Attributes of God

In '1981 Psalm 90,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Psalm 90, a prayer of Moses, to guide profitable New Year's meditation. He first establishes Moses' fundamental confession of God as the eternal…

Pastor Martin expounds Matthew 12:15-21, focusing on Isaiah 42:1-4, to reveal Christ as the tender Preserver of His people. He uses the imagery of the 'bruised reed' and 'smoking flax' to illustrate…

In 'The Brook Cherith,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Kings 17:2-7, detailing God's directive, promise, Elijah's obedience, and the fulfillment of that promise. He draws out profound lessons…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Kings 21, detailing the covetousness of Ahab, the integrity of Naboth, and the wicked plot of Jezebel, culminating in Elijah's pronouncement of judgment. He uses this…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 1:18, focusing on the death of King Ahaziah and the prophet Elijah's confrontation with his messengers. Martin draws out five attributes of God…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 2 Kings 1, arguing that God's character as a 'consuming fire' is not lessened but intensified in the New Testament era due to the fuller revelation of Christ. He…

In "Lessons from the Acts of Jehu," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 2 Kings 9-10, revealing four crucial truths about God amidst the brutal narrative of Jehu's anointing and judgment on Ahab's house…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:3, focusing on the doxology 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.' He meticulously defines what it means to 'bless God,' emphasizing…

Pastor Albert N. Martin preaches on "The Nature of God in Himself," arguing that a proper understanding of God's infinite, eternal, and unchangeable holiness, justice, and truth is the essential…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Isaiah 55:1-3, revealing God's passionate disposition of heart towards thirsty, impoverished sinners. He contrasts humanity's futile attempts to satisfy their souls…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Proverbs 3:3-4, focusing on the twin virtues of 'mercy and truth.' He demonstrates from numerous Old Testament passages that these are essential attributes of God…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 2:6, focusing on Christ's hatred for the deeds of the Nicolaitans. He argues that Christ's hatred is pure and holy, an essential attribute for true worship and…

Pastor Martin expounds Isaiah 53:6 to explain the Bible's core message: the bad news of humanity's sinful condition and the good news of God's provision for sin through Christ's substitutionary…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Peter 1:3-5, focusing on the preservation and perseverance of the saints. He argues that God's power guards believers through faith unto a salvation ready to be…

Pastor Martin expounds Joshua 7:16-18, detailing God's methodical discovery of Achan's sin through the casting of lots. He draws out three fundamental principles: no external privileges can prevent…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on 'The Setting' of the atonement, arguing that its glory can only be fully appreciated when understood within its broader biblical context. Using the…

Pastor Martin continues his New Year's message, focusing on the third 'ballast-creating truth': that God is our loving, all-knowing, kindly-disposed, but principled Father in heaven. Expounding…

In this communion meditation, Pastor Martin continues a New Year's series, focusing on the third 'ballast-like truth': that God is our loving, all-knowing, kindly disposed, but principled Father in…

In "Basic Assumptions," Pastor Albert Martin lays the groundwork for a series on singleness by establishing two fundamental theological assumptions: the Father's concern and the Father's word…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:3, 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.' He…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:3-6, focusing on the first stanza of Paul's hymn of praise to God the Father. He defines 'praise,' 'glory,' and 'grace,' arguing that…

Pastor Martin begins a series on the biblical doctrine of forgiveness by establishing its central place in God's character, the gospel's substance and proclamation, and the believer's initial and…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Romans 8:32, 'He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?' He argues that God the…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 15:33-34, focusing on the darkness and Christ's cry of abandonment on the cross. He argues that this event supremely reveals God's character, specifically His…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on Matthew 27:50-54 and Mark 15:37-39, focusing on the earthquake and rent rocks that accompanied Christ's death. He argues that these miracles were…

The third assertion about God in the Here We Stand series: that He is the God of infinite goodness. After surveying Old and New Testament assertions of God's goodness and offering a working…

Moving to the second line of evidence for Christ's deity, Pastor Martin considers the distinguishing attributes of God that Scripture ascribes to Jesus Christ. He demonstrates three of them in this…

Pastor Albert N. Martin returns to his 'Here We Stand' series, providing an extensive review of past topics—the authority of Scripture, the nature of God, and the person and offices of Christ—before…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Jonah 4:1-5, detailing Jonah's carnal anger, petulant prayer, and perverted hope in response to God's mercy on Nineveh. He uses this narrative to warn believers about…

Pastor Martin expounds Jonah 4:6-11, detailing God's patient rebuke of Jonah's carnal anger and self-centeredness through the symbolic actions of the gourd, worm, and hot wind, coupled with probing…

