Sinclair B. Ferguson

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1,725 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 15 Aug

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Renewing Your Mind · The Face of God · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

So what are we learning here?

We're learning that the Spirit is personal.

We're also learning

that there is a progress in the revelation of the Spirit.

There's a progress in this intimacy with the Spirit.

Part of that progress is that under the old covenant, there are some who have special access to the Lord and others hear of that access and are able to rejoice in it.

But under the old covenant, Moses prays, oh God, is it not possible that what I experience in the intimacy of my fellowship with you, all may experience?

And then the third thing I want you to notice is this, that the ultimate goal of God's Spirit's work is to bring His people rest, to bring His people rest.

One of the things that happens because of the fall is that people become restless, don't they?

East of Eden, that very expression conveys the restlessness of men and women without God.

And there's a restlessness even in the wilderness.

And it's fascinating to me that when Isaiah looks back upon the rebellion of the people in the wilderness, he makes it clear that what the Spirit was seeking to do was to bring them into the promised land and give them a sense of rest.

Now, actually, that's a theme that goes way back almost to the beginning of the Bible.

Do you remember why Noah was given the name Noah?

It was because the name Noah sounded like the word rest.

And his parents said, perhaps this is the child, the person who's going to bring us rest.

Perhaps this is the promised son of Genesis 3.15 who will bring us redemption and restore ardor and give us fullness of life and give us rest.

But it wasn't Noah.

And when the Holy Spirit worked in the Exodus days, it was to bring the people into the land flowing with milk and honey so that they might get a taste of rest.

But that wasn't the Spirit's final work, was it?

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