Christ's Entreaty (Rev. 2:7)

The point: Beware of any professed intimations of the Spirit that don't flow out of and are bounded by the words of Holy Scripture.

Martin recounts a conversation with a man who rejected the idea of the Spirit's voice being bound to Scripture, claiming inspiration equal to Isaiah, illustrating the danger of seeking new revelations outside God's written Word.

In the light of this, you and I must beware of that fanaticism which looks for new revelations and new voices and for any voice of the Spirit outside of this written revelation of God. When I was in Grand Rapids recently, I hinted at this the other day, I think in prayer meeting or maybe it was last Sunday night, I don't remember, I talked with a man who said, no, he said, I don't like this idea that the Spirit speaking is bound within the pages of the book. I want a fresh word to my generation. He said, I believe we speak with an inspiration equal to that with which Isaiah spoke to his day.

13:38 - 14:19 Read in full sermon

The point: Beware of that carelessness which despises the exposition of the Scriptures.

Martin compares the Israelites growing tired of manna to churchgoers who become weary of biblical exposition and seek 'something new' or 'spiritual fireworks,' illustrating a common spiritual carelessness.

They had that old manna coming down every day until after a while. They say, our soul loatheth this breath. We want something new. Oh, of course, they had a perpetual miracle.

15:26 - 15:36 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin uses a vivid illustration of an 'earless person' to physically represent the spiritual reality of those who lack spiritual ears, emphasizing that such ears are created by…

Martin asks the audience to imagine God physically removing the ears of those without spiritual hearing, covering them with smooth flesh, to vividly illustrate the tragic spiritual reality of being unable to truly hear Christ's word.

Now to try to bring this home to a very practical illustration. Suppose God, by a miracle, were to do something this morning that would make in a physical way an accurate representation of what is true spiritually. Now let me explain what I mean. He that hath an ear, let him hear.

27:35 - 28:00 Read in full sermon