Showing posts with label David Platt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Platt. Show all posts
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Part 1 of the Real David Platt
This is part one of the documentary that exposes David Platt in his hostile takeover of McLean Bible Church. The people interviewed are former members of Platt's church.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
A Cross-Centered Life Treasures Christ Not the World
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world (Galatians 6:14).
The cross has a present power in our lives. The cross has the power to free us from the world's bondage. "The world" speaks of the system and nature of this age. Corruption, meaninglessness, hopelessness, futility, warped values, and despair are all aspects of this world. Paul says the believer and the world are dead to each other! The two have parted ways.
Our position in one sense, objectively, forensically, is this: we have been crucified already with Jesus. We belong to Him (5:24). The best way to understand this phrase in 14b is, "I have been crucified with Christ" (2:19). So we died. But we live. There is a new "I." The old self has died—the rebellious, enslaved, unbelieving self died. Now there is a new "I," a new creation.
Paul wants us to know that when Christ died, we died to the world, and now we live a new life in Him. It does not mean that the world does not affect us. The deathblow has been dealt at the cross, but the world still has a lingering influence. One day, though, when Christ returns, there will be no more corruption. Now the Christian life is about becoming what we are! We are dead to this world and alive to Christ. The world is not the believer's treasure, Christ is.
On account of the cross, the cares of this world do not have to crush us because we have a different perspective than the world. You know that if God will give you Christ, He will give all you need ultimately. The enticements of the world do not have to persuade us like they do the rest of society because we have new affections. Greed can be replaced by generosity; lust with purity; anxiety with truth; envy with love.
Paul says, "Live this out! Live as though this world has nothing for you and Christ is everything to you! Die to the enticements and cares of this world, and live as though Christ were your ultimate treasure. The motto for the Christian is: the world has nothing for us; Christ is everything to us. This is the daily power of the cross."
Charles Spurgeon, in a sermon called "Grand Glorying," writes these amazing words:
What means he by this? Why, he means that ever since he fell in love with Jesus Christ, he lost all love for the world! It seemed to him to be a poor, crucified, dying thing, and he turned away from it just as you would from a criminal whom you might see hanging in chains—and would desire to go anywhere rather than see the poor being. So Paul seemed to see the world on gallows—hung up there. "There," he said, "that is what I think of you and all your pomp, and all your power, and all your wealth, and all your fame! You are on the gallows, a malefactor, nailed up, crucified! I would not give a fig for you!" ... And now observe the other Cross. There is Paul on that. The world thinks as little of Paul as Paul does of the world. The world says, "Oh, the harebrained Paul! He was once sensible, but he has gone mad upon that stubborn notion about the Crucified one! The man is a fool." So the world crucifies him ... So is it with the world and the genuine Christian.
Can you look at your idols—money, success, human praise, power, peer approval, wanting attention, ungodly romance—and say, "I would not give a fig for you"? See your idols for what they are: pathetic, crucified, dying things. They are not attractive to the person who sees them for what they are and sees Jesus for all He is.
Can you accept that you will be different from the world if you live out this verse? Others may deem you "crazy" or "foolish." So be it. Treasure Jesus, not the world. The cross gives us the power to do just that.
Adapted from Exalting Jesus in Galatians by David Platt and Tony Merida
The cross has a present power in our lives. The cross has the power to free us from the world's bondage. "The world" speaks of the system and nature of this age. Corruption, meaninglessness, hopelessness, futility, warped values, and despair are all aspects of this world. Paul says the believer and the world are dead to each other! The two have parted ways.
Our position in one sense, objectively, forensically, is this: we have been crucified already with Jesus. We belong to Him (5:24). The best way to understand this phrase in 14b is, "I have been crucified with Christ" (2:19). So we died. But we live. There is a new "I." The old self has died—the rebellious, enslaved, unbelieving self died. Now there is a new "I," a new creation.
