3 How Is The Gospel Made Effective?
Some of the points covered in this sermon:
• Showing how the gospel’s definition determines its effectiveness
• Exploring how God the Father makes the gospel effective according to His electing love—it is not by the sinner’s will
• Exploring how God the Son makes the gospel effective according to His redeeming grace—it is not by the sinner’s works
• Exploring how God the Spirit makes the gospel effective according to His sanctifying power—it is not by the sinner’s faith and repentance, or the preacher’s desperate appeals
• Affirming a full and free gospel—the Father electing His people according to the good pleasure of His will, the Son redeeming His people according to the good pleasure of His will and the Spirit sanctifying His people according to the good pleasure of His will; and all of it made effective to the praise of the glory of Jehovah’s grace
Jared Smith served twenty years as pastor of a Strict and Particular Baptist church in Kensington (London, England). He now serves as an Evangelist in the Philippines, preaching the gospel, organizing churches and training gospel preachers.