Does God Only Bless?

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Many people are willing to believe in a God who blesses, but few will stomach the notion that He also judges. In this episode, R.C. Sproul calls us to embrace the God who is both sovereign and holy, for there is no other.

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0:00.0	We are a people who believe that God can bless a nation, but refuse to accept the idea
0:06.5	that God can judge a nation.
0:12.6	The God who is transcendent in His majesty is the Lord.
0:18.3	He brings good things.
0:20.7	He brings bad things.
0:26.0	We all know what happened on 9-11.
0:29.9	And immediately after 9-11, everybody in the world was asking me as a theologian, where
0:35.4	was God on 9-11?
0:36.9	I said he was the same place he was on 9-10 and on 9-12.
0:42.9	He didn't move.
0:46.5	Well, how could God allow these things to happen?
0:53.2	And then bumper stickers appeared all over the place and cards with this prayer.
1:01.2	God bless America.
1:07.6	We are a people who believe that God can bless a nation, but refuse to accept the idea
1:14.2	that God can judge a nation.
1:18.2	And the reason for that dichotomy dear friends is because we don't know who God is.
1:26.4	Because the God of popular religion is not holy.
1:32.3	It's not the God that is being introduced here.
1:34.5	I am the Lord.
1:36.3	There is none other.
1:38.2	I bring prosperity.
1:41.0	I bring calamity.
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