The Fruit of Humble Love
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 27 June 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In our society, self-confidence reigns as the supreme virtue. Yet Scripture calls us to prefer the exaltation of others above ourselves. Today, R.C. Sproul continues his study of biblical love, showing that to love is to be humble.
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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 | When I am driven by my own pride and not by humility I begin to prefer myself to other people |
| 0:09.1 | and begin to act in a haughty a a mean-spirited, and prideful way against other people, all of which again links |
| 0:18.9 | pride to selfishness, because selfishness and pride go hand in hand where the center of our |
| 0:26.4 | concern is the self. S. S. S. Lewis said that the humble man will not be thinking about humility because he will not be thinking about himself at all. |
| 0:43.9 | This side of glory, we will all continue to battle against pride |
| 0:48.1 | in the various ways that it can appear in our life. |
| 0:51.4 | And today, on this Thursday edition of renewing her mind, in our |
| 0:55.0 | see sprawl will share what he knew to be the only antidote for pride. |
| 1:00.0 | Love does not boast, it is not arrogant or rude, it does not insist on its own way. |
| 1:07.0 | It's this humble love that Dr Spraw will address today, |
| 1:11.0 | but before he does, I do want to remind you to request this |
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| 1:25.0 | Here's Dr Sproll continuing his study of biblical love from 1 Corinthians 13. |
| 1:31.0 | As we continue now with our study of growing in the Christian life and developing |
| 1:40.0 | a Christian character we've really looked at this process in various segments. |
| 1:44.7 | We spent considerable time on the importance of establishing the assurance of salvation. |
| 1:51.2 | And now we're looking at the standard of sanctification that we find in the New Testament |
| 1:59.3 | in terms of the fruit of our salvation. We saw the fruit of the spirit that Paul listed in Galatians and |
| 2:08.3 | we've also been looking now at 1st Corinthians 13, the Great Love chapter, |
| 2:14.0 | because in that chapter, Paul elevates love |
| 2:18.6 | to the greatest fruit of the spirit |
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