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Death And Translation
Some of the points covered in this sermon: • Reviewing the main structure of Genesis 5:1-6:8 • Showing the main structure of Genesis 5:3-32 • Showing how eight of the ten tables of descendants end with a record of death, whereas two of the tables end with a record of life • Showing the relationship between Enoch and Noah, both of which end with a record of life, but where Enoch was translated that he should not see death, Noah stands as the representative of new life in a new world • Showing how death and translation are not only fundamental doctrines of the faith, but also among the most practical and relevant considerations of one’s life • Using the framework of sovereign grace as…
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A Never-Failing Seed
Preached At Providence Chapel, Croydon, On November 26th, 1902 " A seed shall serve Him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done this."—Psalm 22:30,31It is quite possible that every one of us here firmly believes that "a seed shall serve Him"; and because of that we have been exercised as to the advisability of taking this text. We want something to feed upon; we want to find the water of life, we want to find manna in the wilderness. We know that God can make His doctrines hidden manna and strong meat, and the wine of the gospel to our souls. We want…
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Will There Be Degrees Of Reward In Heaven?
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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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17 The Body Sown And The Body Raised
[I have two MSs., one by Mr. Player, of the following. They differ somewhat, one being a little fuller than the other. See also the ”G. S.,” for 1862 and 1872.—J. G.] “It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.”—1 Corinthians 15:43,44 This chapter clearly shows the resurrection of the dead, and arguments are brought forward to prove it which are of the greatest force. Paul brings forward the objections that an unbelieving mind would make against it; such, for instance as, “How are the dead raised up, and with what body do they come?” His answer is, “Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die.” All…
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28 A Rest For The People Of God
A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby In A Village Near Ely. “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”—Hebrews 4:9 The whole human race is comprised in two descriptions of people, viz., the people of God's election, and the people of God's curse, against whom he hath indignation for ever. A solemn line of demarcation is made between these two classes by God himself, and it is as impossible for a soul to pass this line as it is for God to cease to exist. The first thing which the child of God is brought to feel is as contrary to “rest” as hell is to heaven. But the hypocrite may and does walk and live in error and sin, until he sinks…