Paul wants us to know that when Christ died, we died to the world, and now we live a new life in Him. It does not mean that the world does not affect us. The deathblow has been dealt at the cross, but the world still has a lingering influence. One day, though, when Christ returns, there will be no more corruption. Now the Christian life is about becoming what we are! We are dead to this world and alive to Christ. The world is not the believer's treasure, Christ is.
On account of the cross, the cares of this world do not have to crush us because we have a different perspective than the world. You know that if God will give you Christ, He will give all you need ultimately. The enticements of the world do not have to persuade us like they do the rest of society because we have new affections. Greed can be replaced by generosity; lust with purity; anxiety with truth; envy with love.
Paul says, "Live this out! Live as though this world has nothing for you and Christ is everything to you! Die to the enticements and cares of this world, and live as though Christ were your ultimate treasure. The motto for the Christian is: the world has nothing for us; Christ is everything to us. This is the daily power of the cross."
Charles Spurgeon, in a sermon called "Grand Glorying," writes these amazing words:
What means he by this? Why, he means that ever since he fell in love with Jesus Christ, he lost all love for the world! It seemed to him to be a poor, crucified, dying thing, and he turned away from it just as you would from a criminal whom you might see hanging in chains—and would desire to go anywhere rather than see the poor being. So Paul seemed to see the world on gallows—hung up there. "There," he said, "that is what I think of you and all your pomp, and all your power, and all your wealth, and all your fame! You are on the gallows, a malefactor, nailed up, crucified! I would not give a fig for you!" ... And now observe the other Cross. There is Paul on that. The world thinks as little of Paul as Paul does of the world. The world says, "Oh, the harebrained Paul! He was once sensible, but he has gone mad upon that stubborn notion about the Crucified one! The man is a fool." So the world crucifies him ... So is it with the world and the genuine Christian.
Can you look at your idols—money, success, human praise, power, peer approval, wanting attention, ungodly romance—and say, "I would not give a fig for you"? See your idols for what they are: pathetic, crucified, dying things. They are not attractive to the person who sees them for what they are and sees Jesus for all He is.
Can you accept that you will be different from the world if you live out this verse? Others may deem you "crazy" or "foolish." So be it. Treasure Jesus, not the world. The cross gives us the power to do just that.
Adapted from Exalting Jesus in Galatians by David Platt and Tony Merida
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
A Cross-Centered Life Boasts in the Cross Not Self
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world (Galatians 6:14).
Paul says, I will not boast in myself; I will boast in someone and something else. He says, "But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." When Paul says, "I will never," he uses that Greek expression me genoito, the strongest Greek negative he could use (cf. Rom 6:1-2). He is trying to find absolute language to emphasize this point: Do not ever boast in anything except the cross. To put it positively, only boast in the cross. Boast means to "glory in," "make much of," "be consumed with," or "be mastered by" something. It is deep. It comes from your center, from your soul. The psalmist says, "We boast in God all day long; we will praise Your name forever" (Ps 44:8). May it never be that we would ever make much of anything, or ever glory in anything, or be mastered by anything, except the cross!
Boasting in the cross implies that you place your confidence in Christ and His work for your salvation. You are not trusting in your religious acts. Cross-exalters rest everything in what Christ has done. Cross-exalters believe that Jesus lived the life we could not live and died the death we should have died. Those who boast in the cross simply say, "This is for my peace: Jesus died in my place." Boasting in the cross implies that God accepts you because of the work of Christ. You can say, "Because of the cross, the wrath of God will not be poured out on me. Because of the cross, I am united to Christ. Because of the cross, I am dead to this world and all its claims on my life. Because of the cross, I have become a new creation." So boast in the cross. Revel in it. Rejoice in it.
Boast only in the cross because every spiritual blessing you enjoy or will enjoy is due to the cross. Everything we enjoy as new creations is owing to the cross. Do you enjoy justification? Boast in the cross. Do you enjoy redemption? Boast in the cross. Do you enjoy adoption? Boast in the cross. Do you enjoy the Spirit? Boast in the cross.
