Understanding Christianity

Understanding Christianity

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Understanding Christianity episodes

  • Stand in the Whole Armor of God Ephesians 6:10-20
    In this second sermon in the Spiritual Warfare series, Dr. Sean Cole preaches Ephesians 6:10-20. The choice is not whether you will engage in the battle as a Christian. You will be attacked, and you will face spiritual warfare as a reality. The question is, will you be EQUIPPED and PREPARED for the battle?
    What does it mean to STAND? How do each piece of armor help you in this spiritual warfare?
    Listen and find out.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc_gg_z3tj4
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    44 min
  • 1689 Baptist Confession on FREE WILL
    What exactly is free will? How is natural liberty different than libertarian free will? Dr. Sean Cole explores Chapter 9 of the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession which teaches how the will operates in the four states of mankind.
    First, how did free will operate for Adam before he fell in the Garden?
    Second, how does free will operate for sinners who have not been regenerated by the Holy Spirit but are still dead in their sins?
    Third, how does free will operate for a saved person who has the Holy Spirit living inside of them but still struggles with sin?
    Fourth, how does free will operate when we get to heaven and will live eternally in our glorified and perfect bodies?
    The rest of these paragraphs answer those questions, and they come from Augustine, who first articulated these four areas:
    State One: Adam Pre-Fall: He had the power NOT to sin and the power to sin.
    State Two: Unregenerate Man: Man lost the power NOT to sin and can only SIN and continue to sin.
    State Three: Regenerate Man: Saved by grace, man now has the power NOT to sin through the Spirit’s work but will sin until he gets to heaven.
    State Four: Glorified Man: IN heaven, we have the power NEVER to sin and live perfectly.
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    1 hr 16 min
  • 1689 Confession on Free Will
    What exactly is free will? How is natural liberty different than libertarian free will? Dr. Sean Cole explores Chapter 9 of the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession which teaches how the will operates in the four states of mankind.
    First, how did...
    1 hr 16 min
  • Understanding Spiritual Warfare
    Dr. Sean Cole begins a new sermon series on Spiritual Warfare. What exactly is spiritual warfare? What role does Satan play in my life? Does he have unlimited power? How do I fight the good fight? Do I have to engage in weird things like exorcisms or...
    44 min
  • 1689 Confession Christ the Mediator Part TWO
    Dr. Sean Cole continues Chapter 8 of the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession on Christ the Mediator. He focuses on the WORK of Christ by addressing SIX truths including Limited Atonement:
    (1) As fully God and fully man, he was thoroughly qualified to be our one Mediator.
    (2) He perfectly fulfilled the demands of the Law and lived the life we could never live. (Active Obedience of Christ)
    (3) He exhaustively endured God’s righteous judgment on the cross, bearing our sins.
    (4) He victoriously rose from the dead, ascended to heaven and is now seated at God’s right hand, interceding for us as our King.
    (5) He will literally return to earth in power and glory.
    (6) Jesus actually, not potentially, paid for our sins on the cross, securing our eternal redemption, not just making us savable--DEFINITE ATONEMENT or particular redemption.
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    1 hr 23 min
  • Soteriology 101's Misleading Tweet on Regeneration

    Two issues with Provisionism:

     

    The first is that they deny total inability.

     

    What actually happened to man in light of the Fall?

     

    Answer: Man can respond positively to God’s appeal to be reconciled from their fallen condition.

     

    But what is that condition? Are sinners judged because they are neutral? Can’t control their sin?

     

    Does God’s decree to permit the Fall and have all humans born spiritually dead mean He is unjust to punish sinners for something beyond their control?

     

    Second issue: What exactly happens in conversion or regeneration?

     

    Is it a miraculous work of God inwardly that changes the mind, heart, and will of a spiritually dead sinner? Or is the grace in conversion merely the gospel appeal? In short, the gospel presentation is SUFFICIENT grace to enable a sinner to respond positively to Christ because he retains LFW.

     

    Those are the two points of contention.

     

    Now, let’s address the mischaracterization of Reformed theology with the statement that regeneration or conversion is an ONTOLOGICALLY change of nature that causes a person to trust Christ.

     

    Does Reformed theology teach that regeneration is an ONTOLOGICAL change in human nature?

     

    First, let’s define ontological. The word means a state of being or that which exists.

     

    Leighton argues that regeneration actually changes a human's overall nature into something completely different from what it was before conversion. So, in regeneration, does a human being undergo a complete change from a sinful human being to another human being who is not sinful?

     

    What actually happens in regeneration? Is it an ontological change of nature?

     

    The short answer is NO

    55 min
  • 1689 Confession Christ the Mediator Part Two
    Dr. Sean Cole continues Chapter 8 of the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession on Christ the Mediator. He focuses on the WORK of Christ by addressing SIX truths including Limited Atonement:
    (1) As fully God and fully man, he was thoroughly...
    1 hr 23 min
  • The Empty Tomb and The Blessings of Repentance Acts 3:1-21
    Dr. Sean Cole preaches from Acts 3:1-21 for Resurrection Sunday.
    What does this miracle say about Jesus?
    What is the significance of the resurrection?
    What are the wonderful blessings of repentance?
    They killed the Author of Life. How ironic that the Jewish leaders, the Roman soldiers, thought that by killing Jesus, they were doing the world a favor when, in reality, they were killing the very AUTHOR of life—if that was even possible.
    They did kill the Author of Life, but since Jesus is the Holy and Righteous One who is King of kings and Lord of lords, they could not keep Him in the grave!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXcGeJnlOv0
    44 min
  • Easter 2024

    Dr. Sean Cole preaches from Acts 3:1-21 for Resurrection Sunday.

    What does this miracle say about Jesus?

    What is the significance of the resurrection?

    What are the wonderful blessings of repentance?

    They killed the Author of Life. How ironic that the Jewish leaders, the Roman soldiers, thought that by killing Jesus, they were doing the world a favor when, in reality, they were killing the very AUTHOR of life—if that was even possible.

    They did kill the Author of Life, but since Jesus is the Holy and Righteous One who is King of kings and Lord of lords, they could not keep Him in the grave!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXcGeJnlOv0

    44 min
  • Judges 16: Victory Through Extreme Failure
    In Judges 16, we see the epic failure of Samson at the hands of Delilah. He ends up captured, enslaved, and blind with no hope. However, he finally repents and cries out to the LORD for sovereign grace. This passage teaches us that no true believer...
    43 min

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Listen to Dr. Sean Cole, lead pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Sterling, CO, to help you understand Christianity. This podcast includes sermons, lectures, and discussions on leading issues in the…