Put on Christ
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 1 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The law of God guards us against destroying human relationships through lovelessness. From his expositional series in the book of Romans, today R.C. Sproul investigates the crucial connection between love and the law.
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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 | When Augustine heard those children's words, his eyes fell upon a large Bible that was chained, |
| 0:07.8 | and he let the Bible just open up anywhere. And his eyes fell upon the printed page. And here's |
| 0:13.5 | what he read, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy, but put on the Lord Jesus Christ |
| 0:23.8 | and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lust and like a lightning bolt, |
| 0:29.0 | the word of God pierced his heart, and this was the text used by Almighty God to convert |
| 0:35.6 | the soul of Augustine. |
| 0:42.7 | Music by Almighty God to convert the soul of Augustine. You've heard this week not only the clarity of the gospel presented in the book of Romans |
| 0:47.8 | by the Apostle Paul, but also how the Lord used this book to convert the German monk |
| 0:53.2 | Martin Luther. And today, as we move |
| 0:56.2 | ahead to Chapter 13, we'll hear how the Lord use that chapter to convert St. Augustine, often referred to |
| 1:03.5 | as Augustine of Hippo. Welcome to the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. As this is the Friday |
| 1:13.7 | edition, it's the last time that will be in Romans and the last opportunity you'll have to secure |
| 1:19.9 | an early copy of the Power of the Gospel by R.C. Sprawl. This new year-long hardcover devotional |
| 1:26.6 | begins shipping in just a few weeks. |
| 1:29.0 | So request yours with a gift of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org and spend 2025 in Romans |
| 1:36.3 | with Dr. Sprold as your guide. |
| 1:38.3 | Here's Dr. Sproll in Romans 13, beginning in verse 8. |
| 1:45.0 | O no one anything except to love one another. |
| 1:49.3 | The text does make mention of an obligation of something that we do owe and a debt that can |
| 1:56.6 | never be remitted fully in this world. |
| 2:00.8 | We can pay our debts to the bank, we can pay our debt |
| 2:03.4 | to the store, we can pay our debt to the credit card company. But our debt in this world to love |
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