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No Crisis Experience Commanded #8

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In this adult Sunday school class from December 5, 1982, Pastor Albert N. Martin introduces the ongoing series examining major principles of Christian living. He specifically reviews the fourth principle: that no crisis experience is commanded or promised as essential for living the Christian life. Martin notes that this principle challenges prevailing teachings, both historically and in the contemporary church, which often assert the necessity of such a crisis experience. He offers visitors an opportunity to purchase tapes of previous lessons to catch up on the extensive 18-week study.

Outline 2 sections · 2 min

  1. Sermon Context and Welcome to Visitors 0:05
  2. The Fourth Principle: No Commanded Crisis Experience 0:53

Key Quotes

“Now, what we are doing in our adult class, and have been doing for some 18 weeks of study, is to examine what I have called some of the major principles of living the Christian life.”
“And we've been examining for a number of weeks the fourth of these major principles, one that I have expressed in this language, that there is no crisis experience either commanded or promised as essential to living the Christian life.”
“Now, in opening up this principle, we've looked at some of the teaching which has been present in the church in the past, and even in our own day, which does indeed assert that a crisis experience, is a crisis experience.”

Applications

All listeners

  • If you find the material challenging and you desire to pursue these matters in greater depth, the lessons from the adult class are taped, and you can see Mr. Philbrook after the class and make arrangements to purchase those tapes.

A full transcript is available on the tab. 3 paragraphs, roughly 2 minutes.

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