(The picture above is from St Mary’s Church in Oxford, England. My son and I visited there in 2023. Our tour guide sent me this excerpt of a message John Wesley preached there. C. S. Lewis preached his famous sermon, “The Weight Of Glory,” here. Dr. R.T. Kendall believes that preaching the doctrine of Justification by Faith is a key to the next move of God. This sermon may sound harsh by today’s standards but hell is real. And Jesus is our only savior. How can one be found if he doesn't realize he is lost?)
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| John Wesley |
"Justification by faith"-June 11th,1738.
He gave this sermon at the Church we all visited (St Mary the Virgin)..this was about 3 weeks after his dramatic encounter with The Holy Spirit (May 24th) at Aldersgate London.
After this encounter Wesley was dramatically changed-and this sermon was one of the first fruits of that change:
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH-June 11th 1738
"......Thou ungodly one who hearest or readest these words, thou vile helpless miserable sinner!
I charge thee before God,the judge of all,go straight unto Him with all thy ungodliness.
Take heed thou destroy not thy own soul by pleading thy own rightousness..more or less go as altogether ungodly-guilty-lost-destroyed-deserving and dropping into hell......and thou shalt then find favour in His sight and know that He justifieth the ungodly...as such thou shalt be brought into the blood of sprinkling.....as an undone-helpless-damned sinner!
Thus look unto Jesus-there is The Lamb of God who taketh away thy sins!
Plead thou no works-no righteousness of thine own.......
No-humility-contrition-sincerity!-in no wise that were in very deed to deny The Lord that bought thee....no plead thou singly the blood of the covenant......
....the ransom paid for thy proud stubborn soul....who art thou that seest and feelest both thine inward and outward ungodliness?
Thou art the man!
I want thee for my Lord!...I challenge thee for a child of God by faith!...The Lord hath need of thee.
Thou who feelest thou art fit for hell, art just fit to advance His glory-the glory of His free grace, justifying the ungodly and him that worketh not.
O come quickly!. Believe in The Lord Jesus and thou, even thou art reconciled to God".
Hope that will help put the finishing touches to your Christian history trip to Oxford.
Shalom and Blessings,
Steve
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