The Importance of Holiness
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Once you encounter the holiness of God, your life will never be the same. Today, R.C. Sproul describes the transformative experience of the prophet Isaiah when he beheld the awesome majesty of the Lord.
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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.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | There's only one characteristic of Almighty God that is communicated in the superlative degree |
| 0:07.5 | from the mouths of angels where the Bible doesn't simply say that God is holy, or even that he's |
| 0:16.2 | holy, holy, holy, but that He is holy, holy, holy. |
| 0:28.6 | The holiness of God is central to everything we do at Ligonier Ministries and on renewing |
| 0:33.9 | your mind. |
| 0:35.1 | R. C.S. Sprold founded Ligonier in 1971, and our mission is to proclaim, |
| 0:41.0 | teach, and defend the holiness of God in all of its fullness to as many people as possible. |
| 0:48.4 | Welcome to the Monday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. The messages you'll hear over the next |
| 0:57.1 | three days from R.C. Sprole's classic series, The Holiness of God. Even today, it's this teaching |
| 1:04.3 | from Dr. Sprole that is often referenced as people's first exposure to his teaching and to Ligonier |
| 1:10.5 | ministries. |
| 1:11.8 | So perhaps think who you might share this teaching with, you can direct them to renewing |
| 1:16.4 | your mind.org or have them search for renewing your mind in their favorite podcast app. |
| 1:22.4 | Well, here's Dr. Sprawl on the importance of holiness. Our Father and our God, when we approach this subject of your holy character, we know that we are embarking |
| 1:42.3 | on an impossible task, that even this moment we are standing upon holy ground, |
| 1:51.8 | ground that were it not for your abiding mercy and grace would open up beneath our feet |
| 1:58.1 | and swallow us into the pit. |
| 2:03.5 | And so tonight we ask, nay, we beg you for a double measure of your grace and mercy upon |
| 2:12.4 | us as we seek to understand these things that are so important to our understanding of you. |
| 2:21.5 | And we invoke the presence of the Spirit of Truth who is at the same time the Holy Spirit, |
| 2:29.1 | that He may assist us in this endeavor. |
| 2:33.6 | For we ask these things in the name of Christ. |
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