Savior

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Jesus is called the Savior. But what do we need Him to save us from? Today, R.C. Sproul unfolds the biblical meaning of salvation, emphasizing our need for deliverance from the righteous judgment of our holy God.

Get lifetime digital access to R.C. Sproul’s 12-message teaching series Names of Jesus with your donation of any amount. We’ll also send you the booklet The Word Made Flesh: The Ligonier Statement on Christology: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4020/donate

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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 ministry engagement 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 sin that we commit adds to the burden of our guilt, and every sin that we commit that
0:06.8	is not redeemed or not forgiven or not confessed, piles up or heaps up, as the apostle says,
0:13.5	wrath against the day of wrath.
0:30.0	We need a Savior, but since we need a Savior, it raises the important question, a Savior to save us from what?
0:39.3	I'm glad you're joining us for this Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind as we conclude a four-day study of some of the names and titles of Jesus.
0:47.3	This week, R.C. Sprawl has reminded us that Jesus is Lord, the Son of Man, the Logos, and today he'll remind us that he is the Savior. But this is a 12-part series called Names of Jesus, and we love for you to have lifetime digital access to the entire series.
0:58.7	Plus, we'll send you the Word Made Flesh, a Ligonier's statement on Christology.
1:03.7	For the final day, request this resource package when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:11.6	Who is this savior? And what do we need saving from? Here's Dr. Sprawl.
1:19.6	About 15 years ago, I was in the hospital with the kidney stone and not feeling very pleasant,
1:26.7	and it was during the Christmas season.
1:30.2	And as I was in my hospital bed, I turned on the television set.
1:35.7	It was a Sunday, and a minister from Hollywood Presbyterian Church at that time, Lloyd
1:41.8	Ogilvy, was giving a Christmas message taken from
1:46.5	the famous passage of Luke chapter 2, and he read this text.
1:53.9	He read the announcement that the angels had given to the shepherds in Bethlehem, where we read these words,
2:03.6	do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which will be to all
2:08.6	people, for there is born to you this day in the city of David, a Savior who is Christ the
2:16.6	Lord.
2:18.1	And as I was lying in my bed listening to Dr. Ogilvy read this text, I thought to myself,
2:25.2	I've heard this text, how many hundreds of times and read it and so on, familiar with
2:31.2	it.
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