Paul's Sermon at Antioch

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 31 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

God promised David an everlasting kingdom. This promise is fulfilled in Jesus, the true King and Messiah. From his exposition of Acts, today R.C. Sproul walks us through Paul's sermon at Antioch, showing how redemptive history culminates in Christ.

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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	When Paul preaches the gospel, he does say, let me tell you how you can have a wonderful
0:04.2	personal relationship with Jesus. The gospel has to do with a proclamation of what happened
0:09.0	really in history in the person and work of Jesus.
0:19.0	The gospel, we must get it right. We don't want to compromise. So when we read a sermon in the New Testament, we should pay attention.
0:27.6	Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, where each week we feature the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprole, the founder of Ligonier Ministries. The Apostle Paul wrote much of the New
0:40.3	Testament, but in addition to writing letters, he preached. And today, from the Book of Acts,
0:46.3	you'll hear his first recorded sermon. This series we're in right now is focusing on key moments
0:52.2	in the Ministry of Paul as they're found in Acts.
0:55.0	But if you'd like to study all of Acts with R. C. Sprold as your guide, don't forget that
0:59.6	you can request his commentary when you give a donation in support of renewing your mind at
1:04.6	renewingyourmind.org before midnight tonight. So what did Paul preach? Here's Dr. Sprawl.
1:14.2	Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos,
1:18.1	they came to Perga in Pamphelia,
1:20.9	and John, parting from them, returned to Jerusalem.
1:25.7	But when they departed from Perga,
1:27.4	they came to Antioch and Pisidia and went into the synagogue
1:31.5	on the Sabbath day and sat down.
1:35.2	And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them
1:41.0	saying, men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people,
1:47.6	say on. And then Paul stood up and motioning with his hand, said,
1:54.5	Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people
2:06.3	when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt. And with an uplifted arm, he brought them out of
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