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  • Defining & Dealing with Sin | 1 John 3:4-6

    Defining & Dealing with Sin | 1 John 3:4-6
    2025/02/23
    Lord's Day: Feb 23, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Topic: Sin Scripture: 1 John 3:4–6, Romans 5:1–6, 1 Corinthians 15:1–3, Romans 3:19–20, Romans 1:18–25, Romans 1:32, 1 John 1:8–9, 1 Thessalonians 5:22, Psalm 119:11 I. 1 John 3:4-6 4 Everyone who does sin also does lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He was manifested in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or has come to know Him. II. The Analogies of Scripture/Faith give us more insight into what sin is, and its relation to the Law of God Catechism for Young Children: A Baptist Revision, Q. 28. What is sin? A. Sin is any want [lack] of conformity unto, or transgression [breaking, violation] of the law of God. Q. 29. What is meant by want [lack] of conformity? A. Not being or doing what God requires. Q. 30. What is meant by transgression? A. Doing what God forbids. [Lawlessness] III. In order to know what sin is, we must know what the Law is Where then is the Law [of God] summarized [and comprehended]? A: The moral law is summarized in the Ten Commandments, which were delivered by the voice of God on Mount Sinai and written down by Him on two stone tablets.[1] The first four commandments establish our obligations to God and the remaining six our obligations to human beings.[2] [1] Dt 4:13, 10:4; Ex 34:1-4; Ro 13:8-10; Ja 2:8-12 [2] Mt 22:37-40, 19:17-19 (Q91 of The Baptist Larger Catechism) Q92: What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? A: The sum of the 1st four commandments containing our duty to God is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our strength, and with all our mind.[1] The sum of the six commandments which contain our duty to man is, to love our neighbor as ourselves,[2] and to do to others what we would have them to do to us.[3] [1] Lk 10:27; Mt 22:37-40 [2] Mt 22:39 [3] Mt 7:12 IV. What then is the remedy for this sin, this violation of God’s Law, which condemns all of us? How should we then deal with our sin? We must first know ourselves and our sin truly, we must know God truly, and what He has truly done for us. We need to see our sin: “The first part of Christ’s physic [remedy for sin] is eye-salve (Acts 26:18) [sight of sin]. It is the great thing noted in the prodigal’s repentance: ‘he came to himself’ (Luke 15:17). He saw himself a sinner and nothing but a sinner. Before a man can come to Christ he must first come to himself [and to his sin]. Solomon, in his description of repentance, considers this as the first ingredient: ‘if they shall bethink themselves’ (1 Kings 8:47). A man must first recognize and consider what his sin is, and know the plague of his heart before he can be duly humbled for it. The first creature God made was light. So the first thing in a penitent is illumination [sight, knowledge]: ‘Now ye are light in the Lord’ (Eph. 5:8). The eye is made both for seeing and weeping. Sin must first be seen before it can be wept for.”[1] “In the new birth all have pangs, but some have sharper pangs than others.” Even though we still sin as believers, God has given us His Spirit and His saving and sanctifying means of grace and of deliverance to deal with our sin now, after we’re saved, beginning with the law and the gospel. Six S’s: Scripture; Sound Doctrine (law/gospel); Sacraments; Self-awareness/Denial; Sage counsel; Spiritual Warfare We also avoid sin and deal with it in part by the light that marks true believers, the lifestyle (peripateo, our habits)—summarized as CAWFS: C is for Confessing our sin (1 John 1:9); Abstaining from sin (denying our flesh); Walking in the light; Fellowshipping with God and His people; Striving for obedience Sanctification is twofold: “It is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.” (Q38, Baptist Catechism) We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana AveEl Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com [1] Thomas Watson, The Doctrine of Repentance (Chapel Library), p. 7 [accessed 23 February 2025].
