Paul’s Authority
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
As false teachers infiltrated the church in Galatia, they attacked Paul’s authority as an Apostle to discredit the gospel he was preaching. Today, R.C. Sproul shows that Paul received his calling and his message directly from Christ Himself.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | When the truth of the gospel is at stake, then the Christian has another obligation. |
| 0:04.0 | Paul, elsewhere, he's lenient, he's flexible, he's pliable. |
| 0:08.0 | But now the issue of the truth of the gospel is at stake. |
| 0:13.0 | And so Paul resists them. |
| 0:18.0 | Not only was the gospel under attack by the false teachers in Galatia, but Paul's authority |
| 0:26.0 | was also under attack. Who was Paul to boldly declare what the true gospel was? And in our portion |
| 0:33.3 | of Galatians today, Paul outlines his authority and why he was so bold in his defense of the |
| 0:39.9 | gospel. I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and this is the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. Thanks for being |
| 0:46.3 | with us. There are many issues and causes that can attract our attention today, but central |
| 0:53.1 | for the Christian should be the faithful |
| 0:55.2 | proclamation of the gospel. Galatians so clearly reminds us of this, so I recommend that you |
| 1:01.9 | request R.C. Sprawl's series on Galatians and his hardcover expositional commentary that walks |
| 1:08.0 | through this letter line by line when you give a gift of any amount at |
| 1:12.5 | renewingermind.org before this offer ends at midnight tonight. Here's Dr. Sprawl on the credentials |
| 1:19.7 | and passion of the Apostle Paul. I think we should begin this morning then still in the first chapter, and I'm going to start |
| 1:28.8 | with verse 11. |
| 1:30.7 | But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man, |
| 1:38.5 | for I neither receded of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Let me just stop with that particular |
| 1:47.7 | point there, and just look at those two verses. Paul is saying, I am going on record here. I want to make |
| 1:54.6 | it abundantly clear. I want this to be certified and be known and published. This is not an aside comment, |
| 2:01.8 | a casual remark, |
| 2:05.7 | but with all the earnestness and seriousness that I can muster, |
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