Battle for God's Truth

The #Life of Adoniram Judson - Thomas #Sullivan Sunday School class teaching on Judson’s conversion, call, trip to India, Burma, imprisonment up to the death of Ann Judson

God's Will About the #Future - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon James 4:13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

#Evil #Communications Corrupt Good Manners - Iain Murray #Sermon 1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

The #Trinity - Edward Bickesteth ( #Christian #audiobook )

Beyond the understanding of man; the #Trinity in Old and New Testament; the teaching concerning the #HolySpirit; the promise of God; the Trinity in redemption; the Holy Spirit and revival. The Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon Acts 4:31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of #God boldly.

Minimizing sufferings; light weight by contrast; man's sin and the present state of the creation; futility; corruption and bondage; the curse. Minimising #Suffering - Martyn Lloyd Jones #Sermon #Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.

War! War! War! - Charles Spurgeon Sermon 1 Samuel 18:17 Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul said to himself, “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”

The structure of this chapter; the dangers of form and style in preaching; the question of #suffering : why does #God allow His people to suffer? rejoicing in the midst of trials : how do #Christians arrive at this position? suffering; a proof of calling and discipleship; following in the footsteps of Christ. Suffering as Christ's Prisoner - Martyn Lloyd Jones Sermon Ephesians 3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

Andrew #Murray - Let Us Press On To #Perfection - The Holiest of All (44 of 130) #Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if #God permit.

The pastoral problem of suffering; #suffering as a link in the chain of #salvation ; the fellowship of Christ's sufferings; preparation for glory. The Problem of Suffering - Martyn Lloyd Jones #Sermon Romans 8:17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Imprisonment of Adoniram #Judson – Henry Gouger ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST HORRIBLE seventeen months of #imprisonment was endured by Adoniram Judson from 1824 to 1825 at age 37. Little food was given to him. His feet were bound to a large bamboo pole, his hands to another, and at night his feet were lifted higher than his head. Thus he was to swing suspended on the small of his back, his feet tied to a raised pole. His heroic wife brought little bits of food to him, although she and the baby were near death at times themselves and eventually succumbed to the rigors of life in Burma. What was Judson doing during these days in prison? Translating the #Bible , hiding his work in a hard pillow which nobody investigated.

The Carnal Mind’s Enmity to #God - #Puritan John Howe (1630-1705) "The carnal mind is enmity to God, and the effects of this enmity are obvious. This alienation from God is voluntary, affected and chosen: men in their unconverted state, are not only strangers to God, but enemies against God, and that in their minds. A most fearful case, full of astonishment, that the very mind of man, the offspring of God—the paternal mind, as a heathen called him—that this most excellent part or power belonging to the nature of man, should be poisoned with malignity, and envenomed with enmity, against the glorious, ever-blessed God!"

#God Incarnate, the End of Fear! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.

Thomas Sullivan – Puritan Counsels on #Spiritual #Depression Interview on "Iron Sharpens Iron" Radio Thomas Sullivan of #Puritan Reformed Audiobooks is a guest on Chris Arnzen’s Iron Sharpens Iron radio show, talking about 32 years of narrating and Puritan counsels for persons in a state of spiritual depression.

"The war caused many #Christians to focus on #Bible #prophecy and a preoccupation with the end times. Many felt that God's judgment had finally fallen on the godless nations of the world, and Britain was included." Oswald Chambers - Living Aggressively for #Christ (Christian #devotional) Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Little Sins! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon #Genesis 19:20 "Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.” Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

The only answer to man's problem; man turns to false expedients; ignorance of the #truth of God; the fact of sin ignored; the biblical case is proved. Ignorant of the Truth of #God - Martyn Lloyd Jones #Sermon Jeremiah 2:18 Now why go to Egypt     to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria     to drink water from the Euphrates?

You Shall be Hated by all Men for My Name's Sake - Matthew Henry Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. "Here is very much said to that purpose, and all little...

The Secret #Power in #Prayer ! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

#Eschatology an important Biblical doctrine; the philosophical and #Christian views compared; why does a Christian have to die? the Old and New Testament teaching on life after death. #Death and Immortality - Martyn Lloyd Jones #Sermon

Bringing #Sinners to the #Savior ! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon Mark 9:17 A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. 18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.” 19 “You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.” 20 So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

The Conditions of Power in #Prayer - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon 1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

I Know that My Redeemer Lives - #Christian #Hymns with Lyrics #Easter

#Christ the #Lord Is Risen Today (choir) - Christian #Hymn with Lyrics #Easter

Christian #Easter #Hymn with Lyrics - Day of #Resurrection ( St. John of Damascus )

#Salvation comparable to the #resurrection of Christ; no longer under Law; but grace; born a child of Adam; crucified with Christ; a new humanity; the desires of the new man; the will of the #Christian is exercised in a new direction. Risen in Christ - Martyn Lloyd Jones Sermon Ephesians 2:4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Not all ways of looking at the #Cross are true; all else worthless against the glory of the Cross; why glory in the Cross? the wondrous character of the Cross. Looking at the Cross - Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon Galatians 6:14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord #Jesus #Christ , through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

