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R.C. Sproul (0:00)
God requires that we place our trust in Christ. Without that trust, without that faith, the benefits of his death are not yours.
Sam (0:14)
But a Christian man is a man who trusts. For the just shall live by faith.
Lee Webb (0:30)
Trust. We trust in Christ. But trust is also a defining characteristic of a Christian. Hello and welcome to Renewing youg 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 RC now as he teaches on the trust of a man.
R.C. Sproul (1:02)
God made a promise to Abraham.
Sam (1:06)
You remember the story how that in
R.C. Sproul (1:09)
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 and count them if you can, for God says, your descendants will be more than the stars of the sky, more than the sand along the seashore. And Abraham said, but God, how can
Sam (1:54)
this be,
R.C. Sproul (1:56)
since I have no son and my heir is my servant, Eleazar. It was on that occasion that God said that out of Abraham's own loins
Sam (2:14)
would come a child of promise.
R.C. Sproul (2:19)
And that through this child, not only would Abraham be blessed, but that all of the nations of the world would also be blessed. Now, after the promise, Abraham had to wait. And as you know the story, he grew impatient and tried to take things into his own hands to make sure that this promise was fulfilled. And so he entered into his wife's handmaiden, and the fruit of their union brought forth the son, whose name was Ishmael. But as Scripture declares, Ishmael was not the son of promise.
Sam (3:12)
That child had to be born.
R.C. Sproul (3:16)
Sarah. And then the Scriptures say that Abraham
Sam (3:22)
knew his wife, and she conceived and she brought forth a son whose name was Isaac. Now think of it, gentlemen.
