Clear and useful. Powerful and very clear message about the effectual calling. Very good explanation of what irrezistible grace is and what it is not. A very useful message for me.
The LORD's Holy Grudge Against the Churches Timely! "...until they acknowledge their offense". The LORD holds a holy grudge, turns and walks away, and will not return to the modern churches (yes conservative and reformed too), until they come to terms with his condition above, "until."
The issue is not "will the Lord turn away", but that the LORD already HAS turned away from the churches in America and Britain. Yes they have "sought after him with their sheep and flocks", returning to some older and historic doctrines and practice, but only superficially. "They will not find me, until...", says the inspired text. Churches are going through the motions but are impotent because there is no power, no true regeneration or sanctification. Churches and family generations are Backsliders. "I know Ephraim, and Judah..". "There is none that seeks after God", truly that is. "All have turned aside", literally. This is the "Ichabod Generation", and has been in America since the Civil War and early 1900s. Even Spurgeon's Downgrade puts a time frame on the "falling away", and Fundamentalism, Evangelicalism, Charismaticism and New Calvinism were vain attempts to regain power and influence. But the condition has not been met: "Until they acknowledge their offense", and "come clean" before Christ who removes Candlesticks.
Great reminder. I understood again from this message that there is no place for playing with sin in Christian life. There is only one way to go as Chistians: to go forward with God!
Great encouragement. This was a great encouragement for me. God's eternal kindness and love for me, God's restoration, love in chastisement, God's protection from enemies. I realy needed a message like this.
Great blessing to my soul. This was a very powerful and searching message for my soul. A blessed faithful preaching about the judgment of God and eternal hell and about salvation only in Christ who suffered the wrath of God instead of His people.
Great encouragement. What a glorious thing to be the people of the only true and majestic, all-powerful God! To be loved so much by Him and to love Him and to serve Him!
Great Sermon! Pastor Mercer,
I can't believe there are no other comments on this message? Thank you for sharing this message with us. It was truly a blessing to my heart as I consider all that I have in the Gospel.
God bless you
RAN