Justice and Grace
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Our understanding of the gospel will be impoverished if we always expect God to be merciful. Today, R.C. Sproul demonstrates that the grace of God is a voluntary gift, one we can never deserve.
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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.
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 | Because God does not send down far from heaven every 15 minutes, every time we sin, |
| 0:07.0 | we assume that God will be as kind to us always as he is now. |
| 0:13.9 | And that because he stays the hand of his justice, that he will stay it forever. |
| 0:25.6 | Music of his justice, that he will stay it forever. Who is God? That might sound like a simple question, but it's a profound and vital question, |
| 0:33.6 | and one that R.C. Sprole spent his entire ministry helping people to answer. |
| 0:38.3 | Welcome to the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:44.3 | Dr. Sprole considered the justice of God yesterday as he walked us through the shocking story of Azah |
| 0:51.3 | being struck down dead after touching the ark. And today, he'll continue our study |
| 0:56.2 | to help us understand the justice of God and the grace of God more fully. Before you hear from |
| 1:03.4 | R.C. Sprole, don't forget that today is the last day to request the 40th anniversary edition |
| 1:09.2 | of the Holiness of God, plus the original and extended editions of the Holiness of God, |
| 1:11.2 | plus the original and extended editions of the Holiness of God series |
| 1:15.6 | when you donate at Renewing Your Mind.org |
| 1:18.9 | to show your support of this daily outreach. |
| 1:21.7 | This offer ends at midnight, so don't delay. |
| 1:25.2 | Well, here's Dr. Sprole on the justice and grace of God. |
| 1:31.3 | As we continue our study of the holiness of God, we recall that we have been struggling |
| 1:38.3 | somewhat with the question of how God's holiness relates to his justice. |
| 1:45.6 | One of the favorite hymns of Christians |
| 1:49.0 | is the hymn Amazing Grace. |
| 1:53.7 | How sweet the sound. |
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