Grace of God

In "Peter the Man (2)," Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his introductory series on 1 Peter, focusing on Peter's spiritual pilgrimage as governed by God's grace. Expounding on passages from John 1…

Pastor Albert Martin expounds 1 Peter 1:1-2, focusing on Peter's apostolic greeting: "Grace to you and peace be multiplied." He argues that this greeting, while using a common first-century letter…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Peter 2:4-10, focusing on the corporate identity and privileges of God's people. He contrasts two kinds of religion: self-effort versus grace, establishing that…

In 'A Most Encouraging Promise, Part 2,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Peter 5:10, focusing on the divine author and executor of the promise, the setting of its fulfillment, and its substance…

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 N. Martin expounds 1 Thessalonians 1:1, focusing on the apostolic salutation 'Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' He meticulously defines 'grace' as…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Thessalonians 5:28, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you," as a New Year's blessing. He situates this benediction within the challenging context of the…

In this personal testimony sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin reflects on his 50th birthday, using Psalm 66:16 and Romans 11:36 as his guiding texts. He declares God's goodness to his soul, presenting…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Kings 18:1-16, focusing on the character of Obadiah as a picture of abounding grace amidst abounding sin. He contrasts Obadiah's godliness with King Ahab's wickedness…

In 'A Still Small Voice,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Kings 19, detailing God's therapeutic measures for His dejected servant Elijah. Martin first examines Elijah's evasive response to God's…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:1-2, focusing on the salutation 'Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' He defines 'grace' as God's undeserved favor, the…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:8, focusing on the overflow of God's grace in imparting 'wisdom and prudence.' He defines wisdom as penetrating insight into divine realities and prudence…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:8-10, focusing on the 'mystery of His will' as the means by which God's abounding grace imparts saving wisdom and prudence. He meticulously defines…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:9-10, focusing on the phrase "according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him." He argues that God's saving wisdom, revealed through the gospel…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on the transformative power of 'But God.' He meticulously contrasts humanity's natural state of spiritual death, bondage to sin, and…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:4-10, focusing on the 'but God' hinge that transitions from humanity's deadness in sin to God's gracious intervention. He meticulously defines and distinguishes…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:7, focusing on God's ultimate purpose in salvation: to display the exceeding riches of His grace. He argues that God is the sole determiner and executor…

In "Riches of His Grace," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:7, revealing God's ultimate purpose in salvation: to display the 'exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ…

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 expounds Ephesians 2:8, focusing on the phrase "and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God." He argues that this phrase is a parenthetical statement referring to faith itself…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:8-10, focusing on the phrase "that no man should glory." He meticulously connects this purpose of God's salvation to both the preceding statements about…

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 Martin expounds Ephesians 2:11-22, focusing on the Gentile believers' former condition before Christ. He calls them to remember their essential separation from Christ, their objective…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:19-22, demonstrating that Gentile believers are "no more strangers and sojourners" but have been fully incorporated into God's people. He details their…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Romans 6:22-23, demonstrating that eternal life and true conversion are inseparable realities of God's grace. He argues that genuine conversion always involves a…

In 'Peter's Denial and Brokenness,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 14:53-54, 66-72, detailing Peter's threefold denial of Christ and his subsequent bitter weeping. Martin uses this narrative…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 5:25-34, detailing the healing of the woman with the issue of blood. He vividly describes her pitiful condition, her desperate faith, and Christ's tender…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the grace of God in relation to divorce and remarriage, building upon his previous expositions of Mark 10:2-12, Matthew 19:6, and 1 Corinthians…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Genesis 25 and 28, along with Galatians 1:15, to illustrate 'The Method of Grace' through the life of Jacob. He argues that salvation by grace involves God's…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Genesis 28:10-22, focusing on Jacob's encounter with God at Bethel as a pattern of salvation by grace. He argues that God's grace transforms a sinner…

In this sermon, "The Privileges of Grace," Pastor Albert N. Martin concludes his series on Jacob, presenting him as a pattern of salvation by grace. Expounding primarily from Genesis, Martin outlines…

