A Contrite Repentance

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What motivates our repentance? Are we sincerely remorseful about our sin, or do we simply fear punishment? Today, R.C. Sproul looks at the posture of humility that must accompany true repentance before the Lord.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

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0:00.0	Contrition comes out of a genuine sorrow for having offended God, for having done what we know is sinful.
0:10.1	And that is what David says that he is experiencing.
0:14.0	God, my heart is broken.
0:16.6	My spirit has been smashed because you have awakened me to the dreadful reality of my sin.
0:31.6	Throughout the Gospels, we read the command over and over again to repent.
0:40.0	One theologian even said that the Christian life is to be a life of repentance. So what does it look like to have genuine repentance?
0:45.6	Happy New Year and welcome to the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham.
0:52.6	As we start this new year, today we'll be zooming in on the life of David,
0:58.1	and specifically his repentance.
1:00.7	Today's message is from R.C. Sproul's teaching series on Psalm 51.
1:05.6	And until Friday, when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org,
1:10.5	we'll send you a special edition
1:12.3	DVD that includes eight series from Dr. Sprawl, including this one on Psalm 51.
1:18.6	I'll tell you more about that at the end of today's episode.
1:22.0	In Psalm 51, from the pen of David, we see what genuine repentance looks like.
1:27.3	And this kind of contrition, by the grace of God,
1:30.3	is something we all should feel when we sin against our holy God.
1:34.3	Here's Dr. Spraw.
1:38.9	As we continue now with our study in repentance in Psalm 51,
1:50.5	today we pick it up at verse 14, where David says to the Lord in prayer, deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
2:02.5	David is repenting here, not only for his sin of adultery with Bashiba, but also for the contrived
2:11.7	conspiracy he entered into with his general Joab to place Bathsheba's husband, Uriah, at the front line of battle
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