Battle for God's Truth

Puritan Thomas Brooks - An Ever Present Help in Times of Trouble! (Christian devotional) Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Thomas Watson - Lovers of Pleasure Rather than Lovers of God (2 Timothy 3-4) "Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God." 2 Timothy 3:4

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon -The Wiles of the Devil Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

Jonathan Edwards - A Holy Love Has A Holy Object Psalm 98:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. Psalm 99:2The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. 3Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Why Has Satan Filled Your Heart?

Augustine of Hippo - Christ, not Peter, is The Rock

The reasons why Christians are persecuted; Satanic attack as the proof of the new birth; the accuser of the brethren; 'grieving the Spirit' is used only against Christians; repulsing the attacks of the devil. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Attacked By The Devil John 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

A. W. Tozer - The Saint Must Walk Alone

 n The Law of God speaks to the whole of humanity; man sets himself as God; the sin of pride; the unrighteousness that breeds ungodliness; law always carries authority; mankind punished for apostasy. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - The Law and Modern Man John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Puritan Thomas Watson - A Great Change! (Christian devotional) Job 14:14 If someone dies, will they live again?     All the days of my hard service     I will wait for my renewal to come. Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment

And there He Hung - Frederick Whitfield Galatians 2:20 ...(He) loved me and gave Himself for me.

Charles Spurgeon Sermon - Resurrection: Christ the Firstfruits 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Paul's ambition; Paul's knowledge of Christ is not just intellectual; the experiential knowledge; the resurrection life of the Lord; the fellowship of His sufferings : this doctrine explained; attaining the resurrection. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Our Ambition John 1:16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.

Praise Worship Song / Lyrics - By His Stripes we are Healed / Rich Moore Isaiah 53:4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 9 ...Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; Matthew 28:5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. 6 He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said.

The Good Shepherd Giveth His Life for the Sheep - Oswald Chambers (Audio Reading) John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.

Knowledge; man's excuse for unbelief; this attitude not original; the Epicureans and Stoics; their beliefs examined; philosophy still seeking to understand the same questions; the fact of the Resurrection; the judgement to come; God's way of salvation; His Son. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - The Resurrection; its Relevance Today Acts 17:18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

The Easter Message / He Shall Glorify Me - Oswald Chambers 1 Corinthians 15:8 "...He appeared to me also."

The meaning of the Resurrection; sin has to be punished; delivered from our enemies; death is conquered. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - The Wonder of the Resurrection Romans 8:34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

Jesus Christ is Risen Today - Easter Hymn with lyrics Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia! Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia! Who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia! Suffer to redeem our loss, Alleluia! Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia! Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia! Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia! Sinners to redeem and save, Alleluia! But the pains which He endured, Alleluia! Our salvation hath procured, Alleluia! Now above the sky He's king, Alleluia! Where the angels ever sing, Alleluia!

A. W. Pink - Sin's Enormity! (Christian devotional) Jeremiah 44:4 Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!’

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Jesus Christ; Crucified 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

Christian Hymn / Lyrics - O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free! Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me! Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!...

Puritan John Owen Sermon - Perilous Times (2 Timothy 3:1) "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come." 2 Timothy 3:1

Jonathan Edwards - The Religious Affections: Appendix Letter to Gillespie 1747

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Revival: Variations Between Revivals Joshua 4:21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”

Oswald Chambers - The Cross of Christ (Christian devotional) 1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness

Christian Hymn with Lyrics - Beneath the Cross of Jesus Beneath the cross of Jesus, I fain would take my stand, The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land; A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day. Upon that cross of Jesus mine eye at times can see The very dying form of One, Who suffered there for me; And from my smitten heart with tears, two wonders I confess; For wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness. I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place; I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face; Content to let the world go by to know no gain or loss, My sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.

J. S. Bach / O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - Christian Hymn / Lyrics (Choir) O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown; O sacred head, what glory, what bliss till now was thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call thee mine. What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners' gain; Mine, mine was the transgression, but Thine the deadly pain. Lo, here I fall, my Savior! 'Tis I deserve Thy place; Look on me with Thy favor, vouchsafe to me Thy grace. What language shall I borrow to thank Thee, dearest friend, For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? O make me Thine forever, and should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to Thee.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Has Christianity Failed? Luke 18:8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

The Sufferings of This Present Time - James Smith (Christian devotional) 1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Octavius Winslow - What, Lord, after all that I have done? Jeremiah 3 13 Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the Lord your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’” declares the Lord.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Labourers in The Vineyard

The Iniquity of the Holy Things - Spurgeon Devotional Morning & Evening Daily Readings (Jan 8 Morn) Exodus 28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Feelings 2 Timothy 1:6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

John Owen - Excerpts from Sin and Temptation Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Charles Spurgeon Devotional: Faith's Checkbook - Commonest Things Blessed Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Trials 1 Peter 1:6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Discipline 2 Peter 1:5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.

Christian Devotional - The Holy Spirit and Redemptive Preaching (Oswald Chambers) "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness...It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." (1 Corinthians 1:18, 21)

Regulated Chastisement - Charles Spurgeon Devotional: Faith's Checkbook Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

Eusebius' History of the Christian Church (1 of 37) Eusebius Pamphilius  -  ( 263-339 ), Theologian and historian Pamphilius Cæsariensis Eusebius is often called the father of church history. He was probably born in Caesarea , Palestine and had Pamphilus as his teacher. His works are of a theological and apologetic nature. He became one of the earliest and most influential bishops of the Christian Church.

James Smith - Carry all your Concerns to Him, in the Arms of Faith 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Psalm 55 22 Cast your cares on the Lord     and he will sustain you; he will never let     the righteous be shaken.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Fear of the Future 2 Timothy 1:7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Needs to Open Our Mouths - Charles Spurgeon Devotional Faith's Checkbook Psalm 81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - Spiritual Depression Romans 6:14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

Charles Spurgeon Devotional: Faith's Checkbook - Condition of Blessing Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

William P. Nicholson - The Sin With No Forgiveness Matthew 12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Jonathan Edwards - Backslidden Christians and the Love of Sin Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

J. R. Miller - The Thoughts Make the Face / Christian Devotional Revelation 1:16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Kenneth Stewart Sermon - Inheriting Eternal Life Luke 10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

John Newton - What a Believer would do, if he Could / Christian Devotional Galatians 5:17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.

Oswald Chambers - Sins and the Surrounding of the Soul (Christian devotional) "Behold, all souls are Mine; . . . the soul that sinneth, it shall die" (Ezekiel 18:4)

Puritan John Flavel - The Touchstone of Sincerity (2/2) Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.