In this sermon Gavin unmasks the Antichrist as the Pope of Rome since 607 A.D.. While making some reference to a 5th area of the Books of Daniel & Revelation, he focuses on 4 broad NT areas: 1) the Apostle John in I John 2:18,22; 4:3; & II John 7; 2) Christ in Matt. 24:5,22-24; & the Apostle Paul in 3) II Thess. 2:1-12 & 4) I Tim. 4:1-5. He deals with both the false gospel of works' righteousness in Romanism (Gal. 1:6-9; 3:1,11); & e.g., its violation of the 2nd Commandment (Exod. 20:4-6), in this context quoting from e.g., the Anglican Book of Common Prayer of 1662, "no adoration ... ought to be done, either unto the sacramental bread or wine,... for that were idolatry, to be abhored of all faithful Christians; and the natural body and blood of our Saviour Christ are in heaven, and not here; it being against the truth of Christ's natural body to be at one time in more places than one." He also cites Luther's Smalcald Articles upheld in the Lutheran Formulae of Concord, the "Pope...is the true Antichrist;" & the Homilies of Article 35 of the Anglican 39 Articles, referring to Matt. 24, "'Many shall come in my name,' saith Christ," "all the Popes" "are worthily accounted among the number of" "'false Christs';" referring to Rev. 13 & 17, the Pope is "the Babylonical beast of Rome;" or "the bishop of Rome" "ought" "to be called Antichrist;" & the Presbyterian Westminster Confession, Congregational Savoy Declaration, and Baptist Confession, which all say, "The Pope of Rome...is... Antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition." Gavin refers the listener seeking further detail to his book, "The Roman Pope is the Antichrist" (since 2013 at http://www.gavinmcgrathbooks.com). |
