Puritan Richard Baxter – The Signs & Causes of Depression / Directions to Help Those Who Are Afflicted
Luke 14:23 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.
Romans 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction
The advice of Mary; Christ’s activity through the believer demonstrated; the importance of obedience; keep the commandments in detail; the place of prayer; and the fellowship of God’s people; ‘stretch forth your hand’.
Keep My Commandments – Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon
John 2:1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
The Holy Spirit’s Intercession – Charles Spurgeon Sermon
Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Eternal Security – Charles Spurgeon Sermon
John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 I and My Father are one.”
The Christian Warfare against the Devil, World, and Flesh – Puritan John Downame
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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John Downame’s treatise is the magnus opus in the “Christian warfare” genre of literature. It was written in four parts, each part published separately between 1604 and 1618. Part one treated the threat of the devil, parts two and three the threat of the world, and part four the threat of the flesh. Together the four parts numbered over 4,000 pages. There was an enormous demand for treatises such as Downame’s. While the Puritans, those self-styled “regenerate” or “godly” Christians, remained a minority everywhere, they were a literate, book-buying minority that eagerly sought treatises of spiritual advice.
John Downame (Downham) (1571–1652) was an English clergyman and theologian in London, who came to prominence in the 1640s, when he worked closely with the Westminster Assembly. He is now remembered for his writings.
Suffering: God’s People in the Furnace! – Charles Spurgeon Sermon
Isaiah 48:10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Affliction Sanctified: Glory Follows Afflictions As Spring Follows The Winter – Richard Sibbes
“Whatsoever is good for God’s children they shall have it, for all is theirs to further them to heaven; therefore, if poverty be good, they shall have it; if disgrace be good, they shall have it; if crosses be good, they shall have them; if misery be good, they shall have it; for all is ours, to serve for our greatest good.”
Grieving the Holy Spirit – Charles Spurgeon Sermon
Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Preaching in the 19th Century – Iain Murray (Christian lecture)
“In the first half of the 19th century, the concern was for men to be brought face to face with eternity, that the realities of the gospel and the world to come are set before men. They said very little about contemporary issues of any kind…but, thought they said so little about contemporary issues, they did much more to influence contemporary events. The men of the second half of the century had much more to say about social events and education trends, and all the rest, and they did far less, actually, to influence those things.”
Receive him NOT into your House! – Matthew Henry Commentary / 2 John 10-11
Receive him NOT into your House! – Matthew Henry Commentary / 2 John 10-11
2 John 10:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
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