Life under Heaven

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

In our often-shortsighted perspective, we are constantly tempted to live by the values of this world. Today, R.C. Sproul calls Christians to live by a higher standard in service to God.

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0:00.0	How would you sum up the difference between life under the sun and life under heaven?
0:07.0	We are much more conscious of the visible world under the sun.
0:16.0	And life under heaven seems at times remote and foreign as the impulses of the moment press
0:25.7	against us and seduce us to accept the values of this world.
0:32.4	Or else we will not be with it.
0:35.7	But to be with it with the world is to be out of it with God. And I would
0:44.3	rather be with it under heaven than to be with it under the sun.
0:55.2	Thank you for listening.
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