The Pope teaches a DANGEROUS doctrine | R.C. Sproul calls out the Pope 

Works is not the cause of justification but the result of justification.

Praise be to God, if I'm justified by Christ, the father doesn't see me, He sees Christ. Holy holy holy, Lord God Almighty. All thanks and praise be to God; I am truly his son.

In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen

I am one of millions who has been hungry for days. Thank you for what you had to say.

R.C. Sproul's is right about looking things up on your own. If you want to know the true maters of the Catholic Faith within proper contexts than go to were that can be found.

Work out your salvation, (Philippians 2:12-13) not work FOR your salvation. We are saved and made righteous, as a gift from God, born again from above, by no merit of our own. (Ephesians 2:8-9) (John 3:3-6) If someone is born again they will be being sanctified and will produce good fruit over time. Like little children we will fall down and make mistakes along the way as we grow up in the faith. If someone is justified by faith, they cannot later be justified by doing works, if they sin, because justification is only by faith, first to last. The right attitude to have, if saved by God, is to believe that you are saved, and then take the gift given to you and use it for the Glory of God, doing good and proclaiming the Gospel to others. RC is a very good example of doing that.

Jesus said you must be born again!

It's heaven on earth to know the gospel and live it!

Brilliant Sproul. Thank you kindly 🙏👍

Ohhh Mr. Sproul You are Soo Very Missed in the Times We Are Living In !!!

I believe Spraul has since passed on to his reward but I would have loved to see Scott Hahn debate him.

No one is perfect in front of God. To getrid of all mistakes we must come to the feet of Jesus Christ. He may forgive with mercy for humans.

If you want to read the Truth, go to The Book of Ephesians 2:8-9❤ Catholicism is a Works Based Salvation

How the lord must weep

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - not of works, lest anyone boast

Does anyone know name of the full video on Ligonier Ministries, which video this way? Thank you in advance.

Ephesians 2:8-9 : For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

I wish the Christians could make up their minds about the "straight forward easy to understand" bible

Anyone have a link or info to the longer version of this video? It seems to cut off the end.

What an amazing message

We are saved through faith, God’s grace saves us, not works.

An example of the confusion of religion. What it boils down to is, give me your money, not them.

Great explanation, thank you

"...if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing." - 1 Corinthians 13:2 "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." - v. 13

I have seen my places in the Holy Scriptures that says that faith is accounted unto righteousness but I can't find any places that says we'll be judged by it. Although there are many places that says we will be judged according to our works. Faith is absolutely necessary for your salvation but we will all be judged for either the good or evil that we do. Both are necessary for your salvation, for even good people go to hell for not believing.

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Amen.

Christ who knew no sin became sin for me so that I can become the righteousness of God in Him 2n Corinthians ch 5v21. Alleluia - He did it

Didn't Martin Luther add.the word "alone" to Saved by faith alone . Apparently he wanted to make sure that the scripture agreed with his own personal beliefs. The end of Revelation reads that anyone who adds a word or takes away a word from. this book.. be anathema! Please respond. I used to be a Baptist so I'll understand what you say. Mr. Sproul you are a wonderful theologian. 😊

IT IS FiNISHED! Trust in JESUS!

This is such a tough one to wrap our heads around. Here’s how I look at it. Faith and salvation are both gifts from God, completely unobtainable on our own. I can’t go out and work my way to salvation and faith. However, just like any gift we can accept or reject them through our own free will. Any works we do are only using gifts that have been previously given to us by God. Faith itself would therefore be both a gift of God and an act on our part.

This is the best sermon I have heard regarding the preaching of anything other than Sola Fides as the basis for Salvation.

"Faith without works is dead" (St James).....the Catholic church as you have stated says that works alone are not enough (hence purgatory)....so the sacrifice of Christ is the only way to Heavenly perfection.....but the works must be there....otherwise, why are we here on Earth?

From what authority you said that thing?

