The Power of the Holy Spirit

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Apart from the Holy Spirit, the church’s mission is impossible. Yet by His divine empowerment, no opposition can stop the gospel from going to all nations. Today, Sinclair Ferguson calls us to confident reliance on the Spirit.

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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.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Transcript

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0:00.0	I remember John starts saying that today we have sermonettes that produce Christianettes,
0:06.0	and we would be foolish to think that the slender diet that we experience
0:12.0	is going to turn us into the kind of Christians who will turn the world upside down.
0:20.0	Over the course of three days, thousands of Christians gathered in Orlando, Florida,
0:27.5	to consider the promise of Jesus that he will build his church.
0:32.0	So how is he accomplishing that?
0:34.0	And what is the significance of the day of Pentecost?
0:39.6	This is a Thursday edition of renewing your Mind, and today you'll hear Sinclair Ferguson's closing message from Ligonier's
0:44.7	2025 National Conference. But before we get to today's message, when you show your support of
0:50.9	renewing your mind with a donation before midnight tonight, we'll send you a hardcover copy of Dr. Ferguson's year-long devotional, Things Unseen.
1:00.0	Each day's devotional brings his signature warmth and wisdom,
1:04.0	and each week's reflections follow a theme to help you look to the Lord and live by faith.
1:10.0	Request your copy with your donation at Renewingyourmind.org a theme to help you look to the Lord and live by faith.
1:14.7	Request your copy with your donation at Renewing Your Mind.org before this offer ends tonight.
1:17.5	Well, what did the early church look like?
1:19.7	And was it any different than a typical church is today?
1:23.2	Here's Dr. Ferguson, recorded live at Ligonier's 2025 National Conference.
1:31.7	Well, we've come to the last main session in our study on Christ building his church,
1:39.1	and we're now seeking to remind ourselves that when Jesus promised to be with the church, every
1:47.6	day, always, to the end of the age, he was within that promise, promising to them the gift
1:55.9	of the Holy Spirit.
1:58.3	And you'll remember how he gave his disciples instructions that recorded in Acts chapter
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