Regeneration

Pastor Martin introduces the doctrine of regeneration as the second threshold blessing alongside calling. He answers the question raised by effectual calling — how can a sinner dead in trespasses…

Pastor Martin expounds on the New Testament analogies of regeneration: new birth, new creation, and new life/resurrection. He argues that these analogies underscore the exclusive divine agency, the…

Pastor Martin asks, what precisely does God do in a sinner when He regenerates him? Using an extended illustration of a hungry man eating through distorted tinted glasses that make steak look like…

Pastor Martin answers the question: what are the immediate effects of regeneration? From John 6:44-45 he establishes the moral and spiritual impossibility that no man can come to Christ except the…

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 Albert N. Martin expounds John 2:23-3:15, focusing on Jesus's conversation with Nicodemus to establish the absolute necessity and the mysterious, sovereign, and effective nature of the new…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds John 3:1-10, focusing on the necessity of the new birth. He argues that this necessity is unchangeable because of Christ's authority, universal for all humanity, and…

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of John 3:1-15, focusing on the necessity and nature of the new birth. He argues that the new birth is an unchangeable, universal, and consequential…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds John 3:1-8, focusing on the results of the new birth. He reviews the necessity, source, and character of regeneration, then details the implied results (seeing and…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds John 3:8, 14-16, concluding a series on the new birth. He details the 'pattern' of the new birth, likening the Spirit's work to the wind in its certainty…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds John 3:1-14, focusing on the doctrine of regeneration. He systematically addresses the necessity, essential elements, source, character, result, and pattern of the…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Revelation 2:7, focusing on the promise to 'him that overcometh' and the source of overcoming power. He argues that true overcoming, essential for salvation, stems…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds John 3:1-8, focusing on Jesus's conversation with Nicodemus to assert the absolute necessity of the new birth for salvation. He explains that humanity's fallen nature…

Drawing from a single sentence by John Owen, Martin identifies two damning errors that imperiled souls in every generation: thinking one can enter heaven without the new birth, and claiming to have…

In this sixth sermon on the use of the tongue, Albert Martin argues that the essential prerequisite for overcoming the sins of the tongue is a regenerated heart -- specifically, the new heart and new…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Luke 23:32-43, detailing the conversion of the dying thief on the cross. He reviews the thief's native spiritual condition and then focuses on six evidences of his…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of Matthew 18:21-35, focusing on the principle that 'the truly forgiven by God are also the truly forgiving of one another.' He…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on four 'excepts' from the teachings of Jesus Christ, found in John 3, Matthew 18, Luke 13, and Matthew 5. He argues that these 'excepts' delineate the absolute…

In "The Good Ground Hearer, Part 3," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 4:1-9, 20 and Luke 8:15, focusing on the nature of the "good ground" heart. He argues that only a supernatural work of the…

Pastor Martin turns from the Old Testament analogies of regeneration to the predominant New Testament analogy — the new birth. From John 3 he expounds both the necessity of the new birth (without it…

In "Biblical Basis for Membership," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Ezekiel 36:24-27, arguing that the New Covenant community, and thus the local church, is prophesied and…

Pastor Albert N. Martin preaches on the critical importance of a truly regenerate and genuinely converted church membership, arguing that the procedure for examining and receiving members is a direct…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Deuteronomy 4:1-10, framing his sermon within Trinity Baptist Church's 25th-anniversary 'Manifesto.' He argues for the church's commitment to fervent, persistent…

In "The Nature of True Conversion," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on Ephesians 2:1-9, Romans 3:21-28, and Ephesians 1:13-14 to explain conversion as a radical, God-initiated event involving…

Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 5:17 as the decisive test of genuine Christian experience, arguing that present vital union with Christ is the only ground from which a person may reason backward to…

Martin opens by recapping Ephesians 2:1-10, contrasting the 'before picture' of spiritual death, bondage, and wrath (verses 1-3) with God's transforming grace (verses 4-10), then focuses on the…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 John 3:1-3, introducing the doctrine of adoption as a central blessing of redemptive grace. He begins with a pastoral entreaty against allowing this truth to eclipse other…

Pastor Martin introduces a new sermon series on adoption, expounding 1 John 3:1-3. He establishes adoption as a distinct, higher privilege than justification and regeneration, yet never separated…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 3:1-6, focusing on Christ's message to the church in Sardis: 'Thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.' He applies this to two groups: those who merely…