1 John 2 “The way we can be sure we are in union with him is for the man who claims to abide in him to conduct himself just as he did.” This highlights the importance of good works. Of course this charity is born of grace. We are saved by grace alone. We are saved through faith, hope and charity

That is brilliantly told and 100% true. Depend on King Jesus first. Thank you Lord for revealing your truth through this amazing teacher

Amen and amen, hallelujah!

What would RC think of woke Pope Francis?

We are saved by Jesus Christ who died for us we are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ

Excellent teaching!!!

I came to know Christ in jail in 2013 by reading a book, "Overcoming spiritual blindness" by James P. Gills MD. The veil was taken off my eyes. Heaven came through for me in my finances too, getting $25,000 monthly. I can support God's work and give back to my community. God is absolutely more than enough!

Ive seen some catholics saying RC Sproul doesn't know what hes talking about, but none have been specific about where he may be wrong. He is deceased now but he had probably forgotten more about the Bible than all the people in the comments have known about the Bible, and yes including me.

Justified by faith, you show your faith by works. Faith without works is dead, works without faith are not good works. It takes both. Just saying you have faith, and then sin, wont do ANYONE any good.

Ive never heard any Pope say , Ye must be born again. John 3: 3.

Yeah and where is the mention of the 48,000 plus different protestant denominations?

I am so thankful for the giants of faith mere men vile flesh begs of meat that God used to rescue the Gospel of Jesus Christ, giving their lives for the fight of the truth. We should thank them , be grateful and do careful studies on this matter . Thank you Wycliffe Knox Luther Calvin Zwingli and others I didn’t mentioned , I will see you one day and thank you again 👏

You don't work for justification, but you are justified thoughi faith, but its obedience to the law of Gods commandments that justifies us

Repent and return to catholism. God bless.

Praise God for His Message

Dear all of you⛪️ why don’t you sin again? If there is no merit, sin again, go on with all kind of sins after your faith and justification from Christ. What happens? The sanctification is not merit is the way of Jesus’ all teachings: Go and sin no more. What you did to the least of my brethren you did it for me. In other words, Catholics know that. The point of the robber crucified with Jesus was that he had no opportunity to do something wrong bc that very evening he will die. Christ is risen. Love as HE loves us.

A spiritual birth,that you received of the holy spirit,as confirmation! KJV

The Catholic Church HQ is NOT in Italy; it is in the independent nation of the Vatican City State.

Amen

Maybe you can read hour Bible where it says: “man is saved… not by faith alone”!

Wahoo amen brother praise God our father and our lord and great savior the Son of God

Rome has consistently taken unbiblical speculative theology and made it unchangeable dogma for practice and faith. It seems that the motive, whether intentional or not, directionally over time, was to bind men's concience to the church and maintain the power of the Rome over men.

Might be a good idea to actually read the the official Doctrine of the Catholic Church before making a judgement on the Catholic Church rather than listening to what others say about the Church.

Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t hear anything about the necessity of repenting for your sins

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What a mess! Where in the Bible do we find the phrase “sola fide”? Where do we find all the theological diction concerning the nature of Grace? Have you checked the situation in the writings of the Church Fathers (other than Augustine of Hippo)?

For me this is all really simple. Jesus created and is the head of "one" Church not 10,000 different churches. For 1500 years there was only "one" Church until man decided to mess it all up.

Sola Scriptura. Sola Fide. Late medieval central European heresies/innovations totally absent in ANY churches that existed from apostolic times. Not even those founded by the apostles like Paul themselves. Except the gnostic heretics. They had that doctrine of faith alone and once saved always saved. It is therefore impossible for these DIY churches to claim that what they preach is a retrieval of the apostolic faith. If it were, there would be traces or remnants of THE apostolic church such as those outside the borders of the Roman empire. It is impossible that the teaching of the Solas which are the foundational assumptions of Protestantism would disappear without a trace until some Europeans re-discovered them far removed as they were in time, place, and culture of the sources of the Christian religion.

