New Wine Skins
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
No one can receive Christ without being made new. From his exposition of Mark’s gospel, today R.C. Sproul explains that it is impossible simply to add Jesus to our lives and otherwise remain unchanged.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He 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 ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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 | Nowhere in the Old Testament, beloved, does the Bible refer to the Messiah as bridegroom. |
| 0:08.2 | That image just isn't there. |
| 0:10.4 | The bridegroom in the Old Testament is God and the bride is the nation Israel. |
| 0:17.7 | But in the New Testament, the bridegroom is the son of God, and the bride is his church. |
| 0:25.0 | And so Jesus is claiming more than his messiahship here when he refers to himself as the bridegroom. |
| 0:36.6 | He's saying, I'm the Son of God. |
| 0:38.3 | Who is Jesus? |
| 0:44.3 | Many people ask this question without taking the time to read the Bible. |
| 0:51.3 | The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John paint an incredible unified portrait |
| 0:56.9 | of the Son of God, helping us see who Jesus is and what he came to accomplish. Welcome to the Sunday |
| 1:04.5 | edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. As we come to the final sermon in this short series in Mark's |
| 1:13.5 | Gospel, we will learn more truths about the identity of Jesus and his mission on Earth. But if you'd |
| 1:19.8 | like to continue your journey through Mark, R.S. C. Sprawl can be your guide when you request for the |
| 1:25.5 | final time his hardcover commentary on Mark's Gospel. |
| 1:29.3 | Simply give a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org and we'll send you a copy to add |
| 1:34.5 | to your library to help aid you in your study of God's Word. Here's Dr. Sprawl to conclude our time |
| 1:41.3 | in the Gospel of Mark. This morning, we're going to continue our study of the Gospel according to St. Mark. |
| 1:50.0 | We're in Chapter 2, and I will be reading verses 13 through 22. |
| 1:56.0 | I'll ask the congregation to stand for the reading of the gospel. |
| 2:10.7 | Then he went out again by the sea, and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them. |
| 2:20.5 | And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, follow me. |
| 2:30.9 | So he arose and followed him. Now it happened as he was dining in Levi's house that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and his disciples, |
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