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Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Does God Repent?

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Does our repentance bring about a change in God? Today, R.C. Sproul examines passages in Scripture that appear to describe God as relenting from the judgment He threatens against sinners.

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0:00.0

Has God really changed the eternal immutable being of this universe like a chameleon?

0:10.0

The mind of God does not change.

0:17.0

But doesn't the Bible say that God repents?

0:23.0

Huh?

0:25.0

Certainly says that in the Old Testament, where God comes along and says,

0:29.0

all right, because of your wickedness, I'm going to destroy the city.

0:36.0

All of a sudden, a couple of good guys in the city, they get together and I say,

0:40.2

Lord gives one more chance.

0:41.9

And they run out and they go on a massive campaign of

0:44.2

evangelism and a call to repentance and suddenly the city repents. How about Jonah?

0:50.7

This was the whole complaint of Jonah. God says, Jonah, I want you to

0:54.7

go into this pagan land and I want you to tell these people to repent or I'm

0:58.7

going to destroy him. What's Jonah's attitude? I'm going to Tarsch.

1:04.0

Get yourself another boy.

1:05.0

I know you're going to bring to pass what you want to bring to pass anyway,

1:07.0

so why should I get involved in all of this?

1:10.0

But anyway, he goes.

1:15.0

And then what happens? He tells the people God's gonna annihilate you, he's gonna burn you and so they repent in

1:22.2

sack cloth and ashes.

1:24.0

And what this Jonah do?

1:26.0

He really gets mad.

1:27.0

He says, I knew it, God.

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