The Testimony of the Holy Spirit
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How do we know if our assurance of salvation is truly from God? Today, Joel Beeke discusses how the Holy Spirit can apply the truth of Scripture directly to our hearts, giving us a peace that surpasses all understanding.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
Joel Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a pastor at Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, MI. He is also editor of Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society.
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 | Without the application of the Spirit, the promises of God will lead to self-deceit, |
| 0:05.6 | carnal presumption, and fruitless lives. |
| 0:08.0 | Without the illumination of the Spirit, self-examination tends to introspection, bondage, |
| 0:13.7 | and legalism. |
| 0:14.6 | The witness of the Spirit, divorced from the promises of God and from scriptural inward |
| 0:20.6 | evidences, will probably lead to unbiblical mysticism |
| 0:24.5 | and excessive emotionalism. So the three reinforce each other when they are given by the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:41.1 | Why are you confident that you are a Christian? |
| 0:46.0 | Our assurance can increase and decrease in different seasons of our life. |
| 0:48.6 | But as we've learned over the past couple of days, |
| 0:52.6 | there is a biblical way to understand and grow in our assurance, |
| 0:56.0 | whether by the promises of God in Scripture or the fruit of God's work in our hearts and lives. But what about the role of the Holy Spirit? |
| 1:01.7 | And how should we approach this element of assurance without falling into mysticism? That'll be our topic |
| 1:07.5 | today on this Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:17.2 | This is the final message that you'll hear this week from Jobiki series Assurance of Faith. |
| 1:23.5 | So that means it's also your final opportunity to request the complete 11-part series on DVD, |
| 1:27.3 | along with digital access to the messages and study guide. So head on over to Renewing Your Mind.org |
| 1:30.2 | or use the link in the podcast show notes to request this practical resource with your donation |
| 1:35.5 | of any amount. Helping us to avoid emotionalism and mysticism, here's Dr. Beakey on the |
| 1:42.7 | testimony of the Holy Spirit. |
| 1:47.3 | Okay, we're going to begin this lecture on assurance by looking at Romans 816. |
| 1:55.9 | The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. Let's pray. |
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