Glorious Christianity
Overview
Martyn Lloyd-Jones uses Stephen's sermon in Acts 7 to diagnose the objections that an unbelieving world has to Christianity. Readers will see that nonbelievers today are no different from the religious leaders of Stephen's day—and we must break through the barrier of sin to reach people with the Kingdom of God.
In the fourth volume of Studies in the Book of Acts, Martyn Lloyd-Jones diagnoses the objections that an unbelieving world has to Christianity. He examines Stephen’s speech to the Sanhedrin in Acts 7 to uncover the reason why the Jewish leaders during the early days of the church were so outraged by what the apostles said and were so quick to persecute and silence them. It is the same reason why nonbelievers today reject the truth: sin. Sin infects people’s minds, hearts, and spirits, blinding them to the truth of Christianity.
Product Details
- Title: Glorious Christianity
- Author: Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- Publisher: Crossway Books, 2004
- Pages: 288
About Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) is recognized as one of the last century's most gifted preachers and writers. He served as minister of Westminster Chapel in London for 25 years and preached extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Through his devotional writings, commentaries and other books, Lloyd-Jones has had a profound influence upon the Christian church and the lives of many thousands worldwide.
Top Highlights
“I can sum up their position like this: These highly religious people had never really given the Gospel a fair hearing, a fair chance; they were blinded by prejudice. And they were blinded by prejudice because they had a completely false idea as to what constitutes true religion. That was what blinded them, as it had blinded all the Pharisees who had so constantly contended with our Lord about His wonderful message.” (Page 7)
“Thirdly—and, remember, these are all ways in which the religious leaders had completely misunderstood the true meaning of the very thing in which they gloried—they had completely misunderstood Moses and his teaching, the teaching of the law. The charge that was brought against Stephen was this: ‘We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.… This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law’ (Acts 6:11, 13).” (Page 12)
“But why did the Pharisees and the doctors of the law resent our Lord and deal with Him as they did? He was the essence, the incarnation, of God’s love, and yet they argued with Him, they tried to trap Him in His conversation, they conspired against Him and eventually got rid of Him by the cruel death of crucifixion. What made them do it? And the answer is that His preaching condemned them. They saw the implication of it. They who were self-satisfied and thought themselves to be perfect were convicted that there was something wrong about them. So they constantly turned on Him and said things like this: ‘We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?’ (John 8:33).” (Page 9)
- Title: Glorious Christianity
- Author: David Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Series: Studies in the Book of Acts
- Volume: 4
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2004
- Logos Release Date: 2005
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Sermons, English › 20th century; Bible. N.T. Acts 7 › Sermons
- Resource ID: LLS:GLRSCHRNTY
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T08:23:43Z
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981) is recognized as one of the last century’s most gifted preachers and writers. He was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century.
Lloyd-Jones first studied medicine, but left that field and went to Wales in 1927 to follow his calling to preach. He became the minister of a Welsh Presbyterian Church in Abervon, South Wales where he ministered for a decade.
In 1929, Lloyd-Jones went to London where he was appointed the associate pastor of Westminster Chapel working alongside G. Campbell Morgan. This ministry lasted for 30 years until Lloyd-Jones retired in 1968. He also served at Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Students which is known today as the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship.
Through his books and commentaries, Lloyd Jones has had a profound influence upon the Christian church and the lives of many worldwide. His books include The Gospel in Genesis: From Fig Leaves to Faith, Great Doctrines of the Bible, and the titles in the Crossway D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Collection and Select Expositions of Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
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