of teacher every child is crying for. God please rise more of such teachers in your Church for your glory and glory of your Son.

It is like I have found hidden treasure since I came to know Ligonier ministry and all its associates including Jon Mac Arthur. God has broken into my life in a way I could have never comprehended and at such a perfect season of my life. I am simply obsessed with content from these teachers which nourishes my spirit with an an in-depth understanding of the word. I want everyone to know about this and as a Kenyan and watching society westernising by the day .. I want more than anything for them to be shielded with these teachings. I have always wondered if there is a way this can be translated in as many languages as possible! 🙏🏾

It was right for the Romans to worry. In as much the same way I think it would have been very worrying for something as the Internet to be accessible to us all. As much as I dislike how the Internet is being used to peddle lies and evil I'm thankful that amidst all of that God has even used Internet to bring the teachings of sproul and other great theologians of our time to my little island in the Pacific. These teachers have taught my family so many wonderful truths of the Bible. God Bless you Ligonier Ministries and RIP RC! 🙏

I miss RC.

I am so happy i found R. C. Sproul this year, would have loved to have known of him before he passed. His messages are blessing me so much and i have and am still learning from them everyday. In this video he reminds me of Colombo, one od my all time fav shows to watch. The mannerisms and speech pattern is uncanny.

I'm going to have to watch this at least 10 more times for my feeble mind to comprehend such brilliance...HE MUST INCREASE AND I MUST DECREASE!!!

Woaaaah I remember seeing the live and thinking it was so good then I was so annoyed because I was unable to find this again! Thank you!!

I needed to hear this. Thanks for posting. 🙏🏽❤️ (When the student is ready, the Teacher will appear.)

This message is more timely today than ever!

God cannot fail Neither can His Word God wrote it God alone Interprets it to our heart

A young RC Sproul!

So good...his explanations are always "spot on"....direct, concise, to the point...

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Ultimately, God has to open a person's eyes to truth. He only intended to do this in full for those who are truly saved.

What Luther was afraid of is already happening. People often take verses out of context and things they don't understand and preach bizarre doctrines that is not the purpose and intention of the text.

“The right of private interpretation carries with it the responsibility of correct interpretation.”

Getting back to the basics! Many Christians don't know how to properly study scripture...of you get the chance read RC's book, "Knowing Scripture." It's an excellent book!

“For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.” I Corinthians 11:19.

Always learning! To know are limitations humbles us and helps us to learn quickly and accurately.

❤❤❤❤ what a great sermon.

Given the opportunity the C Church would do it all again today

Thank you so much for posting these.

They shall ALL know me, from the least to the greatest!

Gotta Admire R.C. Sproul’s Teaching

That's powerful ❣️

One of the great failures is that people are not taught Principles of Biblical Hermeneutics and we wonder why we have so many problems.

A word of advice: read everything you can lay your hands on written by this man of God.

"Peace may be accomplished for a season in that way, but the truth is slain in the streets."

The Lord has no fear of subjectivism and neither should we Holy Scriptures should be approached with humility and submission Recognizing that God alone is Sovereign

He was is such a light

Why on my first physical impression of this teacher's presentation and style, I was reminded of the late Detective Columbo "Peter Falk" from the Classic CBS T.V. Drama, who had re-incarnated through Mr. R.C. Sproul

That is correct there is a reason for the Roman Catholic Church for suppressing the free study of the scripture. It may endanger the interpretation of it erroneously. It may prevent the mushrooming of diverse cults...Amen, it will be a great accountability for preachers to rightly dividing the Word of truth....

Our Bible identifies its own symbols. You can learn what Bible prophecies say by this simple understanding.

GOD GIVES US ALL TRUTH OF LIFE THAT FREE WILL CHOICE BE YOUR LIVING UNDER GOD BY GOD FOR GOD FOR LIFE, YOUS!🌹🌞🛡🗡🔥❤🕊

God Himself give us how to interpret His words by comparing scripture with scripture 1 Corinthians 2 :13 .

Another is: "that's your opinion". This is especially bad when only Scripture is read with no comments.

The late professor that Sproul is referring to at the 12th minute is Howard Hendricks. His books are strong for educators.

Very good.

