Carrigaline Baptist Church - Sermons: Glorious Salvation

To the glory of God alone: Romans 11v32-12v1

Jonny Grant — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 11:00:00 +0100

To the glory of God alone: Romans 11v32-12v1

Series: Glorious Salvation

Preacher: Jonny Grant

Date: 4th June 2017

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Glorious Salvation\r\n- To the glory of God alone: Romans 11v32-12v1 (page 1139)\r\n\r\nWho gets the glory?\r\n‘Christ the Son of God was given, not for the righteous and holy, but for the unrighteous and sinners. If I were righteous and had no sin, I should have no need of Christ to be my reconciler. Therefore let us praise God the Father, and give him a hearty thanks for this His immeasurable mercy, that He has delivered us out of the Kingdom of the devil by His own Son, when such was impossible to be done by our own strength. Let us extol and magnify the glory of Christ, who has delivered us into the Kingdom of Christ...to whom be glory, world without end. Amen!’\r\nMartin Luther\r\n\r\nThe Glory of God displayed\r\n- The riches of God\r\n- The plan of God\r\n- The gift of God\r\n\r\nThe Glory of God declared\r\n- To God be the glory\r\n‘And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession – to the praise of his glory.’ Ephesians 1v13-14\r\n\r\n- All of life to the glory of God\r\n‘We are both joyful and happy because of Christ in whom so many benefits are conferred upon us – therefore it is our one occupation to serve God joyfully without thought of gain.’ Martin Luther\r\n\r\n‘Although the Christian is free from all works (= to earn salvation) he ought in his liberty to empty himself, take upon himself the form of a servant and serve, help, and in every way deal with his neighbour as he sees God through Christ has dealt with him and still deals with him.’ Martin Luther

Faith Alone: Romans 3v27-4v8

Jonny Grant — Sun, 28 May 2017 11:00:00 +0100

Faith Alone: Romans 3v27-4v8

Series: Glorious Salvation

Preacher: Jonny Grant

Date: 28th May 2017

Passage: Romans 3:27-4:8

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Faith Alone: Romans 3v27-4v8\r\n\r\nSaved by Faith\r\n‘I hated that word ‘justice of God’ that justice by which God is just and by which he punishes sinners and the unjust...I did not love, no, rather I hated the just God who punishes sinners. In silence, if I did not blaspheme, then certainly I grumbled vehemently and got angry at God.’ Martin Luther\r\n\r\n‘Christ is full of grace, life, and salvation. The soul is full of sins, death and damnation. Now let faith come between them and sins, death and damnation will be Christ’s, while grace, life and salvation will be the souls’ Martin Luther\r\n\r\nJustified by Faith\r\n\r\n- Declared Righteous\r\n‘It’s the exact opposite of condemnation. To condemn is to declare someone guilty, to justify is to declare them righteous. In the bible it refers to God’s act of unmerited favour by which God puts a sinner right with himself, not only acquitting him, but accepting and treating him as righteous.’ John Stott\r\n\r\n‘There is a righteousness God imputes to us apart from works – in other words it is\r\npassive righteousness. So then, have we nothing to do to obtain this righteousness? No, nothing at all! For this righteousness comes by doing nothing, hearing nothing, knowing nothing, but rather in knowing and believing this only – that Christ has gone to the right hand of the Father, not to become our judge, but to become for us our righteousness, our salvation!’ Martin Luther\r\n\r\n- Faith in Jesus\r\n‘Although I still sin, I don’t despair, because Christ lives, who is both my righteousness and my eternal life. In that righteousness I have no sin, no fear, no guilty conscience, no fear of death. I am indeed a sinner in this life of mine and in my own righteousness, but I have another life, another righteousness above this life, which is Christ, the Son of God.’ \r\nMartin Luther\r\n\r\n- Gift of God

Grace Alone: Ephesians 2v1-10

Jonny Grant — Sun, 21 May 2017 11:00:00 +0100

Grace Alone: Ephesians 2v1-10

Series: Glorious Salvation

Preacher: Jonny Grant

Date: 21st May 2017

Passage: Ephesians 2:1-10

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Glorious Salvation\r\n- Grace Alone: Ephesians 2v1-10 (page 1174)\r\n\r\nConditional or Unconditional?\r\n\r\n\'Red\' Bull Grace\r\n\r\nSaving Grace\r\n‘Salvation is according to scripture alone, in Christ alone, by Grace alone through Faith alone to the Glory of God alone.’\r\n\r\n‘God does not give something other than himself; in his grace he unties us to his Son by his Spirit that we might share the life and righteousness of the Son. Instead of handing out some enabling blessing, Christ makes himself ours, and so totally that we may plead what is his as ours.’ Tim Chester\r\n\r\n1. Dead without Grace\r\n- Dead in Sin\r\n Follow the way of the world\r\n Follow the way of Satan\r\n Follow our own desires\r\n- Objects of Wrath\r\n\r\n2. Saved by Grace\r\n- Initiated by God\r\n‘The love of God does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to him...\r\nRather than seeking it’s own good, the love of God flows forth and bestows good.\r\nTherefore sinners are attractive because they are loved; they are not loved because they\r\nare attractive.’ Martin Luther\r\n\r\n- United to Christ\r\n‘You are so cemented to Christ that he and you are as one person, which cannot be separated but remains attached to him forever and declares: ‘I am as Christ.’ And Christ, in turn says: ‘I am as that sinner who is attached to Me and I to Him. For we are joined together into one flesh and bone.’ Martin Luther\r\n\r\n Made alive with Christ\r\n Raised with Christ\r\n Seated with Christ\r\n\r\n3. Living Under Grace\r\n- New Status\r\n- New Service\r\n‘They try to do good of themselves in order that they might stand before God clothed in their own virtues and merits. But this is impossible. Among us you were one who held this opinion, or rather error. So was I, and I am still fighting against the error without having conquered it as yet.\r\nTherefore, my dear brother, learn Christ and him crucified. Learn to pray to him and, despairing of your self say: ‘Thou, Lord Jesus, are my righteousness, but I am thy sin. Thou hast taken upon thyself what is mine and has given to me what is thine. Thou hast taken upon thyself what thou wast not and hast given to me what I was not.’

