The Trust of a Man
5/5/202626 min
It's one thing to say you trust in God. It is quite another to prove it. Today, R.C. Sproul recalls Abraham's test of faith, showing the cost of trusting the Lord and the proof of God's faithfulness in the sacrifice of His Son.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) 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.
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First 90 secondsR.C. Sproul· Soundbite0:00
God requires that we place our trust in Christ. Without that trust, without that faith, the benefits of His death are not yours. But a Christian man is a man who trusts, for the just shall live by faith.
Lee Webb· Host0:24
[music] Trust. We trust in Christ, but trust is also a defining characteristic of a Christian. Hello, and welcome to Renewing Your Mind, and it's good to have you with us on this Tuesday. I'm Lee Webb. The message you're about to hear goes back to the early days of R.C. Sproul's ministry. He delivered it to a small group of men, and it was part of a series he titled Meaning for Men. Let's join R.C. now as he teaches on the trust of a man.
R.C. Sproul· Soundbite0:59
God made a promise to Abraham. You remember the story how that in his old age, when Abraham's wife was well beyond the years of childbearing, how that God called to this man and took him out into the darkness of the night and he said, Abraham, look to the stars in the sky