Antinomianism

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Philippians 3:17-4:1, focusing on verses 18-19, to warn the Philippian church and contemporary believers against 'enemies of the cross.' These individuals profess…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Matthew 5:17-20, demonstrating that Jesus did not come to abolish the Old Testament Law and Prophets but to fulfill them. He addresses the extremes of legalism and…

Pastor Martin opens a second appendix to his series on justification, confronting how a believer honors both the once-for-all justifying act of God and the reality of indwelling and actual sin. After…

Pastor Martin expounds Galatians 5:18 and John 1:17, along with a review of Romans 6:14b, to address the antinomian error that new covenant believers are not bound by the Ten Commandments. He argues…

Pastor Albert Martin expounds Philippians 3:1-2, focusing on Paul's opening command to 'Rejoice in the Lord' and his stern warning against the Judaizers, whom he labels 'dogs,' 'evil workers,' and…

Delivered by Pastor Edward Donnelly at the 2001 Southeastern Family Conference, this sermon expounds Romans 6:1-14 to demonstrate that the believer's union with Christ in his death and resurrection…

Concluding eleven weeks on justification by faith alone, Pastor Martin turns to the second front of the devil's attack: the error that justifying faith can stand alone, devoid of works. He expounds…

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his series on the 'New Perspective on Paul,' focusing on its 'subtle appeal' and 'alarming implications.' He systematically critiques the New Perspective's…

Pastor Martin expounds James 2:14-26, clarifying the relationship between faith and works in justification. He argues that while justification is by faith alone, true justifying faith is never alone…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds James 2:14-26, addressing the nature of saving faith and its necessary accompaniments. He clarifies that while justification is by faith alone (Paul's emphasis), true…

Pastor Martin continues his pastoral appendix on justification and sin, reviewing the first two principles and expounding the third: sin in a justified person must be dealt with primarily in terms of…

Pastor Martin continues his series on the presence of the moral law in the New Testament, focusing on Galatians 5:13-15 and Ephesians 6:1-3. He argues that the Ten Commandments remain a binding…

Pastor Albert N. Martin introduces a new sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), emphasizing its unique nature as foundational to Christian life and doctrine. He argues for its study…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on the 'after' picture of salvation, particularly God's method of uniting sinners with Christ. He argues that salvation is fundamentally…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 2:23-3:6, focusing on verses 27-28, to defend the perpetual obligation of the Sabbath for all mankind. He argues that the Sabbath was instituted at creation for…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Peter 2:11-17, focusing on the motives and disposition for Christian obedience to human authority. He argues that believers are to submit to every human ordinance…

In 'Not of Works, Part 1,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:8-10, focusing on the qualifying negative 'not of works' in verse 9. He argues that this phrase excludes all ceremonial, legal…

Pastor Martin turns from the agency of sanctification to the pattern of sanctification, asking by what standard the believer is to evaluate growth in grace. He unfolds the first three strands of the…

In "Sin Problem in the Christian Life, Part 1," Pastor Martin addresses the tension between the once-for-all declarative act of justification and the ongoing reality of indwelling and actual sin in…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 5:19-6:2, addressing the pastoral problem of ongoing sin in the life of the justified believer. He identifies the problem as stemming from the definitive nature of God's…

In 'Union With Christ, #5,' Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his series by exploring the nature of union with Christ, emphasizing it as spiritual, mystical, and indissoluble. He expounds Romans 8, 2…

Pastor Martin concludes his exposition of Ephesians 2:8-10, focusing on verse 10: 'We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God aforeprepared that we should walk in…

Pastor Martin zooms in on Romans 6 as the watershed passage for definitive sanctification. He shows that verse 2 — 'we who are such as have died to sin' — contains the distilled essence of the…

In "Sin Problem in the Christian Life, Part 2," Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his series on justification, focusing on how justified believers should deal with indwelling and actual sin…

In this Sunday school open forum, Pastor Albert N. Martin addresses the Christian Sabbath, specifically the fourth commandment, in response to a congregant's question about how to confront a…

