The Depth of Our Sin
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Most people believe that if they've tried to live a good life, they'll be accepted by God. Today, R.C. Sproul refutes this delusion and examines Jesus' definition of "good."
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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 | I would say the greatest error and the most frequent error that human beings in this world make |
| 0:07.0 | is the assumption that they are going to get past a holy God on the basis of their own performance. |
| 0:17.0 | Nobody's perfect. |
| 0:21.0 | Nobody's perfect. |
| 0:22.0 | Aside from our Lord and Savior, that is a true statement. |
| 0:26.0 | But when somebody says nobody's perfect, it's used as an excuse for sin and to try and explain that they're really good. |
| 0:34.0 | But the message of the Bible closes our mouth, |
| 0:37.0 | revealing that we are sinners to the call. |
| 0:40.0 | Welcome to the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham. |
| 0:46.0 | We've been spending Saturdays considering what it means to be human. |
| 0:51.0 | R.C. Sprawl has helped us understand what scripture means when it describes us as being |
| 0:56.5 | made in the image of God. |
| 0:59.1 | Dr. Sproll then turned the corner last week, reminding us of the reality of our sinfulness. the that you can own this series, a shattered image, and Dr Sprawl's book The Hunger for Significance |
| 1:16.0 | when you give a gift of any amount at renewing your mind. All. |
| 1:20.8 | Well here's Dr Sprawl on the depth of our sin. |
| 1:25.0 | I was speaking to a friend the other day and this lady related to me a situation she |
| 1:31.6 | had just had with her son. The son was about six years old and the |
| 1:35.6 | mother's very keen on evangelism and she asked the son, she said, do you think that after you grow up and |
| 1:42.3 | live your life and die that you're going to go to heaven? |
| 1:46.0 | And the boy seemed pretty confident that he would go to heaven. |
| 1:50.0 | And so the mother probed this a little bit and said, well suppose you were to stand before God |
| 1:55.1 | and God looked you straight in the eye and said, why should I let you into my heaven? |
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