There is a faith that seems genuine but that has no saving power. This post contains an 8-minute excerpt of a 32-minute A W Pink which provides some specific points that may help you ascertain the quality of your own faith. Since evangelism has been fairly corrupted the past 200 years, with many false gospels and methods of evangelism being foisted upon potential converts, ascertaining whether your faith is genuine or not is an important matter. The 32-minute reading is also included, as well as highlight points on the 8-minute excerpt.
Category: Conversion
The Sins You Won’t Give Up – Pastor Tim Conway
There are two brief videos in this post, each are sermon excerpts of pastor Tim Conway sermons. The first provides a useful picture of the problem of repentance and the second a graphic depiction of hell. Each will slap you startle you with a dose of biblical reality. We all tend to backslide on occasion, even the great warrior king and poet, David backslid. I believe many Christians are grateful for his failure, as it demonstrated to all who read the Bible that God is merciful and forgiving; and sinners may start walking with God again, even after great failures. The videos provide warnings and encouragement for such as are in need of these.
Spiritual Depression – By Martyn Lloyd-Jones – Chapter 2 Excerpts
This post is about a couple of very important points Martyn Lloyd-Jones makes in chapter two of his book Spiritual Depression. These points are prerequisites to one knowing salvation and Christian joy. Hopefully, this post will whet the appetites of those Christians who have known more depression than joy.
A Sight of Self – Charles Spurgeon Christian Audio Sermons
This post opens with the plight that many believers find themselves in, that their continued vows to stop sinning always fail. That scenario is clearly described, and a remedy is indicated. Sermon text is, Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee….