05/19/2022 – Voddie Baucham: “The World The Flesh, and the Devil”

“To become a Christian is to be enlisted in a war, one that is fought on three main fronts. In this session, Rev. Voddie Baucham will remind us how the world, the flesh, and the devil work against the kingdom of God. He will explain why battle, struggle, and hardship should not surprise us as Christians.” (youtube description)

in the middle of his sermon, Voddie speaks to Ephesian bookends within this survey of the book of Ephesians. One of which is “indicatives” on one side and “imperatives” on the other side. The bookends of His truth. Check it out.

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/imperatives-indicatives-impossibilities/

Re: Waking up and understanding the radical nature of our depravity. I hadn’t heard this one , but Voddie relays this humorous illustration to original sin and infants: “God made them small so they wouldn’t kill us. God made them cute, so we wouldn’t kill them.” Hang with it for at about 48 minutes in, Voddie, the messenger brings it in, including : 1) People who say : “I don’t need the church”. What is that saying? As Voddie notes: “That dog doesn’t hunt”. and, 2) a personal testimony response to : “Look at how you grew up and you turned out ok.” Well..: “No, I’m not”.

And amen brother Voddie: “That our sins may be mortified and that Christ may be glorified… .How dare we be freed from such a horrifying condition and not reach out to souls who are still lost!”

Soli Deo Gloria!