Very interesting subject. The private interpretation I believe is also informed by the in-groups denominational interpretation . For example on the reformed "branch" a baptist believer will read into and out of the text believers Baptism only. However a Presbyterian believer will read into and take out of the text infint baptism with the hope/faith that the child will come to personal faith later. Martin Luther himself believed in Baptism as Being born Again the way the Catholic church and seemingly all the early church fathers believed and taught. One of the 3 are correct the other 2 are wrong . God knows.... But that doesn't help us. Any thoughts on this?

@waterman308 I agree, to an extent that the better of 2 systems is one not shackled to an overprotective centralized church authority.... BUT... if we as protestants use this as our justifiable excuse for our own schism within ourselves, then how are we going to be any better than Rome??? We as Protestants need to end the dispensation of factional tribalism and seek to now form a better union - what we actually have in common regardless of our distinctives AND how we can learn from each other

All 3 Prodistant denominational "in-groups" Lutheran, Presbyterian, Baptist all claim Sola Scriptura, all trust theirs is the correct & true private interpretation. I believe in truth but I also come to the conclusion that your guess is as good as mine objectively, subjectivity I have a "confidence" on believers Baptism so I choose to dedicate my two children hoping they will come to faith & choose to be baptised ... That's my best guess, my private judgement. Any thoughts on this?

Wow!

I am just a christian without knowing or study all materials subjects as a theologian . But one thing that I had seen " the more highly educated theologians in my country " showing to me ' most viral video you tube the hotly news between shepherd of charismatic movement VS shepherd of Reformed church . And this video sent by non christians to me. Then I ask myself " how can I tell gospel to others in my country ??? Because this video .... viral ( shepherd of charismatic wanna to calm corona virus ( imitate Jesus ' calm the storm ' ) and shepherd of Reformed church got wrath ( not according to Galatians 5 ). They showing this truth to me and also to christians + non christians in my country .

🤯🤯🤯wow... 🙏🙌❗

Where can I find the next part? Very interesting

This was excellent. It brought to mind the debate over 1 Corinthians 11 and the early church practice of head-covering, which (as the text itself reads) visually symbolizes the establishment of the creation order and is to be done “because of the angels.” (V. 10) Paul didn’t assign a cultural reason for the practice, men (and women) did. I would love to see our church’s leadership re-establish this early church ordinance. Sproul once said that it is better to be overly-scrupulous with the text, than to be too loose with it. ❤️

Along with the Privilege of Private Interpretation is the Responsibility to draw out of the text; the correct interpretation. There IS only 1 correct interpretation to each text of God's Word. It is Absolutel Truth not subjectively true to each person.

!🙌EVERYTHING THROUGH/BY/IN/OF THE WORD OF GOD,OUR LORD & SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS IS🙌! !😅YEA & A-MEN'😘!

...this brings me to the question of the Perspicuity of Scripture. The meaning of Baptism isn't so clear. It's ambiguous enough for 3 separate interpretations. Is the Bible the infallible voice of God interpreted by falable believers? For the Lutheran denomination it is a salvation matter. It's a work of God in Baptism - a believers obedience to be baptised and Baptise their children.

And here we are, in 2021. 😮

this is why " sacred tradition took place"... bcoz of different interpretation RCC used and adhere the importance of the interpretation of the early fathers of the church as RCC believed they were the nearest interpreter of the word of GOD as some of them witnessed and Listened to the teaching of Apostles..this is RCC called sacred tradition: early fathers (1AD -4AD explanation of the scripture)...

Wonderful teaching! I wonder who the theologian was that he speaks about?

Stymied! 😎

TRUTH EXISTS ONLY THAT LIE EXISTS! SEARCH OUT THE TRUTH IN THE LIE! WHERE THERE IS GOOD THERE IS EVIL, WE FIND BOTH OF ALL IN THE BIBLE, LEARN AS TO KNOW TRUTH OF ALL, ONLY IN KNOWING ALL OF TRUTH OF THE LIE CAN A TRUEST CHOICE IN ALL BE MADE, THIS IS KNOWING THEE TRUTH OF LIFE OF GOD, KNOW ALL TO KNOW ALL TRUTH!🌹🌞🔥❤🕊🎁🌎🌹

What a guy

The Judgment Seat of Christ and the Great White Throne Judgment will be farces if "free will to choose" is not true. Think on these things:. how can souls be judged and held responsible if they are predestined without free will? Is that just?.

