Self-Existence
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What did God mean when He said to Moses, "I AM who I AM"? Today, R.C. Sproul contemplates the Lord's aseity or self-existence.
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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 existence of God, if anything exists, is rationally necessary. That is, if something exists now, |
| 0:08.0 | reason demands that we come to the conclusion that something has always existed, that something |
| 0:15.8 | somewhere has the power of being within itself. Or we simply could not account for the existence of anything. |
| 0:24.3 | Again, I remind you, if there was ever a time when there was nothing, absolutely nothing, |
| 0:31.3 | what could there possibly be now, except nothing? |
| 0:35.9 | Nothing. now, except nothing. |
| 0:42.3 | As irrational and illogical as it is, I did grow up believing that billions of years ago there was nothing, and then it exploded and created everything. |
| 0:53.3 | I didn't think about it. I didn't question it. And your neighbors likely and created everything. I didn't think about it. |
| 0:54.9 | I didn't question it. |
| 0:56.2 | And your neighbors likely don't either. |
| 0:58.6 | So how do you have a conversation with someone |
| 1:00.5 | and help them realize, as R.C. Sprol just said, |
| 1:03.9 | that if there ever was a time when there was nothing, |
| 1:07.4 | there would be nothing here today. |
| 1:09.8 | You're listening to the Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind, |
| 1:13.4 | and this week you're hearing messages from Dr. Sproul's very popular series |
| 1:17.6 | Defending Your Faith, which is his overview of apologetics. |
| 1:22.5 | Well, because there is something here today and not nothing, |
| 1:26.6 | we know that there must be something, |
| 1:29.0 | or someone who is self-existent and eternal. |
| 1:33.1 | Here's Dr. Sprold to explain. |
| 1:37.1 | As we continue now with our study of apologetics, we recall that what we've been examining |
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