Why Am I a Christian?

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Why do some people believe in Christ while others reject the gospel? Today, R.C. Sproul conveys the one reason presented in Scripture why anyone receives the salvation of God.

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0:00.0	Why am I a Christian?
0:04.0	And some of my closest and dearest friends are not.
0:10.0	I can't come up with an answer.
0:12.0	I can't come up with any reason why God would redeem me.
0:20.0	And one question that bothers me,
0:23.0	and I'm sure it bothers you,
0:26.0	is the question, why am I a Christian?
0:29.0	And some of my closest and dearest friends are not.
0:34.0	I just talked to a young man who was deeply struggling about this
0:38.0	in a convention at Chicago.
0:40.0	He was concerned about his brother.
0:42.0	He said, I don't understand it.
0:44.0	Why am I a believer and my brother isn't?
0:47.0	And he said, it doesn't seem that God is fair in all this.
0:50.0	I said, well, in the first place,
0:51.0	you don't know yet the final chapter in your brother's life.
0:55.0	Your brother may still become a believer.
0:59.0	But let's go back to your question.
1:01.0	Why do you believe,
1:03.0	and your brother doesn't up to this point?
1:06.0	Is it because you're more righteous than your brother?
1:09.0	He said, oh, no, no.
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