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  • Beloved, Now We Are Sons of God | 1 John 3:1-3

    Beloved, Now We Are Sons of God | 1 John 3:1-3
    2025/02/16
    Lord's Day: Feb 16, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Topic: Adoption Scripture: 1 John 3:1–3, 1 John 2:23–24, Romans 8:29–32, Hebrews 12:5–11, 1 John 1:9, John 1:17, Galatians 4:4–7, Matthew 7:7–12 I. As the letter progresses, these crescendos keep compounding, keep building up into something glorious! Into a glorious reality, a glorious gospel indicative II. Our Adoption as Sons: Verses 1a and 2-3 III. God first foreknows us, but justification is the beginning of the how—how He accomplishes and applies our redemption IV. Now God calls us His children V. “What manner of love is this?” That the Father has given us? 1 See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we would be called children of God; and we are [already]. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not been manifested as yet what we will be [guaranteed, by His adoptive love]. We know that when He is manifested [rather: “when it does become evident”], we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure [hagnos, same root from hagios "holy"]. 1 John 3:1-3 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; 6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He flogs every son whom He receives.” 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them. Shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our benefit [our good], so that we may share His holiness. 11 And all discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful, but to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Hebrews 12:5–11 4 “[Because] when the fullness of the time came, God [the Father] sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, 5 so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God [our Father] sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father! [Our Father!]” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God [great expectations!].” Galatians 4:4–7 The Baptist Larger Catechism, Q. 67: What is adoption? A: Adoption is an act of the free grace of God [the Father] in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, by which all those who are justified are received into the number of His children, have His name put upon them, have the Spirit of His Son given to them, are under His fatherly care [and discipline], are welcomed to all the liberties and privileges of the sons of God, and are made heirs of all the promises and fellow heirs with Christ in glory. An Orthodox Catechism, Q. 80: How does the Lord's Supper remind you and assure you that you share in Christ's one sacrifice on the cross and in all his gifts? A. In this way: Christ has commanded me and all believers to eat this broken bread and to drink this cup. With this command he gave this promise: First, as surely as I see with my eyes the bread of the Lord broken for me and the cup given to me, so surely his body was offered and broken for me and his blood poured out for me on the cross. Second, as surely as I receive from the hand of the one who serves, and taste with my mouth the bread and cup of the Lord, given me as sure signs of Christ's body and blood, so surely he nourishes and refreshes my soul for eternal life with his crucified body and poured-out blood. We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana AveEl Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com
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  • The Father’s Adoptive Love for Us | 1 John 3:1-3

    The Father’s Adoptive Love for Us | 1 John 3:1-3
    2025/02/09
    Lord's Day: Feb 9, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Topic: Adoption Scripture: 1 John 2:29– 3:3, Hebrews 5:13–14, 1 Corinthians 13:12, Matthew 5:48, John 17:3, John 15:18–19, Galatians 1:10 1 See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we would be called children of God [this great gift of God’s adoptive love!]; and we are [already, gospel indicatives--Mark them well]. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not been manifested as yet what we will be [guaranteed! By His adoptive love]. We know that when He is manifested [rather: “when it does become evident”], we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is [and His Son shall glorify us and take us home]. 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure [hagnos, same root from hagios "holy"]. 1 John 3:1-3 “For am I [and by extension, are we] now seeking the favor of men [worldly], or of God? Or am I striving to please men [of the world? Of Vanity Fair? Men like The Pilgrim's Progress Worldly Wiseman of Carnal Policy, who dissuaded Christian from the Evangelist’s counsel to go to the wicket-gate to have his burden removed before the Cross, and instead misled him into going instead to “yonder village (the village named Morality) [where] there dwells a gentleman whose name is Legality, a very judicious man”]? If I were still trying to please men [like these], I would not be a slave of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 See also "The Logos of Life" to see further (pun intended) how sense perception is often used in Scripture as a metaphor for understanding, knowing, etc. We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana AveEl Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com
