God’s Covenant Faithfulness

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Lord cannot possibly fail to keep His promises. Our salvation rests securely in His covenant-keeping hands. Today, R.C. Sproul explains why Abraham had good reason to believe in God's trustworthiness--and why we do too.

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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.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	When God swears an oath, there is no possible higher level of certainty than that.
0:10.0	And so when we struggle with our faith, our struggle with our faith rests upon our
0:16.0	wondering if the promises of God are really trustworthy.
0:20.0	That's why when I struggle, that's when I am beset that I come back to Genesis 1517.
0:26.6	And I say, Lord, not only did you promise, but you sealed that promise with this vow by your own nature you have sworn an oath by
0:37.2	yourself.
0:40.3	If our If R.C. Sprawl were to have a life verse, as he told us yesterday, it would have
0:49.7	been Genesis 1517. That's what he would write down if people asked him to sign a book and
0:55.8	today on this Tuesday edition of renewing your mind we'll see what was taking place
1:00.8	in Genesis 15 and why Dr Sproll would return to this text again and again.
1:07.5	When you struggle as a Christian, or when you have doubts, am I really a Christian? How could God save a person like me? Where do you turn? What
1:17.0	truths do you remind yourself? Today's message, concluding a two-day study on Abraham is a gospel reminder of God's faithfulness.
1:26.9	And it's a message you may want to share with family and friends.
1:30.8	So remember there's a link at renewing your mind dot org.
1:34.0	You can easily share it from your preferred podcast app.
1:37.0	Well, here's Dr Sproll on Genesis 1517. In our last session, I think I left you hanging in, I hope, with some degree of suspense
1:51.0	about the drama that's recorded in Genesis 15 with respect to Abraham and his
1:57.8	question to God how will I know he was looking for certainty that God's promises would come to pass and we remember
2:06.9	the strange instructions that God gave to Abraham to go out and get these animals
2:11.6	and to cleave them in half and then to place them
2:14.7	opposite each other sort of as a pathway or a gauntlet on the ground.
2:20.4	And then the text that I said was my favorite text occurs in verse 17,
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