The Doctrine of God

The point: Examine the gospel you know, believe, preach, and share to ensure it is the biblical gospel.

An analogy comparing sincerely eating poisoned food, which still leads to death, to sincerely believing a false gospel, which still leads to damnation. This illustrates that sincerity does not validate truth.

Why did the apostle Paul speak in such scathing terms here in Galatians 1, 8 and 9? Why did he say that even though an angel should come from heaven with all the glow of the throne of God upon him and declare a different gospel from that which Paul had already preached, why did he say that the curse of God should be upon him? Why did he reach into the Greek vocabulary and drag out of it the strongest term available, to speak of the terrible displeasure of God upon a man, or an angel, or even the apostle Paul reincarnated, preaching a different gospel? Well, for the simple reason that a differe...

5:32 - 6:38 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Using an extended illustration of measuring height, Martin argues that the only reliable standard for judging the contemporary gospel is the infallible Word of God, not popular…

An extended, humorous story where Martin claims to be seven feet six inches tall, but a child uses a measuring rule on the wall to prove he is 18 inches short. This illustrates that objective truth (the line on the wall) cannot be altered by subjective belief or popular opinion.

asked the question, is the contemporary gospel the biblical gospel? Now, how are we going to answer it? Suppose I stood up here this morning and I said, I want to make a pronouncement to you people. Did you know that I'm seven feet six inches tall, that California air did such wonders for me, and the California food was just as good as the food for the people of California? And I said, I don't know why I'm so scrumptious. And just standing around by those tall palm trees and spending a day among some of the tall redwoods and cedars and trees of that nature, why, it just had some kind of a magi...

9:42 - 10:32 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Examining Acts 13 and Acts 14, Martin demonstrates that Paul's evangelistic approach varied based on his audience. When addressing pagans (Lystra), Paul began with the fundamental…

Used as an example of contemporary evangelism that often begins with 'God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life,' contrasting it with Paul's approach to pagans.

And because they are polytheists, the worshipers of many gods, they figure, well, they must have dropped down out of the water, and they're going to be saved. of heaven. So they give them the name of their gods. They call Paul Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker, and Barnabas Jupiter. Now, when the apostles heard this, verse 14, they rent their clothes and ran in among the people, crying out and saying, Sirs, why do you do these things? Also are men of like passions with you, and we preach unto you that God loves you, and has a wonderful plan for your life. You see, our country has bee...

22:19 - 23:21 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin further illustrates Paul's method from Acts 17 (Mars Hill), showing how Paul confronted Athenian pagans by first declaring God as the Creator, Sovereign Lord, and Sustainer…

Paul's audience on Mars Hill is described as 'the hippies of the first century' to make them relatable to a modern audience and emphasize their philosophical idleness.

Bible are speaking foolishness when they thus speak. Paul had a purpose for doing what he did here. He's standing with these Athenian theological and philosophical beatniks. These were the hippies of the first century. I wonder if they had welfare statism there. I've often wondered how these guys got enough food to eat, for it says in verse 21, for all the Athenians and strangers that were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. Well, how in the world do you get bread on your table if all you do is stand around hearing some new thing and telling som...

26:10 - 27:06 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Hymnody, the songs of any given period of the church, are perhaps one of the most clear indications of the level of the life and worth of that church. For what is singing? Singing is the reflex action of your concept of …

A missionary couple in the congregation is mentioned as 'proofs of this battle' (the battle over the gospel's foundation), implying their experience validates the sermon's argument.

Before this God in judgment whose judgment will be administered through his beloved son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Now is this just a matter of playing with words, dear ones? We're in a battle, I'm convinced, more and more, and this is a life or death battle. We have in our midst this morning a missionary couple who are the proofs of this battle. And I hope Doug and Joyce don't mind me mentioning this just to let you know this is a real thing. When you insist to come to modern 20th century pagans, and that's what we are in this day. For the evolutionary hypothesis or the evolutionary lie has so p...

29:54 - 30:54 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Hymnody, the songs of any given period of the church, are perhaps one of the most clear indications of the level of the life and worth of that church. For what is singing? Singing is the reflex action of your concept of …

Singing is described as 'the reflex action of your concept of God and the truth,' illustrating that the content and style of church music reveal the underlying theological understanding of God.

If we come starting with, starting, you know what we end up with? End up with those, things that are reflected in the hymnody of our day. Hymnody, the songs of any given period of the church, are perhaps one of the most clear indications of the level of the life and worth of that church. For what is singing?

30:56 - 31:17 Read in full sermon

The point: Christian education must begin with Genesis 1: 'In the beginning, God created,' to lay a proper foundation for understanding sin, guilt, and redemption.

The lack of blame placed on rioters in a report on summer riots is used to illustrate how modern society, brainwashed by environmental determinism, fails to acknowledge personal sin and guilt.

When that child's mind has been marinated five and six words a day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Philosophy that says, you're not basically evil. Problems in the structures of society and environmental conditions that are not evil. That make you what you are.

42:50 - 43:14 Read in full sermon