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  • How Firm Is Your Foundation? | 1 John 2:28-29

    How Firm Is Your Foundation? | 1 John 2:28-29
    2025/02/02
    Lord's Day: Feb 2, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Topic: Law & Gospel Distinction Scripture: 1 John 2:27–29, 1 John 2:1, 1 John 3:7, Matthew 7:17–20, 1 John 3:18, James 2:17–18, 1 John 3:2–3, John 5:24–25 27 And as for you, the anointing whom you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as He has taught you, abide in Him. 28 And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is manifested, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming [before His presence]. 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who does righteousness has been born of Him. 1 John 2:27–29 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 25 Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live." John 5:24–25. The Baptist Larger Catechism, Q143: What are the outward and ordinary means by which Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption? A: The outward and ordinary means by which Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption are His ordinances, particularly the Word, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and prayer; all of which are made effectual to the elect for salvation. Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:42-47; 1 Timothy 4:16; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 5:19-20; Ephesians 6:17-18 Q144: How is the Word made effectual to salvation? A: The Spirit of God causes the reading—and especially the preaching—of the Word to enlighten,[1] convince, and humble sinners.[2] The Spirit drives sinners out of themselves and draws them to Christ;[3] He conforms them to His image[4] and subdues them to His will;[5] He strengthens them against temptations and corrupting influences;[6] and He builds them up in God’s grace[7] and establishes their hearts in holiness and comfort through faith to salvation.[8] Nehemiah 8:8; Acts 26:18; Acts 17:11-12; Psalm 19:81 Corinthians 14:24-25; 2 Chronicles 34:18-19, 26-28; Jeremiah 23:28-29; Hebrews 4:12Acts 2:37-41; Acts 8:27-392 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 1:272 Corinthians 10:4-6; Romans 6:17Matthew 4:4,7,10; Ephesians 6:16-17; Psalm 19:11; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Colossians 1:28Acts 20:32; 2 Timothy 3:15-16; Ephesians 4:11-12; 1 Corinthians 3:9-11Romans 16:25; 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 10-13; Romans 15:4; Romans 10:13-17; Romans 1:16 Francis Turretin: “Christ will be the judge in that very visible nature in which he was condemned for us…. This he will do especially both for the greater consolation of the pious [believers] (who will look upon him as their defender and Advocate instead of their judge) and for the greater terror and confusion of the wicked [unbelievers, hypocrites, antichrists, etc.]… The process of the judgment is such that mention may indeed be made of good works, but not of their evil works…. The pious will not hear the publication of their sins, but the reward of their love and beneficence.” (Institutes of Elenctic Theology, 20th topic, Q. 6) John Calvin: “...for it is impossible to think of the dreadful majesty of God without being filled with alarm [which 1 Jn 2:28 also addresses]; and hence the sense of our own unworthiness must keep us far away [i.e., “shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.” That is—] until Christ interpose [intervenes, advocates, mediates], and convert a throne of dreadful glory into a throne of grace, as the Apostle teaches that thus we can “come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4:16)…. Christ given to us by the kindness of God is apprehended and possessed by faith [alone], by means of which we obtain in particular a twofold benefit: first, being reconciled by the righteousness of Christ [alone], God becomes, instead of a judge, an indulgent Father; and, secondly, being sanctified by his Spirit [His anointing], we [therefore] aspire [strive] to integrity and purity of life.[23]” (Institutes of the Christian Religion, III.xx.17; III.xi.1) The very same doctrine which Martin Luther proclaimed to be the article by which the church stands or falls, and which John Calvin trumpeted as the principal ground [foundation] on which religion must be supported, [the hinge on which religion turns!], and which forged the conflict with Rome during the Protestant Reformation, and resulted in the largest schism in the history of the church—is the doctrine of justification by faith alone. We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana AveEl Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB...
