The Glorious End of Life in Christ
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Out of the ruins of the old creation marred by Adam's sin, Jesus will bring the new creation in righteousness and peace. Today, Sinclair Ferguson considers the glorious destiny that awaits us in the presence of Christ.
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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 | O loving wisdom of our God, when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the |
| 0:09.0 | rescue came. |
| 0:11.5 | And the whole of Jesus' incarnation, all an indication to us that the new Adam has come. |
| 0:18.3 | And in the life and death and resurrection and ascension and heavenly session |
| 0:22.9 | and final return of our Lord Jesus Christ, this new Adam means to accomplish what the first Adam |
| 0:30.3 | failed to accomplish. And in order to do it, he will bear the judgment of God against Adam's |
| 0:37.1 | sin and failure. |
| 0:44.3 | I don't know about you, but I often need to be reminded of our future state, |
| 0:49.3 | with the trials of life, the apparent uncertainty of our world, needing to be reminded of the |
| 0:56.4 | certainty of God's reign and our glorious end as Christians. And we have such a reminder today |
| 1:02.9 | on renewing your mind. This is the Thursday edition, and I hope that you're being helped this week |
| 1:09.3 | as you hear messages from this year's |
| 1:11.6 | Ligeneer Ministries National Conference. If you'd like to join us next April in Orlando, Florida, |
| 1:17.7 | you can secure the early bird discount at Ligeneer.org slash 2025. |
| 1:24.4 | Today's teacher is Sinclair Ferguson. He serves as the vice chairman of Ligner Ministries and is a Ligner Ministries |
| 1:31.3 | and is a Ligner Ministry's teaching fellow. |
| 1:32.7 | He recently recorded a new teaching series to help us as we live our lives as sojourners and exiles. |
| 1:39.9 | And you can request this resource, plus a title from R.C. Sprawl, on what comes after this |
| 1:45.0 | life when you give a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org. |
| 1:51.0 | Well, here's Dr. Ferguson with an encouraging reminder on the glorious end of life in Christ. |
| 1:58.0 | So I want to ask you for this session to turn in your Bibles to the eighth chapter of the letter to the Romans. |
| 2:09.2 | I don't plan to expound this in detail, but it will be a good starting point for our consideration of the glorious end. Although in thinking about the glorious end, |
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