Providence
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 6 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
God is not a heavenly spectator without any influence on the events of this world. Today, R.C. Sproul explains how the Lord is actively involved in preserving His creation, even working in our personal circumstances and choices.
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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 | The Bible is saying that God is working all things for our good. |
| 0:06.1 | Even our sicknesses, even our losses in this world come under the providence of God. |
| 0:12.8 | And it's a good providence. |
| 0:14.5 | If we could just believe that. |
| 0:27.1 | There are many who believe that God is merely a spectator from heaven, with no control over what happens here on earth, especially when tragedy strikes. |
| 0:31.7 | But Christians have always understood that this is our Father's world, and that the affairs |
| 0:36.8 | of men and nations are in his hands. |
| 0:40.1 | Today, on this Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind, R.C. Sproles shows us that God is actively |
| 0:46.0 | involved in preserving his creation, even working his will through the decisions you and I make |
| 0:52.0 | every day. Here's Dr. Spraw. |
| 0:57.5 | One of the most popular passages in the New Testament among Christian people is Paul's statement |
| 1:04.5 | that he wrote to the Romans that is found in Romans 828. |
| 1:10.1 | And it reads like this, and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, |
| 1:20.0 | to those who are the called according to his purpose. |
| 1:26.7 | Now, one of the things that jumps out at me about this verse is the strength of conviction |
| 1:33.4 | that the apostle expresses when he writes these words. |
| 1:38.3 | You know, it wasn't that he said, I sure hope that everything's going to come out well in the end, or I believe that things |
| 1:47.4 | will work out according to the will of God. But he says, for we know that all things work together |
| 1:57.1 | for good to those who love God and are called according to his purpose. |
| 2:01.6 | I mean, he's speaking here with an apostolic assurance about an idea that is so basic |
| 2:10.6 | and so fundamental to living the Christian life that I think that we can, from this passage, |
| 2:16.6 | derive great comfort. |
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