
Renewing Your Mind The First Promise of Grace
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Jan 30, 2026 R.C. Sproul, Reformed theologian and founder of Ligonier Ministries, reflects on the fall and God’s first promise of redemption. He unpacks the Adamic covenant, the meaning of the tree of knowledge, the serpent’s subtle temptation, and the proto-gospel of a coming seed. He also explores the curse’s effects, God covering nakedness, and how grace postpones judgment.
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Freedom Versus Autonomy
- The serpent's first question subtly attacks God's authority by implying restrictions remove freedom.
- R.C. Sproul connects this to the human desire for autonomy as the root of rebellion against God.
The Temptation To Be Like God
- The fall centers on humanity's quest for deification and self-rule, wanting to 'be as gods.'
- Sproul says this grasp for autonomy destroys the covenantal foundation with God.
Teen Permission Parable
- Sproul uses a parent-teen illustration to show how intermittent yeses make a final no feel tyrannical.
- The example reveals how perceived restrictions can be spun into claims of lost freedom.







