Theological term
Irresistible Grace
32 sermons · All terms
The Fall of Jerusalem
The fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC is not merely a military defeat but the executed decree of a sovereign God against a covenant people who refused to repent. Working through 2 Kings 23:28–25:21, this sermon traces four movements: the death of Josiah, the rise of Nebuchadnezzar, the four final kings of Judah, and the destruction and captivity of Jerusalem. The theological thread running through every catastrophe is divine sovereignty — Nebuchadnezzar is God's servant, the exile is God's rod, and even the closing note of hope in the survival of Jehoiachin is a witness that no empire can frustrate the Davidic covenant promise that finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ.
From Alienation to Reconciliation
Colossians 1:21–23 sets before the reader a stark before-and-after portrait of what redemption accomplishes: sinners who were actively alienated from God and enemies in their minds, now reconciled through the physical death of Christ and destined to stand holy, blameless, and above reproach before the judgment seat. The passage distinguishes sharply between the reason for reconciliation and its purpose — God does not reconcile because we are holy, but in order to present us holy, grounding justification entirely in imputed righteousness rather than moral attainment. The sermon works through four movements in the text — the previous state of alienation, the present condition of reconciliation, the future destiny of vindication at judgment, and the present duty of grounded, steadfast perseverance in the faith — with the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints serving as the practical crown of the exposition.