Paul versus Peter

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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

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🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The doctrine of justification by faith alone is simple to understand. Yet we can easily be tempted to rely on something or someone other than Christ to make us right with God. From his expositional series in the book of Galatians, today R.C. Sproul considers Paul’s rebuke of Peter.

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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.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	The doctrine of justification by faith alone does not require a PhD in theology to understand.
0:06.6	It's simple.
0:07.6	But to get it in your head is one thing.
0:09.6	To get it in the bloodstream where you live on the basis of justification by faith alone is so hard
0:16.3	that even the apostle Peter was caving in to this Judaizing heresy.
0:29.6	Justification by faith alone.
0:32.5	It's central to the good news, and it's always under attack.
0:36.8	That's why R.C. Sprawl preached and taught this doctrine
0:39.8	with such passion and clarity, and why Ligeneer ministries and renewing your mind by God's
0:45.7	grace will never waver or shrink back from the clarity and precision of gospel truth.
0:52.5	Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, where each week we feature
0:57.1	the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. This week, we're starting a new series in Galatians,
1:04.0	an important epistle that responds sharply to attacks against the gospel, and one that we need
1:09.6	to read, study, and meditate upon as we continue to have our the gospel, and one that we need to read, study and meditate upon as we
1:12.9	continue to have our minds renewed according to Scripture. This is a four-message study with
1:19.0	Dr. Sprawl, unpacking the gospel and the dangers of legalism. But if you'd like to study
1:24.8	the entirety of Galatians, until midnight tonight,
1:28.3	you can request Dr. Sproul's hardcover commentary on Galatians
1:31.7	when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:37.3	Well, if you have your Bible with you, open it to Galatians Chapter 2.
1:41.4	Here's Dr. Spraw.
1:44.8	But when Seifis came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.
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