Our Duty Toward the Rising Generation (5)

Driving home: We must seek to maintain an unashamed aggressiveness in proclaiming and defending the gospel of Christ.

Martin uses the disciples' doubt even after seeing the resurrected Christ to counter the idea that direct experience would eliminate unbelief, highlighting the pervasive nature of sin.

in Matthew 28 in verse 16 we read but the eleven disciples went into Galilee unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them and when they saw him they worshipped him but some doubted and let me pause to say for those of you who think if only I could have lived in the days when the Lord Jesus was here amongst us the days of his humiliation if only I could have seen him and touched him and received the multiplied loaves and fishes from his hands and seen his miracles I'd have no struggles with unbelief you won't find that in the Bible one of the sins that Jesus had continually to rebuke to tho...

14:57 - 16:27 Read in full sermon

The point: Do not 'cop out' of contending for the faith due to temperament; this duty is for all believers.

He traces the historical decline of denominations from biblical vigor to rationalistic liberalism, attributing it to the neglect of gospel defense in favor of 'positive' preaching, likening it to leaves dropping off an oak tree.

in God that it is true and the Holy Spirit is the true Word and the rules of the world this is my opinion on my own faith I am under gospel without the defense of the gospel will soon have no gospel to proclaim because the devil is a liar and the father of lies and he never wants for minds and tongues and pens to seek to neutralize the purity of the gospel of Christ and therefore if we are not committed both to the defense as well as the proclamation of the gospel it will not be long before there is no gospel to proclaim trace out the history of how modernism has ruined whole denominations and...

30:32 - 31:51 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: He expounds Romans 3:9-20 and Ephesians 2:1-3 to demonstrate the unchanging, universal condition of mankind as spiritually dead, under sin, and children of wrath, emphasizing that…

Martin describes God's holy law as an 'ubiquitous shut-up machine' that silences human boasting and reveals sin when applied to the inner life, bringing all under God's judgment.

What things whoever the law saith, it speaks to them that are under the law. Notice. Every mouth may be stopped. God says, I've given my law to be a ubiquitous shut-up machine.

46:25 - 46:39 Read in full sermon

The point: Understand and care about the biblical terms like 'propitiation' and 'righteousness of God,' as your eternal hope depends on them; do not be lazy in learning them.

He critiques modern attempts to make Jesus appealing by promising a 'high,' contrasting it with the true purpose of faith which addresses real guilt and God's wrath.

And have people. When they talk about. Have you had a high on this? A high on that?

55:09 - 55:13 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin presents the unchanging remedy for man's condition: the gospel of Jesus Christ, expounding Romans 3:21-26 on justification, redemption, and propitiation. He then uses 1…

Martin uses the example of believers dying with the hope of resurrection to underscore the devastating consequences of denying bodily resurrection, arguing it would render such hope 'baloney' and their faith vain.

You're yet in your sins. Furthermore, think of your relatives who died with the glow of heaven upon their faces. You clasped their hands and they said, I will see you in the resurrection.

64:10 - 64:20 Read in full sermon