Coming to Christ, Part 3

In this part of the sermon: He reviews the first two aspects of coming to Christ: the recognition of spiritual need that only Christ can meet (not mere psychological need) and the revelation of Christ's…

Martin quotes a 'cursed chorus' about loneliness and Jesus to illustrate how preaching the gospel to meet mere psychological needs is a defect.

Are you frustrated? Are you lonely? Then come to Jesus. That cursed chorus.

4:59 - 5:06 Read in full sermon

The point: See yourself as lost, tremble under God's wrath, and recognize Christ's suitability to your need, then actively appropriate Him by eating and drinking of Him.

He uses the analogy of writing an ode to food instead of eating it to show that coming to Christ is not merely admiring or confessing His goodness, but actively taking Him in.

Now, drinking and eating are not simply believing that water is able to quench thirst and food is able to satisfy hunger. That's not eating. It's not sitting at the table when you go home. It's not sitting at the table when you go home.

16:35 - 16:48 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: He explains that coming to Christ is an intelligent appropriation, meaning understanding who Christ is in light of the Bible (John 5:39-40, 6:45). He then shows how Christ's…

Martin uses his two hands to visually represent the multi-sided need of the sinner and the many aspects of Christ's person, showing how the Holy Spirit brings them into focus for appropriation.

I thoroughly delight to do this. Just to present the Lord Jesus as He presents Himself to the need of sinners. Will you look at my two hands? I don't know how else to explain this.

25:52 - 26:03 Read in full sermon

The point: Come to Christ exclusively, not to the church, ministers, ordinances, laws, or self-reformation. Come just as you are.

The story of Thomas Chalmers teaching an old woman to 'lip in it' (trust) the bridge, then applying it to 'lip in Jesus,' illustrates the simple act of resting one's soul upon Christ for salvation.

This he gives you tis the Spirit's rising being oh that I could somehow constrain you to come to Christ to actively appropriate him as you would your food this afternoon to intelligently appropriate him in all the glories of his person wherever your need is brought into focus see in Christ the one able to meet it and then to appropriate him in terms of your needs of his work he who became man that he might be among us he who died that he might provide forgiveness he who lives that he might keep us. The story is told of a Scotch theologian by the name of Chalmers one of the bright lights in the...

34:46 - 36:12 Read in full sermon

The point: Come to Christ exclusively, not to the church, ministers, ordinances, laws, or self-reformation. Come just as you are.

The story of 'Happy Jack,' a huckster who found salvation and assurance by confessing 'I'm a poor sinner and nothing at all, but Jesus Christ is my all in all,' illustrates exclusive reliance on Christ alone.

Of a man who was a little huckster A man who went around from door to door Selling goods A poor man And one time when he was going around in his rounds He heard an old woman singing this little ditty I'm a poor sinner and nothing at all But Jesus Christ is my all in all Well Jack, his name was Recalled that little song And so he said well that just suits me I'm a poor sinner and nothing at all I'm a poor sinner and nothing at all But Jesus Christ is my all in all So he began to sing that little ditty And in the process of time The Holy Spirit made the truth real to his heart And saved him Chan...

40:32 - 41:58 Read in full sermon