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Bible Ages
Some of the points covered in this sermon: • A review of the flawed Dispensational framework of history • A review of the correct Sovereign Grace framework of history • The key words used by Dispensationalists that need to be addressed—ages, covenants and institutions • The twofold division of history and how it coincides with the twofold division of the Bible • The difference between Dispensationalists and Hyper-calvinists, in the way they understand “responsibility” and “authority” • The structure of Hebrews 11:1-40 • The timeline of Hebrews 11:1-40 • Hebrews 11 doesn’t organize the dispensations according to events, but rather, according to individual life spans (Abel, Enoch, Noah, etc) • The meaning of the word “ages” and how it is used throughout the New Testament •…
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Bible Dispensations
Some of the points covered in this sermon: • The carelessness of those who view history as “one large clump of events” • The traditional twofold and threefold divisions of history • The folly of those who arbitrarily divide history into major “dispensations” • The leading features of a Dispensationalist’s worldview • The scriptural meaning of “dispensation”and how the term is used in the New Testament • An explanation of Ephesians 1:3-12 (“the dispensation of the fulness of times”), which is the only text which links the term ‘dispensation’ with a framework of time • A repudiation of Dispensationalism—its proponents are unapproved of God, workmen that should be ashamed, wrongly dividing the Word of truth
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And Can It Be That I Should Gain?
Ephesians 1:3-14: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 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, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known unto…
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Last Letter to Mr. H. Fowler
Minister of Gower Street Chapel, London 11 July 1838 My dear Brother, I was truly sorry to hear of your affliction, and I do hope by this time you are better. O my dear brother, what poor dying worms we are, and what a wretched wilderness this is. But, adored be the name of our dear Lord, he has been, and still is, and ever will be, a very present help in trouble. Both you and I have proved him so thousands of times, and I hope you prove him so now. I have of late been in very deep waters, in more respects than one; but here I am, the spared monument of the Lord's discriminating grace. When you and I arrive at home,…
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1 The Covenant Borders of the Gospel Law
Jesus described a man preaching the gospel to sinners, as a farmer ploughing a field—Luke 9:62: “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for [preaching] the kingdom of God.” The idea is, a Christian who takes up the Bible, for the purpose of preaching it to others, must be like the farmer who takes up the plough for the purpose of preparing the soil for planting seed—just as no farmer is fit to be a farmer if he looks back with carelessness after beginning his work, so no Christian is fit to be a preacher of the gospel if he looks back with carelessness after beginning his work. The analogy, therefore, comes down…
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2 The Significance of the Covenant Borders
In his farewell speech to the bishops at Ephesus, the Apostle Paul divided his counsel under two headings: First, a review of his labours and ministry (Acts 20:17-27); Second, a charge to the bishops at Ephesus (Acts 20:28-35). Looking only at the review of his labours and ministry (Acts 20:17-27), Paul reminded the bishops of his past labours at Ephesus—“Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews.” (Acts 20:17-19) He also informs them of his future labours at Jerusalem—“And now, behold, I go bound in the…
