Jonathan Goundry's Sermons

The Two Kingdoms Debate

2010-03-20T11:21:00.000-07:00

The Two Kingdoms Debate: Should we work to build a Christian Nation

Format of the Debate:
1. Introductory remarks- 5 minutes
2. Opening Statements- 20 minutes each
3. Rebuttals- 8 minutes each
4. Cross Examinations- 15 minutes each
Break- 10 minutes total
5. Closing Statements- 10 minutes each
6. Audience Q & A- 30 minutes

King and Servant Show 15

2010-03-04T19:55:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan discuss eschatology and the sensationalism that often surrounds modern end time scenarios. Jonathan lays the foundations of a more biblical eschatology, which is primarily focused on consummation of redemptive history.

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King and Servant Show 14

2010-02-25T20:58:00.000-08:00

Jonathan gives a report on last weeks debate in Seattle and then devotes the rest of the show to the subject of sanctification, centering around an exegetical study of Romans 7

King and Servant Show 13

2010-02-10T19:56:00.001-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan answer some emails and then talk about two kingdom theology and the debate this weekend in Seattle.

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King and Servant Show 12

2010-01-21T20:00:00.001-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan discuss the doctrine of sin by tracing it's history from Eden to the modern day, explaining how sin is more to do with man's vain attempt for autonomy and deification than it is his fall from moralistic social standards.

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King and Servant Show 11

2010-01-12T22:28:00.000-08:00

Jonathan goes solo for this show and talks about life after death and its unavoidable realities.

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King and Servant Show 10

2010-01-06T20:39:00.000-08:00

Jonathan is joined by guest Pastor Stephen Goundry (his father) to discuss Christian missionary work, and how the western church can better equip those who will go.

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King and Servant Show 9

2009-12-31T15:58:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan discuss how to best study the bible in personal devotional time without negating any passages but at same recognizing the covenantal structure of the bible, allowing for a contextual understanding of both the Old and New Testament scriptures.

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King and Servant Show 8

2009-12-24T14:21:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan discuss the doctrine of glorification and why it often overlooked and forgotten by many believers, and how this can lead to a pessimistic view of the future and a defeatist attitude in the present.

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King and Servant Show 7

2009-12-21T17:25:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan discuss the importance of understanding the relationship between historic Calvinism and paradoxical theology and how it logical gives room for the well-meant offer of the gospel, the two-wills of God and common grace.

King and Servant Show 6

2009-12-20T12:47:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan discuss Christian evangelism and why many Christians struggle to share and proclaim the gospel.

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King and Servant Show 5

2009-12-20T12:44:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan explore the worship spectrum, discussing the new testament view of the regulative principle and how it can be both abused and neglected.

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King and Servant Show 4

2009-12-20T12:42:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Bryan discuss what it means to be covenantally blessed or cursed, and how modern definitions of such terms are inadequate.

King and Servant Show 3

2009-11-15T11:56:00.000-08:00

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Jonathan and Bryan discuss the significance of Words, Symbols and Images and how all three are used in every day life to communicate ideas and thought.

King and Servant Show 2

2009-11-15T11:54:00.000-08:00

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Jonathan and Bryan discuss God's Sovereignty and the importance of not just knowing this truth but living out this truth in our daily lives.

King and Servant Show 1

2009-11-15T11:49:00.000-08:00

King and Servant Show 1

Jonathan and Bryan discuss the purpose of the show and the importance of paradoxical theology and it application to Christian Living

Our Union with Christ

2009-04-18T22:52:00.000-07:00

Our Union with Christ Listen here

I. What is union?
Close relation
Brought together in harmony with out blurring of distinct parts
It is intimate life

II. Union with Christ in eternity past
Covenant of redemption (John 6:37-41)
God’s eternal decrees (Tit 1;2-3)
Election and Predestination (Eph 1:3-7)

III. Union at the cross
Forensic Penal Substitutionary atonement (rom 3:23-30)
Crucified with Christ (Gal 2:20)
Christ living and dying in our place (Rom 5:19)

IV. Legal Union
Justification by faith alone (Rom 5:1)
Adoption (Gal 4:5)

V. Spiritual Union
Intellectual union (1 Cor 2:16)
Vital Union (Rom 6:1-4)
Mystical Union (Eph 3:17-21)

VI. Union in Sanctification
Think as Christ does 1 Cor 2:16
Feel as Christ does Phillip 2:5
Love what Christ love John 13:34-35
Hate what Christ hates Rev 2:6

The goal is to be like Christ. This is only way to truly live, everything is pseudo life

