Orthodox Christianity

The point: Be warned, guarded, and protected from heretics who seek to draw people away from the flock with their errors and heresy.

Martin uses the analogy of wolves in sheep's clothing immediately seeking to snatch away new Christians from the flock to illustrate the constant threat of heretics to new believers.

But it seems that every new Christian is beset by the heretic. When people come to the Lord, immediately the wolf in sheep's clothing go out and try to find them and drag them away from the flock. And this morning, my intention is to warn you. It is to guard you.

13:00 - 13:19 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: The third heresy involves rejecting the doctrine of creation and the fall, particularly by embracing evolution. Martin expounds Romans 1, arguing that such a rejection suppresses…

Martin provides an example of a 'nice fellow' in a Christian college teaching evolution and denying creation/fall, arguing that despite his demeanor, he is under divine wrath and likely prone to moral degradation, illustrating the danger of this heresy.

Wherefore, God gave them up. So you find someone, very nice fellow, in a Christian college supposedly, teaching to the young students coming from these Christian homes, sending the children there, teaching them evolution, teaching them...

31:45 - 32:07 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: The fourth heresy concerns the Lord Jesus Christ, specifically denying His deity, incarnation, perfect life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, heavenly session, or bodily…

Martin uses the analogy of Santa Claus to describe how some liberal theologians view Christ's resurrection – not as a historical event, but as a story that makes an 'impression,' highlighting their denial of its literal, bodily reality.

They think of the resurrection of Christ kind of like Santa Claus. Whether it's real, whether it actually happened in history, space, and time, doesn't really matter. It just matters that this resurrection event has made a great impression on me. That's all that matters.

40:37 - 41:00 Read in full sermon

Driving home: This kind of stuff, this neo-orthodox stuff, this is heresy. It is heresy. It is damning error.

Martin recounts an anecdote from a major denomination where denying the virgin birth was deemed harmless, while refusing women's ordination was seen as hurtful. This illustrates the inverted moral priorities and doctrinal indifference of liberal theology.

In fact, it matters a whole lot. In fact, it makes every bit of difference. One of the major denominations years ago debating the subject of the ordination of women comments to this nature were made. Quote, Denial of the virgin birth hurts no one.

41:12 - 41:31 Read in full sermon