Abraham and Freedom
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Apart from Christ, all of us are slaves to sin. But when the Son of God sets us free, we are free indeed. From his sermon series in the gospel of John, today R.C. Sproul explains our need for the Lord's liberating grace and shows how we can know that we belong to Him.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) 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.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we begin today's episode of renewing your mind, we invite you to stay with us through the end of the program to hear how you can request a featured hardcover book from Ligdare Ministries. |
| 0:10.9 | If they abide with his words, they're going to know the truth, and they're going to be set free. |
| 0:17.5 | And the Pharisees hear him say that. |
| 0:22.6 | And they say, what? We're going to be set free? |
| 0:25.6 | How can you be set free when you're not in prison? |
| 0:29.6 | The Pharisees are furious with Jesus for suggesting that they may need some kind of liberation. |
| 0:42.3 | The reality is, if we're not in Christ, we're all in prison. |
| 0:49.3 | Hello and welcome to the Sunday edition of renewing your mind. For the good news to be good, we need to |
| 0:55.9 | know the bad news. But the Pharisees did not appreciate hearing the bad news from Jesus. We too |
| 1:02.5 | should take heed and flee to the Son of God, the Savior of sinners. Let's learn more now with |
| 1:09.2 | Dr. R. C. Sprawl. |
| 1:22.5 | Our text this morning is from John chapter 8, and I'm going to begin at verse 31. |
| 1:28.0 | Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him, |
| 1:34.6 | If you abide in my word, you are my disciples indeed, |
| 1:41.6 | and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. |
| 1:47.1 | They answered him, we are Abraham's descendants and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say you will be made free? Jesus answered them, most assuredly, |
| 1:56.6 | I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin, and a slave does not abide in the house forever, |
| 2:08.2 | but a son abides forever. Therefore, if the sun makes you free, you shall be free indeed. I know that you are Abraham's descendants, |
| 2:21.7 | but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you. I speak what I have seen with my |
| 2:30.9 | father, and you do what you have seen with your father. |
| 2:36.4 | And they answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. |
| 2:41.8 | Jesus said to them, if you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. |
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