God the Creator
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Bible's first chapter reveals the creation of the world. But more than that, it reveals God's majestic purposes for the cosmos. Today, Sinclair Ferguson draws seven lessons from Genesis 1 on God's work of creation and redemption.
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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.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | We should never lose sight of the fact that everything God has created. |
| 0:03.6 | He is created for his own glory. But his own glory is never adversative to his children's good. |
| 0:14.4 | And he has done this also for our good. |
| 0:23.6 | There is so much to unpack when it comes to Genesis chapter one, much more than the |
| 0:29.2 | days of creation. God made all things for his glory, and as you'll hear today, he also made |
| 0:35.7 | all things for our pleasure. |
| 0:38.2 | This is the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:41.3 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and it's great to have you with us. |
| 0:44.6 | This has been such an enriching week for me |
| 0:47.3 | as we've walked through these early messages |
| 0:49.5 | from Dr. Ferguson's brand new series, Theology for All. |
| 0:54.2 | I trust you have been helped as well, |
| 0:56.2 | and I hope you've already requested access to all 36 messages. |
| 1:00.4 | If you haven't, there's still time. |
| 1:02.9 | Simply request access when you give a donation |
| 1:05.0 | before midnight tonight at renewingyourmind.org. |
| 1:08.8 | But be quick as only hours remain. Well, let's go now to Genesis |
| 1:13.7 | Chapter 1 to consider God the Creator. We are continuing these introductory studies to Christian |
| 1:23.8 | doctrine with a reflection today on God the Lord as creator. We looked previously at this |
| 1:31.4 | title that God gives to himself in Exodus chapter 3 when he speaks to Moses and says, |
| 1:38.1 | when the people ask you what my name is, tell them, I am, has sent you. |
| 1:45.7 | And we might think for a moment that it's strange for us, first of all, to think about |
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