Does God Create Unbelief?
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Since God creates saving faith in the hearts of the elect, does that mean He creates unbelief in everyone else? Today, R.C. Sproul clearly establishes that God is not the author of sin.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
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.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | God calls his people to pass down the Christian faith to the next generation. Are you prepared for this |
| 0:05.7 | high calling? Hi, Nathan W. Bingham here, and I'm happy to share that Ligonier has released a new Bible |
| 0:12.2 | curriculum for children. It's called Growing in God's Word, and it features 52 lessons to help you guide |
| 0:19.4 | elementary students through an overview of scripture. |
| 0:22.9 | Explore all additions and learning levels today at growing in God's Word.org. |
| 0:28.3 | I take comfort in fact that the same questions that are raised about my view of predestination |
| 0:34.2 | are the ones that Apostle Paul had to deal with. Is there unrighteousness in God? |
| 0:40.2 | When you talk about a divine sovereign choice before anybody has done good or evil, |
| 0:47.1 | then the obvious question we're going to ask is, well, how can that be fair? |
| 0:57.0 | When we read Romans chapter 9, it seems pretty clear that Paul was saying God chooses |
| 1:02.7 | those who are saved. But that's not a popular view. In fact, some people claim that if God |
| 1:08.3 | chooses who will and won't be saved, that makes God evil. |
| 1:12.8 | Welcome to the Tuesday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and today R.C. Sprole continues his series |
| 1:18.7 | Chosen by God, and he'll help us see that God is just and merciful, but never unjust. |
| 1:26.1 | Here's Dr. Sprole. |
| 1:35.7 | Probably the strongest statement that we find anywhere in the scriptures that deals directly with the question of predestination is found in the ninth chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans. |
| 1:48.7 | In that particular text, he deals with the election of Jacob rather than Esau. And not only does this text speak heavily to the matter of predestination |
| 1:58.3 | in general, but it also has significance for the controversial question |
| 2:04.1 | of whether or not predestination is double. |
| 2:08.8 | So let's take some time in this session |
| 2:11.3 | to look at the ninth chapter of Romans |
| 2:14.0 | and give attention to what the apostle says in it. I will begin in verse 9 of |
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