In "God's Relationship to Us and Ours to Him," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on Romans 1:18-25 and Acts 17:22-29, arguing that a robust understanding of justification hinges on recognizing God as…

In the sixth and final sermon on Psalm 46, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the repeated pronouncement of faith in verses 7 and 11: 'The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.'…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Romans 8:32, "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?" He systematically unpacks…

Pastor Martin shares a devotional and instructional lesson on God's amazing creation and partial restoration of the hearing ear, prompted by his recent cochlear implant surgery. He expounds on Psalm…

In "Seeing TBC Thru the Eyes of a Visitor, Part 1," Pastor Albert N. Martin leads a guided discussion on how Trinity Baptist Church's corporate worship should appear to a visitor. He argues that…

In 'Use Not Vain Repetitions,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Matthew 6:7-8, warning against the 'vain repetitions' characteristic of heathen prayer. He argues that such prayer stems from a…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Matthew 6:9-15, focusing on the opening phrase "Our Father which art in heaven." He establishes three principles for understanding the Lord's Prayer: it is an outline…

In this introductory sermon to a series on the sovereignty of God, Pastor Albert N. Martin lays the groundwork for approaching this profound doctrine. He emphasizes that believers must rely on…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 11:33-36, arguing that all things are 'of Him, through Him, and to Him,' meaning God is the origin, means, and goal of all existence and events. He challenges listeners…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, defining the "word of the cross" as the proclamation of salvation through Christ's atoning sacrifice. He contrasts its reception, explaining why it is…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Romans 8:1-17 and Galatians 4:4-6, outlining four experiential blessings of adoption: the gift of the Spirit of adoption, the pledge of the Father's provision, the…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 John 3:1-4 and John 1:11-13, focusing on the privileges of adoption in Christ. He argues that believers receive an irreversible legal status as children of God and…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the foundational truth of God's absolute sovereignty, drawing primarily from Psalms 93, 96, 97, 99, Daniel 4, Isaiah 46, Matthew 10, Acts 4, and Revelation 4-5. He…

Pastor Albert N. Martin preaches on the foundational assumption of all true prayer: a two-fold recognition of God's being as revealed in Scripture and our relationship to Him as Father through…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Kings 17:1, focusing on Elijah's dramatic confrontation with King Ahab. He details Elijah's identity, the significance of his name and residence, and the…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:11-14, focusing on the believer's 'inheritance in Christ.' He meticulously establishes the proper translation of 'inheritance' as something believers…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 1:11, focusing on the profound statement that God "worketh all things after the counsel of his will." He systematically unpacks the concepts of God's eternal purpose…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Acts 17:30-31, focusing on God's universal command to repent. He systematically unpacks the identity of the commanding God as Creator, Sovereign, and Judge, and…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 8:31-32, highlighting the 'spiritual goldmine' of promises, privileges, and prospects for the child of God. He divides the text into two main headings: the greatness of…

Continuing to display the distinguishing attributes of God possessed by Christ, Pastor Martin devotes this message to the omniscience of Christ. He expounds John 1 (Christ reading Nathanael's heart…

Pastor Martin expounds Jonah 1:3, focusing on Jonah's blatant disobedience to God's commission to preach to Nineveh. He first details the facts of Jonah's flight to Tarshish, explaining that fleeing…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 4, presenting it as a vision of God's sovereign throne and its occupant, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He argues that this vision, given to John amidst…

In this New Year's sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Romans 8:32, presenting it as a 'New Year's Promise' for believers. He argues that God's ultimate act of not sparing His own Son, but…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 8:31-32, highlighting the 'promises, privileges, and prospects' of a Christian. He argues that God the Father's ultimate act of love in delivering His own Son for us…

Pastor Martin expounds Proverbs 20:12, "The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made even both of them," asserting that these human faculties are direct creations of God, not products of…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Romans 8:31-32, revealing it as a spiritual goldmine of Christian promises, privileges, and prospects. He meticulously unpacks the greatness of God the Father's…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 4, presenting it as a vision of God's sovereign throne and its occupant, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He argues that this vision provides profound…

In "Beware of False Prophets, Part 2," Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of Matthew 7:15-20, warning against the dangers of false teaching. He defines false prophets as those who utter…

Pastor Martin expounds John 10:27-30, focusing on Christ's description of His sheep and the certainty of their salvation. He argues that God's most glorious display of attributes is in the salvation…

Pastor Martin expounds on the nature and importance of the gospel, beginning with its seriousness as a matter of eternal life and death, drawing from Galatians 1. He establishes the Bible as the…