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Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

The Law or the Gospel?

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Christians must not confuse the law and the gospel, but we also must not neglect one in favor of the other. Today, R.C. Sproul explains that a biblical understanding of God’s grace and His justice are vitally important for a healthy Christian life.

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Sometimes we hear a distinction made in the church about whether we're going to preach or be concerned about the law or the gospel.

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Notice how I said that. The law or the gospel. When if we look at the scriptures, the concern there is for the law and the gospel. Law and gospel are both vitally important for the life of the church and for the

0:44.8

individual Christian. Martin Luther once said, had it not been for the law, I never would have known

0:50.8

my need for the gospel. I never would have seen my need for the gospel.

0:55.6

I never would have seen the sweetness of the gospel, where I not exposed to the dreadful

1:03.4

punishments of the law.

1:06.9

And the cavalier attitude we have to the gospel today are willingness to compromise it, to negotiate it, or to ignore it,

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I believe it's inseparably bound up with our ignorance of the law of God.

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1:31.6

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