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6. The State of Man

What is the nature of the knowledge that Christians receive once they are in Christ? How does the individual's outlook and worldview change?

5. Face to Face With Christ

What are the tests of true Christianity? What is the obedience of faith? What does surrender of the will involve? Is salvation possible without acknowledgement of the Lordship of Christ?

Dr. Lloyd-Jones addresses these and other controversial questions in this gripping message based on the conversion of the Apostle Paul.

4. When First You Believe

True saving faith involves the mind, the emotion, and the will. How is this the case? Is mere mental assent to facts enough? Is an emotional experience enough? Can an individual be saved strictly by the exercise of his own will? How is the will involved?

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones explains that mere assent to facts is not enough, emotional experience alone can deceive us, and that the will of the sinful heart must be transformed by the work of the Holy Spirit. Using the example of the Apostle Paul's conversion, he demonstrates that when God is truly at work in saving a soul, all three factors are clearly involved.

3. Saul of Tarsus, Christian

Everyone who becomes as Christian is astonished to be told, "Don't start doing anything, because you can do nothing. Everything you need and infinitely more is already offered to you in Jesus Christ, and you have but to take it and receive it."

2. A Fact of History

Man's tendency, and even the tendency in much of the church, is to say that if only people's circumstances and surroundings can be changed, there is hope for them. But the Gospel is not about changing man's circumstances; it is about changing man himself.

1. An Enounter With God

When the Spirit of God brings about the salvation of a soul, man, instead of talking and expressing his opinions, is for the first time made to listen.

Is Christ Preeminent In You?

The outline of the book of Colossians can be summarized in three words: Christ's preeminence declared, defended, and demonstrated. In chapter one, the Apostle Paul declares the preeminence of Jesus Christ in all things - the Gospel, the creation, the Church, Christian ministry, and the world to come. In chapter two, he defends the preeminence of Christ against Satan's triple threats of worldly philosophy, legalism, and man-made doctrines. In chapters three and four, Paul sets forth the preeminence of Christ as it is to be demonstrated in the life and thinking of every believer.

In chapters three and four, we shall see that the Christian's conduct, character, home life, work, witness, and service - every aspect of our living and thinking - must be a daily, practical demonstration of the preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ to our fellow believers and the watching world. He must be preeminent in all these things, because He must be preeminent in us.

Give No Encouragement to False Teachers

2nd John tells us that granting a false teacher access to your church, home, or mind is to become an accessory to his spiritual crimes.

Give No Access to False Teachers

2nd John verse 10 has a dual focus: False teachers must have no access to the church, or to the believer's home and family - and by clear implication, to our minds anywhere, any time.

The Key Element of Christian Unity

There is a tendency, especially in our postmodern time, for Christians to "love" without regard to truth. True Christian love is not blind; to "love" without regard to truth can have grievous consequences for the individual Christian and the church as a body. Christians must have a complete and well-balanced understanding of agape love.