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Who am I? I am the dust that the wind picketh up, and goes where the wind listeth. I am here today, and gone tomorrow. In me there is no good thing. My flesh rebels against it's Maker. I am but an evil thing. Sin has touched every part of my being. I am totally depraved. I am God hating. Spiritually dead, I have made war with God through my mind and my works. I sought glory for myself. I sought to live for myself. I purposed my life to exist for the reason of my own selfish end. That was I. I was lost. But it was then that I finally understood when someone said:
Intense the agony--
When the ear begins to hear, and the eye begins to see;
When the pulse begins to throb, the brain to think again;
The soul to feel the flesh, and the flesh to feel the chain.
And in that lostness. In the realization of the bondage to my sin. God has awakened me to the fact that I am utterly condemned. For God being holy and just, perfect and sovereign, it was just right that He would do away with such a wretch like me who has never done anything but evil and hate him since my coming into this world. Just was His verdict, guilty was my plea, there was no escaping the fact that Hell is to be my eternity.
But o, I could not understand why... why, aside from my wretchedness, my evil, my lostness and hate, He still chose to shine His eyes upon me. Despite the darkness that I loved, the devil that I served, the God of Creation still chose to love me. He chose to Save me. He looked upon the deadness of my soul and gave me life. He looked upon my sin, and instead of wretchedness, He saw the perfection of His Son. It is more than my heart can ever bear, the gratitude I have for God. From the Hell that was for me, He gave His only Son.
I need no other argument,
I need no other plea,
It is enough that Jesus died,
And that He died for me.
Do you imagine that the Gospel is magnified or God glorified by going to worldlings and telling them that they “may be saved at this moment by simply accepting Christ as their personal Savior” while they are wedded to their idols and their hearts are still in love with sin? If I do so, I tell them a lie, pervert the Gospel, insult Christ, and turn the grace of God into lasciviousness.
- A.W. Pink
The Gospel in Contemporary Culture
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"If they used as much... if they used 5% of the imagination involved in creating this roadshow that they've got going in their church to seriously understand the Bible and convey it, they would be amazed at what God would do by His Spirit. So we've got to hold the standard high, we've got to hold it first for ourselves.
'People wont listen to preaching so what we need to do is look at advertising, look at the way they package it, look at the world of entertainment, look and see how they do it.'
But the question when our worship services are over is not how much did the pagan enjoy that. The question is how much did they learned from that? Not how electric was the atmosphere but how clear was the Gospel?
It's simply not true to say that people won't listen to preaching. If people are being awakened spiritually to their need of God they will listen, and if they're not, then no amount of gospel entertainment or evangelistic gimmickry will make them listen.
So, If God's not gonna do it God's way, then its not gonna be done."
- Alistair Begg
Hard to Believe by John MacArthur
This is a must read book for anyone and everyone who loves the Gospel of Jesus Christ. John MacArthur writes so candidly about the truth of the Cross and the message of the Kingdom of God. Indeed the true Gospel of Scripture is Hard to Believe, unlike the modern "gospel" which appeals to easy emotional believism.
If you're going to come to Christ, you're going to have to count the cost. Have you counted the cost? Do you even understand that there is a cost to pay? We know what the price is because, as we've already seen, the Bible tells us clearly, unequivocally, and repeatedly. The price is a willingness to hate your father and mother, if necessary, hate your own life, carry your cross, and come after Jesus. Nothing in the world must we hold so dear that we will forfeit Christ for it.
- John MacArthur
A.W. Pink
The Sovereignty of God
Well it's not actually a sermon, but an audio book of A.W. Pink's awesome treatise on God's magnificent Attribute, "The Sovereignty of God".
I have learned a great deal so far in this 11 part audio. As much as I have enjoyed Jim McClarty's sermon on the topic, it just doesn't fail to leave me in awe and wonder the awesome truths of Scripture about God. Indeed God is Sovereign, Majestic, Omnipotent and Supernatural! Do you know who your God is? Do you know the Almighty Sovereign Lord of the universe? Download this series, and listen as God reveals Himself before you in His glory.
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