The Face of God
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Can we find the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament? Today, Sinclair Ferguson shows how the Spirit has intimately revealed the heart of God throughout history, culminating in the fullness of God's revelation in Jesus Christ.
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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 the end of the program to hear how you can request today's featured teaching series from Ligdair Ministries. |
| 0:10.5 | The Holy Spirit is the intimate companion of the Heavenly Father who has the privilege of unveiling the Father's face |
| 0:24.6 | so that we can see what the Father and the Spirit want to do for the children of God. |
| 0:36.6 | Indeed, the greatest blessing of the Christian life is to know God. |
| 0:42.9 | But have you ever wondered how it's possible for us to understand a being who is beyond our comprehension? |
| 0:49.0 | As we just heard from Dr. Sinclair Ferguson, God has given us the means through the work of the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:56.0 | Hello and welcome to this edition of renewing your mind. Thank you for being with us today. |
| 1:01.0 | We've begun a study of the Holy Spirit with Dr. Ferguson. |
| 1:04.0 | Yesterday he introduced the Holy Spirit as the one who brings order to chaos. |
| 1:09.0 | And today we'll join Dr. Ferguson as he explores the role of the Holy Spirit in drawing us to Christ |
| 1:14.6 | and revealing the character of God. |
| 1:16.6 | Here's Dr. Ferguson from his series, Who is the Holy Spirit? |
| 1:21.6 | Now in our introductory study, we were thinking about the beginnings of the ministry of the Holy Spirit, |
| 1:29.4 | and especially his work in creation, how he brings fullness into the emptiness of creation |
| 1:36.0 | and then brings fullness and wonderful joy into the emptiness of our lives, and how he brings |
| 1:41.6 | order into creation. |
| 1:43.5 | And in the same way way all the way through |
| 1:45.5 | Scripture, we are taught about the way in which He orders and reorders our lives for the glory |
| 1:51.6 | of God. |
| 1:52.6 | I want us in this study to think particularly about his ministry in what we call the Old |
| 1:59.2 | Covenant. |
| 2:00.2 | That is, especially in the days of the Old Testament, |
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