Pray to Jesus Christ he who poured out his blood for you and receive him as your Lord and Saviour . Don’t feel guilty which lots of Catholics do through all this Legalism bull they go on and on about it they hang on the tree see Gal3:13-14 you are under grace . Lord Jesus I pray for my brothers in the Church that they seek you alone and Holy Spirit in complete surrender not self . The Holy Spirit lead them through holiness (sanctification) to a close relationship with you my God .InJesus name I pray Amen

How could this be the worse news youve ever heard (19: 10) Purgatory is God's final act of mercy for your soul, The worst possible news would be its elimination since no one dies in a state of perfection and no one in heaven is in a state of imperfection! There must be something in between and to eliminate purgatory where you pay back what you owe. You were forgiven your crime but you still have to return the stolen cash, you dont get to keep it, that's not justice.

When a priest gives absolution he does not say i forgive you he prays this prayer.God the father of mercy who has reconciled the world to Himself through the death and resurrection of His Son and sent the Holy Spirit amongs us for the forgiveness of sin through the ministry of the church may God give you pardon and peace I absolve you in the name of the Father and of The Son And of the Holy Spirit go in peace.

Martin Luther was suffering from scrupulosity which is a psychological fear of the justice of God. He needed to believe in imputation in order to ease his troubled soul. Imputation makes God out to be a fool. He sees the righteousness of Christ while looking at us and yet we are not righteous. Pure nonsense, God is playing the fool. He demands justice of us but not really. When Christ sets you free you are free indeed…God’s grace by which we are saved is truly infused into the soul by virtue of the sacraments and we become truly just. It is His gift but we can grow in that gift by more of his gifts.

Not just say Abba, Abba then can go to heaven, but must do the Will of God as well!

Amen 🙏❤

He is a well informed protestant. Unlike other anti Catholics who criticizes based on false information. I like his explanation on mortal sin and purgatory.

the devastating choice to free oneself from the terror and fear of obscurantism, a secular Roman Catholic doctrine, one

Thanks!

Jesus told the thief on the cross “today you will be with me in paradise” the thief had no chance of doing anything but believing in Christ Jesus. We are saved by faith alone, but once saved you should want to do good and do good works.

1. The gospel as described in Corinthians is not sola Fide nor does it imply sola Fide. 2. The Council of Trent condemns not just Protestantism but also Pelagianism, which is the heresy that one can earn salvation with works. 3. The Catholic Church distinguishes between initial justification and ongoing justification. A soul with initial justification can be saved a part from works, however most people live long after initial justification. 4. The only time faith alone is in the Bible the words “not by” come before it.

Protestantism is the shattered glass through which men are decived seeing through obscurity the hrart of God id grieved

He is offering the" Fountain of Youth' , this is very elusive dream and unlikely to occur by faith ,good works and wishful thinking..just accept that we all die ...that reality is hard for so many people to accept ...enjoy life and do not give death too much thought..amen

As far as I understand it, Protestants think they have a 'Get out of Jail Free' card.

The theory that this preacher is propounding has been demolished many times by Catholic apologists with quotes from the bible.

"Even demons believe and tremble in fear" . you must be born again and do the will of the father.

Calvinism believes every step to salvation is by God only not human not even obedience (a submissive act), one is considered arrogant to think or claim that one is saved because of one's obedience. A clay (who was made in God's image) is not allowed to talk back to a God the potter. Those with critical thinking and broad minded avoid selectively choose the verses that will fit their agenda disagree, God "let" us choose, and we are accountable.

Faith without action is dead. That's why we Roman Catholics are doers of the Word of God

The cool part here is that for 1517 years before Luther came along if you where Christian in fact you were Catholic, so if you belong to any Church outside the 1 Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, you in fact belong to a man made church not the Church Our Blessed Lord actually made, really let that sink in, you then defacto are Not within the body of Christ, that doesn’t mean you can’t be saved but the odds are against you severely

I lived it as a devout Catholic, until I was 17. I was living under the Old Testament. I wanted to be a saint, but I couldn’t do it! What good news, Hod loved me! I could be justified and know it! I could be Saint Anthony!

You can be restored by confession to Christ and repent. You can also ask forgiveness to men if you wronged them also but to Christ and God the Father.

