Means of Grace: The Lord’s Supper
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 1 August 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Lord's Supper is the rehearsal dinner that anticipates the great wedding feast of the Lamb and His Bride, the church. Today, Sinclair Ferguson helps us gain deeper insight into the Supper's significance.
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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 | Don't look in here and think how can I live but look out of yourself to Jesus Christ |
| 0:06.9 | And so the fact that the supper is a commemoration really underlines for us that all the resources of our salvation are not to be found in ourselves. |
| 0:16.0 | They are not to be found even in our faith. |
| 0:19.0 | They are to be found only in Jesus Christ. A lot of things take place in a worship service. |
| 0:25.0 | A lot of things take place in a worship service. |
| 0:31.0 | Songs are sung. |
| 0:32.0 | Confession of sin is made, benedictions are given, |
| 0:36.0 | and often we celebrate the Lord's Supper. But just because we do these things, it doesn't necessarily |
| 0:42.1 | mean that we know why. |
| 0:44.0 | Or we've taken the time to consider these parts of the service deeply. |
| 0:48.0 | So today, Sinclair Ferguson is going to help you think about the Lord's Supper in eight different ways. This is the |
| 0:55.1 | Thursday edition of renewing your mind and it's so good to have you with us. |
| 0:59.9 | Today's message is the last message that you'll hear this week from Dr Ferguson's series on the Christian life |
| 1:06.4 | So that means that it's also the last day that you can request the entire 12-part series and the digital study guide when you give a donation of |
| 1:15.1 | any amount at renewing your mind dot all but be quick as this offer ends at |
| 1:20.4 | midnight well here's Dr Ferguson on the meaning of the Lord's supper. |
| 1:27.0 | Well welcome to our series when we're thinking together about what it means to |
| 1:32.2 | become a Christian, to be a Christian, to be a Christian, to belong |
| 1:35.4 | to God's people, to enjoy the means of grace that God gives to us, and to run the Christian life |
| 1:42.1 | right to the very end. |
| 1:44.0 | And we said right at the beginning that this kind of study is really for all kinds of people, |
| 1:49.4 | for people who are wondering, what does it mean to be on the inside of believing the |
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