The Glory of God’s Grace

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

God bestows the inexhaustible riches of His grace on all His chosen people in Christ. Today, R.C. Sproul begins his sermon series in Ephesians, compelling us to glorify God for every spiritual blessing we receive in the gospel.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) 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, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Transcript

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0:00.0	You didn't have faith so that you could be reborn, because without rebirth, you never would
0:05.5	have had faith. Rebirth has to come first. It's something that God does. It's the divine initiative.
0:11.5	God is the one who changes you and gives you faith and brings you to himself.
0:23.3	Christians debate the doctrine of election, the doctrine of predestination.
0:28.0	Even R.C. Sprawl, as you'll hear today, came to this conviction kicking and screaming
0:32.4	against his will, but not so the Apostle Paul.
0:36.1	He praises God for this doctrine, for the glorious truth that God
0:40.0	chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world. Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing
0:46.2	Your Mind, where each week we feature the preaching and teaching ministry of R.C. Sprole.
0:52.0	We'll spend the next several weeks in Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus,
0:56.5	and you'll hear messages that Dr. Spro gave to the congregation of St. Andrew's Chapel in Sanford, Florida.
1:02.7	This series will lift up the sovereignty of God in salvation, as the Apostle Paul does in the early
1:08.1	portion of his letter. Ephesians is a New Testament favorite of mine,
1:12.5	and if you'd like to study it, line by line,
1:15.0	we'll send you Dr. Sproul's pastoral commentary on Ephesians
1:18.4	when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org
1:22.3	before midnight tonight.
1:24.6	Here's R.C. Spraw on the Christian's spiritual blessings in the heavenly places.
1:32.1	Paul and Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus
1:38.7	and faithful in Christ Jesus, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:47.0	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
1:54.2	blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should
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