In "Church Membership and Our Children," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the fifth affirmation of Trinity Baptist Church's manifesto: striving for a membership comprised solely of truly…

Pastor Martin begins a new sermon series, "Membership and Biblical Preaching, Part 1," by expounding 1 Corinthians 3:9-17, James 1:18, 1 Peter 1:23-25, Romans 10:17, Hebrews 4:12-13, and Jeremiah…

In "Membership and Biblical Preaching, Part 2," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Corinthians 3:9-17, arguing that a regenerate church membership is maintained through biblical, discriminating…

In 'Good Ground Hearers Part 2,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 8), focusing on the 'good ground' hearer. He argues that a saving response to…

Pastor Martin continues his series on 'the preaching that quickens,' focusing on truths God has frequently blessed in revivals. He expounds on the necessity, nature, and fruits of the new birth…

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his series on principles of Christian living, focusing on the fourth principle: 'No Crisis Experience Commanded.' He argues against the idea that a 'second blessing'…

Transitioning from the negative to the positive description of the blessed man, Pastor Martin expounds 'his delight is in the law of the Lord.' He defines delight as a spontaneous affinity rooted in…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 6, arguing for a 'radical cleavage with sin' as the definitive beginning of sanctification, a once-for-all act of God in union with Christ's death and resurrection. He…

In this second sermon on 'Union With Christ,' Pastor Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 5:17, defining the essence of true and saving religion as vital union with Christ. He argues that this union results…

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 this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin begins a two-part series exposing the 'carnal Christian' theory, arguing it is a damnable heresy that nullifies the biblical doctrine of holiness. He expounds…

In 'Dealing with Our Awakened Children, Part 2,' Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition on how Christian parents should counsel their spiritually awakened children. He emphasizes the…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds the doctrine of Total Depravity, the first of the 'Doctrines of Grace,' arguing for its foundational importance to understanding salvation. He meticulously defines…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Kings 17:17-24, using the narrative of the Zarephath widow and her son to illustrate 'How God Brings Sinners to Life.' He argues that spiritual life is imparted…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-3, focusing on the pre-conversion state of humanity, specifically the motivation behind the activity of spiritually dead people. He argues that all…

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 Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on God's method of transforming sinners from spiritual death, bondage, and wrath to life, liberty, and acceptance. He meticulously defines…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:4-10, focusing on the method of God's salvation: quickening, raising, and seating believers "together with Christ." He introduces the third axiom of…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Hebrews 12:14, emphasizing that "gospel holiness" is an essential, non-optional, and practical element of salvation, not merely positional. He argues that God's…

Pastor Albert Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 5:17-18a, asserting that the essence of saving religion is being "in Christ," which results in a "new creation." He details this new creation as a…

Pastor Martin expounds on the Reformers' understanding of justifying faith, focusing on Luther's emphasis on personal appropriation and Calvin's systematic treatment of faith, repentance, and…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Acts 2:37-47 and Acts 5:12-14, arguing that the early Jerusalem church admitted only those who gave positive evidence of saving grace. He connects this biblical…

In "Assertive Loving Care for One Another," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on 1 Corinthians 12:18-27 and 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12, arguing that a church's commitment to a regenerate membership is…

Pastor Martin preaches on the seventh distinctive of Trinity Baptist Church: a commitment to righteous church discipline. He expounds five key texts—Matthew 18:15-20, Romans 16:17-18, 1 Corinthians…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the "Myth of Free Will," arguing that the human will, while possessing the faculty of choice, is not neutral or independent in its decisions, especially concerning…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds the doctrine of Total Depravity, the first of the Five Points of Calvinism, drawing primarily from Ephesians 2:1-5, Genesis 6:5, Jeremiah 17:9, and Romans 8. He…

In "No Crisis Experience Commanded #2," Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of a fourth major principle of Christian living: there is no crisis experience promised or commanded as an…

Pastor Albert N. Martin preaches on the Christian's responsibility for the salvation of sinners, grounding his message in three presuppositions: all men are lost under God's condemnation, salvation…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Revelation 2:7, focusing on Christ's entreaty to 'hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' He identifies the Spirit's voice as inseparably bound to the written…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Matthew 11:25-27, John 3:1-11, John 1:12-13, and James 1:17-18 to teach the sovereignty of God in grace, particularly in the new birth. He argues that God's sovereign…