Gaining True Assurance
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How can we gain true assurance of our salvation? Today, R.C. Sproul explains that we must begin with a right understanding of biblical doctrine.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | We have no higher calling than to know who God is. Join Ligdair Ministries for our |
| 0:06.3 | 2027 National Conference in Orlando. Together with Christians from around the world, we'll gather |
| 0:12.4 | to hear biblical teaching on the glorious attributes of God, equipping us to serve him faithfully |
| 0:18.2 | and pursue his glory in every sphere of life. |
| 0:21.9 | Save 35% on your registration with the early bird rate at Ligonier.org slash 2027. |
| 0:29.2 | We need to understand the proper biblical doctrine of election, |
| 0:33.8 | and we need to understand the proper biblical doctrine of salvation because those two concepts |
| 0:40.3 | are inseparably related. |
| 0:42.3 | Theology is not merely theoretical. What you believe informs how you live. Right doctrine should lead to right living. |
| 0:56.0 | Hello and welcome to the Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:00.0 | Our feelings can deceive us because our feelings change, but the promise of God, the Word of God, remain the same. |
| 1:08.0 | And today, R.C. Sprole examines the doctrines of election and assurance to help us grow |
| 1:14.1 | in our insurance. Let's join Dr. Sprole now. |
| 1:20.1 | We're going to continue now with our study of the question of the assurance of salvation. We've spent |
| 1:26.9 | quite some time already examining false and counterfeit methods of assurance. |
| 1:35.7 | And we've seen that one of the most critical problems that we face with respect to false assurance |
| 1:42.2 | is having a false understanding of salvation and its requirements. |
| 1:50.0 | And so now we're going to turn our attention to how can we actually gain a true and sound basis for our assurance of salvation. |
| 2:01.6 | And I think the first place that we have to look, again, is at theology. |
| 2:07.6 | Again, in our day and age, people tend to downplay the importance of theology, |
| 2:12.6 | but when we examine Peter's charge that we be diligent in making our election and our calling sure in order |
| 2:20.6 | that we might grow and produce the fruit of our sanctification, we see there in his thinking |
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