The #resurrection shows the meaning of Christ's death; an apparent contradiction resolved; the unity of Biblical doctrine; the resurrection shows that our justification has been achieved. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones #Sermon - Why Christ Died Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “ #Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Holding Firm to the Faith - Charles Spurgeon Sermon Revelation 2:12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. 13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives. Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

The Difficult Way to #Life / The Broad Way to Destruction - Matthew Henry (Audio Reading) Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." #Bible

Oswald Chambers - #Love Where You Are Not Respected (Christian #devotional) 1 Peter 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because #Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps

Man; and his quest for happiness; is #happiness possible? the Biblical views; man always seeks happiness in the wrong place; no true happiness apart from God. Man's Search for Happiness - Martyn Lloyd Jones #Sermon #Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the one     who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take     or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,     and who meditates on his law day and night.

No Tears in #Heaven ! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne     will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’     ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’

The #resurrection shows Christ's victory; a guarantee of Pentecost; Christ's ascension; enthronement and second coming; the judgement; God's universal kingdom; consequences of the resurrection for the individual #Christian. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones #Sermon - Results of the Resurrection Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

The modern view of the unimportance of doctrine; doctrine and life are bound together; the resurrection of the dead: a fact; the proof of the #Resurrection ; why did #Christ die? sin; the sting of death. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon - If Christ be not Risen 1 Corinthians 15:12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Preaching #Christ Crucified! - Charles Spurgeon Sermon 1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ #crucified : a stumbling block to #Jews and foolishness to Gentiles

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - #Bach (Christian #Hymns / Lyrics) #Easter

#Pray , Always Pray! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon John 16:26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

The supernatural fact of the Resurrection; the experience of the Resurrection in the life of the believer; the unbeliever is dead in trespasses and sins; the biggest fool of all is the 'religious' person. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones #Sermon - The #Power of the #Resurrection John 3:8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” #Easter

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. #Easter

Charles #Wesley #Hymns with #Lyrics - And Can It Be That I Should Gain?

Our Gifts and How to Use Them! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon 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.

Treatise on #Sanctification - James Fraser 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly #lusts which wage war against the #soul .

Our Gifts and How to Use Them! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon 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.

Nearer My God to Thee (lyrics in description) - #Christian #Hymns (Titanic a capella song)

#Christian #Hymns with #Lyrics - I Know that My Redeemer Lives 1 I know that my Redeemer lives! What joy this blest assurance gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead; he lives, my ever-living Head! 2 He lives triumphant from the grave; he lives eternally to save; he lives exalted, throned above; he lives to rule his church in love. 3 He lives to bless me with his love; he lives to plead for me above; he lives my hungry soul to feed; he lives to help in time of need. 4 He lives, my kind, wise, heavenly friend; he lives and loves me to the end; he lives, and while he lives, I’ll sing; he lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King! 5 He lives, all glory to his name! He lives, my Saviour, still the same; what joy this blest assurance gives: I know that my Redeemer lives!

The world unaware of its need; cults and #Christianity compared; there is no salvation without #repentance; the error of the 'imitation of Christ' teaching; repentance; the first teaching of the New Testament. The Need for Repentance - Martyn Lloyd-Jones #Sermon John 4:27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

Flee from the Coming Wrath! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the #Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?"

Forever with the Lord! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon 1 Thessalonians 4:17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the #Lord forever.

How to be Saved! - Bishop J. C. #Ryle #Sermon John 14:6 #Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Luke 13:24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to."

At the End of Your Life! - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon #Proverbs 5:11 At the end of your life you will groan,     when your flesh and body are spent. Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment

Man only a traveller and sojourner in this world; this is the last age; all will be resurrected to judgement; a holy #God : the character of the Judge; only one way of passing from judgement to life. The End of The Age - Martyn Lloyd-Jones #Sermon 1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when #Jesus #Christ is revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

All #Joy in All Trials - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your #faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Be Thou my Vision - #Christian #Hymn with #Lyrics 1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that thou art; Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. 2. Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise; Thou mine inheritance, now and always; Thou and thou only, first in my heart, High King of heaven, my treasure thou art. 3. High King of heaven, my victory won, May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

A synopsis of the Christian #Gospel ; no excuse for sin; man has no claim to salvation; salvation impossible to man; there is no escape from God; #salvation entirely of God. Salvation Impossible to Man - Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon Isaiah 1:9 Unless the Lord Almighty     had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom,     we would have been like Gomorrah.

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - #Bach (Christian #Hymns / Lyrics) 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.

George Swinnock – The Door of #Salvation Opened by the Key of Regeneration "Methinks I see how #Jesus #Christ presents himself to the eye of the dejected soul’s understanding, in all his glory and gallantry, in his suitableness unto the sinner’s indigencies, and sufficiency for all his necessities, with the freeness of his mercy, the fulness of his merits, the sweetness of his love; how he appears before the soul with his retinue and train of graces, comforts, his blood, his Spirit, the favour of God, freedom from sin, wrath, hell."

Are You Prepared to Die? - Charles #Spurgeon #Sermon Jeremiah 12:5 “If you have raced with men on foot     and they have worn you out,     how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country,     how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan? Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment