The Beatitudes: Blessed Are the Persecuted
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 4 August 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever been slandered for your devotion to Jesus? Christians are promised opposition from the world--together with blessing from God. From his expositional series in the gospel of Matthew, today R.C. Sproul examines Christ's blessing for those persecuted for righteousness' sake.
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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 | Now has anybody ever slandered you for the sake of Jesus? |
| 0:04.0 | Has anyone ever falsely accused you for the sake of Jesus? |
| 0:08.0 | If you have experienced that, you know how painful that can be. |
| 0:15.8 | And so how in any way can that be an occasion for blessedness? |
| 0:20.1 | Notice what Jesus says that when that happens, you're supposed to rejoice and be exceedingly glad. The Apostle Paul tells us that all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus |
| 0:41.0 | will suffer persecution, but we have this great consolation in the promise that |
| 0:46.5 | Jesus gave us that blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake |
| 0:50.9 | and blessed are you when they revile and persecute you. |
| 0:55.0 | So whether slander, imprisonment, or laying down your life, these are promises that we can |
| 1:01.1 | hold fast to. This is the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham, and it's these final beatitudes that we'll be considering today. |
| 1:12.0 | Each Lord's Day we feature that will be considering today. |
| 1:13.0 | Each Lord's day we feature the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. |
| 1:18.0 | And this Sunday we come to the final sermon, |
| 1:20.0 | the short series on the sermon on the Ser and as it's the final sermon it's also |
| 1:25.8 | your final opportunity to request Dr. Sproll's expositional commentary on |
| 1:30.7 | Matthew you can request it at renewing your mind.org, but be quick as this |
| 1:36.1 | offer ends at midnight and will not be repeated next week. |
| 1:40.4 | How is it that those who are persecuted are to be considered blessed? |
| 1:44.0 | Here's Dr. Sproll to explain. |
| 1:49.0 | We're going to be looking again at the Beatitudes in verses 10 through 12 in the fifth chapter of |
| 1:56.7 | Matthew and I'd like the congregation to stand for the reading of the word of |
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