Due Diligence
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How can we know that our assurance of salvation is genuine and not based on a false profession of faith? From his sermon series in 2 Peter, today R.C. Sproul encourages Christians to be diligent in making their calling and election sure.
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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 | Now, if an apostle walked in here and this evening and we had a chance to have him come up |
| 0:06.5 | and lead a question and answer, and we would say to the apostle, tell us what our priority |
| 0:14.0 | should be. |
| 0:15.7 | What would you say if that apostle said to you, the most important question you could |
| 0:20.8 | ever get answered in this |
| 0:23.1 | lifetime is the question, am I numbered among the elect? |
| 0:36.4 | That is the most important question, not just for Christians, but for everyone. |
| 0:42.3 | Am I numbered among the elect? |
| 0:44.3 | Am I saved? |
| 0:46.3 | Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:48.3 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham and today we're continuing our series in Second Peter. |
| 0:55.9 | Perhaps you have struggled with assurance, |
| 0:59.5 | or maybe you're not sure what it means to be truly saved. |
| 1:02.6 | If that's you, then I'm glad you're joining us today because R.C. Sprawl will help us understand not only how we're saved |
| 1:06.8 | and also how we can have assurance of that salvation. |
| 1:10.6 | Well, here's Dr. Sprawle and 2 Peter, Chapter 1. |
| 1:13.6 | We're going to continue our study of the second epistle of St. Peter. |
| 1:20.6 | I will be reading from chapter 1, beginning at verse 5, and reading through verse 11. |
| 1:33.0 | But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue virtue. To virtue, knowledge, to knowledge, self-control, to self-control, |
| 1:52.2 | perseverance, to perseverance, godliness, to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. |
| 2:04.3 | For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful |
| 2:12.8 | in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is short-sighted, |
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