Thy Will Be Done
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Warned of the suffering that awaited him, the Apostle Paul did not retreat. He resolved to go forward, even if it meant dying for his devotion to Christ. From his sermon series in the book of Acts, today R.C. Sproul exhorts us to follow Paul's submission to the will of God.
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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.
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Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | The Apostle Paul was in Caesarea when Agabus prophesied to him not to go to Jerusalem. |
| 0:07.0 | Friends, you may not be ready for me to go to Jerusalem, but I'm ready. I've been ready |
| 0:13.0 | since that day in the desert that Christ redeemed me and called me. And that day in a road to |
| 0:19.8 | Damascus, I said that Jesus, where you lead me, I will |
| 0:23.1 | follow. And everywhere he's led me, I have gone. And I'm ready to go now. |
| 0:35.8 | It's good to have you with us for renewing your mind. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:40.3 | We've come to the final installment of our short series looking at various key moments in the |
| 0:46.4 | ministry of Paul as recorded for us in the Book of Acts. |
| 0:50.5 | And today, R.C. Sprole focuses on Paul's response to Agabus, who prophesied to him not to go to Jerusalem. |
| 0:58.7 | As this is the final sermon in the series, it's also the final day to request Dr. Sproll's complete commentary on Acts when you donate at Renewing Your Mind.org before midnight tonight. |
| 1:10.7 | So I encourage you, if you'd like |
| 1:12.4 | the hardcover edition of this commentary, show your support at Renewingyourmind.org before the offer |
| 1:18.4 | ends tonight, as this offer won't be repeated next Sunday. Well, here's Dr. Sprawl with a sermon titled, |
| 1:25.5 | Thy Will Be Done. |
| 1:38.0 | And now it came to pass that when we had departed from them and set sail, running a straight course, we came to coast the following day to roads from there to Patara, and finding a ship sailing over to Phenicia, we went |
| 1:47.4 | aboard and set sail. When we had sighted Cyprus, we passed it on the left and sailed to Syria, |
| 1:56.1 | and landed it tire, for there the ship was to unload her cargo. And finding disciples, we stayed there |
| 2:04.6 | seven days. And they told Paul through the spirit not to go up to Jerusalem. And when we had come |
| 2:14.1 | to the end of those days, we departed and went on our way. And they all accompanied |
| 2:19.1 | us with wives and children until we were out of the city, and we knelt down on the shore and prayed. |
| 2:27.6 | And when we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship, and they returned home. |
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