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The Sacraments – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

This post contains a Martyn Lloyd-Jones sermon on the sacraments. I should have posted it prior to the last sermon I posted on baptism, because it clearly explains how a sacrament is a sign and a seal. Knowing the meaning of these two terms is extremely important in understanding the various ways baptism and the Lord’s Supper are viewed by the different denominations of Christianity.

Furthermore, knowing what a seal is, via his memorable explanation, will help listeners more value these sacraments.

The sermon of this post is from MLJTrust at YouTube, links below.

A sermon by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Sacraments of the Church https://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/grea…

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Sermon Description by MLJTrust:

Is communion a means of receiving grace?

In this sermon on sacraments, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones begins a series on the sacraments and their place in the lives of believers. This topic provokes many different views but as Dr. Lloyd-Jones says, keeping these practices is one of the ways that believers receive God’s grace.

Protestants have held that there are two kinds of sacraments: communion and baptism, and that these two sacraments are outward spiritual signs of inward spiritual grace given by God. However, this is different from the Catholic view, which holds that God’s grace is in the actual water of baptism, and the food and drink of communion.

This difference brings up an interesting question: what is the relationship between the sacrament and the grace that is given through it?

In this sermon, Dr. Lloyd-Jones presents his argument for the Protestant view holding that the sacraments serve to signify the seal of the Holy Spirit and convey Christ’s love to the recipient.

Dr. Lloyd-Jones likens this to what an engagement ring accomplishes. Though the ring itself is not the love of the man for the woman, it is a token, a symbol and new expression of that love.

Listen as Dr. Lloyd-Jones guides the listener through this sometimes challenging subject.

 

Sermon Breakdown by MLJTrust:

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