RC Sproul's lays out the love of God

I love RC Sproul’s response to those people who say that if God loves the whole world, He will provide multiple ways.

Suppose there actually is a God in heaven, and suppose this God created the world and everything in it. Suppose that, in the process of making myriad species of birds, fish, and animals, He formed human beings in His image and gave them the most exalted position in all of creation. Suppose He said, “You will be holy, even as I am holy,” and gave them only one command to obey – but fifteen minutes after He made them, these human beings revolted against Him by doing the very thing He had commanded them not to do. Suppose God then said, “I’m going to provide a way for you to escape My judgment,” and then He called Abraham out of paganism, brought him to Himself, and said, “I’m going to make you the father of a great nation.” Suppose that He blessed all the descendants of Abraham, expanded them to a whole nation, and said, “Through this nation I’m going to bless the whole world”- but this nation repeatedly turned against Him. Suppose God sent prophets to these people to tell them to come back to Him, just as an unfaithful spouse returns to his or her partner-but the people killed the prophets. Suppose God finally said, “I love you so much, even though you are a stiff-necked people, that I’m going to send My eternal, only begotten Son to you” – but the people rose up against His Son and crucified Him. Suppose that God loved the people enough in all of this that while they were in the very act of killing His Son, He transferred the sins of His people to His Son and said: “if you’ll put your trust in Him, if you’ll confess your sins and believe in Him, if you’ll turn your gaze upon Jesus, you will not experience death. I’m going to give you eternal life with no pain, no tears, no evil, and no darkness.” If God were to do all that, would you have the insolence to say to Him, “God, You haven’t done enough for this world that hates You?” 1

Our culture says “If God provides only one way of salvation, He doesn’t really love the world.”
REALLY?? How much more loving could God be? People today don’t understand the depths of God’s love and the depth of their depravity.
Has any other religious leader ever died for you?  To even think that there may be some validity to those false religions is blasphemy.  There is only one way and that is Jesus Christ.


[1]  RC Sproul, “John” (Sheridan Books, Inc.) 45

The righteous anger of Jesus

John 2:13-17 (ESV)
[13 ] The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [14 ] In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. [15 ] And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. [16 ] And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.” [17 ] His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”


I wonder what Jesus would do if he walked into some of the churches on the Gulf Coast today.




I know how angry and disappointed I get with them and all of the man-centered preaching and teaching that goes on, but those feelings are still tinged with pride and sin. Here Jesus shows a pure and Holy anger. It strikes fear into me to imagine being in that temple that day. Just to catch a glimpse of the pure and just anger of God.

It's not that the money changers or the people who selling animals for the sacrifice were doing anything wrong in and of itself, but it was where they were doing it, or as RC Sproul puts it "Legitimate Activities, Inappropriate Place." What about us?  Do we bring activities into the church that shouldn't be there?  Do we turn the focus from hearing God through the preaching of His word onto other things that are more pleasent for us to hear?
Can you imagine coming into your church only to be bombarded by tons of things that steal your attention away from worshiping God?
Can you imagine if there were all sorts of things for your convenience located in the church so that you could focus on your comfort instead of worshiping God?
Can you Imagine if there were pep talks to make you feel good instead of sermons on the Scriptures?
Can you imagine if church was centered on the man instead of on the man's creator and the one who has saved Him from the judgment to come?
Can you imagine if the credit for your salvation was taken from God and given to man?
Do you think God would be angry?

Two Farmers

Two men owned farms side by side. One was a bitter atheist, the other a devout Christian. The atheist was constantly annoyed at the Christian for his trust in God. So one winter the atheist said to him, “Let’s plant our crops as usual this spring, each the same number of acres. We’ll both work hard, you your six days and I seven. You pray to your God and I’ll curse him. Then come October, let’s see who has the bigger crop.” When October came the atheist was delighted because his crop was larger. “See, you fool,” he taunted, “What do you have to say for your God now?” The other farmer replied, “My God doesn’t settle all His accounts in October.”


All accounts will be settled with God. No sin will ever go unpunished. You will either pay for your sins yourself in Hell, or Jesus will have paid for your sins on the cross. There are no other options. Do not tempt God by saying that you will put it off repentance until the later days of life. Death could be at your door tonight and then it will be too late.