Paul's Indictment of the Jews, Part 2

The point: Do everything in your power to ensure all family members are exposed to as much preaching and teaching of God's Word as possible in your home and church.

Martin uses the analogy of distraction spreading through the congregation during catechism to illustrate how easily one can miss a crucial word from God, thereby hindering the message for oneself and others.

in the way of the speaking of the message of salvation that others might be saved is that so let me show you some of the ways that we can very subtly be guilty of this message same sin and come under this indictment when you as the head of your family do not do everything in your power to see to it that all the members of your family are exposed to as much of the preaching and teaching of the word of God as possible in your home and in the church you are in that sense hindering the speaking of the message for it's the divine seed of the word of God sown at the table sown in the Sunday school s...

17:30 - 18:58 Read in full sermon

The point: Do not misinterpret your resolute rejection of God's saving grace as drops in a boundless ocean of mercy; each rejection is captured in a cup, accumulating towards judgment.

Martin illustrates the Jews' misinterpretation of God's mercy: they thought each rejection was a drop in a boundless ocean, but God saw each as a drop captured in a cup with a fixed mark, leading to judgment when full. This highlights the cumulative nature of sin and rejection.

their sin always now what was the problem with the Jews all through this history why were they not struck with fear that they were filling up their sins to that mark where judgment would follow and I trust you'll listen carefully because here I believe is the crux of the word of the Lord to our own hearts this morning they thought that each rejection of the message of God was like a little drop of rejection that fell down into a boundless ocean of infinite mercy and kindness and the was completely absorbed into that ocean so that they could go on forever and ever slaying the prophets killing t...

27:51 - 29:20 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin defines 'the wrath' as the holy anger of God and its attendant punishment, noting it has already come upon the Jews in God's counsels, pronouncements, and historical…

Martin references Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, specifically the man in the iron cage who knew God had denied him repentance, to illustrate the terrifying state of those given over to hardness of heart, merely marking time until judgment.

it pains me to say what I'm going to have to say but if I'm true to the scripture I must say it some of us will be shocked when we see certain of our own young people in days ahead utterly and completely throw over everything that they've heard and perhaps for a time profess to believe and we're going to say how could it be how could it be I'll tell you how it could be by that continual resistance of the overtures of grace and the probings of the word and of the spirit they have been filling up the cup to where God gives them over and no longer strives and they become like the man in the iron ...

40:06 - 41:34 Read in full sermon

The point: Do not despise the riches of God's goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering, but understand that His goodness leads to repentance.

Martin uses the analogy of old store scales, where a few grains can tip the balance, to illustrate how close individuals might be to the 'cup being full' and God's long-suffering giving way to judgment. This emphasizes the precariousness of continued impenitence.

and the mercy of God is holding back that righteous judgment with a view that you might be awakened and flee to him that the goodness of God might lead you to repent of your sin and your pride and your self-determined will and weigh and flee to his son but you misinterpret that you think you think that you're going on in this way and that God is apparently indifferent and each day he said adds a little weight to the treasure house of the wrath of God and one day that great vault will be opened and all the treasure you've stored up every sermon you've heard every tearful entreaty that has been ...

45:59 - 47:29 Read in full sermon