Spurgeon on Salvation–God’s Sovereignty
Spurgeon says, “If any man is saved, it is not because he willed to be saved. If any man be brought to Christ, it is not of any effort of his, but the root, the cause, the motive of the salvation of any one human being, and of all the chosen in heaven, is to be found in the predestinating purpose and sovereign distinguishing will of the Lord our God.” [vol 9, year 1863, 355], “The Minister’s Stock-Taking”
Quoted in Murray, Iain. The Forgotten Spurgeon. p. 84
Xem chi tiết: “Đức Chúa Trời và Sự Cứu Rỗi: Tín Lý Về Ân Điển Quyền Năng” (“God and Salvation: The Doctrines of Sovereign Grace”)
FIVE ONLYS OF THE REFORMATION
October 31 is Reformation Day, the day Martin Luther (1483-1546) nailed up his 95 theses. Thus, the five “solas” or “onlys” seem appropriate:
- Scripture Alone: Scripture alone as the authority for life and practice in the church. (Only Scripture; Latin: Sola Scriptura)
- Grace Alone: God’s sovereign grace alone as the reason for our salvation without any actual or potential human merit, effort, faith, or work. (Only Grace; Latin: Sola Gratia)
- Faith Alone: Justification by faith alone and no human works. (Only faith; Latin: Sola Fide)
- Christ Alone: Salvation through the Person and work of Jesus Christ alone. (Only Christ; Latin: Solus Christus)
- Glory of God Alone: All things ultimately for the glory of God alone. (Only God’s glory; Latin: Soli Deo Gloria)
Modified from…
“What do I mean by Reformed Baptist?”
By D. Wayne Layton http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5470b72ae4b0a5a150755676/t/5470c977e4b0b3e05f6912cc/1416677751659/reformedbaptist.pdf
A SERMON ON ELECTION BY BAPTIST CHARLES SPURGEON
Protestants in general, and Baptists specifically, have embraced the doctrine of election. Listen in English to a sermon originally preached by Charles Spurgeon:
Greatest Intimacy
“Lord Jesus, in all of these situations and stories, really, really convince us that what we need and desire more than anything else is to connect with you intimately, in ways that the best sex between a husband and wife merely hints at. Even the best marriage and most fulfilling sex life is no substitute for the wonders of marriage to you. That is not hype, Jesus, it is our hope. So very amen, we pray.”
-Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers, Sept 3
God has chosen you Ngài đã chọn ngươi trong bạn
Deuteronomy 7:6–8 “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”
Deuteronomy 9:6 “Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.”
7:6-8 Vì ngươi là một dân thánh cho Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi; Ngài đã chọn ngươi trong muôn dân trên mặt đất, đặng làm một dân thuộc riêng về Ngài. Ðức Giê-hô-va tríu mến và chọn lấy các ngươi, chẳng phải vì các ngươi đông hơn mọi dân khác đâu; thật số các ngươi là ít hơn những dân khác. Nhưng ấy vì Ðức Giê-hô-va thương yêu các ngươi, và giữ lời thề mà Ngài đã lập cùng tổ phụ các ngươi, nên Ðức Giê-hô-va nhờ tay mạnh rút các ngươi ra, chuộc khỏi nhà nô lệ, và cứu khỏi tay Pha-ra-ôn, vua xứ Ê-díp-tô.
9:6 Vậy, khá biết rằng chẳng phải vì cớ sự công bình ngươi mà Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi cho ngươi nhận lấy xứ tốt tươi nầy đâu; bởi ngươi vẫn là một dân cứng cổ.
The Father’s Love
I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection
“How Deep The Father’s Love For Us”
WHOM THE SON CHOOSES
Luke 10:22 “All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
Cha ta đã giao mọi sự cho ta; ngoài Cha không ai biết Con là ai; ngoài Con, và người nào mà Con muốn tỏ ra cùng, thì cũng không có ai biết Cha là ai.
CHOSEN ĐƯỢC LỰA CHỌN
1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”
Nhưng anh em là dòng giống được lựa chọn, là chức thầy tế lễ nhà vua, là dân thánh là dân thuộc về Ðức Chúa Trời, hầu cho anh em rao giảng nhơn đức của Ðấng đã gọi anh em ra khỏi nơi tối tăm, đến nơi sáng láng lạ lùng của Ngài;
WHO SENDS REDEMPTION? AI SAI CỨU CHUỘC?
Psalm 111:9 “He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name!”
Ngài đã sai cứu chuộc dân Ngài, Truyền lập giao ước Ngài đến đời đời. Danh Ngài là thánh, đáng kính sợ.
To Trust in You
“Because the gospel is true—because Jesus is the precious ‘living Stone’ (1 Pet. 2:4-8), I will not despair when I am weak in concentration and focus. Indeed, Father, you’re not calling me to trust in my ability to trust, but to trust in you—in your trustworthiness, not in mine. For you’ve even promised your children a peace that passes, surpasses, and at times even bypasses all understanding. Hallelujah!”
-Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers, April 30
Inconsolable Desire
We have deep longings for so many things and relationships, but nothing seems to totally satisfy. Even when we enjoy those things and relationships the way they were intended by God. Only he can ultimately satisfy. All of our unmet desires remind us of our need for the triune God in heaven. Nothing short of his awesomeness will complete us; he will satisfy us by continually filling us up with himself.
-GSiV
Accept God as he reveals himself to be (6 of 6)
1 Phi 3:18
Vả, Ðấng Christ cũng vì tội lỗi chịu chết một lần, là Ðấng công bình thay cho kẻ không công bình, để dẫn chúng ta đến cùng Ðức Chúa Trời; về phần xác thịt thì Ngài đã chịu chết, nhưng về phần linh hồn thì được sống.
1 Peter 3:18 “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,”
QUYỀN NĂNG CAO CẢ CỦA ĐỨC CHÚA TRỜI Ở VIỆT NAM (Ê-phê 1:4-5) 