New Life through Our Union with Christ
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
We must take up arms against the idea that our identity is ultimately found anywhere other than in Christ. Today, Michael Reeves explains that our union with Christ is central to understanding our salvation and our lives as Christians.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
Michael Reeves is president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom. He is the featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series The English Reformation and the Puritans. He is author of many books, including The Unquenchable Flame, Delighting in the Trinity, and Rejoice and Tremble.
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 | Jesus said, because I live, you also will live. Our fate is determined by the head of the |
| 0:10.3 | humanity or body to which we belong. If I belong to Adam, I share his guilt. Death is my destiny, |
| 0:18.8 | whatever I do. If I belong to Christ, all his righteousness and his life are mine. |
| 0:32.8 | The gospel is a simple message. As has been said by others, even a child can understand it, |
| 0:39.7 | yet it's a message that can be contemplated, studied, and mined for a lifetime. And as we do, |
| 0:46.8 | we see more and more clearly how great this good news is. Welcome to the Tuesday edition |
| 0:52.7 | of Renewing Your Mind. We have a special week of episodes, as you'll hear |
| 0:57.2 | messages from this year's Ligeneer Ministries National Conference, and you'll have the opportunity |
| 1:02.3 | to respond to a new resource offer every day. Today's teacher is Michael Reeves, who serves as |
| 1:09.9 | President and Professor of Theology at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom. |
| 1:15.9 | And when you give a donation of any amount today at Renewing Your Mind.org, you'll receive lifetime digital access to two of his teaching series, |
| 1:25.8 | Reformation Truths and the Fear of the Lord. |
| 1:28.8 | And I'll tell you more about those series at the end of today's episode. |
| 1:33.0 | Today's message is on Union with Christ. |
| 1:36.6 | And this subject transformed my understanding of the gospel. |
| 1:40.5 | So I'm sure you'll want to listen to today's message again and again. |
| 1:45.0 | Here's Dr. Reeves. |
| 1:47.0 | Friends, do you know why so many Christians are short on joy, shy in prayer, and so ensnared by their sin. It's because they think they have only a minor problem |
| 2:11.6 | requiring a little salvation. And so they think, well, my problem is I've done a few bad things. |
| 2:24.8 | And so maybe if I do some good things, that will cancel them out. Or God can just forgive me. |
| 2:35.0 | After all, there's not that much to forgive. |
| 2:39.0 | That'll be an easy one. |
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