Warning Passages

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Romans 8:28-30 — The Lord Jesus Christ said there will be those who will say they are His followers but the end will prove otherwise. The Bible warns about false professions, or as the Puritans called it, “temporary faith.” How does one understand the warning passages in light of Romans 8:28–30 where God is said to be in complete control over the Christian’s salvation from beginning to end? More importantly, perhaps, is how does one respond to the truth of false profession of faith? In this sermon on Roman 8:28–30 titled “Warning Passages,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones takes up these questions and others as he continues in his examination of the doctrine of final perseverance of the saints. He first outlines his interpretive principles, noting the important distinction between the visible and invisible church. The writings of the Bible are written to the visible church, says Dr. Lloyd-Jones, and one must remember that the visible church will be a mixed community of true and false professions. Second, he says, the primary purpose of the warning passages is to test one’s profession of faith in order that they may know whether it is true or false. Listen as Dr. Lloyd-Jones not only identifies the true nature of the warning passages, but offers the church comfort, encouragement, and the God-ordained means to test oneself.

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0:00.0	I read to you once more the words that are engaging our attention at the present time the words found in Paul's epistle to the Romans chapter 8 verses 28 29 and 30.
0:16.2	And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who
0:23.6	are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestimate
0:31.6	to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the first born amongst many brethren.
0:40.5	Moreover, whom he did predestinate them, he also called,
0:44.2	and whom he called them he also justified,
0:47.3	and whom he justified them he also glorified.
0:52.7	Now, here we are looking at what is called the doctrine of the final perseverance of the saints.
1:01.5	That's really the matter that is before us. I keep on emphasizing that and reminding you of that,
1:09.0	because some people seem to think that what we are taught here is the doctrine of election and predestination.
1:14.6	Well, of course, we are taught them, but they are only parts in something bigger, something greater.
1:20.6	The whole object of this statement is to give us a final certainty and assurance of our ultimate glorification.
1:32.3	That's what he's setting out to prove. That is why he says that all things, doesn't matter what they are.
1:38.3	It's literally every work together for good, then not automatically, but they're made to work together for good
1:48.0	by God himself, for those who love him. These who are the called according to his purpose,
1:56.2	for nobody'd ever love him unless they were called, and they'd never be called unless they were a part
2:01.4	of his great and eternal purpose. And the purpose is that we might be conformed to the image of
2:08.0	his son. So what the apostle is telling us is just that, that because we are in this purpose of God,
2:15.4	nothing can prevent our arriving at that complete, final, perfect
2:22.7	salvation, which is conformity to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now then, all these other
2:30.1	things are steps in that great ultimate objective. Now we've been dealing with this positively,
2:39.8	and at the moment we're dealing with difficulties that many people get with respect to the
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