Here is a brief sermon excerpt from D. Martin Lloyd-Jones in his own voice.
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A Terrible Place to Be
To me there is nothing more terrible for a preacher than to be in the pulpit alone, without the conscious smile of God.
D. Martin Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
HT: @preachingtoday
The Impression We Should Give Our Children
We should give our children the impression that the most wonderful thing in the world is Christianity; and that there is nothing in life comparable to being a Christian.
“Just Give Your Heart to Jesus.”
Is this Scriptural?
Often an appeal is made to us “to take Christ” or we are urged to “decide for Christ” or “follow Christ” or “give ourselves to Christ” or “give our hearts to Christ.” But, again, I think we must examine this. Is this scriptural? Does the Scripture put it in that way? Surely the Scripture does not ask, “Will you take Christ?” but “Will Christ take you?” Is it possible for him to take me in view of my sinfulness, my vileness, my guilt, my hopelessness? This idea that I can take Christ or not or that I should be pleaded with or cajoled, that pressure should be brought to bear upon me to “take Christ” or “follow him” is wrong – it is “I” all along. But I am a miserable worm, a wretch!
D. Martin Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
HT: Reformed Quotes
Preacher, What Are You Preaching?
The preacher should not enter his pulpit claiming to have received a revelation; his claim should be that he is a man who reads the Word and prays and believers that the Holy Spirit illumines and enlightens his understanding, with the result that he has a message for the people.
The Prayer Test
Prayer is the best test of an individual, and it is also the best test of a church. A church can be flourishing: she can be successful in terms of organizations, she can be tremendously active and appear to be prosperous, but if you want to know if she s a real church or not, examine the amount of prayer that takes place…So I ask you: how much do you pray? What evidence is there of prayer in your life? This is the way to discover where we are.
The Importance of Family
Whether we like it or not, a breakdown in home-life will eventually lead to a breakdown everywhere. This is, surely, the most menacing and dangerous aspect of the state of society at this present time. Once the family idea, the family unit, the family life is broken up – once that goes, soon you will have no other allegiance.
Five Minutes Versus Ten Years
God can do more in five minutes than man was able to do for the previous ten years.
D. Martin Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
HT: @UnashamedWkman
When Unity Is Not Unity
If you go back through the long history of the Church, you will find that it has often counted most, and has been most used by God, when there have been just a handful of people who were agreed in spirit and in doctrine. God took hold of them and used them and did mighty things through them. But when there was only one Church in the whole of western Europe, what did she lead to? The Dark Ages. And yet it seems to me that this great lesson of history is being entirely forgotten and ignored at this present time. I say these things not because I am animated by any controversial spirit, but because I have a zeal for the truth as I find it in the Scriptures, and regard it as tragic to note the way in which Scripture is being twisted and perverted in the interests of a unity which is not a unity.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Great Doctrines of the Bible – The Church
HT: Reformed Quotes
Life Is Worship 