Unity in Christ

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

As the gospel grants us peace with God, we also obtain peace with one another through our union with Christ. From his expositional series in the book of Ephesians, today R.C. Sproul explains how Jesus unites believing Jews and gentiles in His church to form a new humanity.

Get R.C. Sproul’s commentary on the book of Ephesians for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3616/ephesians-commentary

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	A chief cornerstone to a builder in the first century was that stone without which the building could not stand.
0:10.0	It's in Christ that the whole building is knit together through and by the cornerstone. Ephesians chapter 2 paints a very dark picture of the state of humanity.
0:28.0	We're dead in our trespasses and sins.
0:31.0	Unbelievers are said to follow the prince of the power of the air
0:35.0	and that by nature we are children of wrath.
0:38.0	But Ephesians chapter 2 also features good news, in fact the best news.
0:43.7	And that's what R.C. Sproll will consider today
0:46.4	on this Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
0:49.2	We're currently in a short series in Ephesians, messages Arseusrel gave at St Andrews Chapel in
0:56.4	Sanford, Florida.
0:58.2	These messages, along with all of his teaching on Ephesians, formed the basis of his expositional commentary. And if you'd like to his
1:03.0	expositional commentary, and if you'd like to add this
1:06.0	hardcover volume to your collection,
1:08.0	you can request a copy with your donation of any amount
1:11.0	at renewing your mind.org. Well here's Dr. Sprawl on the
1:15.9	unity that Christians have in Christ.
1:20.3	Before I begin with the exposition of the text, let me just review a little bit of what we have seen so far.
1:29.0	Paul, in the second chapter at the beginning spells out the radical need for that grace
1:36.0	by giving us a perfectly accurate but somewhat grim account of our fallen humanity and our natural deadness in sin.
1:47.0	And now he's been turning his attention to what I regard to be the central theme of the entire epistle, which is Paul's teaching
1:58.0	concerning the nature of the church, and particularly how Gentiles in the first century fit in to this body
2:09.6	that we call the church.
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