And now, I think, even more than when John wrote, is this the fact for antichrists are multiplying on all sides, and there are even worse evils to come than we have seen as yet; and it therefore behooves Christians to be upon the watch and to let this truth comfort them, that it is the last time. Once get through this dispensation, and the battle is ended; even though the dispensation should be protracted beyond our hope and desire, yet, still, once get through it, and it is over. . 1 John 3:1-2. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. John Piper Mar 17, 1985. Both his audiences and his written works were voluminous: he often preached (out of doors without amplification) to crowds bettering 10,000, and the sheer number of his written sermons is staggering. When weary and worn, still to be busy; to deny, yourself things which may be allowable, but which if allowable to you would be dangerous to others this also is like the Lord. Again I remind you that obedience is essential to Christian discipleship. Once get really to know God and to be like him, and even his sternest attributes his power, his justice, his indignation against sin will come to be delightful to you. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Life and Immortality - Basil Atkinson, M.A., PhD. See to it, dear friends, that your nature is renewed that the Holy Ghost has wrought in you a resurrection from among the dead; for, if not, your walk and conversation will savour of death and corruption. God grant that you may, and then I may include you also in the blessed instruction of the text. Do not imagine that there is any love to your souls in the heart of the preacher who preaches smooth things, and who flatters you with his Peace, peace, when there is no peace. The self-denials which we practise should be such as he prescribes us. Does this strike you as an easy thing? The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. Daily devotional with John Piper. Pride goeth not before salvation, but before destruction; and a haughty spirit is no prophecy of elevation, but the herald of a fall. And now, little children, abide in him;-How John continues to urge us to stand fast in Christ. C.H. Some persons think very much of the doctrine of Christ, but very little of the Spirit of Christ. - James P. Shelly, Genesis Week - Refuting Evolution - 100 Videos, The Enormity of the Error of Perverting the Gospel. Yea, thy law is within heart." Remember children of God, that this is the language of John, the apostle of love; but true love is honest, outspoken, heart-searching, heart-trying. It is the Lord's will that in his house his word should be the supreme law, for so only can our fallen natures be restored to their original glory. Never mind me: never mind your friend: never mind the old doctor that you have been hearing so long. Is it a hopeless case? 1 John - Tests of Eternal Life - A Devotional Commentary; And then in the Church of God to be able to give all your substance, to devote all your time, to lay out all your ability this is to walk as Jesus walked. The Immortality of the Soul: HELL: 1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. The Gospels Oh, my hearers, how shall I speak of you without tears? The "Clergy/Laity" Distinction: A Hindrance to the Church? It is the nature of children to imitate their parents. Of course, in this work of self-denial we are not called to imitate Christ in offering up ourselves as a propitiatory sacrifice. Major Prophets Scripture: 1 John 2:18-27. Questions and answers with John Piper. [But] he that acknowledgeth the son hath the Father also. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. First, it is needful to have a nature like that of Christ. Here again John repeats his former statement concerning the young men, but he adds to it because ye are strong and the word of God abideth in you. There is a purpose in the repetition of each case, it is to emphasize the importance of the apostolic declarations. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. many of the antichrists came out of the church; they sprang up from among the followers of Christ: They went out from us, . He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandment, is a liar and the truth is not in him. For, alas! The Spirit of God has anointed all the chosen of God who are regenerated, and he dwelleth with them and in them. "Oh," say you, "we endorse the confession." There was the hiding of his power. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. I heard one say he liked to see men preach with their feet; and this is it, " they ought also so to walk even as Christ walked." In this thing let us walk even as he walked. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. My brethren, there are some among us tonight who are in the utmost danger; in a most emphatic sense they are lost already, for they are without God, and without Christ, strangers to the commonwealth of Israel. He hath given his own Son to die for us, that we may die to sin; he has given him to live that we may live like him. Ought we not to be very grateful to Christ that he deigns to be our example? The infinite God is infinitely delightful to his people. Spurgeon said he wrote it in "self-defense." Exposition: 1 John 3:1-10. Revelation 2. Your partnership makes all we do possible. Why is the church losing its young people? Spurgeon's writings on the Bible fill dozens of volumes; his thoughts on particular passages are scattered across numerous books and sermons. 1 John 2:5. The Old Testament It is this that make us bold to preach the Gospel to every creature, since we know there is no limit in the value of the atonement, though still we know that the design of it is for the chosen people of God alone. 1 John 2:14. January 1, 1970. Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad! John hints at the idea that Jesus showed His glory on the third day, and that His disciples believed in Him when they saw His glory. - Darryl M. Erkel, Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles, Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats - Charles Spurgeon, House-Churches? 1 John 2:17. Come ye, then, to Christ for pardon, whether ye are Jews or Gentiles, whether ye are saints or sinners, whether ye are old or young, whether ye are moral or immoral, for God is both able and willing to forgive all manner of sin because of the propitiation offered by his well-beloved Son Jesus Christ the righteous.. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. 1:4. 1 John 2:13. Gender Revolution - What are they teaching your kids? This certainly is one trait in the Good Shepherd's character, "when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them." Historical Books Some of the most powerful evidence that proves Jesus to be Whom he claimed to be is found in the historical fulfillment of the prophsies He foretold in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 a.d. 1. Keep your eye on Christ, dear brother. 