The Battle with the World
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
If you are a Christian, you're at war—but you don't fight alone. Jesus Christ Himself is praying for you in the battle. Today, R.C. Sproul explains the unconventional weapons we use in our fight for holiness amid a fallen world.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get to today's episode, we want to invite you to Ligonier's 2027 National Conference, |
| 0:06.5 | the glorious attributes of God. |
| 0:09.0 | This event invites Christians from around the world to hear biblical teaching on God's |
| 0:13.9 | holy character. |
| 0:15.3 | When you register today, you'll save 45% with the pre-registration rate. |
| 0:20.6 | This offer ends on Saturday, April 25th. |
| 0:23.8 | You can register today and save at Ligonier.org slash 2027. |
| 0:29.6 | Jesus was not starting a new community of ASEANs. |
| 0:33.5 | Do you remember the Aseans whose work was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls? |
| 0:38.3 | These were people who drew apart from civilization to live in total isolation so that they could keep themselves pure for the coming of the Messiah. |
| 0:50.3 | And while they're hiding down there in the caves, the Messiah came, and they missed him. |
| 1:03.4 | Genuine Christians, of course, don't want to be worldly. |
| 1:06.9 | But what does it mean to be in the world, but not of it? |
| 1:15.6 | To quote the Apostle Paul, what does it mean to not be conformed to this world? These are important questions, and ones we can easily get wrong. |
| 1:19.6 | I know I did as a young Christian. |
| 1:22.6 | Today here on Renewing Your Mind as we continue R.C. Sprole's study on pleasing God, we'll consider our |
| 1:29.1 | daily, even our minute-by-minute battle with the world. As we seek to live the Christian life, |
| 1:35.8 | we should be diligent in our study of this topic, so I do encourage you to request digital access |
| 1:40.8 | to the messages and study guide, along with Dr. Sproll's companion book, |
| 1:45.7 | when you give a donation in support of this daily outreach at Renewing Your Mind.org. |
| 1:51.0 | Some people believe that to truly please God, we have to retreat from the world, |
| 1:56.1 | but that's not what Jesus taught. So to help us understand how we're to relate to the world and glorify God |
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