Reasons Why Some Will Not Come, Part 1

Driving home: I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Martin uses the analogy of a healthy person having no felt need for a doctor to illustrate how those ignorant of their sin do not feel a need for Christ, the Great Physician.

They were also getting at their master. Why does your master, why does he, along with you eat with publicans and sinners? Jesus answering, said unto them, they that are in health, those who are in a state, a state of physical wellbeing have no felt need of a doctor. And therefore they don't get on the phone and doctors appoint the person who has no fever, who has no pain, who has none of the symptoms of a physical malady, unless he simply enjoys the wallpaper in the doctor's office and the music that comes over the loudspeaker or has a crush on the doctor or simply likes to have conversation w...

21:12 - 22:16 Read in full sermon

The point: Do not pride yourself that you can sit through sermons and be indifferent to Christ's overtures; don't develop calluses on your conscience.

He uses the example of children lying to their parents and the subsequent feeling of guilt from conscience to illustrate the inescapable testimony of conscience regarding sin.

are reiterated yet yet they have to reckon with this reality Romans 2 verse 14 for when the Gentiles who have not the law do by nature the things of the law these not having the law are a law unto themselves in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts and how do they show it how do they manifest this consciousness of God's authority and God's right to say do this and don't do that how do they show that the ordinance of that. The original constitution of man in his uprightness is yet there within them how is that manifested their consciences bearing witness there with and thei...

30:51 - 32:13 Read in full sermon

Driving home: As one has said, if you would be married to Christ, you must be prepared to divorce your sins.

The story of the rich young ruler is used to illustrate impenitence, where a person knows their need for eternal life but is unwilling to part with a cherished sin (his possessions) to follow Christ.

What is your problem? Your problem is you know that in coming to Christ you must be prepared to part with your sins. And that's the rub. Like the rich young ruler, you remember?

43:33 - 43:47 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin asserts that this impenitence is also inexcusable, as clinging to any sin leads to damnation. He uses the example of the woman at the well and the imagery of cutting off a…

The encounter with the woman at the well is used to show how Christ pinpoints and demands repentance from specific, darling sins, not just sin in general.

He didn't say that to many others. But in his dealings with this individual, he knew there was the issue. With the woman at the well, you remember what the issue was with her? He said, I want this life, this water of life.

47:44 - 47:59 Read in full sermon

The point: Behold the scarred and twisted lives of those who, for unwillingness to part with some sin, refused to come to Christ in their youth.

Martin shares the tragic story of his aunt's adopted son, whose life was ruined by drunkenness and lechery, to illustrate the scarred and twisted lives of those who refuse Christ's demands and cling to sin.

My dear aunt, one of my mother's sisters, had a large heart for needy children. And in addition to her own daughter, she adopted two children.

53:01 - 53:17 Read in full sermon