Have you ever read a passage of Scripture that hits so close to home that it brings you discomfort? Today, R.C. Sproul explains that even the most piercing verses of the Bible have been given for our good. Get R.C. Sproul’s book Hard Sayings, plus lifetime digital access to his four teaching series on the hard sayings of the Bible, the prophets, Jesus, and the Apostles, for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3648/hard-sayings 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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His truth is always sweet. It is always glorious. It is always wonderful. And when we recoil against it in a spirit of bitterness, it's because we haven't yet tasted to see that the Lord is good.
Have there been doctrines that you really wrestled with? Doctrines that you perhaps fought against until the Spirit of God took what may have been a hard saying, a hard truth, and made it sweet? Thanks for joining us for this Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm glad you're with us. All week, we are considering some of the hard sayings found in the Bible, and R.C.
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Today, Dr. Sproul visits the Old Testament and a hard saying that came to the prophet Ezekiel, an unusual request with an unexpected outcome. Here's Dr. Sproul.
Today we're going to start a series on the hard sayings of the prophets from the Old Testament prophets. What we're thinking about here are those statements that we find in the Scripture that are hard. Now, they could be hard for one of two reasons. A saying can be called a hard saying because it appears to us, at least at first blush, to be severe. or harsh.
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