Adapted from Exalting Jesus in Galatians by David Platt and Tony Merida
Paul says, I will not boast in myself; I will boast in someone and something else. He says, "But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." When Paul says, "I will never," he uses that Greek expression me genoito, the strongest Greek negative he could use (cf. Rom 6:1-2). He is trying to find absolute language to emphasize this point: Do not ever boast in anything except the cross. To put it positively, only boast in the cross. Boast means to "glory in," "make much of," "be consumed with," or "be mastered by" something. It is deep. It comes from your center, from your soul. The psalmist says, "We boast in God all day long; we will praise Your name forever" (Ps 44:8). May it never be that we would ever make much of anything, or ever glory in anything, or be mastered by anything, except the cross!
Boasting in the cross implies that you place your confidence in Christ and His work for your salvation. You are not trusting in your religious acts. Cross-exalters rest everything in what Christ has done. Cross-exalters believe that Jesus lived the life we could not live and died the death we should have died. Those who boast in the cross simply say, "This is for my peace: Jesus died in my place." Boasting in the cross implies that God accepts you because of the work of Christ. You can say, "Because of the cross, the wrath of God will not be poured out on me. Because of the cross, I am united to Christ. Because of the cross, I am dead to this world and all its claims on my life. Because of the cross, I have become a new creation." So boast in the cross. Revel in it. Rejoice in it.
Boast only in the cross because every spiritual blessing you enjoy or will enjoy is due to the cross. Everything we enjoy as new creations is owing to the cross. Do you enjoy justification? Boast in the cross. Do you enjoy redemption? Boast in the cross. Do you enjoy adoption? Boast in the cross. Do you enjoy the Spirit? Boast in the cross.
Adapted from Exalting Jesus in Galatians by David Platt and Tony Merida
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Messages from For The Church 2015
This past week at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was the 2015 For The Church Conference. The following videos are the messages during the main sessions of the conference.
Jason K. Allen on Truth and the Church
Russell Moore on Truth and Culture
Darrin Patrick on Truth and Leadership
H.B. Charles, Jr. on Truth and Preaching
Jared C. Wilson on Truth and Shepherding
David Platt on Truth and Missions
Jason K. Allen on Truth and the Church
Russell Moore on Truth and Culture
Darrin Patrick on Truth and Leadership
H.B. Charles, Jr. on Truth and Preaching
Jared C. Wilson on Truth and Shepherding
David Platt on Truth and Missions
Monday, January 26, 2015
Book Review: Exalting Jesus in Galatians
B & H Publishing has produced a series of commentaries called, Christ-Centered Exposition. These commentaries are edited by David Platt, Tony Merida, and Daniel Akin who are highly respectable pastors and theologians. The purpose of this series is to get the reader to see Christ in every point of the Bible where they might have seen them before.
I decided to review Exalting Christ in Galatians because this is one of the books that convince Martin Luther that the gospel is not about works and Galatians is one of my favorite books of the Bible. This commentary is written by David Platt and Tony Merida. You can find which one wrote the chapters in the table of contents which is a good thing because it can get confusing at times when multiple authors write a book and not knowing who wrote what.
Each chapter goes over the main idea regarding the passages they are written about that break down topics they are discussing as well. You may think with a commentary, these chapters will be pretty long, but with Galatians they were not. Normally pastors and teachers would deal with commentaries but I think the editors have in mind for all believers to pick up these commentaries as they study the word of God without feeling they have been through a seminary class.
As you read these chapters, you feel like you are listening to a sermon and not a lecture. Each chapter is meant to, as the title says, exalt Christ. All chapters end with some questions to reflect as well as discuss if you are doing a Bible study.
If you are a pastor looking for a good commentary, pick this one up. If you are wanting to study the Bible for yourself and need a good commentary, pick this one up. In case you are wondering about cost, each commentary that is only $12.99, which is good if you are on a tight budget.
