Sealed with the Holy Spirit

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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

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🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

By granting us His Holy Spirit, God guarantees us all the blessings of the gospel as our gracious inheritance. From his exposition of the book of Ephesians, today R.C. Sproul explains why everyone who truly trusts in Jesus can have the assurance of everlasting salvation.

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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	James said on one occasion with sarcasm dripping from his pen,
0:05.8	you believe in God, you do well, even the demons believe and tremble.
0:14.1	And so what James was saying is that there is a kind of faith,
0:17.9	that if you have that, all that it qualifies you to be is a demon, and it's not
0:24.2	something that will necessarily save you or yield your justification.
0:36.4	Now, that's a scary thought, isn't it?
0:39.5	Realizing that to merely believe that God exists,
0:42.8	even to believe that Jesus died on the cross to save sinners
0:46.2	isn't sufficient to be considered saving faith.
0:50.1	So what does it mean to believe?
0:52.7	Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
0:55.9	I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham.
0:59.0	We're continuing our series from R.C. Sprole in the book of Ephesians.
1:03.7	And whether in the classroom, the studio, or in the pulpit,
1:07.2	whenever Dr. Sprawl would teach from the Bible,
1:09.9	you can hear his urgency, passion, pastoral
1:13.0	care, and commitment to the text. And it was all of his teaching in Ephesians that formed
1:18.4	the basis of his expositional commentary dedicated to this letter of the Apostle Paul.
1:24.4	Before we get to today's message, remember that you can request your own hardcover copy of
1:29.4	this commentary when you give a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org before midnight tonight.
1:36.9	So what does it mean when Paul speaks of those at Ephesus having believed in Him, in Jesus?
1:47.9	Here's Dr. Sprawl on S faith and the good news of the gospel. In him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation,
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