Let God Be God
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The attributes of God ought to comfort Christians, for these majestic characteristics belong to our Father. Today, R.C. Sproul notes several comforting implications of who God is.
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| 0:00.0 | When things are difficult and we don't understand why, |
| 0:02.7 | what we have to do is let God be God. |
| 0:07.6 | We try to redefine God and strip him off his attributes |
| 0:11.8 | because we don't want to live in a universe |
| 0:15.0 | that is run by one who runs it, not for our glory, |
| 0:19.4 | but for his glory. |
| 0:20.6 | Have you noticed that in our society today, God is defined in new |
| 0:30.5 | and frankly disturbing ways, but reducing God to our level |
| 0:35.4 | is a dangerous business, eternally dangerous. |
| 0:39.2 | Today on renewing your mind, Dr. Arnsey Sproul continues |
| 0:42.3 | his exploration of the Westminster Confession of Faith, |
| 0:46.2 | a comprehensive and historic theological statement |
| 0:49.2 | written four centuries ago and designed to keep our eyes |
| 0:52.8 | on how God is defined in Scripture. |
| 0:58.2 | Again, as we continue with our study of chapter 2, section 1, |
| 1:01.2 | it's because of this concept of God is the most perfect being, |
| 1:05.6 | that one who has all being fully actualized in himself, |
| 1:09.8 | is the reason why we see the repetitive use of the word |
| 1:12.8 | most throughout this section. |
| 1:15.4 | And as I've said before in an earlier part of our study, |
| 1:18.8 | that each one of these attributes or character traits |
| 1:22.5 | that is listed here in section 1 of chapter 2 |
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