Seeing the Invisible

2009-04-18T22:21:00.000-07:00

Seeing the Invisible Listen Here

I. God is Invisible
God is Spirit Non-Spatial and atemporal John 4:24, 1 Tim 1:17
No one can see God in His fullness, John 1:18, 1 John 4:12
Not even in Glory 1 Tim 6:16

II. We love the one we can not see
We love God who we can not see (1 John 4:20)
We love Christ who we can not see at this time (1 Pet 1:8)
We born again by the Spirit which is not seen (John 3:8 )

III. Why is God not seen by the natural eye
So that we will not die (Exodus 33:20)
So that Great Commission can be fulfilled (Matt 28:20)
So that we have a sure hope (Rom 5:1-5)

IV. We are to look to the invisible
A. We changed from glory to glory by the spirit (2 Cor 3:16-18)
B. Even though the natural man dies we have eternal life (2 Cor 4:16:18
C. Trust God who raises the dead (2 Cor 1:7:10)

The Federal Vision Debate: The Covenant of Grace

2008-10-12T12:09:00.001-07:00

Do all New Covenant Members persevere onto final salvation?

Part 1
Part 2

Part 3

I. The Nature of the Triune God (Isa 6:3)
Holy and Just
Personal and Relational, which includes love and goodness
Therefore His Relationship to His creation most be holy and just

II. Bicovenantalism
Covenant of Works
Covenant of Grace
Mono-covenantalism denies Law – Gospel distinction

III. Overview of Covenants
Edenic Covenant (Works)
Adamic Covenant (Promise)
Noahic Covenant (Dominion)
Abrahamic Covenant (Royal Grant)
Mosaic Covenant (Typological Kingdom)
Davidic Covenant (Messianic)
New Covenant (Salvation)

IV. Ordo Salutis and Historia Salutis (Gal 3:29)
Man is always saved the same way (ordo salutis)
But the Covenant of Grace matures in redemptive History (Historia Salutis)
Old Testament Covenants fulfilled in Christ

V. Constitution of the New Covenant (Heb 8:10-12)
In Christ’s blood
Entirely salvific
All in the covenant are saved
No covenant breakers

VI. Therefore all New Covenant Members will persevere onto to final salvation

The Federal Vision Debate: The Covenant of Works

2008-10-12T11:52:00.000-07:00

Covenant of Works Defended

Part 1

Part 2

I. Adam under a Covenant of Works Hosea 6:7
A. Like Adam Israel broke the Covenant
B. Job 31:33 as Adam
C. Rom 5:14 Solidarity between Adam and Christ

II. Works of the Law (Gal 3:5,12)
A. Works is obedience to the commandments (Gal 3:12)
B. Not based upon faith
C. Faith is antithetical to works
D. Faith is an empty hand

III. Strict Justice (Gal 3:10-12)
A. Cursed is He who breaks the Law (Jam 2:10-11)
B. Eternal Punishment is strict justice (Rev 20:11-15)
C. Wages for work rendered is not grace but justice (Rom 4:4)

IV. Meritorious (Rom 5:18, 7:10)
A. The Law is ordained to life (Rom 7:10)
B. Can earn eternal life by keeping all the law (Mark 10:17-21)
C. Full obedience would have resulted in Adams justification (Rom 5:18)

V. The Covenant Grace
A. Only exists in the context of satisfied justice (Rom 3:25)
B. Covenant of Grace is demerited favor (Eph 2:1-8)
C. Justification is not maintained through faithful obedience (Phillip 3:7-10)
D. Justification is not eschatological (Rom 5:1)

Exclusive Psalmody Debate

2007-12-10T15:16:00.000-08:00

Listen to part 1 here and part 2 here

New Covenant Hymnody

I. A Survey of The Regulative Principle of Worship
A. The RPW in the Old Testament
1. Edenic Covenant (Works)
2. Adamic Covenant (Promise)
3. Noahic Covenant (Dominion)
4. Abrahamic Covenant (Royal Land Grant)
5. Mosaic Covenant (Typological Kingdom)
6. Davidic Covenant (Messianic)
B. The RPW in the New Testament
1. New Covenant (All covenants fulfilled in Christ)
- We are now in the semi-theocracy with the Word and the Spirit
- No longer the typological kingdom
- But we still have the RPW
2. New Covenant, New Acts of God, New Songs
- The Psalms instructs us to sing new songs when God does something new
- The New Covenant is new act of God and therefore warrants new songs (Isa 42:10)
C. The New Covenant commands the following elements of worship:
1. The Word (Preached and Taught)
2. Ordinances (Communion and Baptism), Church discipline
3. Prayers, fellowship, offerings
4. The sing of psalms, hymns and Spiritual songs

