Dr. Sproul points out in this section that John's parenthetical comment that "even His brothers did not believe Him" shows that living with Jesus, they had not come to faith yet. This text obviously mitigates against the perpetual virginity of Mary. We find out that His brothers were looking for a secular deliverer. We are confronted today with the prosperity gospel, "name it and claim it" faith that treats Jesus as a magician, when all He guaranteed forgiveness, reconciliation, and eternal life.
This sermon is from the Lord’s Day pulpit ministry of R.C. Sproul at Saint Andrew’s Chapel near Orlando, Florida.
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R.C. Sproul
Dr. R.C. Sproul was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Fla., and first president of Reformation Bible College. He was author of more than one hundred books, including The Holiness of God.
