Means of Grace: God's Word
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 29 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
While many books can inform us, only God's Book has the power to transform us. Today, Sinclair Ferguson explains how God brings His people to maturity through His written Word.
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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. He is featured teacher for several Ligonier teaching series, including Union with Christ. He is author of many books, including The Whole Christ, Maturity, and Devoted to God's Church. Dr. Ferguson is also host of the podcast Things Unseen.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | It's by that renewing of our minds that comes from the truth of scripture, that our emotions and our affections and our lives are gloriously transformed. |
| 0:10.0 | And the result of that, the result of that he says is that we are equipped for every good work. |
| 0:17.0 | As you look back over your Christian life, can you see growth, sins that once seemed |
| 0:28.9 | impossible to overcome have been put to death, and sins perhaps more subtle sins are on your |
| 0:35.8 | radar and the fruit of the spirit is now much more evident and much more consistently |
| 0:41.0 | present in your life so how did these changes occur and |
| 0:45.0 | what is God provided to help us grow as Christians? That's our theme this week on |
| 0:50.0 | renewing your mind as Sinclair Ferguson teaches on what is often referred to as |
| 0:55.0 | the means of grace. These messages are from Dr Ferguson's series on the Christian |
| 1:01.0 | life, a wonderful study for a small group or a family. |
| 1:05.0 | You can own the entire 12 message series digitally and on DVD |
| 1:10.0 | when you give a gift of any amount at renewing your mind.org. |
| 1:14.0 | In a society that is largely driven by feelings |
| 1:18.0 | and people are encouraged to follow their heart, |
| 1:21.0 | Christians must remember that we need our minds renewed, our feelings and our hearts |
| 1:24.9 | transformed. But how does that happen? Here's Dr Ferguson. |
| 1:29.1 | What is it that God gives to us in His Grace that enables us to grow as Christians |
| 1:38.9 | within the context of the life of the Church and in our individual Christian life. Sometimes these things are called |
| 1:46.8 | the means of grace, but if we use that expression we need to be careful about what we mean. We don't |
| 1:54.8 | mean means that we use like putting money into a slot machine and if we use these |
| 2:00.1 | means then lo and behold if we press the right button we will get grace out of |
| 2:06.0 | the slot machine. We're not so much talking about the means that we use to accomplish |
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