The Battle with the Devil
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Many people today believe that Satan is a myth, while some Christians have gone to the opposite extreme, attributing all kinds of experiences to the devil. Today, R.C. Sproul examines the Bible's teaching about Satan.
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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 | A cursory reading of the scriptures shows you that Satan is nowhere described as a buffoon in a red suit. |
| 0:11.0 | On the contrary, his introduction in the Old Testament is how. |
| 0:16.0 | Now the serpent was the most crafty or subtle of all of the creatures. |
| 0:28.6 | Do you believe in the devil? Many Christians don't today. |
| 0:34.6 | On the other hand, some Christians so focus on the devil, so |
| 0:38.9 | elevate him, they almost deify him. But if we are to be prepared for our battle, as Martin |
| 0:45.2 | Luther outlined it with the world, the flesh, and the devil, we need to know who this enemy is. |
| 0:52.0 | This is the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and each weekend we are |
| 0:57.0 | working our way through R. C. Sproles' practical series on Christian growth, pleasing God. |
| 1:03.0 | In this series, Dr. Sprole has helped us to see the goal of the Christian life and is laying out battle plans, as it were, for a fruitful Christian |
| 1:12.5 | life. If you'd like to own this series and study it in further depth with the study guide, |
| 1:18.6 | you can request access at renewingermind.org. So does the devil exist? And what are his |
| 1:25.9 | tactics in the life of a Christian? Here's Dr. Sproul. |
| 1:31.6 | When Martin Luther said that the triad of enemies of the Christian life include the world, |
| 1:37.5 | the flesh, and the devil, he didn't include the last one, the devil, simply as a theological abstraction or as a matter |
| 1:48.6 | of doctrine, but Luther had a keen and profound personal awareness of the reality of Satan. |
| 1:59.7 | I think you have to understand that when people were concerned with |
| 2:02.9 | living the Christian life in the 16th century, they had a slightly different view of reality |
| 2:08.2 | from what is commonplace today. Luther was so acutely conscious of the presence of Satan |
| 2:15.7 | that he often spoke of the unfactung, the unbridled assault that the end of the presence of Satan, that he often spoke of the unfactung, the unbridled assault |
| 2:20.9 | that the enemy, the Prince of Darkness, was bringing against him in his personal life. And Luther |
| 2:28.2 | would find that the presence of Satan at times was so tangible that on one occasion he picked up an ink well that was on his desk as he was writing and threw it in the direction of where he thought Satan was standing. |
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