Pastor Albert N. Martin delivers a lecture on the benefits and dangers of topical sermons, as part of a broader series on effective pastoral preaching. He argues that while topical preaching offers…

Pastor Martin expounds Psalm 51, focusing on David's attitude toward his sin and his pursuit of forgiveness and restoration. He argues that true repentance begins with owning sin as God defines it…

Pastor Martin expounds on the agents of progressive sanctification, focusing on the indispensable work of the Triune God. He begins by warning against two common errors: sanctification by naked human…

Pastor Martin concludes his two-part series on justification, distinguishing between the 'once-for-all' justification of the ungodly by faith alone, based on Christ's imputed righteousness, and the…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 6:14b, "For you are not under law but under grace," within its broader context of Romans 5-6. He argues that this verse, often twisted to promote antinomianism, actually…

Pastor Martin continues his series on justification, focusing on Luke 18:9-14, the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. This sermon, 'Justification, Part 6,' expounds on the instrumental means…

Martin opens by reviewing Jeremiah 6:16 and the first session on conversion, then announces the second old path: gospel holiness - defined as a heart and life transformation wrought by the truth…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the doctrines of perseverance and preservation, primarily drawing from Romans 8:29-30 and John 10:27-28. He argues that all who are savingly united to Christ are…

Pastor Martin opens a new section on sanctification by considering it in three lights. He first relates sanctification to the human problem of sin, using the illustration of a drunk driver who needs…

Pastor Martin expounds on the essential 'context' for understanding the doctrine of justification, drawing primarily from Romans 1-8 and Psalm 130. He argues that justification cannot be properly…

Pastor Martin continues his series on justification, focusing on Luke 18:9-14, the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. He expounds the seventh aspect of justification from the Larger Catechism…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on the method of salvation through union with Christ. He argues that being 'quickened with Christ, raised with Christ, and seated with…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Peter 5:12, focusing on Peter's summary of his letter as 'exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast therein.' He details the letter's brevity…

Pastor Albert Martin expounds Ephesians 2:8-10, presenting it as a 'compendium of salvation by grace.' He argues that these verses comprehensively guard the doctrine of grace against pollution at…

Pastor Martin addresses the origin of the fear of God, demonstrating that it is a distinct blessing of the new covenant, not something that grows on natural Adamic soil. He expounds Jeremiah 32:38-40…

Pastor Martin sets the doctrine of justification within the supportive framework of three indispensable truths without which it cannot be rightly understood: the character and position of God as holy…

Pastor Martin concludes his series on perseverance by expounding 1 John 2:3-5, 18-19, 2 John 9, and Jude 20-24. He argues that true salvation is always evidenced by a life of continuing faith…

After briefly recapping the previous study's survey of union with Christ from election to glorification, Martin turns to the nature of the union effected in effectual calling, methodically clearing…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:8-10, focusing on verse 10, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God aforeprepared that we should walk in them." He argues…

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition on the nature of holiness, focusing on 'sanctification continued' or progressive sanctification. He addresses cardinal issues related to this process…

Pastor Martin establishes from Scripture that the word 'justify' is forensic and declarative - to pronounce, accept, and treat someone as righteous in relation to a standard of law - never to make…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Romans 4:4-5, contrasting the 'worker' and the 'non-worker' in the pursuit of righteousness before God. He argues that all humanity falls into one of these two…

Pastor Martin examines the continuous, ongoing effects of regeneration as distinct from the immediate effects of repentance and faith. Following an outline drawn from Robert Law on 1 John, he sets…

Pastor Martin establishes that justification is an act of God, not a process - one is either wholly justified or wholly condemned, with no degrees and no growing into it. From Romans 5:1, Romans 8:1…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 3:24, asserting that the ultimate source of our justification is God's free grace. He demonstrates the centrality of grace throughout the entire scheme of redemption…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the theological basis of Christian liberty, primarily drawing from Galatians 4 and Romans 8. He identifies four pillars: the sonship of believers, their servitude…

Pastor Martin opens the negative side of the catechism's statement of the ground of justification: 'not for anything done by them.' He establishes from Romans 3-4, Ephesians 2, Philippians 3, and…