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Isaac Penington

Life and Immortality brought to Light through the Gospel

LIFE AND IMMORTALITY BROUGHT TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL BEING A TRUE DISCOVERY OF THE NATURE AND GROUND OF THE RELIGION AND KINGDOM OF CHRIST IN SEVERAL WEIGHTY QUERIES PROPOUNDED; AND OTHER SERIOUS MATTERS TREATED OF, HIGHLY IMPORTING THE ETERNAL SALVATION OF SOULS --------------------------------... Read More
Isaac Penington

Somewhat relating to Church Government

SOMEWHAT RELATING TO CHURCH-GOVERNMENT WHEREIN THE NECESSITY, USEFULNESS, AND BLESSED EFFECTS OF THE TRUE CHURCH-GOVERNMENT ARE HERE AND THERE HINTED AT; AND THIS CLEARLY MANIFESTED THAT THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OF CHRIST'S SPIRIT IN HIS CHURCH IS NO USURPED ANTICHRISTIAN AUTHORITY, NOR CONTRARY TO T... Read More
John Piper

Final Judgment

John PiperRomans 1:28-2:11 The Biblical truth that I want us to understand, believe and live by today is this: a time is coming when every responsible person, on the basis of his or her actions and attitudes, will meet the final judgment of God either as eternal life or as wrath and fury. With that sentence I... Read More
John Piper

God Works for Those Who Wait for Him

John PiperSeptember 5, 1982 Isaiah 64:1-4 One of the rare delights of this summer was that my 2½ year old Abraham became a preacher. One morning I came up from downstairs and awakened the family with Psalm 20:7, "Some boast of chariots and some of horses; but we boast of the name of the Lord our God." I annou... Read More
John Piper

Grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of Our Lord

John PiperJune 20, 1982 2 Peter 3:15-18 The final section of 2 Peter to look at is 3:15-18. Let me sum up the main points that I see and then look at them one at a time. First from verse 15, we should regard the time in which we live as a time of salvation. Second, from verses 15 and 16, this is also what Pau... Read More
John Piper

Jesus Is Precious Because He Removes Our Guilt

John PiperFebruary 21, 1982 Romans 3:19-26 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and so the whole world may be held accountable to God. For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law, since through the law co... Read More
John Piper

O, That You Knew the Terms of Peace!

John PiperApril 12, 1981 Luke 19:41-44 O, That You Knew The Terms of Peace! I want you to imagine a scene with me. There is a young doctor who has a wife and three small children. He volunteers to take a dangerous six-month mission assignment to a place where there is an epidemic of a rare disease and a good ... Read More
John Piper

Remember That You Were Hopeless

John PiperDecember 27, 1981 Ephesians 2:11-12 REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE HOPELESS This is the word of God to us this morning. Let us obey it together and not resist its discomfort. This is the word of God: "Remember that at one time you Gentiles … were without Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, st... Read More
John Piper

That Which Is Born of the Spirit Is Spirit

John PiperFebruary 22, 1981 The Role of the Holy Spirit in Conversion Unless God gives me a clear indication to go another way I will be preaching during these last four Sundays of winter on the ministry of the Holy Spirit. I feel a great yearning in my own heart to know more of the Spirit's power for holines... Read More
John Piper

The Just Shall Live By Faith

John PiperOctober 31, 1982 Habakkuk The situation which Habakkuk faces is the imminent invasion of the southern kingdom of Judah by the Chaldeans (who are the same as the Babylonians). This invasion eventually happened at the end of the sixth century B.C. and Jerusalem fell to Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. The L... Read More

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