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  • Trust His Steadfast Means & Ways | 1 John 2:27

    Trust His Steadfast Means & Ways | 1 John 2:27
    2025/01/26
    Lord's Day: Jan 26, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Topic: Means of Grace Scripture: 1 John 2:27, 1 John 1:1, John 5:45–47, John 14:6, 1 Corinthians 14:20, 1 John 3:18–24, 2 Peter 1:3–4, Romans 3:4, Ephesians 4:4–16 27 And as for you, the anointing whom you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as He has taught you, abide in Him. 28 And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is manifested, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who does righteousness has been born of Him. 1 John 2:27–29 The Baptist Larger Catechism, Q143: What are the outward and ordinary means by which Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption? A: The outward and ordinary means by which Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption are His ordinances, particularly the Word, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and prayer; all of which are made effectual to the elect for salvation. Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:42-47; 1 Timothy 4:16; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 5:19-20; Ephesians 6:17-18 Q144: How is the Word made effectual to salvation? A: The Spirit of God causes the reading—and especially the preaching—of the Word to enlighten,[1] convince, and humble sinners.[2] The Spirit drives sinners out of themselves and draws them to Christ;[3] He conforms them to His image[4] and subdues them to His will;[5] He strengthens them against temptations and corrupting influences;[6] and He builds them up in God’s grace[7] and establishes their hearts in holiness and comfort through faith to salvation.[8] Nehemiah 8:8; Acts 26:18; Acts 17:11-12; Psalm 19:8 1 Corinthians 14:24-25; 2 Chronicles 34:18-19, 26-28; Jeremiah 23:28-29; Hebrews 4:12 Acts 2:37-41; Acts 8:27-39 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 1:27 2 Corinthians 10:4-6; Romans 6:17 Matthew 4:4,7,10; Ephesians 6:16-17; Psalm 19:11; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Colossians 1:28 Acts 20:32; 2 Timothy 3:15-16; Ephesians 4:11-12; 1 Corinthians 3:9-11Romans 16:25; 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 10-13; Romans 15:4; Romans 10:13-17; Romans 1:16 We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana AveEl Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com
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  • The Anointing of Truth vs the Lies of Deceivers | 1 John 2:26-27

    The Anointing of Truth vs the Lies of Deceivers | 1 John 2:26-27
    2025/01/19
    Lord's Day: Jan 19, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: End Times Scripture: 1 John 2:20–27, 2 Timothy 2:13, John 8:51, Psalm 27:1–2, 1 John 4:4, 1 Corinthians 14:8, Galatians 1:10, Hebrews 5:14, 2 Peter 3:18 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. 26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 And as for you, the anointing whom you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as He has taught you, abide in Him. 1 John 2:20-27 In light of all “these things” that have been written to us, you may have heard the saying that eschatology is only of secondary or tertiary importance Wrong: Eschatology is not always a matter of secondary/tertiary importance This is confusing and misleading, because it’s one thing to have different views of the eschatological millennium (premillennialism, postmillennialism, amillennialism), but it’s another thing to have different views of the final judgment and of antichrist, more consequential Especially in light of the repeated warnings of the apostles against the eschatological Antichrists and the Antichrist, because “‘the mystery of iniquity [is] already [at] work...’ (2 Thess 2:7). So Antichrist must always be seen as a present reality in AD 65, in 1517, in 1999, [in 2025!]. Antichrist’s appearance belongs to the last days, and according to John, the spirit of Antichrist manifested in the false teachers was a harbinger [sign] of the end time.”[6]There are many antichrists, worldly antichrists and religious antichrists, there is a spirit of antichrist in the world and in churches, true and false churches, and then there is the antichrist—the papacy—all of whom “are trying to deceive you” (v. 26) The doctrines of the final judgment and of antichrist are too vital to dismiss or get wrong, they are highly consequential, and, to the extent that they are infected with error, can lead to a dangerous downstream of errors, heresies, and confusion They are not matters of mere secondary importance that we can just disagree on without any consequence Because a false view of the final judgment can pervert the true gospel—New Perspective on Paul, Final Justification/Salvation And because failing to identify/expose antichrists and the antichrist is a failure to identify ours and the true church’s mortal enemies—and makes us ineffective and worse, possibly do more harm than good, in the spiritual battle of this divine drama of redemption and judgmentUnless—we are being careful to exercise and train our senses to discern good and evil, true and almost true, Christ and Antichrist, through constant practice (Heb 5:14)These doctrines are of vital importance to the salvation of our own souls and to knowing, identifying, exposing, and defending our faith, and our souls, against the real enemy and ever-present enemies—antichrist and many antichrists As soldiers of Christ’s army, we must adequately train with the whole armor of God and of light to fight against our mortal enemies But have no fear—the Captain of our Salvation is here! The leader of God’s spiritual army—Jesus Christ the Righteous, He leads the way, our Anointed Lord, Master, and Omnipotent Savior, our Conqueror, our Prophet, Priest, and King So then, continue to abide in Him, beloved, to grow in Him, not by your own mere strength and efforts, but by the anointing of His Spirit in the truth of the saving gospel, by His means of grace Tim Kauffman’s eschatology series on Semper Reformanda Radio: The Danielic Imperative https://thorncrownministries.com/eschatology Steve Matthews’ Radio Lux Lucet https://thorncrownministries.com/radio-lux-lucet We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana AveEl Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com [6] John W. ...
