Jared Smith
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.
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Jared Smith's Sermons
Jared Smith on the Gospel Message
Jared Smith on the Biblical Covenants
Jared Smith on the Gospel Law
Jared Smith on Bible Doctrine
Jared Smith on Bible Reading
Jared Smith's Hymn Studies
Jared Smith on Eldership
Jared Smith's Studies In Genesis
Jared Smith's Studies in Romans
Jared Smith on Various Issues
Jared Smith, Covenant Baptist Church, Philippines
Jared Smith's Maternal Ancestry (Complete)
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6. It Is The Moral Duty Of All Sinners To Savingly Believe On Christ?
Commenting on Fuller’s doctrine of Duty-Faith, Piper lays the backdrop: “Remember, the objection is: “It is absurd and cruel to require of any man what is beyond his power to perform.” In other words, a man’s inability to believe removes his responsibility to believe (and our duty to command them to believe). In response to this objection, Fuller brings forward the distinction between moral inability and natural inability. This was the key insight which he learned from Jonathan Edwards, and he gives him credit for it on the third page of The Gospel Worthy…Natural inability does in fact remove obligation…But moral inability does not excuse. It does not remove obligation.” Duty-Faith is a doctrine which asserts that it is the duty of unregenerate sinners…
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7. High-Calvinists Muzzle The Gospel Cry Of The Bride?
John Piper charges the High-Calvinist with “muzzling the gospel cry of the Bride”: “Hyper-Calvinism had muzzled the gospel cry of the Bride (“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price,” Revelation 22:17). For the sake of the life of the church and the salvation of the nations, Fuller took up the battle for truth.” Piper’s charge is utter rubbish! I have never met a professing Christian, subscribing to high views of sovereign grace, who believes the gospel should not be fully and freely preached to all sinners. The type of people Piper calls Hyper-Calvinists exist only in…
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8. Andrew Fuller Escaped Hyper-Calvinism By Searching The Scriptures And The History Of Doctrine?
In detailing Andrew Fuller’s search for the truth, Piper says: “[Andrew Fuller] searched both the Scriptures and the history of doctrine to see if he could find this High Calvinism that had so infected and controlled his denomination…” Fuller’s denomination, if that is what it could be called, is a circle of churches known as Strict and Particular Baptists. In his day, most of the churches leaned or stood squarely on high views of sovereign grace. In our day, the Strict and Particular Baptist heritage has been hijacked by the Moderate-Calvinists (Fullerites/Reformed Baptists). They persistently misrepresent the teachings of High-Calvinism, always putting Fuller's newfangled views in a favorable light. They also audaciously rewrite the history of High-Calvinism, claiming to be the standard-bearers of the…
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Prophetic Inventions
Some of the points covered in this sermon: • Highlighting the two principles of interpretation upon which the entire scheme of dispensational teachings is based • Giving special attention to the second principle of interpretation—all prophecy must be interpreted literally • Showing how Covenantalists and Dispensationalists agree on interpreting history literally • Explaining why Covenantalists believe prophecy should be interpreted figuratively • Explaining why Dispensationalists are wrong to interpret prophecy literally • Pointing out six errors relating to the basic framework of the dispensational view of prophecy • First, they make a wrong dispensational emphasis • Second, they have wrongly identified God’s elect people • Third, they have a wrong view of the Messianic mission • Fourth, they have a wrong gospel message • Fifth,…
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Historic Divisions
Some of the points covered in this sermon: • Underscoring four reasons why a response to Dispensationalism should be given • Highlighting the two principles of interpretation upon which the entire scheme of dispensational teachings is based • Giving special attention to the first principle of interpretation—all history must be interpreted segrementally • Showing why 2 Timothy 2:15, which is the basis for their interpretive principle of history, does not support their newfangled hermeneutic • Pointing out six major errors in the dispensational system of teachings • First, the framework is theologically flawed • Second, the seven divisions of history are arbitrary • Third, the authority for human accountability is misplaced • Fourth, the number of authorities for human accountability is excessive • Fifth, the…
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Dispensations Of Disgrace
Some of the points covered in this sermon: • Providing a historic backdrop to Dispensationalism • Defining a ‘dispensation’ according to the signification of Scofield • Highlighting the first of two primary principles of interpretation which undergird the Dispensational framework—“rightly dividing the word of truth” • Explaining the basic fabric of the Dispensational framework—a timeline with eternal extensions, seven major events, seven major dispensations, seven major themes, seven major covenants • Distinguishing between the Dispensational and Calvinistic use of biblical language • Explaining how Dispensationalists have invented different plans of salvation • Showing why Dispensationalists sideline the first three dispensations • Showing why Dispensationalists focus on the fourth and fifth dispensations • Explaining the difference between Dispensationalism’s view of God’s “elect people” based on race,…
