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Quenching the Spirit Part 1 – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

17 Jan 2025 Michael A

What is quenching the Spirit? In a desire to avoid making Christianity reliant on subjective religious experiences, many Christians leave no room for the work and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in their lives. This is quenching the Holy Spirit. The Bible tells that the Holy Spirit is a person who indwells all who believe. The church of today ought to look at the early church found in Acts to see what it looks like to rely on the Holy Spirit for power and guidance. What are the practical applications of this message on Ephesians 6:10–13?

Worry and Anxiety – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

16 Jan 2025 Michael A

The MLJ sermon of this post is another in his series on the wiles of the Devil. In the process of his teaching herein, he said quite a lot that applies to the word-of-faith, prosperity gospels and the Charismatic church. His words clarified their great claims via biblical passages. The thrust of his message was to show believers yet another way in which the Devil undermines a believer’s walk with the Lord, rendering them ineffective, discouraged…. [A song is attached to the post because in that song, one can hear the kind of process that MLJ discussed, in terms of laying down one’s self-striving and surrendering to Christ; quitting on self-guidance and receiving His.]

Attacks on Assurance Part 2 – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

15 Jan 2025 Michael A

Christians can feel as though the Lord has withdrawn His smile from them and are concerned that their current or difficult state may mean that they are not truly a Christian. …This ought to be a great comfort in hardship. Adversity encourages the Christian not to rely on their good works, but to be encouraged that they are being matured and prepared for future glory with Christ. They should not question their justification when they experience trials and suffering. Instead they should remember that when they confess their sins, God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse His people from all unrighteousness. [I added more detailed points for the initial 19 minutes of the sermon and a brief video about how God purifies the saint via tribulation.]

AGENDA Weekly Brief Week of January 4-10-25 by Curtis Bowers

11 Jan 2025 Michael A

This issue of Agenda Weekly provides briefs on the following topics: TRUMP CERTIFIED; THE LEGACY OF JANUARY 6; WILDFIRES RAVAGE LA; ZUCKERBERG SAYS FACEBOOK WILL HALT CENSORSHIP; TRUDEAU SAYS HE WILL RESIGN; GEORGE SOROS AWARDED PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM; SOROS IN HIS OWN WORDS; MUSK VS. UK; FL GRAND JURY RELEASES FINDINGS ON COVID-19 VACCINES; TRUMP REITERATES CALL TO ACQUIRE GREENLAND, PANAMA CANAL; and much more

Physical – Psychological – Spiritual – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

8 Jan 2025 Michael A

In this sermon on Ephesians 6.10–13 titled “Physical, Psychological, Spiritual,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says that the Bible teaches that people are body, mind, and soul. They are more than the matter that they are made of, but the human body also affects its spirit. There is a great danger to turn all sin issues into problems of psychology. They say that a person’s problems are never a result of their sin but are a result of their circumstances. The Bible tells something different. [MLJ says much to help a Christian better assess the difficulties that he/she is encountering in terms of where they are coming from; and he also recommends and illustrates a biblical solution.]

Defeating Satan’s Devices Part 4 – Pastor Patrick Hines Sermon

6 Jan 2025 Michael A

The sermon of this post is part 4 of Pastor Hines 5-part series on Satan’s Devices. In it, he read Psalm 73 and presented 3 devices of Satan and remedies for those. Remedies seem to amount to biblical perspectives that enable one to avoid Satan’s snares.

Faith and Experience – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

4 Jan 2025 Michael A

There are two sermons in this post. The first is a 3 minute 20 second video by Dr John MacArthur to introduce the MLJ sermon. MacArthur’s brief video goes right to the heart of the matter. MLJ’s words confirm what JM said, but MLJ provided a more complete explanation of the relationship between feelings and experience, because he got into the various types of inappropriate feelings and motives behind those. I think MLJ’s sermon explains much 21st century “worship,” particularly in the charismatic churches, but in all churches. MLJ’s sermon will enable you better assess the quality of your own worship.

Worship in the Spirit – Ephesians 5:19 – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

30 Dec 2024 Michael A

What is the role that singing is supposed to play in the church? What are the Lord’s instructions for how He is to be praised through song? In this sermon on Ephesians 5:19 titled “Worship in the Spirit,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones answers these questions and more. In this passage, Paul is concerned with how the Holy Spirit is manifested when believers gather together for worship. Did Paul mean to prescribe the exact style of worship that every church should have? No….

Schism in the Church Part 2 – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

29 Dec 2024 Michael A

The Protestant Reformation created a monumental break within the Western church. It is difficult to deny the necessity of Luther and the Reformers’ break from the Roman Catholic Church whose leaders were unwilling to address heresy and apostasy within the church. But what about the subsequent divisions following the Reformation? Do they carry the same legitimacy as the magisterial Reformers’ break with Rome? Can one know if a division is justified or not? [MLJ provided criteria for when division is justifiable and not, in this sermon. If you’re interested in living by scripture, then his sermon will be of value to you.]

British Evangelist Beaten for Witnessing Christ to Muslims – CBN News

28 Dec 2024 Michael A

The CBS video of this post caption at YouTube: LONDON – An ex-Muslim turned Christian evangelist has been beaten, chased by angry mobs, unlawfully jailed and even stabbed, all for the sake of the Gospel. This is not in Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia. It is officially happening in Christian Britain. Her name is Hatun Tash, and what has been done to her has even caught the attention of the British media. [The 4-minute video reminds me of the beatings the apostle Paul suffered from Jews for witnessing the gospel of Christ in the book of Acts.]

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