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  • Abiding in the Triune God of Truth | 1 John 2:24-26

    Abiding in the Triune God of Truth | 1 John 2:24-26
    2025/01/12
    Lord's Day: Jan 12, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Doctrines of Grace Scripture: 1 John 2:20–26, 1 John 1:1–5, John 8:51, John 3:16, 2 Peter 3:14–18, 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. 26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 1 John 2:20-26 Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf was the founding bishop of the Moravian church, who had an authoritarian temperament and hyper-Pietistic compulsion,[1] which led to many imbalances, extremes, and excesses.He advocated Rigid Pietism, downplaying objective doctrine in favor of subjective experience and emotion, and in this case inappropriate sensuality, and a rigorous monastic-style mystical worship, followers practically lived in church every single dayFamous for saying: Preach the gospel, die and be forgotten.Only atheists attempt to comprehend God with their mind.I have one passion, it is He. Only He.I am destined to proclaim the message, unmindful of personal consequences to myself.Missions, after all, is simply this: Every heart with Christ is a missionary, every heart without Christ is a mission field.[2] “He allowed women to preach, to hold office, and to be ordained. Anna Nitschmann, the leader of the Single Sisters and later Zinzendorf’s second wife, seems to have functioned as a bishop among the women.”[3]He took age-segregated worship to an even further unbiblical extreme by organizing his followers to also live in age/gender-specific groups rather than with nuclear family[4]He oversexualized Christian theology, worship and hymns, with sensual “Blood and Wounds Theology”Zinzendorf proclaimed all souls to be female, including men’s, presumably to avoid the charge of homosexuality when the men “worshiped” Christ, and subsequently, the son of Zinzendorf proclaimed that the men were actually female and therefore eligible to be brides of Christ[5] “He compared the Holy Trinity to a family. The father, said he, was God [so far so good]; the mother was the Holy Ghost [and he referred to the Holy Spirit primarily as “she,” emphatically so: “‘she’ is the third person of the Godhead”[6]]; their son was Jesus [which can lead to another Trinitarian error, EFS]; and the Church of Christ, the Son's fair bride, was born in the Saviour's Side-wound, was betrothed to Christ on the Cross, was married to Christ in the Holy Communion, and was thus the daughter-in-law of the Father and the Holy Ghost. We can all see the dangers of this. As soon as human images of spiritual truths are pressed beyond decent limits, they lead to frivolity and folly [and imbalances and false teaching]; and that was just the effect at Herrnhaag [Zinzendorf’s failed religious commune]. The more freely the [Moravian] Brethren used these phrases, the more childish they became. They called the Communion the "Embracing of the Man"; and thus they lost their reverence for things Divine.”[7] We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com [1] Diarmaid MacCulloch, Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Reprint edition (Penguin Books, 2011), p. 744. [2] ‘8 Top Count Zinzendorf Quotes’, Soul Supply [accessed 11 January 2025]. [3] ‘Who Was Count Zinzendorf? – Zinzendorf’ [accessed 11 January 2025]. [4] Nathan Tarr, “Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig Graf Von,” in The Essential Lexham Dictionary of Church History, ed. Michael A. G. Haykin (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2022). [5] ‘Herrnhaag’, Wikipedia, 2023 [accessed 11 January 2025]. [6] Craig D. Atwood, ‘Holy Spirit as Mother – Zinzendorf’ [accessed 11 January 2025]. [7] J. E. Hutton, A History of the Moravian Church (Project Gutenberg), chap. VIII. THE SIFTING TIME, 1743-1750 [accessed 11 January 2025].
