Seeking Baptism in the Spirit (3) - A Sermon on John

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What does it mean to seek baptism of the Spirit? In this sermon titled “Seeking Baptism in the Spirit (3),” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones preaches from John 1:26-33 to encourage Christians that they must seek baptism of the Spirit. By this, he means to seek the salvation of God both in justification and sanctification. God justifies completely upon conversion but His wondrous and purging sanctification will last a lifetime until being made perfect before His throne upon death. Dr. Lloyd-Jones exhorts that many Christians seek growth and baptism of the Spirit spasmodically, in that they pray only seasonally. God often grows His people only after driving them to the point of despair so that they may see their inadequacy in comparison to His glorious completeness. What Dr. Lloyd-Jones instructs is that the Christian ought to seek the Lord constantly in their prayers and be consistent and patient with the way in which God brings about growth - after all, God’s ways are not their ways. Dr. Lloyd-Jones also has a word on reading biographies as they are meant to stimulate the reader to seek God, not motivate them to seek the same experience as others. The saints of old can teach what it means to love the Lord.

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What a fine, fine sermon. Although my life was such for me that although I tried so very hard in life...having to work terribly hard, having a very hard life in many ways, & never finding a good, sound church...never anything like Westminster or Albert Martins assembly, I was/am blessed greatly by providence when early on, converted at 22 I soon discovered the two preachers mentioned here; then so wonderfully they have been such a huge blessing to me, they sending me to Spurgeon, all the Puritans, and thus my life as a believer in God, in Christ & his Spirit has been soundly spiritually fed.
I know of many pastors who never have used their Bibles and the spiritual food I have have these past near 58 years...I am near 80 now.
Thank you for these messages & oh, how I love this preacher God gave us.