The Truth is not contradictory. There is 1 correct meaning. I use The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics to guide my interpretation and I prefer chewing Wrigley's Spearmint chewing gum when I write my term paper. I can lose the chewing gum but not my criteria for getting...the...right...meaning.

Did this man just say "obstreperous"?

why God created animals before Adam and Eve?

It was that simple. Evil men were afraid of losing their power it nothing whatsoever to do with protecting Scripture which they had long abandoned... Sproul himself said attributing it to Calvin that no theologian is ever more than 75 percent right. Here Sproul was wrong.

Speaking of erroneous teachers… where does Calvinism show up in the Bible? Calvinism makes no sense when God surely loves everyone and also allows us to choose freely. I’m saddened to hear Robert C Sprouls was teaching as a devout Calvinist. Does not scripture blow Calvinism out of the water with John 3:16?

Doesn´t Sproul see, that subjectivism lies at the heart of all non catholic christianity? Luther said to pope Leo X: Now, that´s your interpretation. And Calvin said to Luther: Now, that´s your interpretation. But it´s easy to understand what Sproul really wants to say: Only my interpretation is correct.

The Greek word that is translated private is idios. That's where we get the word idiot from.

The Vatican taught two streams of revelation. Scripture and Tradition. Both under the interpretation of the Pope. Calvin (the mini pope) had the same disposition. His INSTITUTES were more sacred than the Bible. Executed those who disagreed with his Institutes.

We do not have TRUTH INTERPRETATION WITH PREACHERS. There is no FIRE in hell. Hell is just the GRAVE.

Be a Berean. They were commended. Read Acts to see why. Further to the claims of some re so many denominations: Protestants do NOT claim to be infallible or believe in a succession of men who claim to be when they speak excathedra. Never! Christians worship the God who is infalliable and the closed canon (66 books) which is the full and final authority and fully sufficient is their guide for belief and practice. There WILL be many churches because the church unlike the OT expression is NOT heirarcical. The physical theocracy has ended. We are not all disagreeing but for reasons such as sin, yes sin and geographical distance it is necessary for there to be separate congregations and denominations. Your comment is sadly so worn out and unbelievably embarrassing and so common. I have no other way to say it. Look at the number of churches in the NT that developed. 2000 years later of course that would increase HUGELY! THIS is testimony to the power of God bc all throughout the various congregations who are the elect of God constitute the church of God and SOME on church rolls will not be! Reader, is YOUR name written in the Lamb's book of Life? The Gospel is very simple: believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved. It HAS to be a belief unlike that of the devil. So for it to be real God has to be gracious to you, bringing life to your soul and granting repentance unto life. May God bless you in this way. As a footnote: The ONE of the ways for the RCC to be authentic and true would necessitate an unbroken line of apostles all speaking the truth and NOTHING at odds with the 66 books of the Scriptures! That has NOT happened! The RCC has introduced INVENTIONS and blasphemous rites and doctrines of devils that are so against the clear teaching of Scripture so as to become no church of Christ at all! Any TRUE believers within it need to come out urgently.

Completely strikes out on Baptism. He is wrong on Subject, Mode, and Purpose of Baptism.

Truth is not contradictory

I don’t believe….convince me.

Protestants philosphy is ultimate authority lies in persons personal interpretation of the bible. This is why there are 1000+ denominations in only a few centuries. They will say ultimate authority is bible but the bible does not interpret itself In eastern orthodox we believe in authority of the bible however you cant exalt your personal interpretation of bible over what the early church believed. I have also met many protestants who are pious and i admire and i can learn from however I disagree strongly with some of their beliefs.

Ok; So, you sacrifice the principal message of God to love God with ALL your heart and your neighbor as yourself to get the point across? Or deny the personal ministry of the Holy Spirit in an individual's life? What happened to follow me ,as I follow Christ!!

I believe the bible is the Spiritual interpretation of the Physical. And Jesus is the spiritual Interpretation of the Bible

no ones lost even if they listen to you, neville goddard can wake you up to the dualism your good in but asleep.

Calvin wasted no time distorting scripture.

I liked Sproul. But he was arrogant and mistaken in many areas - especially his calvinism.