Pastor Martin expounds Philippians 1:1-2, focusing on the apostolic greeting 'Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' He first examines the origin and nature of this…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Philippians 4:23, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit," as the climactic benediction of Paul's letter. He defines 'grace' as God's undeserved…

Martin expounds Ephesians 2:7 as the capstone of the paragraph, arguing that God's ultimate purpose in all of salvation - the quickening, raising, and seating of sinners with Christ - is to display…

Pastor Martin continues his series on 'Peter the Man,' focusing on Peter's spiritual pilgrimage before Pentecost. He examines Peter's unusual prominence and privileges among the apostles, arguing…

In "The Essential Grace of Humility, Part 1," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Peter 5:5b, urging all believers to "gird yourselves with humility." He defines humility as a 'lowliness of mind' that…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 John 3:1-3, Romans 8, and Galatians 4:5, detailing the nature and legal privileges of adoption. He begins by distinguishing adoption from justification and regeneration…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 John 3:1-4, focusing on the fundamental meaning of adoption as a central blessing of salvation. He defines adoption through the Apostle Paul's use of the Greek word…

In 'Christian Liberty #10,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Galatians 5:1, 'For freedom did Christ set us free; stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.' He argues that…

Pastor Albert N. Martin, in the second sermon of his 'Foundations' series, expounds Ephesians 4:1-6, John 17, and Philippians 2:1-12 to argue that the foundational element of true church unity is a…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the doctrine of Effectual Calling, a sub-point of Irresistible Grace, addressing the question of why some heed the gospel call while others do not. He clarifies…

Pastor Martin expounds Luke 23:32-43, detailing the conversion of the dying thief as a vivid demonstration of God's transforming grace, paralleling Ephesians 2:1-10. He first describes the thief's…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Luke 23:39-43, focusing on the conversion of the dying thief, to illustrate the magnitude of salvation by grace. He draws out six principal lessons, emphasizing…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:15-23, focusing on the 'exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe.' He outlines the subject, characteristics, recipients, and measure of…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, addressing the question, "What Constitutes a Man a Christian?" He argues that true Christian transformation is authored by God, motivated by His…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on the practical results of union with Christ. He argues that God's method of salvation, quickening, raising, and seating believers with Christ, not…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:8-10, focusing on the essential nature and principal cause of salvation. He defines 'saved' as a divine rescue from sin and its consequences, unto all the…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:8-10, focusing on the phrase "through faith" as the instrumental means of salvation. He defines faith as the exclusive means by which sinners are united to Christ…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:8-10, continuing his series on the nature of saving faith by focusing on its third essential element: trust (fiducia). He argues that true saving faith…

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 Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of Ephesians 2:8-10, focusing on the qualifying negative, "not of works." He meticulously examines the Apostle Paul's background as a zealous…

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 Albert N. Martin delivers a sermon titled "Biblically-Based Definition and Description," focusing on the nature of forgiveness, both divine and human. He begins by surveying the linguistic…

In "The Truly Forgiven by God are Forgiving of One Another #1," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Matthew 18:21-35, Mark 11:25, and Luke 6:36-37, arguing that genuine forgiveness from God is always…

In 'Mark: the Man,' Pastor Albert N. Martin introduces his series on the Gospel of Mark by examining the human author, John Mark. Drawing from Acts and the Epistles, Martin details Mark's name…

Pastor Martin expounds Genesis 25:19-26, Malachi 1:2-3, and Romans 9:10-16 to demonstrate the sovereignty of God's grace in salvation, particularly concerning its subjects. He uses the historical…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the doctrine of Irresistible Grace, the fourth point of Calvinism, primarily drawing from John 6:37, 44, John 10:16, and Acts 16:14. He defines it as the Holy…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Jonah 2:10-3:4, focusing on Jonah's renewed commission and his subsequent obedience. He highlights the sovereignty, grace, and explicitness of God's call, even after…

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his series on justification, first reviewing the essential context of God's holiness and man's sinfulness, without which the doctrine cannot be understood. He then…

Pastor Martin continues his series on justification, focusing on Luke 18:9-14, the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. He reviews the biblical meaning of 'justified' as 'declared righteous' and…