Common grace refers to the kindness and benefits in the favors that God pours out

liberally to people whether they are believers or not believers.

But we're not just talking here about rain.

We're talking about a multitude of favors that are enjoyed by people who are not in fellowship with God

through personal redemption.

The Apostle Paul reminds us that it's by grace that you have been saved.

We think about the grace of God.

We typically think of God's saving grace or the undeserved favor that Christians experience

in this life.

But is God ever gracious to those who hate Him?

Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and thank you for joining us for the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

The Bible tells us that the wages of sin is death, so while any of us has breath, we are

experiencing the kindness of God.

As we come to a section in RC Sproul's Foundation series on the Doctrine of Salvation, we begin

first by considering the gracious ways in which God and even the church in this world

relate to unbelievers.

Here's Dr. Sproul.

We come now to a whole new section in the study of systematic theology, and it's that subdivision

of theology that we call soteriology.

Now, this word may seem foreign to many people.

It's not your everyday common word that is used in the church, but it's a very important

word because it comprises those matters that pertain to our salvation.

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