The Source of Human Dignity

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Even many atheists are concerned about the dignity of human beings, but we cannot look at ourselves to find the basis for our dignity. Today, R.C. Sproul explains that human dignity is derived from God Himself.

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0:00.0	How can we say that the present state of man carries intrinsic build in dignity?
0:07.6	Where to come from?
0:08.6	The humanist argues that man's dignity is intrinsic.
0:27.0	The Christian maintains that man's dignity is extrinsic. Now what's the difference?
0:34.0	What's the difference between a dignity that is intrinsic and a dignity that is extrinsic?
0:40.0	Well an intrinsic dignity would be a weightiness or a significance or an importance
0:47.0	that's built in. To say that man has dignity intrinsically is to say that dignity goes with our humanity.
0:56.8	It's part of the given of our humanity and it's precisely at that point that the humanist
1:02.2	labors with that problem of origin and destiny.
1:07.6	Because again, if the origin is in indignity and the destiny is in dignity, how can we say that the present state of man
1:18.0	carries intrinsic, build in dignity?
1:21.5	Where did it come from?
1:24.0	Christianity is equally, if not more, concerned about human dignity.
1:30.6	The agenda of the church has always been and must always be a passionate concern for human dignity.
1:39.0	Yet Christianity teaches that human dignity is extrinsic.
1:46.4	Which means what?
1:48.2	That it's not built in, it's not eternally found in the liver or in the bloodstream, but rather our dignity is derived.
2:00.0	It's dependent.
2:02.0	It's dependent.
2:02.8	been assigned to us by God.
2:07.0	Thanks for listening to ultimately with R.C. Sproll.
2:13.9	This is a podcast from Ligonier Ministries.
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