In Christ alone: Galatians 1v3-9

Jonny Grant — Sun, 14 May 2017 11:00:00 +0100

In Christ alone: Galatians 1v3-9

Series: Glorious Salvation

Preacher: Jonny Grant

Date: 14th May 2017

Passage: Galatians 1:3-9

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Glorious Salvation\r\n- In Christ alone: Galatians 1v3-9\r\n\r\nGuaranteed Salvation\r\nChrist + ? = Salvation\r\n‘Through Christ alone we are given salvation, blessedness, grace, pardon and all that makes us in any way worthy in the sight of a righteous God.’ \r\nUlrich Zwingly\r\n\r\nChrist plus works\r\nSalvation is according to scripture alone, in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone, for the glory of God alone.\r\n\r\nThe need for Christ alone\r\n- Sinful nature\r\n‘The problem of our sin goes as deep in us as it possibly can: all the way down into our hearts, shaping what we want and love. As a result, we never naturally want God. We freely chose to do the things we want – but left to ourselves we shall never freely chose God, because we do not naturally want him.’\r\n- God\'s Wrath\r\n\r\nThe sacrifice of Christ alone\r\n- Sin for Us\r\n‘All the weight of the matter stands on this word ‘for us’. For Christ is innocent as concerning his own person...(but Christ) bears all the sins of all men in His body – not that he is guilty of any, but that he received them, being committed or done by us, and laid them on his own body...we must know him to be wrapped in our sins, in our curse, in our death, and in all our evils, as he is wrapped in our flesh and blood. What ever sins I, you, or we all have done or shall do hereafter, they are Christ’s own sins, or else we would\r\nperish forever.’ \r\n\r\n\'Our most merciful Father, seeing us to be oppressed and overwhelmed with the curse of the law, and that we could never be delivered from it of our own power, sent His only Son into the world and laid upon Him all the sins of all men saying: be thou Peter that denier; Paul that persecutor and cruel oppressor; David that adulterer; that sinner who did eat the fruit in Eden; that thief who hanged upon the cross, and be Thou that person who has committed the sins of all men; see therefore, that thou pay and satisfy for them.’ Martin Luther (Commentary on Galatians)\r\n\r\n- Cursed for Us\r\n\'Let us receive this most sweet doctrine, so full of comfort, with thanksgiving and with assured faith, which teaches that Christ being made a curse for us (that is a sinner under the wrath of God), put upon Himself our person, and laid our sins on His own shoulders, saying I have committed the sins which all men have committed...Because He had taken upon Himself our sins, not by constraint, but of His own good will, it pleased Him to bear the punishment and wrath of God not for His own person, but for our person.\r\nSo, making a happy exchange with us, he took upon Himself our sinful person, and gave unto us His innocent and Victorious person; wherewith we being now clothed are freed from the curse of the law.’\r\n\r\nThe rewards through Christ alone\r\n- Children of God\r\n- Heirs of God

Salvation according to scripture alone: 2 Timothy 3v14-17

Jonny Grant — Sun, 07 May 2017 11:00:00 +0100

Salvation according to scripture alone: 2 Timothy 3v14-17

Series: Glorious Salvation

Preacher: Jonny Grant

Date: 7th May 2017

Passage: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:4

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Glorious Salvation\r\n- \'Salvation according to scripture alone\': 2 Timothy 3v14-17\r\n\r\nReformation Day\r\n\'Salvation is according to scripture alone, in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone, for the glory of God alone.\'\r\n\r\nScripture Alone\r\n‘Your imperial Majesty and your Lordships demand a simple answer. Here it is, plain and straight. Unless I am convicted of error by the scriptures...I cannot and will not recant anything. On this I take my stand I can do no other. God help me. Amen.’ Martin Luther\r\n\r\nThe Source of Scripture\r\n - All Scripture\r\n- God Breathed\r\n\'(God) spoke his words through their words using their different personalities and style in such a way that their words were simultaneously his.\' John Stott\r\n\r\nThe Purpose of Scripture\r\n- Salvation\r\n\'The Bible, then is not a collection of fables or fictional stories that give us insights on how to find God and live right. Rather, it is both true history and a unified story about how God came to find us in the person of Jesus Christ, who died in our place so we could be saved by grace through faith and live with him forever in a remade world the Garden-City of God...the bible is not primarily about us and what we should do. It is first and foremost about Jesus and what he has done.\' Tim Keller.\r\n- Sanctification\r\n\r\nThe Response to Scripture\r\n- Authority\r\n- Sufficiency\r\n\'Let this then be a sure axiom: that nothing ought to be admitted in the church as the word of God, save that which is contained, first in the Law and the prophets, and secondly in the writings of ten Apostles; and that there be no other method of teaching in the church than according to the prescribed rule of his word.’ John Calvin\r\n- Humility\r\n\'The word of God is certain and can never fail. It is clear, and will never leave us in darkness. It teaches it’s own truth. It arises and irradiates the soul of man with full salvation and grace. It gives the soul sure comfort in God. It humbles it, so that it loses and indeed condemns itself and lays hold of God.’ Ulrich Zwingli