Faith without works is dead.

There is a lot of misinformation in this video regarding Catholic theology. I hope I can clear a few things. 1. Jesus' sacrifice on the cross opened the gates of paradise allowing us to enter IF we so choose. The catholic position on salvation is that by His sacrifice we may choose to be in union with Jesus and his Heavenly Father. However, by our actions, we can and may choose NOT to be in union with God but rather separated. God respects the free-will of man and CANNOT force us to love Him. If we spend our entire earthly life living in sin and doing everything to avoid God (despite being baptized), he will simply grant us what we have freely chosen - eternal separation (aka Hell). Faith is more than believing. It is an adherence to the will of God, it is an act of love whereby our wills assent to the Divine Will. By definition, we cannot claim to love God, nor seek union with Him, unless we follow His commandments (action) - "If you love me, you will keep my commandments," and again, "He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him" (Jn 14:15, 21). Protestants keep erroneously implying that Catholics believe that it is by our own merits that we are saved. That is incorrect. Rather, as the Council of Trent rightly states, we cooperate through the free exercise of our wills with God's saving grace. Our faith is proven/demonstrated by the way we live. 2. With regards to St. Paul's teachings on justification: Yes, we are justified by Christ's salvific act, however, Paul's definition of justification does not equate to salvation. Salvation requires both faith (belief) and action (adherence to the demands of said faith). Paul is quite clear that justification for him was the sacrifice of Christ (cf. Rm 3:24-26). When Paul argues justification by faith and not works, he is clearly railing against works of the Law (i.e., Mosaic law - e.g., dietary and purity laws, cf. Rm 3:27-31). He was clearly arguing against the Judiazers who were trying to convince the gentiles to become Jewish before they can be Christians. In fact, Paul's whole letter to the Galatians was one giant rant against justification through the works of the Law. It is equally clear that Paul was encouraging the Christian communities to work on their righteousness (cf. 2 Cor. 13:5-10). If we were automatically saved by faith alone, why work towards righteousness? The fact of the matter is, we will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven unless we are worthy through our works of faith (cf. 2 Thess. 1:5-12). 3. Yes, mortal sin does bring forth death: "...but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death" (Jm 1:14-15). One must be restored to a state of grace to be saved (again, justification is not the same as salvation). We must adhere to the word of God and not simply accept it: "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves" (Jm 1:22). And of course, there is that one inconvenient verse that Martin Luther despised because it went against his Sola Fide theology: "What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him?" (Jm 2:14). 4. On the Catholic teaching on Purgatory: Throughout scripture and tradition, it is a known fact that we cannot behold the face of God the Father if any stain (remnant) of sin clings to us. Protestants tend to perpetuate this notion that Purgatory is a bad thing. It is not. It is a gift from God so that we may behold the beatific vision. Jesus tells us to "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Mt. 5:48). When Moses asked God to see God's face, God replied, "you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live" (Ex. 33:20). Sin, by its Hebrew definition, is a turning away from God - to "miss the mark" (חָטָא). When we sin, reparation must be made because it is not enough to say that I love God, but rather, love has to be understood as a verb, an action. Saying I love my wife while simultaneously beating her proves I don't truly love her. I must act on that love. I must prove it. I must "hit the mark" so-to-speak. If I am forgiven of my sin, I must show my contrition by reorienting myself back to God (i.e. conversion/metanoia). Yes, in the sacrament of confession our sins are forgiven (which thankfully means we won't go to hell), however, if I did not make any reparation for the sins I've committed, I lack the expression/demonstration/resolution of my conversio (turning towards) God. To behold the face of our Heavenly Father, there can be no doubt with regards to the assent of our hearts, minds, and wills. Purgatory is that chance for us to make reparation for forgiven sins that have not been amended. Similar to the description in the book of Wisdom, it is like gold in a furnace tried by fire to remove any impurities. Again, thank God for purgatory, because the alternative is eternal damnation. Yes, the Church sinned by selling indulgences, but this has long been condemned as the sin of simony. Most, if not all, of Luther's original grievances against the Church have already been addressed. You cannot "buy your way into heaven." A priest CANNOT impose a penance of making a donation. Yes, throughout the Catholic world parishes, basilicas, shrines, and other holy sites ask for donations, but it is NOT a requirement. I don't have to pay a donation to climb the steps at St. John Lateran even though a sign kindly asks for it. I wrote this long response because I am tired of so much misinformation being perpetuated by Protestants regarding Catholic theology. Funny how you never see Protestant ministers debating Catholic theologians on Catholic positions. My brothers and sisters in Christ, I pray for the gift of understanding and respect.

