Moving beyond Jerusalem

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

For gentiles to be included among God’s people was one of history’s most astonishing transitions. Yet this was always the Lord’s plan. Today, Derek Thomas discusses Peter’s explanation that Christ is redeeming souls from every tribe and tongue.

Get Derek Thomas’ book The Life of Peter, plus lifetime digital access to the companion teaching series and digital study guide, for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3711/life-of-peter

Meet Today’s Teacher:

Derek Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series The Life of Peter and author of many books, including Heaven on Earth, Strength for the Weary, and Let Us Worship God.

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

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0:00.0	I wonder if Peter has this emphasis on repentance because he had to repent.
0:05.4	He knew what repentance was.
0:06.6	He knew the shape of it.
0:07.5	He knew the pain of it.
0:09.7	The turning away from that pride that led to his denial of Jesus.
0:15.7	The balloon of pride needed to be pricked.
0:18.4	He needed to turn away from sin and turn in obedience to the Lord Jesus
0:23.5	trust.
0:30.4	Repentance. It's a word that sadly is too often missing from pulpits and Christian books today.
0:37.1	It's too easy to find a church preaching
0:39.0	a watered down gospel and failing to mention the right response of a sinner to the good news
0:45.1	of forgiveness. It can only be found in Christ alone. And in today's chapter, Acts 11,
0:52.0	among other things, we are reminded of the necessity of repentance.
0:57.5	This is the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham.
1:04.1	Yes, Peter was an apostle. He penned inspired books of the Bible, but he was also a man. He had experiences like us, and he, like all
1:14.5	Christians, repented of sin. As Derek Thomas walks us through the life of Peter, we often see
1:21.1	ourselves in his weakness, and we can find encouragement when Peter makes bold stands and is obedient.
1:28.7	So I do encourage you to take the time to work through this 19 message series
1:33.0	and the companion hardcover book when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:39.4	Or when you call us at 800-435-4343.
1:48.2	Perhaps this will be your book of choice over the upcoming holiday season.
1:53.2	Well, to continue our study, Dr. Thomas is in Acts, Chapter 11.
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