1 John 2:1. The New Testament Stand fast, therefore, ye soldiers of the Cross, stand like rocks amidst the onslaught of the waves, and the victory shall yet be yours. And that is the thing to do, brethren, to be hearing Christ and following him; not I to learn of you, nor you of me, but both of Christ: so shall we end all controversy in a blessed agreement at his feet. What a heart-searching test this is! I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. "Be ye imitators of God, as dear children." Now, secondly, CONSIDER WHEREIN THIS WALKING WITH CHRIST AS HE WALKED CONSISTS. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. It is but "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." Christianity: The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Women, The Pursuit of God - A W Tozer - Complete Book. Unholy ministers are a derision, and a scoff, and a by-word. It is ours to walk in cheerful subservience to the mind of the Father, even as Jesus did. Wisdom Literature If we shall, each one, take his time from the sun, we shall all be right. You know what we did when we went to school. When we read the word "ought," if we are honest men, we begin to look about us and to make enquiries as to the reason and the measure of this obligation. The Holy Spirit descended upon him, and rested upon him, and we have an unction from the same Holy One. As a finger is nothing without the head, as the whole body is nothing without the head, so should we be nothing without our Lord Jesus Christ. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. John:6:55. We preach here in the pulpit; but what can we do, unless you preach yonder at home? The overall theme of 2 John closely parallels 1 John's theme of a "recall to the fundamentals of the faith" or "back to the basics of Christianity" (vv. Cookie Notice: And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. Neither Jew nor Gentile is exclusively considered in the offering of the atonement of Christ; those for whom he died are of every race, and color, and class, and kin. One of them said, "Where is that catholic holiness of which we have often heard so much?" Final Judgment, Identifying True Israel: Following God's Faithful Down the Ages, The Significance of A.D. 70 in the Prophecies of Christ, Biblical Hermeneutics - Qualifications Of An Interpreter - M. S. Terry, Biblical Hermeneutics - Special Hermeneutics - M. S. Terry, Of Justification by Faith and Works - William Law, Sanctification - Its Nature - by J.C. Ryle, Sanctification - The Growth of the New Man, Scriptural Evidence for the Deity of Christ, The Carnal Christian - by Ernest C. Reisinger, The Christian's Relationship To The Mosaic Law w/audio, The Lordship Controversy and Repentance - Ernest Reisinger, The Word-Faith Movement - Christian Research Institute, A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness - Burroughs, Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross - James P. Shelly. A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. He was called "The Prince of Preachers" because of his sermons. Why, it was that which prepared him for the agony of his bloody sweat, and for the "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Obeying Christ's Orders June 13th, 1889 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." John 2:5. 1 John 2:19. Joel 2. 1 John 2:1. This is a terrible condition for anyone to be in, to say that he knows Christ, and yet to have the Holy Spirit calling him a liar because he is not keeping Christs commandments. Spurgeon comments: "Upon two chapters only, but thoroughly good, and full of sweetness and light." (Commenting and Commentaries) Apostolic instruction exemplified in First John; PAUL APPLE. He cannot be a Christian unless this be true of him, and . Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. But they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. Is not this the thing that weakens the preaching, of the gospel the want of living the gospel? For every curse he gave a blessing,,. The Spirit of God, wherever He works, works according to the mind of God; and God is hymned as "Holy, holy, holy," by those pure spirits who know him best. You Are Anointed How the Truth Becomes Precious. Do you not feel this to be an imperative necessity to be laid upon you? A Sermon Delivered on Thursday Evening, May 17th, 1883, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Newington. Of Alexander, also, it was noted that in weary marches he was sure to be on foot with his warriors, and in fierce attack's he always was in the van. 1 John 2:17. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 1 John 2:18. Christ lived for God, and for God alone; let us live after his fashion. January 30, 1887. It is our union with the Christ that makes us Christians: by union with him as our life we truly live, live in the favour of God. He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. This volume is the ULTIMATE COMMENTARY ON 2 JOHN . John Piper Feb 7, 1988. The most persuasive sermon is the example which leads the way. Pauline Epistles We recommend Pilgrim Publications, where the Ages disk may be purchased at a discount. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:6-13. Minor Prophets Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross - James P. Shelly w/ audio, A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness - Jeremiah Burroughs. Pentateuch In every one of us the Father desires to see Christ, that so Christ may be glorified in every one of us. Major Prophets Hard, cruel, unrelenting, iron-hearted professors will no more go to heaven than the hogs they fatten. We have had our sects and our divisions all through that copying of the lines of the boys, instead of looking to the top-line that the Master wrote. And if any man sin, . Sermon. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. The Old Testament Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New . Can you not even now give one look to him who died for you? Point me to a single mortification of a needless kind. Thank you for registering. He always did what was right, so he is able to defend us before God the Father. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. Counterfeit Cross updated- Sanctification and Growing in Righteousness, Errors of the Invitation System or Alter Call, Counterfeit Cross - The Lordship of Christ in Salvation - Part II, A Historical Overview of The Lord's Supper, Set Your Mind on Things Above - Matthew Henry, Prophecies of the Destruction of Jerusalem which have remarkably been fulfilled - Thomas Newton. As it was the truth that was revealed to them at the first, there was no need of a later revelation to correct the mistakes of the first, as some foolishly and falsely teach nowadays. 1:1, and afterwards Life, intimating, withal, that he is intellectual life. He had been subject unto his parents, and had lived in obscurity. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Think what Christ would do in such a case, and do it; and, whenever you can glorify him by denying yourself, do it. 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