Scott Wesley Brown - Can you hear the Echoes

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Can You Hear The Echoes
Written by Scott Wesley Brown
Saturday, 18 September 2004

Can you hear the echoes
Of the hammer falling on the wooden cross
Can you hear them as the blood flows
The echoes of the cross

Can you hear Him weeping
As the Father turns His face
Forsaken by earth and heaven
With the nails and thorns of grace

And with every hammer blow
god's work was made complete
Our sin exchanged for His righteousness
Through willing hands and feet.

Can you fell the crushing weight
Of our sin upon His back
As He hangs in pain and nakedness
While the Roman soldiers laugh

Can we ever comprehend
It pleased God to crush His Son
That through this just injustice
Could such a mercy come

But can you dare imagine
How this wrong could be so right
Through the echoes of the cross
His death has brought us life

Oh I cannot be silent
I cannot be still
What Crhist has done for you and me
Still echoes from Calvary's hill

Can you hear the echoes
Of the hammer falling on the wooden cross
Can you hear them as His love flows
The echoes of the cross

Scott Wesley Brown
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The Law / Gospel Distinction 3 - Monty Lloyd Collier.

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This is Mr. Collier's third sermon on Law / Gospel Distinction. The sermon was preached to Geneva Dutch Calvinist Church, Kingsport, Tennessee.

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In this sermon, Mr. Collier examines two common methods of mixing Law and Gospel. These methods are used by false teachers to this very day. After examining the two false methods, Mr. Collier presents the proper distinction between Law and Gospel. You will also hear how Martin Luther was converted in this sermon. Finally, Mr. Collier gives some common examples of how false teachers mix Law and Gospel.

Justification: How Can Man Be Just With God?

Can you answer this question correctly?

What is the Gospel? - by John W. Robbins - Read by Monty L. Collier.

JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINS.

Dr. Robbins was a resident of Unicoi County, Tennessee. Born and reared in Pennsylvania, he received his A. B. from Grove City College (Pennsylvania) in 1969, cum laude, with Highest Honors in Political Science. He pursued graduate studies at The Johns Hopkins University (Maryland), earning his Masters in Political Theory (1970) at age 21, and his Doctorate in Philosophy and Political Theory (1973) at age 24.

In 1973 Dr. Robbins became Legislative Assistant to a Member of Congress from Indiana, Earl Landgrebe, and subsequently worked, over the next 20 years, in several capacities for several public policy institutions: The Heritage Foundation (Economic Analyst), The Templeton Foundation (Consultant), Western Islands (Editor), Tax Reform Immediately (National Director), The Foundation for Economic Education (Editor of The Freeman), and The Institute for Policy Innovation (President). He served as Legislative Assistant (1976, 1979-1981) and Chief of Staff (1981-1985) to a Member of Congress from Texas, Dr. Ron Paul.

In 1977 Dr. Robbins founded a Christian think tank, The Trinity Foundation, and under his direction The Foundation has published 75 books, 180 lectures, and 275 essays; hosted conferences and seminars in several states; and published a monthly newsletter for over 30 years.

Dr. Robbins wrote several books, hundreds of essays, and lectured or taught at several institutions of higher education, including Harvard University, the University of Colorado, the University of Texas, Biola University, College of the Southwest, Western Reformed Seminary, and Chesapeake Seminary. He was a member of two academic societies, the Evangelical Theological Society and the Evangelical Philosophical Society.

Dr. Robbins was elected and ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church of America, and licensed to preach by Westminster Presbytery, but he left that denomination because of its failure to discipline teachers who were teaching a different gospel. He was an elder in a Reformed congregation called Reformation Church.

Dr. Robbins and his wife Linda had three daughters, two sons-in-law, and six grandchildren. Dr. John W. Robbins went home to his Lord and Savior on August 14, 2008.

Please see this essay at http://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=95

Thank you very much to Monty L. Collier for allowing me to use his work to make this video.

God's Plan for Salvation - Harmony of the New Birth and the Gospel.

Thank you for waiting patiently for this Part 2 in my series God's plan for the Salvation of the human soul.

In part two, I do a quick 5 minute re-cap on what was discussed in Part one. Then I take a deeper look at God's Sovereignty - an attribute you cannot afford NOT to embrace in it's fullness. I discuss the reasons for this in the re-cap section before I pick up the narration I did about a month ago.

The new Birth is prophesied in the Old Testament in Ezekiel Chapter 37, also known as the "Dry Bones" chapter. Here we are told how God commands Ezekiel to prophesy over a valley of dry bones, and by doing so, they are brought to life, which is a type and shadow of things to come, and a picture of the raising to life of the dead human soul by the Holy Spirit.

"The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. (Ezekiel 37:1-14)

Another passage in Ezekiel is Chapter 36:24-26, where we are told the following:

"For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh." (Ezekiel 36:24-26)

The fullfillment of this prophesy is adequately discussed in Titus 3:4-8a

"But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying...." (Titus 3:4-8a)

Once the human soul has been brought to life by God Himself (quickened), the Gospel can be preached and heard and understood by those who were foreordained unto eternal life in Christ Jesus before the foundation of the world.

Here is the Gospel:

"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures..." (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)

The Holy Spirit SEALS that person into Christ by indwelling the Believer. (Ephesians 1:13 and 2 Corinthians 1:21-22)

"For the gifts and the calling of God are IRREVOCABLE." (Romans 11:29)

God's Plan for Salvation - Part One.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw2WJInhMP8

This is the first part of a basic description of God's plan for the salvation of the human soul. In this part one, I take a look at the difference between the saving Gospel mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, and I start to explore the harmony of this Gospel with the New Birth mentioned by Jesus in John 3:3.

There are many people who do not understand the simple truth that the human soul is born dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1) and is incapable of seeking God in any way. We are totally UNABLE to hear the Gospel until such time as the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus said He would send after He had ascended into Heaven. has quickened us to life through the washing of the regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, spoken of in Titus 3:5.

It is my prayer that those whom God has given ears to hear His truth will be comforted by this word and that it will help you to understand why the saving work of the Godhead (Father Elects, the Son saves and the Holy Spirit effects Christ salvation through the New Birth), can NEVER be thwarted and why our salvation is utterly IRREVOCABLE!

By the way, all you unbelievers who watch this video - refute me with SCRIPTURE please, or be quiet.