Dwelling Within
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
When Jesus faced temptation in the wilderness, He did not face it alone. Today, Sinclair Ferguson reveals who was with Jesus to support Him—and how this encourages us when we face our own temptations.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
Sinclair Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we begin today's episode of renewing your mind, we invite you to stay with us through |
| 0:04.7 | the end of the program to hear how you can request today's featured resource from Ligadier Ministries. |
| 0:10.8 | Many people are familiar with the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, |
| 0:16.8 | and therefore actually tend to be rather self-centered in their thinking about the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:22.3 | And what we need to do before we even think about the marvelous ways in which he works in us |
| 0:27.2 | is actually get to know him. |
| 0:34.9 | Hello and welcome to renewing your mind on this Thursday. Today, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson stresses |
| 0:40.7 | the importance of coming to know the Holy Spirit personally, not just by seeing his works, |
| 0:47.2 | but also by understanding the intimate relationship the Holy Spirit has with Jesus. Here's Dr. Ferguson. |
| 0:56.0 | Now, our goal in these studies is you'll remember to get to know the Holy Spirit better. |
| 1:03.0 | So we're not thinking in the first instance about the gifts of the Spirit and the way in which |
| 1:08.0 | he uses us in Christian service. We're not thinking really about the power of the Spirit and the way in which he uses us in Christian service. We're not thinking really about |
| 1:12.7 | the power of the spirit and the marvelous works of power that he does. We're trying to find |
| 1:18.6 | our way into answering the question, who is the Holy Spirit? And the reason for this you'll |
| 1:25.3 | remember is because I've presupposed that many people are familiar |
| 1:29.6 | with the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, and therefore actually tend |
| 1:35.7 | to be rather self-centered in their thinking about the Holy Spirit. |
| 1:40.0 | And what we need to do before we even think about the marvelous ways in which he works in us |
| 1:44.8 | is actually get to know him. |
| 1:47.3 | And that's why Paul speaks in the benediction, the apostolic benediction in 2 Corinthians 1314, |
| 1:54.1 | about the communion of the Holy Spirit. |
| 1:57.7 | Do we have communion with the Holy Spirit? |
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