Thanks B & H Publishing for letting me review this book.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
God's Goodness in Your Pain
Recommended Reading:
Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller
Torn To Heal by Mike Leake
Suffering and The Sovereignty of God
Glorious Ruin by Tullian Tchividjian
If God is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil by Randy Alcorn
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Video: Trailer to Follow Me by David Platt
David Platt has a new book that was released yesterday called, Follow Me. After watching this trailer to the book, I am ready looking forward to the challenges that Platt will be teaching:
Check out David's other books:
Radical
Radical Together
Check out David's other books:
Radical
Radical Together
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Church Has Already Been Plan A
Jesus told the disciples to preach the gospel to everyone (Mark 16:15). The church is to evangelize. Unfortunately, many churches have left the responsibility to the pastors and evangelists. Many Christians think that living a good life is evangelism which is really not.
Jesus preached the good news as well as the Apostles. He is the one who charged the church to evangelize. That commission has not changed. I love this quote from Brett Storseth, Pastor of Fairway Baptist Church from a recent sermon:
The message of the kingdom is the message of Jesus Christ: that the Messiah has come and that the kingdom of heaven has come down to the kingdom of man. Jesus is the incarnate Son of God, and life can only be found through faith in Him. The message has not changed. We just fully understand it. The apostles, when they went out, didn’t completely see the message. They didn’t know that blood would be shed so that forgiveness could be delivered. They didn’t know all that would happen but they did know Jesus and knowing Him and seeing what he did created the message: the call to repent and to believe in Jesus.
We see the full message of the gospel but the principle stands, we must go into the harvest and we must preach the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ. Nothing else will deliver, nothing else will change,nothing else will save. The gospel is the good news of salvation. That is the one thing that the harvest needs that only those who know Jesus can faithfully deliver.
Living the gospel always includes PREACHING it. You can’t live it without preaching it. You must proclaim the gospel.
Check out this video from The Verge Network on the church being plan A:
Jesus preached the good news as well as the Apostles. He is the one who charged the church to evangelize. That commission has not changed. I love this quote from Brett Storseth, Pastor of Fairway Baptist Church from a recent sermon:
The message of the kingdom is the message of Jesus Christ: that the Messiah has come and that the kingdom of heaven has come down to the kingdom of man. Jesus is the incarnate Son of God, and life can only be found through faith in Him. The message has not changed. We just fully understand it. The apostles, when they went out, didn’t completely see the message. They didn’t know that blood would be shed so that forgiveness could be delivered. They didn’t know all that would happen but they did know Jesus and knowing Him and seeing what he did created the message: the call to repent and to believe in Jesus.
We see the full message of the gospel but the principle stands, we must go into the harvest and we must preach the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ. Nothing else will deliver, nothing else will change,nothing else will save. The gospel is the good news of salvation. That is the one thing that the harvest needs that only those who know Jesus can faithfully deliver.
Living the gospel always includes PREACHING it. You can’t live it without preaching it. You must proclaim the gospel.
Check out this video from The Verge Network on the church being plan A:
Saturday, April 14, 2012
T4G 2012 Sermons
I was unable to attend Together for the Gospel this year in Louisville, but from what I seen via Twitter and Facebook, it was amazing. I excited that they were able to get the sermons from the general sessions online. All those sermons are now available on video with the exception of John Piper's, which is available on audio at this time. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. I have not got to listen to Piper's yet, but I know it will be as good as the other ones.
The Power of the Articulated Gospel from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.
Spirit-Powered, Gospel-Driven, Faith-Fueled Effort. from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.
False Conversions: The Suicide of the Church from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.
Divine Sovereignty: The Fuel of Death-Defying Missions from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.
Will Your Gospel Transform a Terrorist? from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Why “Accepting Jesus In Your Heart” Is Superstitious & Unbiblical
I have heard it said from many pastors, especially in the Baptist church, be saved you need to "accept Jesus into your heart" or "invite Christ into your life." A.W. Tozer once said that the words, "accept Christ" are not in the Bible. Russell Moore tweeted, "Don't invite Christ into your life. Your life is a wreck. Jesus is inviting your into His life". In this video, David Platt adds more insight into the modern evangelism movement that loves saying these popular phrases:
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