Dimensions of Our Union
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Though our faith in Christ may falter, the union we now have with Him can never be severed. Today, Sinclair Ferguson outlines three dimensions of our union with the Lord that shape our identity and guide our Christian lives.
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| 0:00.0 | We mustn't think of union with Christ as a theological idea. |
| 0:05.0 | We must learn to think of union to Christ as we're married to Him. |
| 0:10.0 | We live with Him. He knows us best. He's been there. He understands. |
| 0:17.0 | And living, therefore, in communion with the one to whom we are united |
| 0:23.0 | is surely the highest privilege we could ever have in this world. |
| 0:30.0 | Early in my church experience, there was no real discussion about how union with Christ. |
| 0:38.0 | Instead of them explaining that Christians live in Christ, |
| 0:42.0 | and that ultimately every spiritual blessing is found in Christ, |
| 0:46.0 | I would hear them encouraging people to accept Jesus into their lives. |
| 0:50.0 | That's why I'm so thankful that you're hearing Sinclair Ferguson's series |
| 0:54.0 | union with Christ this week on renewing your mind. |
| 0:58.0 | Understanding who we are in Christ changes how we live, |
| 1:02.0 | changed my life, and it should lead to a greater worship of God. |
| 1:06.0 | As Dr. Ferguson said, we mustn't think of our union with Christ as a theological idea. |
| 1:11.0 | It's a reality for Christians. So here's Dr. Ferguson as he continues this important series. |
| 1:18.0 | Now we're turning to think just a little in this study about the dimensions of our union with Christ. |
| 1:28.0 | And I want us to think about various passages, but in a way, |
| 1:32.0 | we could sum this up in Paul's words in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 17. |
| 1:38.0 | If you became a Christian in roughly the same generation as I did, |
| 1:42.0 | then this would have been one of the very first verses you would have been encouraged to memorize. |
| 1:47.0 | And it appears in different translations in different ways. |
| 1:51.0 | If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation or he is a new creature. |
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