Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 8 June 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Although the Pharisees devoted themselves to studying Scripture and making outward displays of piety, their understanding of righteousness was lacking. Today, R.C. Sproul challenges Christians to pursue true righteousness before God.
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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 | In our sanctification, the person who was declared to be just by faith, if that faith is in fact genuine and not just a claim to faith or a charade here, but that it's authentic faith, then Christ will truly begin to be formed in that person's life, and that person will begin to show forth the fruit of righteousness. |
| 0:31.3 | The Christian life is one of growth. Theologians call it sanctification. |
| 0:39.8 | But we as Christians as concerned about pursuing righteousness as we ought to be? Do we take seriously, Jesus warning that, |
| 0:45.9 | unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter |
| 0:51.3 | the kingdom of heaven. This is the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:56.6 | I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:59.5 | The question is not only do we take Jesus' warning seriously. |
| 1:03.5 | The question is also, how do we understand his warning? |
| 1:07.7 | In light of the truth that we're justified justified not by works, but by faith alone. |
| 1:13.3 | Before R.C. Sprole answers that question, remember that you can own this series, pleasing God, |
| 1:19.5 | and its study guide when you give a donation of any amount at renewingermind.org. |
| 1:25.6 | So here's Dr. Sprawl on our pursuit of righteousness. |
| 1:31.9 | One of the questions that I hear frequently from people who are earnestly seeking to do the will |
| 1:39.3 | of God is the question, what is the most important thing that God wants for me in the Christian life? |
| 1:47.1 | It's like the businessman who's always asking the question, what's the bottom line? |
| 1:52.1 | Let's cut through all of the details and the myriad possibilities and the 1001 commandments. |
| 1:58.1 | What is it that God really cares about in terms of the chief focus, |
| 2:03.1 | the chief goal, the chief end of the Christian life? And what I'd like to do in this session |
| 2:08.9 | is to focus on what I think the Bible says is the answer to that question. As I read the scriptures, |
| 2:16.9 | it seems to me that the bottom line, the |
| 2:20.6 | chief goal of the Christian life is righteousness. That what God wants from us, more than anything |
| 2:28.5 | else, is righteousness. I emphasize that for a reason. I hear Christians speaking all the time about piety, about spirituality, and even about |
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