The church has an important duty to fulfill before she can truly benefit the kingdom of God. She must deal with the hindrances that keep away the truths of the gospel. In this sermon on Genesis 26:17–18 titled "Revival Sermon: Dead Orthodoxy," Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones presents these dangerous obstacles and asks the listener to consider the lack of balance within the church. It is necessary to consider dead orthodoxy along with defective orthodoxy. He is convinced that out of all dangers threatening revival, this is the greatest danger confronting the church and any individual with an evangelical outlook. In the midst of dead orthodoxy, people are driven to contentment and to practice religion merely for safety and security. Is the Christian just content because they have the right beliefs? Do they come to God's house just to listen to a sermon? Dr. Lloyd-Jones references 1 Thessalonians 5:19 which tells the Christian not to quench the Holy Spirit. He explains the different ways one can avoid this: recognizing a fear of enthusiasm, confusion, false excitement, emotionalism, and pseudo-intellectualism. He clarifies the difference between emotionalism and emotion. Christians may be so afraid of the false that they quench the true emotion: "We've forgotten how to weep my friends," with joy and with sadness.
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“ Excellent Sermon! ” His preaching is timeless, rich, and spiritually refershing.
Robin (10/8/2023)
from Georgia
“ Powerful Teaching!!! ” The points made in this teaching I have experienced in churches I’ve worked with, but I really didn’t understand the deep spiritual consequences until I heard this message and sorrow filled my heart. SMH….
AmandaT (7/9/2023)
from Newstead VIC Australia
“ Great sermon! ” I am just starting on this series of revival and what a great sermon to introduce revival. Sadly there seems the two extremes, either coldness or hyper emotional. Maybe many reformed churches shy away because of the charismatic over the top stuff we see today. However that's no excuse for the quenching of the spirit as MLJ has so very clearly taught us here
Susan Roffman (5/7/2023)
from Florida
“ Great Sermon! ” Such a critically important message for the church. Seemingly the churches are even afraid of zeal. Zeal for the Lord and His commands. !!! The reformed churches I have been part of act like they hate zeal and don’t want any part of evangelism. Even or especially RC Sprouls church here. Reformed. Frozen. People who don’t seem to “get it”. Nor want to.
Christa (4/17/2023)
“ Great Sermon! ” Here you have the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in a nutshell.
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (December 20, 1899 – March 1, 1981) was a Protestant Christian who headed much of the evangelical movement of the 20th century. He stood firm against what he saw as false liberal doctrines that had become a part of the Christian denominations of Wales...
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