The Plight of Man and the Power of God
I am currently reading the book The Plight of Man and the Power of God by Dr. Martyn Lloyd -Jones. This wonderful book based on Romans 1, will help you understand what the Gospel is. As we live in a world that is spiralling out of control you will want to hear this message. It is based on five messages he preached on in the 1940′s:
1.The Religious History of Mankind
2.Religion and Morality
3.The Nature of Sin
4. The Wrath of God
5. The Only Solution
“In precisely the same way as morality alone fails, the Gospel of Christ succeeds. It starts with God and exists to glorify His holy Name. It restores man into the right relationship to Him, reconciling him to God through the blood of Christ. It tells man that he is more important than his own actions or his environment, and that when he is put right, he must then proceed to put them right. It caters for the whole man, body, soul, and spirit, intellect, desire and will, by giving him the most exalted view of all, and filling him with a passion and a desire to live the good life in order to express his gratitude to God for His amazing love. And it provides him with power. In the depth of his shame and misery as the result of his sin and failure, it restores him by assuring him that Christ has died for him and his sins, and that God has forgiven him. It calls him to a new life and a new start, promising him power that will overcome sin and temptation, and will at the same time enable him to live the life he believes and knows he ought to live.
There, and there alone, lies the only hope for men and for the world. Everything else has been tried and has failed.Ungodliness is the greatest and the central sin. It is the cause of all our other troubles. Men must return to God and start with Him. And, God be praised, the way for them to do so is still wide open in “Jesus Christ and Him crucified.”
-Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“What we have in theses five expositions is the Gospel explained with great clarity and hope. Even today I used these timeless chapters with a non- Christian friend who is seeking to understand Christianity. I commend these messages to you.” Foreward by Mark Dever
