Cited in sermons
Robert Martin
5 sermons · All people cited
Getting the Garden Right — Dr. Richard Barcellos | Why Genesis 1–3 Matters for Everything
Genesis 1–3 is not merely the Bible's opening chapter but the theological foundation upon which the covenant of works, the divine rest, and the entire eschatological structure of Scripture are built. Richard Barcellos surveys the argument of his book 'Getting the Garden Right,' contending that New Covenant theology and progressive covenantalism go wrong precisely where they fail to reckon with Adam's probationary status under the covenant of works and the eschatological significance of God's Sabbath rest as a state into which the obedient image-bearer was to enter. The discussion ranges from hermeneutical method — the necessity of allowing the New Testament to illuminate the Genesis narrative — to the typological continuity of the Sabbath from creation ordinance through the resurrection of Christ to the weekly Lord's Day. Listeners are pressed to take the primary sources of the Reformed tradition seriously and to see that whatever Adam failed to attain, Christ secured, bringing many sons to the glory that is better than the beginning.
The Fourth Commandment, Part 3
Hebrews 4:9's use of the word 'Sabbatismos' — Sabbath-keeping as a practice to be observed — anchors the argument that a weekly Sabbath rest remains binding on the New Covenant people of God. The sermon traces the theological rationale for the day-change from Saturday to Sunday through the resurrection of Christ, arguing that the Son's rest from the work of new creation mirrors the Father's rest from the work of creation. Three alleged anti-Sabbatarian texts — Romans 14, Galatians 4, and Colossians 2 — are examined in turn and shown to address Jewish ceremonial calendar observances, not the moral fourth commandment. The burden of proof, the speaker argues, lies with those who would remove one commandment from the Decalogue, not with those who keep all ten intact.
The Qualifications for Elders, Part 2
What does Scripture require of a man before a church installs him as an elder? Expounding 1 Timothy 3:1–7 alongside Titus 1:5–9, this sermon completes a two-part treatment of the biblical qualifications for elders, focusing on the elder's maturity in the faith, his good testimony before outsiders, and his indispensable ability to teach. The danger of rushing a novice into office is pressed from multiple angles — pride, the church's welfare, and the man's own protection — before the sermon closes with practical exhortations to the congregation on praying for, identifying, examining, and where necessary excluding candidates for eldership.
2LCF Chapter 22 - Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day, Part 5
The change of the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day of the week rests not on explicit apostolic command but on authoritative precedent: Christ's resurrection, the post-resurrection gatherings He led, the apostolic practice recorded in Acts and the Epistles, and the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost. The Sabbath command remains morally binding in the new covenant, grounded theologically in Christ's rest from His re-creative labors (Hebrews 4:9) as the Creator's rest grounded the old covenant observance. Paragraph 8 of 2LCF Chapter 22 is then opened to address both preparation for the day — spiritual (repentance, the framing of the mind in prayer and Scripture) and practical (ordering common affairs beforehand) — and conduct on the day, distinguished between necessary cessations (vocational, commercial, recreational, and conversational) and wholesome operations (public and private worship, works of necessity and mercy).
Free Grace Baptist Church - March 21 Missions Event
A Reformed Baptist missionary with thirty years of service in the Philippines presents an overview of the work in Metro Manila and beyond: church planting, a three-year pastoral training institute covering biblical languages and systematic theology, and itinerant teaching among pastors in remote provinces. The presentation is grounded in Revelation 5 and Romans 10 — Christ has purchased a people from every tribe, tongue, and nation, and messengers must be sent to gather them. The evening closes with prayer requests for the elders of Moonwalk Community Bible Church, the graduates scattered across the Philippine islands, and the ongoing effort to bring the gospel to Roman Catholics, Muslims, and those ensnared in health-and-wealth Christianity.