Does God Harden Hearts?
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes, the same trial serves to soften the heart of one person toward God while hardening another in his bitterness and sin. What makes the difference? Today, R.C. Sproul reflects on the mystery of divine providence.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | The power of the flesh is never completely eradicated. |
| 0:04.6 | That doesn't happen until glory. |
| 0:07.7 | In the meantime, we struggle every day against the flesh and against the world and all of the power of the world. |
| 0:16.4 | Why did Demus leave Paul? |
| 0:20.0 | Because he loved the world more than he loved Christ. |
| 0:30.0 | This side of glory, Christians still sin, some of them even seriously. So how are we to think |
| 0:37.0 | about the sin in our own lives and why it is |
| 0:39.8 | that in God's providence we do sometimes give in to temptation? This is the Friday edition |
| 0:45.7 | of renewing your mind as we conclude a week on the providence of God. R.C. Sprole has used scripture |
| 0:52.6 | this week and the summary of the Christian faith laid out for us |
| 0:56.3 | by those who penned the Westminster Confession to help us think through the important concept of God's |
| 1:02.1 | Providence. If you've listened all week, you've seen how each section builds upon the one prior to it. |
| 1:08.4 | And this is true for each of the 33 chapters in the confession. |
| 1:11.6 | So if you'd like R.C. Sprold to walk you through each of these 33 chapters, |
| 1:16.6 | today is the final day that you can request the hardcover volume, truths we confess. |
| 1:22.6 | Give your gift at renewing your mind.org before this offer ends at midnight tonight. |
| 1:28.2 | Well, here's Dr. Sprold to conclude this week's study on Providence. |
| 1:34.7 | We're continuing now with our study of the Westminster Confession of Faith, |
| 1:38.7 | and we're still in Chapter 5 on the Providence of God. |
| 1:43.3 | And in our last session, we started Section 6, |
| 1:46.8 | but I wasn't able to complete an exposition of that section. |
| 1:53.3 | So just to refresh your memory, |
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