The Street Called Straight

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Why did Jesus choose Paul, a deadly persecutor of Christians, to be His instrument for spreading the gospel? From his expositional series in the book of Acts, today R.C. Sproul preaches on the power of the Lord in using unlikely individuals to fulfill His glorious purposes.

Get R.C. Sproul's Expositional Commentary on Acts for Your Gift of Any Amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3388/acts-commentary

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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Paul was selected as the chosen vessel of Christ to be the apostle to the Gentiles,
0:06.0	but elsewhere we as Christians are called the chosen vessels of God as well.
0:12.0	And each one here who is a Christian has chosen vessels of God as well.
0:12.8	And each one here who is a Christian
0:14.9	has been chosen by Christ to be Christ's instrument.
0:19.7	To do what?
0:21.1	To carry his name. To your neighbor, to your business associates, and to carry the
0:27.1	name of Jesus in this day and age can be weighty business indeed. Discovering the sovereignty of God, recognizing that scripture teaches that God chose us before the foundation of the world
0:46.5	changes how we live the Christian life and how we approach God in prayer. His ways are
0:51.9	higher than our ways. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts.
0:55.9	So knowing that God is sovereign, how would you respond if God called you to pay a
1:00.9	visit to a man you knew to be a persecutor of the church.
1:05.0	Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind,
1:09.0	as each week we feature the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl, the founder of Ligonier Ministries.
1:15.9	This is our final Sunday in the Book of Acts, so if you'd like to study Acts further with
1:20.4	Dr Sprawl, be sure to request the hardcover edition of his expositional commentary
1:25.1	on Acts while there's still time by visiting renewing your mind dot org with a donation of any
1:31.1	amount and remember this offer ends at midnight and it won't be
1:34.6	repeated next Sunday. Ananius was called to visit a persecutor of the church,
1:40.6	Saul, a terrifying thought that God had plans for Ananius and Saul to be
1:46.7	vessels in his hands. And God has plans for us too. Here's Dr. Sproll. to the Acts of the Apostles and this morning will be looking at
2:05.4	Acts chapter 9 and I'll be reading verses 10 through 19 rather than through
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ligonier Ministries, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Ligonier Ministries and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.