Serious Preaching in a Comedy Culture, by Dr. David P. Murray. The text for this sermon is 1 Corinthians 5:10,11 (Audio): [Text: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men..."]
This sermon was preached in 1858, but it is just as relevant for today as if it were preached this morning! The text for Pastor Spurgeon's sermon is Luke 14:23 (Audio):
"And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled."
Spurgeon once said, 'Wherever the gospel is preached, the most wicked of men and women are made to sit at the Savior's feet, clothed and in their right minds."
Answer: The ninth commandment
is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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Question: What
is required in the ninth commandment?
Answer: The ninth commandment
requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man and of our
own and our neighbor’s good name, especially in witness bearing.
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Question: What
is forbidden in the ninth commandment?
Answer: The
ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious
to our own or our neighbor’s good name.
"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will." - Ephesians 1:4,5(Audio)
Our embassy in Afghanistan was celebrating "Pride" month when they got humiliated by the Taliban. It would be a fitting end to this country to replace the Pledge of Allegiance - the the American flag - with some sort of Pledge of Allegiance to the "Pride" flag.
The text for this last sermon is Jeremiah 9:9 (Audio): "Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation is this
The text for this sermon is Jeremiah 9:9 (Audio): "Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation is this?"
This sermon was preached in 1858, but it is just as relevant for today as if it were preached this morning! The text for Pastor Spurgeon's sermon is Luke 14:23 (Audio):
"And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled."
Spurgeon once said, 'Wherever the gospel is preached, the most wicked of men and women are made to sit at the Savior's feet, clothed and in their right minds."
1688 - John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author dies (Source)
"'But, brother,' said Mr. Great-Heart, 'I have it in my commission to 'comfort the feeble-minded,' and 'to support the weak.' You must needs go along with us: we will wait for you; we will lend you our help; we will deny ourselves some of the things, both opinionate and practical, for your sake; we will not enter into 'doubtful disputations' before you; we will be 'made all things' to you, rather than you shall be left behind." - John Bunyan (1628-1688).
This quote is from John Bunyan's book, Pilgrim's Progress. You can read, listen, and download Pilgrim's Progress for free by going to https://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.html. I read that Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) read this book over 100 times during his lifetime. According to Wikipedia, Pilgrim's Progress has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print!
"Yet we in our day, much as we love to sing Amazing Grace (I suppose because we like the tune), are not inwardly amazed by grace as the Puritans were; it does not startle us that the holy Creator should receive sinners into his company; rather, we take it for granted! 'God will forgive. That's his job!' was the final scoff with which the French cynic went to meet his maker." - J. I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness - The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life
Why don't you take time to listen to Amazing Grace in:
Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf any more. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21 (Audio)]
Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much more!
"Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:13
"My friend I stand in Judgment now And feel that your to blame somehow. While on this earth I walked with you day by day And never did you point the way.
"You knew the Lord in truth and glory, But never did you tell the story. My knowledge then was very dim, You could have led me safe to him.
"Though we lived together here on earth You never told me of the second birth. And now I stand this day condemned, Because you failed to mention him.
"You taught me many things, that's true, I called you friend, and trusted you. But now I learned, now it's too late, You could have kept me from this fate.
"We walked by day and talked by night, And yet you showed me not the light. You let me live, love and die, And all the while you knew I'd never live on high.
"Yes, I called you friend in life, And trusted you in joy and strife. Yet in coming to this end, I see you really weren't my friend!" -My Friend, by D.J. Higgins
Here is an excerpt from this sermon: "The deaf world does feel isolated. I've heard a statistic that only 1 to 2% of people who are deaf have had the gospel signed to them in American Sign Language. Only 1 to 2%"
"Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause division and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them." - Romans 16:17 (Audio):
The text for this sermon is Jeremiah 9:9 (Audio): "Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation is this?"
This sermon was preached in 1858, but it is just as relevant for today as if it were preached this morning! The text for Pastor Spurgeon's sermon is Luke 14:23 (Audio):
"And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled."
Spurgeon once said, 'Wherever the gospel is preached, the most wicked of men and women are made to sit at the Savior's feet, clothed and in their right minds."
"Someone on Twitter said the Palestinians don't have an Iron Dome. But that's not true. Their Iron Dome is this: Don't fire rockets at Israel and Israel won't fire rockets at you!"
The Bible says, "Let no man deceive you by any means, but that day shall not come unless there come a falling away first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above God."- 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4a (Audio)
For more on this "Falling Away", check out the following podcast by Pastor Kevin Swanson:
The Bible also says, "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles come in. And so all Israel shall be saved..." - Romans 11:25,26a (Audio)
There are many who believe we may be very close to the time when this "blindness" is lifted and Jews all over the world will accept our Lord Jesus as their long-awaited Messiah! And when that happens - and it will happen! - the following Jewish hymn may be slightly rewritten so it could be included in our Christian hymnbooks - Minyan Man
"And if thou wilt make an alter of stone unto me, thou shalt not make it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast polluted it." - Exodus 20:25
I think this sermon was preached around 1980. Anyway, that is around the time I wrote the following excerpts down in my diary:
"...they have to be very careful that they do not make it (an alter of stone) of hewn stone. And they may not use any tool, any hammer or axe or whatever. They may not use any tool to beautify those stones. They must take simply the rock, the unadorned stones.
"'Ah, but then the alter is not nice, Then the alter is not beautiful. Then it is simply a primitive thing.'
"Well, that's what it may be in our estimation, but it's God's will, is it not? Whether it is a primitive thing or not, it is God's will that the alter will be built of rough stones and that no tool will be used.
"'Ya, but those stones are going to be much nicer if you use some chisel, and if you make some ornaments, some adornments on those stones. The alter is much more beautiful and much more serviceable in your worship service.'
"Ah, but the principle is not what I like, not what I think that is nice and beautiful, not what adorns my worship service, but the principle is what God has said!
"Not my taste determines, but God's command. God has the right to determine what it should be like. And this is a principle nearly almost forgotten. It was perfectly understood by our Reformers. They did not look for innovations, They did not look for all sorts of adornments in the church. Why do people today look for all sorts of things that beautify the worship service and make it more attractive? Why do we see vestments in all sorts of colors?
"I'm convinced it is simply to fill the aching void of the absence of reality. When the Church of Christ was most vigorous in its spiritual life, it had the most simple form of worship. When God converted most people, and when God's children were edified in the worship service, and when the Lord was present in the worship services, it may have been in a barn or in an open field, the worship as such was as simple as simple can be.
"But what do we see today? That in direct proportion to the loss of true spiritual life there is an increase in forms and ceremonies. And the forms and ceremonies are meant to fill the vacancies of true spiritual life. And so Satan is using tools to adorn our alters, but in the meantime he is polluting it. He's corrupting the worship. And men are willing instruments in his hands."
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