Works and fruits are the result of love of neighbor, not justification. If you have no love you'd pass by the man set upon by robbers on the other side of the road like the Levite. The Samaritan stopped and bound up the man's wounds, took him to the Inn, and paid for his stay and recovery. The Levite had a hefty schedule and couldn't be bothered." People avert their eyes from the poor, "I'm justified by faith alone" ... "Where were you when I was hungry? thirsty? in prison? sick? friendless? without resources?"

Luther said justification is by "Faith Alone" but the Bible does not say that rather the Bible says the opposite "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone." (James 2:24 NASB) The authentic teaching of the Holy Catholic Church is correct.

Faith is not enough! Many people have faith but they dont do what Christ has taught them For example, Divorce! Christ and Paul Apostle did not allow divorce

Faith without works is dead KJV

As a Catholic, I can affirm that the opening statement about there being an entire wing of the church that believes that we are saved by faith alone is rubbish! It is false. Catholic teaching is more focused about fostering a relationship with God that is alive and active. We worship a God of Ĺove....we are made in his image to love. Love is not a noun but a verb. Love demands action. The works that are referred to in the bible require context....they are works of the law as was practiced by the jews who would have been the first Christians who Paul was writting to in his letters. These were the strict religious customs like the law of the sabbath. This is the problem that occurs when people interpret scripture for themselves and are reading things out of context.

In John 17 we read the High Priestly Pray of Jesus, articulated by Him just prior to the beginning of His passion. One might reasonably conclude that the sentiments contained in it, were those he held closest to his heart. In that prayer he pleads with the Father in five different places, that the unity of his Christian followers be maintained. Yet for some reason Luther felt it necessary to violate the desire of Our Lord. Five hundred years later the protesters (Protestants) are still trying endlessly, to justify this grievous error.

Wow !!

What a great teacher, he's really missed

Poor R.C Sproul spent most of his time criticizing other faiths and forgot to discipline his own son.The son became an addict and was even banished from the church!Vanity of vanities!

Picking isolated verses of Scripture to attempt to define the meaning of words like justification, sanctification and grace, etc. assumes we humans have not only received but fully understand the entire revelation and meaning of Christ's words and actions in Scripture - as well as those of his apostles and the Doctors of the church throughout the ages. In other words, we fully understand the mind of God. I don't think so. The fact that we don't all agree would indicate in and of itself that there is still much to be learned. Most Catholics would agree that the Catholic Church needed reforming in the 16th century, and indeed the church continues to reform and make what we might call course corrections as new insight, inspiration and grace enlightens our leaders with the Holy Spirit. All this laborious effort to maneuver the Church’s written doctrines into some sort of heresy is entirely avoiding the fact that Jesus clearly intended His Church to have a leader holding the “keys of the kingdom” who, just like the Davidic kings, had a prime minister who ruled while the king was gone and held the keys, both literally and symbolically. Only Peter and his successors retain this office and thank God they do. Name any large organization of millions of humans without a CEO, President, Prime Minister, what have you, and you’ll have chaos, just like the 30 or 40 thousand denominations of Protestantism. Jesus knew that the buck had to stop with someone for the Church to be “one, as the Father and I are one.”

Halluea 🙌

Thank God the Holy Bible is 100% Catholic

Stop attacking our Pope with your innuendos and false statements.

May the lord be merciful to rc and may his memory be eternal.

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