Knowing the Will of God
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Can you discover God's will for your life by opening the Bible to a specific chapter? Today, R.C. Sproul points us toward a passage in Scripture that directly speaks to the will of God.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | How can I tell by looking at the law of God or the word of God or the commandments of God |
| 0:06.0 | whether I should be a butcher, a baker, or a candlestick maker. |
| 0:10.5 | I can't flip open the Bible to 2 Timothy and point my finger down to the text and it says, |
| 0:15.3 | and thou, R. Zee's pro, should be a butcher. |
| 0:24.6 | Thank you. should be a butcher. Well, that's a question all of us have probably asked at one time or another, |
| 0:29.2 | how can I know the will of God for my life, |
| 0:32.4 | especially when we face decisions that Scripture doesn't address? |
| 0:36.7 | Questions like, where should I live, or what career |
| 0:39.8 | should I choose, or who should I marry? Welcome to the Tuesday edition of renewing your mind. You can |
| 0:45.8 | explore these questions and others by requesting lifetime digital access to R.C. Sproul's series |
| 0:51.9 | dealing with difficult problems with your donation today. But right now, let's join R.C. Sproles series Dealing with Difficult Problems with your donation today. |
| 0:56.2 | But right now let's join R.C. with a message from this series. |
| 1:02.6 | Today we're going to begin a series called Dealing with Difficult Problems. And before we get started, let me make mention of a friend I had in seminary who was one |
| 1:16.4 | of my classmates a hundred years ago in Pittsburgh, who while he was attending seminary, |
| 1:24.5 | was engaged on the side with an educational television studio there in Pittsburgh, |
| 1:30.8 | experimenting with a new format of video specifically designed for children. |
| 1:39.9 | And this man's name was Fred, Fred Rogers. |
| 1:46.1 | And so in terms of my wardrobe for this series, |
| 1:49.6 | I'm taking a cue from my seminary classmate, |
| 1:53.7 | Fred Rogers, who always found it to be |
| 1:57.4 | a wonderful day in the neighborhood. |
| 2:00.7 | Well, we're going to start this series by looking at the first question or problem that |
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