Grace for Ministry
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 5 May 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The ministry of the church is not a task relegated only to its pastors. Every member of the body of Christ has been gifted for ministry. From his sermon series in the book of Ephesians, today R.C. Sproul reminds Christians that we've received gifts for the benefit of the whole church.
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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 | Now Christ ascends as the one who has crushed the head of the serpent and all of the |
| 0:06.6 | minions of hell. And so Paul is speaking of this ultimate triumph of Christ our king, who in his ascension distributes according |
| 0:18.9 | to his measure the tribute that he has received, the gifts that he has won, he do we continue to live our lives on Earth instead of immediately |
| 0:39.9 | being taken to heaven? |
| 0:41.1 | Well, according to Paul, in Ephesians 412 the Saints |
| 0:45.4 | that's you and I are to be about the work of ministry. That looks different for each of |
| 0:50.8 | us but thankfully God graciously enables us for that |
| 0:54.5 | calling. This is the Sunday edition of renewing her mind and each week we |
| 0:59.6 | feature the preaching and teaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. I referenced Ephesians 4 and Dr Sprawl will be teaching |
| 1:07.8 | from chapter 4 today and will conclude our time in Ephesians next Sunday. So don't forget if you'd like to study this |
| 1:15.0 | wonderful epistle of Paul line by line with Dr Sproll, you can request his |
| 1:20.1 | brand new expositional commentary on Ephesians when you give a gift of any amount at renewing your mind.org. |
| 1:27.0 | And remember that this offer ends at midnight. |
| 1:30.0 | You and I, if we're Christians, have been called to the work of ministry. |
| 1:35.0 | But what is this grace that's been given to you to enable you in this calling? |
| 1:40.0 | Here's Dr Sproil in Ephesians, Chapter 4. |
| 1:46.2 | We're going to continue with our study of Paul's letter |
| 1:50.1 | to the Ephesians, and we're in the fourth chapter and I will be reading beginning at |
| 1:57.2 | verse 7 and I'll read through verse 16 and I'll ask you to please stand for the reading of the word of God. |
| 2:07.0 | But to each one of us, grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. |
| 2:16.4 | Therefore he says when he ascended on high, |
| 2:20.0 | he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men. |
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