Category: Sermons
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Summary Points on Christian Baptism (Updated)
Baptism is not a Christian’s public profession of his own decision to believe in Christ (a truly Arminian idea), but the sign and seal of Christ’s own work of washing of a sinner to save him.
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“Abraham the Father of All Who Believe”
Believers-only baptism meant this to thousands of new Jewish converts to Christianity: as soon as they believed in Christ, their children, members of God’s own treasured people, became unclean, detestable pagans, cut off from God’s covenant promises. And not one of them dared question the apostles; they just sheepishly accepted this horrific fact.
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Aliens, Citizens, and a Holy Temple
The idea of dividing God’s people into two, the church and Israel, is completely untenable based on this and many other Scripture passages. Jesus even taught that he has two flocks, one Jewish and another Gentile, but he will gather these two flocks, and “there will be one flock, one shepherd†(John 10:16). Therefore, in…
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“From Where Does My Help Come?” (Psalm 121)
Our help comes from the mountains, which represent God’s dwelling-place. He created them, and all heaven and earth, out of nothing, and therefore his sovereignty and power is infinite and unlimited. No one can prevent or hinder the Lord from helping and protecting his beloved ones.
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His Life for His Sheep
The Bible says that Jesus accomplished the salvation of those whom the Father has chosen. He did not just make possible salvation to all—sheep and goats alike—but he actually saved all the sheep. His death is always spoken of as actually making full satisfaction of the justice of God on behalf of the elect. Thus,…
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Treasures, Hearts, Tithes
The pre-eminent example of a rich person is Christ himself, of whom Paul says, “though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.”
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“I Will… I Will… I Will…” (Ezekiel 36:24-29)
Can a person resist the Spirit once he starts changing their hearts? If an elect person continues to resist the Spirit’s saving work in him, how can God ever accomplish his eternal decree of salvation in him? He will never be saved, and therefore, God’s word will be broken.
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Once Dead, Now Alive (Ephesians 2:1-10)
All these Scriptures point out that all people are slaves of Satan, unable and unwilling to come to faith in Christ. Therefore, unbelievers are walking dead unless the Holy Spirit gives them new hearts. Regeneration comes before faith.
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Our Lord’s Glad News
Our song of grief in the midst of suffering is to turn into a new song of praise after God pulls us out of the muddy pit. This is why the Psalms often speak of “a new song,†not because the Psalmist composes a new song in place of old, boring songs. But because his…
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Sermon Series on God’s Sovereignty in Salvation
Arminians argued for and defended the Rationalistic idea of free will against the great Martin Luther, just as Pelagius did against St. Augustine. Thus this ancient and condemned heresy was revived, and once again was infecting Christ’s Church.