Everyone Believes This Doctrine

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Since "predestination" is a biblical word, every student of Scripture must seek to understand what God means by this term. Today, R.C. Sproul discusses the vital yet often-debated subject of election.

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Meet Today's Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He 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 ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

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0:00.0	The word predestination is a biblical word. And because it's a biblical word, all of those who have been diligent students of the Bible have tried to understand what the Bible means by divine predestination.
0:20.0	Do you believe in predestination?
0:23.6	As discussions of reform theology, what some call Calvinism, I had among believers, this is a topic that can lead to heated debate, as those with different views wish to defend their position. But as we just were reminded,
0:39.8	predestination is a biblical word. So we mustn't deny predestination, but instead seek to define it
0:47.3	biblically. This is the Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and this week you're hearing messages
0:53.5	from two of R.C. Sproles' most
0:55.6	classic series. We began with the holiness of God, and now we turn to his series, chosen by God.
1:03.6	If you'd like to own your own copy, until tomorrow you can request the series and study guide,
1:09.5	plus we'll send you a special 25th anniversary edition
1:12.6	of his book, Chosen by God, when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:20.6	Despite the debates, when it comes to predestination, R.C. Sprole argues that every Christian believes in it. Here's Dr. Sprole.
1:32.1	As I look at the history of Christian scholarship, we see that every great Christian teacher,
1:40.4	every theologian that the church has ever produced at some point or another has had to address this question of predestination.
1:48.0	And though there's wide divergence of interpreting the doctrine of predestination,
1:55.0	there's one thing that we can find that every theologian I've ever examined agrees on, and that is that this
2:05.5	doctrine must be treated with great caution.
2:11.5	It's a dangerous subject because the more we study it, the tendency it has to raise more questions than it answers.
2:20.2	And I'm convinced that of all of the doctrines that we struggle with in Christendom,
2:24.8	there's none that is more shrouded in misunderstanding and confusion than the doctrine of predestination.
2:33.0	So that in itself calls for a certain kind of sober caution as we approach this subject.
2:39.9	And I would add to the theologian's warning of caution that I think it's also a doctrine
2:47.2	that requires an extra measure of charity as we struggle with it, and that we need
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