Mortification of Sin – Page 3

The Fearful End of Ignorance – Studies in The Pilgrim’s Progress by Thomas Sullivan

10 Sep 2023 Michael A

This post is about a sermon on The Pilgrim’s Progress, focusing on the character ‘ignorance.’ The contents of the post emphasized how this is relevant to all Christians who are born again and walking in the WAY; in other words, on pilgrimage through the wilderness of this world. Highlight points identify the contents of the 40-minute sermon with some statements from the sermon. Also, there is a link to a post from last week that identifies all the characters in Bunyan’s book and concepts, themes…. Besides the Bible, Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is the most meaningful book you will read about the Christian walk. It identifies many aspects of the Christian battle, especially diversions temptations, lies, false teachers… that take a believer off the true path. The believer must return to that path after becoming aware of being temporarily duped, deceived, tricked….

Basic Instructions For Battling Sin – Pastor Mayfield via John Owen

18 Aug 2023 Michael A

The two very brief videos in this post provide foundational instructions on battling sin from the works of John Owen. Pastor Mayfield explained that God wants Christians to sin less; that all Christians sin; that a Christian must seek God’s help via prayer to successfully fight sin…. The contents of these videos necessary building blocks for a Christian walk. These two videos are from a 17-part series, but stand alone. New and old Christians alike can benefit from what Pastor Mayfield explains because such things are not typically part of the Sunday church service….

Proverbs 5:22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him…. [Explained from Commentaries]

16 Aug 2023 Michael A

The two verses looked at in this post are some of the most frightening in the Bible. They are about those people who think they are getting away with sinning. These not only apply to the believer who is backsliding, but to those marauders who are doing smash and grabs; to those manipulators cheating to win elections; those malevolent globalists creating vaccines to harm others and rid the earth of them, or who are orchestrating famines to accomplish that end… but they are God’s words to all who think they can get away with sinning: the act of sin carries its own punishment. [I reviewed these for my own edification, as my attitude towards some sins is not yet biblical; hopefully, others will find this post worthy of contemplating.]

Two Ways To Live – Proverbs 9 – Charles Bridges Commentary – Part 2 of 3

11 Jul 2023 Michael A

The purpose of this post is to help Christians get some additional insight into their struggles with temptation: lady wisdom represents the call of the Bible vs lady folly, the call of the world. Satan works against the Christian via the world system; lady Folly is the voice of that world system. Satan uses his dupes, works through them, to invite Christians to partake of delicacies from his kingdom….

C H Spurgeon – Morning and Evening Thoughts – Devotional

4 Jul 2023 Michael A

Spurgeon’s morning thoughts are about how God’s truth sanctifies a believer. Therein, he explains mortification, vivification and perseverance. His evening thoughts contrast those who value the things of God with those who value the empty things of this world. The information in each will help you assess your own Christian walk, mindset….

Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices, Chapter 2 (Part 1) | Thomas Brooks

12 Mar 2023 Michael A

This post contains an audio book reading of the first two of Satan’s “devices” and two of the four remedies for each device. There is also text from the Kindle version so you can follow along, as recommended on the intro portion of this video series (not included in this post). Included is a link to the entire series for interested readers.

‘Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices’ by Thomas Brooks [Overview by Banner of Truth]

12 Mar 2023 Michael A

In the 3-minute video of this post, Warren Peel, of Banner of Truth Publishing, provides an overview of Thomas Brooks’ book, Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices. Since my next post will be on that book, I thought this video would more fully explain the subject matter of Brooks’ book.

Galatians 5:17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit….

8 Feb 2023 Michael A

Learning to walk in the Spirit is absolutely essential if you would please God and make it into heaven. I am not satisfied with my own comprehension of such verses found in Paul’s epistles. These verses specifically identify a problem that occurs throughout scripture in that God calls us to repent and obey, and we want to rule our own lives and follow our own inclinations…. Seeing the problem clearly in your own walk is the first step in rectifying it. Exhortations that hold out the solution are found in the epistles and generally in scripture; that would be submitting to the Spirit’s guidance out of a love of God; using God’s appointed means, the armor He has given us with which to fight the fight of faith. But to use God’s appointed means of prayer and scripture reading, e.g., when we are bent on pleasure seeking to fulfill the inclinations/lusts of our heart, is impossible….

Heaven Taken By Storm, an excerpt – Thomas Watson

8 Dec 2022 Michael A

There are two brief videos in this post; they are excerpts from Puritan Thomas Watson’s book, Heaven Taken by Storm. The first, 3 ½ minutes, is about sin and how to fight it; the second, 4 ½ minutes, is about the word and its benefits. There is a link to the 27-minute video from which I took these excerpts. Watson’s scriptural text is Matthew 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.

Q & A Panel on The Protestant Reformation – Ligonier Ministries

28 Oct 2022 Michael A

The following 32-minute video is a Q & A panel on the Protestant Reformation, held at Ligonier Ministries. From left to right, the panel consists of Pastors Stephen Nichols; Sinclair Ferguson; Derrick Thomas; Burk Parsons and R C Sproul. [The video is from 2018]. Sermon highlight points are included. Also there are links to the movie, LUTHER; and to R C Sproul’s study series on Justification by Faith Alone, which actually emerged as the core issue of the reformation. It is a 15 lecture series, the lecture titles are listed

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