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  • Exposing Antichrist, Then & Now | 1 John 2:22-24

    Exposing Antichrist, Then & Now | 1 John 2:22-24
    2025/01/05
    Lord's Day: Jan 5, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Scripture: 1 John 2:18–24, 2 Corinthians 11:12–15, 2 John 1:7, Galatians 1:6–9, 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12, Daniel 7:8, Revelation 13:18 Series: First John Topic: End Times CORRECTION: I misspoke when I said that the highest blasphemy in Islam is to deny that God had a Son—what I meant was the opposite: the highest blasphemy in Islam is to claim that God had a Son, and it is found in Surah 112, not 114: “In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 1 Say (O Prophet), “He is Allah, the One. 2 Allah, the Absolute. 3 He begets not, nor was He begotten. 4 And there is none comparable to Him.”” Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared. From this we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be manifested that they all are not of us. 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 1 John 2:18–24 The Council of Trent, “On Justification,” CANON IX: “If any one saith, that by faith alone the impious is justified; in such wise as to mean, that nothing else is required to co-operate in order to the obtaining the grace of Justification,…let him be anathema.”CANON XX: “If any one saith, that the man who is justified and how perfect soever, is not bound to observe the commandments of God and of the Church, but only to believe [faith alone]; as if indeed the Gospel were a bare and absolute promise of eternal life, without the condition of observing the commandments; let him be anathema.” 1689 Baptist Confession 26:4: “The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church [the only Head!], in whom, by the appointment of the Father, all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner [exclusive manner];7 neither can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist [singular], that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalts himself in the church against Christ, and all that is called God; whom the Lord shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.8” [7] Colossians 1:18; Matthew 28:18-20; Ephesians 4:11-12 [8] 2 Thessalonians 2:2-9 “...the name under which the Papacy “received the Roman empire” was by the Donation of Constantine [BTW: the most famous fraudulent document in history, which falsely claims that Constantine transferred the authority, power and land of Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope!]…and in that Donation, the pope is called the “Vicar of the Son of God,” or in Latin, VICARIVS FILII DEI….the name of the man, when the Roman Numerals are summed up, is 666.” (Timothy F. Kauffman, ‘One Kingdom Too Late’, Out of His Mouth, 2014 [accessed 5 January 2025]) "Wycliffe, Tyndale, Luther, Calvin, Cranmer; in the seventeenth century, Bunyan, the translators of the King James Bible and the men who published the Westminster and Baptist confessions of Faith; Sir Isaac Newton... George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, [John Wesley!]; and more recently Charles Spurgeon, J.C. Ryle and Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones; these men among countless others, all saw the office of the Papacy as the antichrist." (Michael de Semlyen, All Roads Lead to Rome, p. 205, 1991) We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com The Jesuits rallied to the Roman cause by providing two alternatives to the historical [historicist] interpretation of the Protestants. These alternatives, preterism and futurism, were designed to deflect attention from the papacy as Antichrist by making Antichrist exclusively a figure of the past (preterism) or of the future (futurism). In this way the Jesuits attempted to refute the Reformers’ identification of the papacy as Antichrist. The first alternative developed by the Jesuits was Preterism—which is now the view held by many [liberals and] post-millennialists [who tend to deny the inspiration of the Bible or spiritualize away relevant Scriptures]. Luis de Alcazar (1554-1613) of Seville, Spain, devised what became known as the “preterist” system of ...
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