Psalm 32: The Joy of Forgiveness

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Christians are blessed not because they are righteous, but because they are forgiven. Today, R.C. Sproul considers the unspeakable joy of receiving forgiveness.

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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	Every Christian is a person whose sins have been forgiven.
0:05.2	And to enter into that reconciled relationship with God by which our sins are forgiven
0:10.6	is to enter in to a state of blessedness.
0:15.2	We are blessed not because we are righteous, but we are blessed because we are forgiven.
0:27.2	It is a marvelous thing to be a Christian, isn't it? To know that your sins are forgiven.
0:33.8	Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and this is the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
0:39.5	In R.C. Sprawls series that walks us through Psalm 51, he concludes the series, not
0:45.8	in Psalm 51, but in Psalm 32, to allow David to paint for us the wonderful picture of the
0:53.0	joy that comes when we know that we've
0:55.1	been reconciled to God.
0:57.4	And that's the message you'll hear today.
0:59.9	But if you'd like to hear the entire series on Psalm 51, we'll send you the DVD and unlock
1:05.9	the series and study guide for you in the free Ligonier app.
1:09.3	And you give a donation in support of renewing
1:11.7	your mind at Renewing Your Mind.org. This is a one-day offer, so respond now while there's
1:18.5	still time. Well, here's Dr. Sprawl in Psalm 32. When we began our study of repentance, I've made the observation that as far as I know,
1:33.3	the only cure for guilt is forgiveness. And the only necessity for forgiveness is repentance. So there is this inseparable relationship
1:47.8	among these three qualities of guilt, repentance, and forgiveness. And anyone who has gone through
1:57.7	the pain of genuine repentance, I am sure, has also experienced the
2:06.4	unspeakable joy of forgiveness. And that's why I don't want to conclude our series on repentance
2:13.2	without looking to the end of repentance or the goal of repentance,
2:19.9	which is the restoration of the soul to fellowship with God
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