II. What does Col 3:16 and Eph 5:18 command/Teach
A. We are to meditate on the Word of God to be filled with the Spirit
1. The Word of Christ in Col is the mystery of Christ (Col 1:26-28)
2. In Eph the infilling of the Spirit is be under the influence of the Spirit not infallible inspiration of the Spirit(Eph 5:17)
B. We are then to teach, admonish, and speak to one another in Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs.
C. The context is private not public
1. instruction to Christian households
2. instruction to slaves
3. instruction to inter-personal conduct

III. Exegesis of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
A. All wisdom is needed when giving instruction
B. It is in the imperative, so we are commanded to do this
C. Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs are all in the dative; however Psalms and Hymns are masculine, whereas Spiritual Songs is famine.
1. Therefore it is either (a) speaking of different kinds of songs
2. or (b) the same kind of songs having Psalms and Hymns and songs as all spiritual
D. Regardless Spiritual songs in context Col 1:9 means doctrinally pure songs as opposed to worldly songs
E. Therefore Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs is a Triadic expression for New Covenant songs (Col 1:26-28)
F. Psalms are normally personally, Hymns are normally doxological, Spiritual songs are normally both.

IV. The extension to public worship
A. This now can be applied to public worship as a corporate means of fulfilling the same command
B. The New Testament is the full revelation of Christ. Heb 1:1-3 We therefore are to sing the propositional truth found in the New Testament, hence the Word of Christ in Col 3:16 is the lyrical content of the Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Act 1:12-26 The Church Awaiting The Spirit

2007-09-29T15:12:00.000-07:00

Act 1:12-26 The Church awaiting the Spirit Listen here

I. Where did the Apostles meet at:
A. Jerusalem (1 King 8:29-30)
1. The place of God’s name (2 Chron 6:6)
2. The epicenter for religious worship (1 King 8:29-30)
B. The upper room
1. Probably a chamber in the temple (1 King 6:5)
2. Owned by possibly Barnabas (Acts 4:26)
C. With the women, Mary and the brother of Jesus
1. The women were probably the wives of the Apostles
2. The brothers of Jesus now believing

II. What did they do?
A. They devoted themselves to prayer in one mind.
1. Prayer is priority for the Apostles (John 16:23-26)
2. Jews prayed towards the temple as the place of God’s dwelling
B. Then Peter explains the reason for Judas betrayal
1. Judas was the son of perdition
2. Fulfilled imprecatory psalms of King David
C. The Apostle draw lots for a man to replace Judas
1. It was common for Jews to draw lot’s to discern God’s will (Prov 16:33)
2. Matthias was God choice, not man’s. He became the 12th foundational Apostle.

III. The importance of…..
A. Location
B. Prayer
C. The Apostolic Ministry
D. God Sovereign choice

IV. We should therefore….
A. Not forsake the Assembly of ourselves together (Heb 10:25)
B. Purposeful prayer (Matt 6:5-14)
C. Believe Apostolic doctrine (Gal 1:7)
D. Delight in God’s Sovereignty (Eph 1:3-13)

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Part 2

2007-09-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Part 2 Listen here

I. Jacob’s birth (Gen 25:23-26)
The twin brother of Esau
Favored by Rebekah
Chosen by God

II. Jacob’s conversion (Gen 28:10-17)
Takes birthrights
Steals blessings
Receives promises

III. Jacob’s prosperity (Gen 29-31)
Finds work with Laban
Finds wife with Rachel
Finds wealth with cattle

IV. Jacob’s submission (Gen 32:22-32)
God spares Jacob
God wrestles with Jacob
God renames Jacob

V. Jacob is the model of:
Sovereign grace (Rom 9:14-16)

Struggle (Gen 32:23-26)
Surrender: Renamed Israel (Gen 35:9-15)

VI. We are to be like Jacob
We boast only in the Lord (I Cor 1:26-30)
We submit to Christ as Lord (2 Cor 5:8-10)
We are to be weak so Christ can be strong (2 Cor 5:7-10)

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Part 1

2007-08-13T17:22:00.000-07:00

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Part 1 Listen here

I. Who were the Patriarchs? (Ex 3:15)
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob

II. Why were they called the Patriarchs (1 Chr 16:14-18)
Because the Covenant of Grace was administrated to them
Because they were the first Jews
Because from them came Israel and the Kings

III. Who was Abraham
Covenant calling (Gen 12)
Covenant ratification (Gen 15)
Covenant administration (Gen 17)
Covenant confirmation (Gen 22)

IV. Abraham is the model of:
Faith (Rom 4:11)
Obedience (Jam 2:21-23)
Pilgrimage (Heb 11:8-11)

V. We are to be like Abraham
We walk by faith not by sight (2 Cor 5:7)
We obey because we believe (1 Tim 4:10-11)
We are pilgrims in this present age and await the heavenly Jerusalem (Titus 2:11-14)