The Lordship of Christ, Part 1

The point: Do not give any impression that people may be saved by snatching at the benefits of the cross while refusing to submit to the implications of his crown.

Martin illustrates the danger of a 'divided Christ' gospel by showing how a Sunday school teacher teaching a defective view can comfort a young person wounded by conviction, leading them to false assurance and cooperating with the devil in damning children.

And again, I'm not limiting this to professional evangelism from the pulpit. I'm talking about evangelizing as we teach and instruct our children, as we witness to our neighbors, as we conduct our Sunday school class. It is unscriptural to give any impression that people may be saved by snatching at the benefits of the cross, while refusing to submit to the implications of his crown. And mark it, if you have one Sunday school teacher in this church, who is preaching and teaching a divided Christ, the devil will see to it that every young person who begins to be wounded by the wounds of Holy Gh...

3:43 - 5:08 Read in full sermon

Driving home: I have within me a veritable artesian well of pollution. Not just a cesspool of iniquity but an artesian well of iniquity that is sprouting up and defiling me.

This analogy compares needing a ticket (legal right) and ears (fitness) to enjoy a concert with needing both a 'title to heaven' (forgiveness of sins) and 'fitness for heaven' (a transformed heart) for spiritual salvation, highlighting man's two basic needs.

Not just a cesspool of iniquity but an artesian well of iniquity that is sprouting up and defiling me. And it's that bad heart that bars me from heaven morally or practically. For if God were to blot out my record and let me into heaven with a heart that is opposed to his holy law, Romans 8, 7, the carnal mind is not subject to God, neither indeed can it be. If God were to change my record and let me into heaven I wouldn't be fit because I'd have a heart, a nature that would make me unfit practically for heaven, the place of light, of holiness, of purity, where God is all in all, where his wil...

19:04 - 20:27 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin expounds Matthew 7:21, asserting that only those 'doing the will of my Father' will enter heaven. He applies this practically to various areas of life, challenging…

A story of a preacher in Florida asking young people if they were doing God's will versus if they believed they were going to heaven, revealing a disconnect between profession and practice, and setting up Matthew 7:21 as the text.

You don't need to look that up in the Greek, do you? You don't need to run to the commentaries. I'll tell you the interesting experience the preacher had. I don't know the man personally, I just know of him through some mutual friends.

38:26 - 38:39 Read in full sermon

The point: Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. What do you do with the Lord's Day?

Martin uses the term 'Protestant Catholics' to describe evangelicals who attend church on Sunday morning but then spend the rest of the day pursuing their own pleasures, illustrating a lack of serious obedience to God's will for the Lord's Day.

We're raising a breed of Protestant Catholics. You know what I mean by that? Catholics go to early Mass and do as they please the rest of the Lord's Day. I see this thing in our evangelical churches.

44:37 - 44:44 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Examining John 10:27-29, Martin explains that Christ's 'sheep' are branded by an 'open ear' (hearing His voice) and an 'obedient foot' (following Him). He warns against…

The analogy of branding sheep with an 'open ear' and an 'obedient foot' is used to describe the two characteristics of Christ's true sheep: hearing His voice and following Him, connecting these actions to genuine possession of eternal life.

They say, well, I brand all my sheep. Just like they brand cattle, the Lord says, I brand all my sheep. How do you brand them, Lord? The Lord says, look, listen.

48:35 - 48:43 Read in full sermon