The Curse of the Law
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 9 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
There is no middle ground: We either enjoy God’s blessing through faith in Christ or we’re under the curse of God’s wrath. From his sermon series in Galatians, today R.C. Sproul considers the curse that our sin deserves—the curse Jesus bore to redeem His people.
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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 | You who have heard the gospel, have embraced the gospel if you now turn away from it, |
| 0:05.7 | the only thing left for you is not the blessing of the covenant, but the curse of divine wrath. |
| 0:19.5 | Strong words there from the Apostle Paul, and they should jolt us to realize their seriousness, |
| 0:25.6 | because they are words not only applicable to a first-sensory church, but those words, they're true for each of us. |
| 0:33.6 | Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind as we spend several weeks in Paul's |
| 0:38.6 | letter to the Galatians. Although R.C. Sprawl will not cover the entire book in this series, |
| 0:45.3 | you can study Galatians line by line when you request his commentary with your donation of |
| 0:51.3 | any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org before midnight tonight. |
| 0:55.9 | It's a Bible study resource that I'm sure you will return to again and again. |
| 1:01.5 | Well, today's sermon from Dr. Sprawl is especially clear. |
| 1:05.6 | If we don't place our trust in someone else's righteousness, |
| 1:09.1 | the righteousness of Christ, we will face the wrath of God. |
| 1:13.5 | But those who do trust in the finished work of Christ alone for their salvation will experience |
| 1:19.4 | peace with God and life eternal. Here's Dr. Sprole in Galatians chapter 3, beginning in verse 10. |
| 1:31.0 | After labor, in Galatians chapter 3, beginning in verse 10. After laboring the point that justification is by faith and not through the works |
| 1:37.7 | of the law by which the apostle has said, by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. |
| 1:48.8 | Paul now changes the tune just a little bit in the terms of the nuance that he wants us to get here |
| 1:55.2 | by saying this, for all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse. Let me just pause for a second |
| 2:07.2 | and look at the beginning of that particular verse. For all who rely on the works of the law |
| 2:14.7 | are under a curse. If you are a student of logic, you will recognize |
| 2:20.2 | that what the apostle is written here is a universal affirmative proposition. And also, if you |
| 2:30.4 | are a student of logic, you may recognize some of the implications of the truth tables |
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