Make Your Calling Sure
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 8 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Saving faith isn't merely the result of a human decision. It is a precious gift from the Lord Himself. From his sermon series in 2 Peter, today R.C. Sproul teaches that the assurance of our salvation rests not in our efforts but in Jesus Christ, our God and our Savior.
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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 | The one who saves us is our God. |
| 0:04.3 | And the one who is our God is our Savior, which means by way of application, if God saved you, |
| 0:14.3 | you are saved indeed. |
| 0:25.6 | What a glorious truth that is. If God saved you, you were saved indeed. |
| 0:29.6 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham and welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:35.6 | Has anyone ever challenged you when you've said that Jesus is divine? |
| 0:40.2 | Perhaps one of the Colts, or simply a non-Christian who doesn't understand the doctrine of the |
| 0:45.5 | Trinity? Well, as we start a short series in 2 Peter, today, R.C. Sprawl will consider |
| 0:51.8 | one of the clearest New Testament texts that attributes |
| 0:55.1 | deity to Christ. |
| 0:57.5 | Before we hear today's sermon, if you'd like to study both first and second Peter, we'll |
| 1:02.5 | send you Dr. Sproul's hardcover commentary to thank you for your donation in support of |
| 1:07.5 | renewing your mind at Reningyourmind.org. |
| 1:16.2 | Don't skip over these shorter epistles and instead study them in depth when you request today's resource offer. |
| 1:18.4 | Well, if you have your Bible, it's time to open it to Second Peter, because here's Dr. Sprawl. |
| 1:26.0 | Simon Peter, a bond servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us |
| 1:38.7 | by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. |
| 1:45.6 | Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord, |
| 1:53.5 | as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by |
| 2:05.9 | glory and virtue by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises |
| 2:15.7 | that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, |
| 2:22.3 | having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. |
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