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Exodus 20:1-17 Romans 7:7-8:1 Introduction/Review Theme: If we are filled with the Spirit; then we must also walk in step with the Spirit, while mortifying the works of the flesh. Regeneration on the Conflict between the Flesh/Spirit (Vs 17) The Spirit/Flesh is like Oil/Water The Definition of the Spirit The Definition of the Flesh "'The body,' then [refers] to that corruption and depravity of our natures whereof the body, in a great part, is the seat and instrument, the very members of the body being made servants unto unrighteousness thereby [...] it may [...] express the whole person considered as corrupted, and the seat of lusts and distempered affections." -John Owen The Conflict of the Spirit and the Flesh (Rom 7:15-20) Application: We can take comfort in the reality that our struggle with the flesh is part of the normal Christian life The Victory of the Flesh over the Spirit (Vs 18,16) Being let by the Spirit and Justification (Vs 18) Walking in the Spirit and Sanctification (Vs 16) Israel missed the Grace being offered in their Worship (Vs 23-24; 29:13) Application: The Spirit will have the victory over the flesh; therefore we must "walk" in the means of grace. The Necessity of Actively Mortifying the Flesh (Vs 16B) The Necessity of Repentance The Necessity of "Amputation" (Matthew 5:30) Application: We are to subdue the flesh under the Spirit, and that will happen as we walk in the Spirit

New Recording in 2022 "Here lie the springs of the whole course of our obedience. An acquaintance with these several principles and their actings is the principal part of our wisdom. They are upon the matter, next to the free grace of God in our justification by the blood of Christ, the only things wherein the glory of God and our own souls are concerned. These are the springs of our holiness and our sins, of our joys and troubles, of our refreshments and sorrows. It is, then, all our concernments to be thoroughly acquainted with these things, who intend to walk with God and to glorify him in this world."

1. Faith hath continual recourse unto him, on the account of what he did and suffered for us in this world; for thereon pardon of sin, justification, and peace with God, do depend. This arises, in the first place, from a sense of our own wants. But love of him is no less necessary unto us than faith in him; and although we have powerful motives unto love from what he did and was in this world, yet the formal reason of our adherence unto him thereby is what he is in himself as he is now exalted in heaven. If we rejoice not at the remembrance of his present glory, if the thoughts of it be not frequent with us and refreshing unto us, how dwelleth his love in us?

Self-condemnation and abhorrency do very well consist with gospel justification and peace. Some men have no peace, because they have that without which it is impossible they should have peace. Because they cannot but condemn themselves, they cannot entertain a sense that God acquits them. But this is the mystery of the gospel, which unbelief is a stranger to; nothing but faith can give a real subsistence to these things in the same soul, at the same time.

Faith has continual recourse to Jesus, on the account of what He did and suffered for us in this world; for thereon pardon of sin, justification, and peace with God, do depend. This arises, in the first place, from a sense of our own wants. But love of him is no less necessary unto us than faith in him; and although we have powerful motives unto love from what he did and was in this world, yet the formal reason of our adherence unto him thereby is what he is in himself as he is now exalted in heaven. If we rejoice not at the remembrance of his present glory, if the thoughts of it be not frequent with us and refreshing unto us, how dwelleth his love in us?

The old hymn, "One Day When Heaven Was Filled With His Praises," is an overall theme that can remind us of five Puritan preachers and scholars: John Bunyan, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, William Perkins, Richard Sibbes, John Owen. Although the hymn was written a few hundred years after these preachers, it reminds us of the Christ they proclaimed in their own time-zone. Each preacher plus Biblical references, is introduced by a line from the Chorus; 'Living, He loved me; -- Dying He saved me; -- Buried, He carried my sins far away; -- Rising, He justified freely forever; --One day He's coming, O glorious day'.

The old hymn, "One Day When Heaven Was Filled With His Praises," is an overall theme that can remind us of five Puritan preachers and scholars: John Bunyan, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, William Perkins, Richard Sibbes, John Owen. Although the hymn was written a few hundred years after these preachers, it reminds us of the Christ they proclaimed in their own time-zone. Each preacher plus Biblical references, is introduced by a line from the Chorus; 'Living, He loved me; -- Dying He saved me; -- Buried, He carried my sins far away; -- Rising, He justified freely forever; --One day He's coming, O glorious day'.

"To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a matter of comfort; but to be assured that all things which fall out shall co-operate for their good, that their crosses shall be turned into blessings, that showers of affliction water the withering root of their grace and make it flourish more; this may fill their hearts with joy till they run over." - Thomas Watson (on the Puritan Hard Drive at http://bit.ly/ci3g2z) "Christ is the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the meeting-place of all the waters in the world, so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet." - John Flavel (on the Puritan Hard Drive) "We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love." - John Owen (on the Puritan Hard Drive) "So in love is Christ with holiness that he will buy it with his blood for us." - John Flavel (on the Puritan Hard Drive) "We trust as we love, and where we love. If we love Christ much, surely we shall trust him much." - Thomas Brooks (on the Puritan Hard Drive) "Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again -- you will never come to the bottom of these depths!" - Robert Murray McCheyne (on the Puritan Hard Drive) "They who love any thing better than Christ are not worthy of him." - Covenanter field Minister James Renwick, on the day of his martyrdom (on the Puritan Hard Drive) Prayer keeps the heart open to God -- but shut to sin. - Thomas Watson (on the Puritan Hard Drive)

2LCF Chapter 21 of the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith addresses Christian liberty and liberty of conscience — doctrines the Reformers identified as central to the Reformation itself, not mere appendages to gospel teaching. John Calvin called Christian liberty "a proper appendix to justification," and John Owen identified it as the second principle justifying the Reformers' separation from Rome. This study works through all three paragraphs of the chapter, grounding the doctrine first in what Christ has secured for his people rather than in civic freedoms or personal preferences. Main points: - Freedom from the guilt of sin - Freedom from the power of sin - Freedom from the punishment of sin - Freedom further enlarged in the New Testament - Freedom from man's bondage — unbiblical ecclesiastical impositions - Freedom from the moral scruples of misguided brethren - Freedom unto a proper slavery Scripture references: - Jeremiah 7 - Matthew 15:1-20 - John 3:36 - Romans 6:1; 6:5-7; 6:18; 8:1; 8:31-34 - 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 - Galatians 1:3-4; 2:3; 3:13; 5:1; 6:14 - Ephesians 2:1-5 - Colossians 2:22-23 - 1 Thessalonians 1:10 - 1 Peter 2 Free Grace Baptist Church — https://www.freegrace.ca Full transcript & sermon notes: https://sermons.freegrace.ca/sermons/teaching-of-christian-liberty-and-liberty-of-conscience-2 Description generated by Tyrannus.ai: https://www.tyrannus.ai

Selections from John Owen's works on justification and spiritually-mindedness.