The Christian’s Anchor amid Suffering

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Trials and suffering in this life can leave us questioning God's love for us. Today, R.C. Sproul helps us root our understanding of the gospel and our love for God in the knowledge of who He is.

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0:00.0	To be a believer in God is to trust God for tomorrow.
0:08.0	Until your love for God is a love for who he is,
0:12.0	rather than for the benefits that you receive from his hand,
0:15.0	you haven't understood the gospel.
0:17.0	It does for me what I want him to do,
0:19.0	or gives to me what I want him to give.
0:22.0	Until your love for God is a love for who he is,
0:26.0	rather than for the benefits that you receive from his hand,
0:30.0	you haven't understood the gospel.
0:33.0	And when you love God because of his perfection,
0:38.0	when he withdraws a gift from you
0:41.0	that does not make him any less lovely,
0:45.0	or any less worthy of your adoration and your devotion,
0:51.0	it's not that we adore him only as long
0:54.0	as he protects our children.
0:56.0	But if he should decide to take our children,
0:59.0	the biblical response is the Lord gives
1:02.0	and the Lord takes away.
1:05.0	Blessed be the name of the Lord.
1:07.0	We're allowed to mourn.
1:09.0	We've worn courage to mourn.
1:11.0	Grief is a virtuous emotion.
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