https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/podcasts/59757/ We invite you to listen and share the newest sermons and podcasts here on SermonAudio. Religion & Spirituality Justin Pierce Preaching and Apologetics http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/sources/podcast/1440/1440/generic.jpg https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/podcasts/59757/ en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:16:29 +0000 30 Justin Pierce no We invite you to listen and share the newest sermons and podcasts here on SermonAudio. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/1141402543 This might be the most important study on church history that you will hear. Listen and please pass it on. Speaking of Arminius. He had followed the road that lead to the foundation of Rome in the 400's under the teaching of Pelagius. When the remonstrance was given, to the church pastoral authorities at the Synod of Dort. They did not want to argue the points of their disagreement, they demanded to accuse the Reformation of heresy by attacking what they termed as double predestination. They denied Original Sin which lead to spiritual death. They denied the doctrine of Justification, and imputed righteousness by Christ alone. They denied God's Sovereignty in Predestination and Election and sought to attack the Bibles teachings about reprobation. When the Synod demanded that they use Scripture to issue their complaints, the Arminians just refused to even show up any further to they Synodal counsel. The remonstrance demanded that all the teachings be changed to conform to their ideas, which came from the Pelagian/Semi-Pelagian heresies of the 400's. Well as a Synod, these views were rejected and the 5 points of Arminianism were refuted by the Synod using Calvin's teachings which later became known as the 5 points of Calvinism. The Jesuits fully embraced the teachings of the Arminians which had went back to Erasmus and to Pelagianism. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/1141402543 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 1:10:26 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/1715937438 In part 4 of our study into the history of Grace as seen through the church, we are going to be discussing the Roman Catholic Inquisition. The Protestant persecutions, the Ana-Baptist also known as the Cata-Baptist. We discuss infant baptism and Baptismal regeneration and the Magisterial reformers and those that they persecuted. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/1715937438 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:46:24 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/106142241452 When Luther posted his 95 articles of complaint, he had no idea that it would become a firestorm and with a printing press in hand those 95 articles of complaint went viral. Luther had begun a protestation in desires to reform the errors of the RCC, but the Popes had decreed long ago that the Church is irreformable and never needs correcting. Luther became an enemy to Roman eyes and yet he never separated from the church. He saw himself as its protector. When he was excommunicated from the church, he carried much of the Romans with him into the Reformation. But Luther who at first was sympathetic with the peasants quickly found that he had no sympathy for Muenzer, as Brother Thomas made it well known that he hated Luther because he had become the Pope of Wittenberg, and sought to rule from an asses chair. Luther quickly found that he hated Brother Thomas as well. He said ' he thinks he has swallowed the Holy Spirit Feathers and all.' https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/106142241452 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 06 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:55:10 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/1061411335710 Radical Reformers Jerome of Prag John Huss Theonomy Theocracy Heretics 1561 Belgic confession Schleitheim Confession https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/1061411335710 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:57:31 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/1061417397 Lets learn about our history! Seven months after the Counsel began, Huss was brought to the cathedral on Saturday July 6th at 6am. He was placed standing on a stool in front of all the community and forbidden to give an answer to the charges against him, Instead the Bishop of Lodi preached romans 6:6 and explained it is an act of faith to destroy the heretics and it pleases God to burn them alive. Huss was condemned and committed to Satan to which he said I commit myself to the most gracious Jesus.With the condemnation in place the Cardinal turned Huss over to King Sigismund who had promised him safe passage. Huss stared at the king as the sentence of death was given. the King was so convicted that it is reported that he turned away and began to cry out loud. The king then said aloud '“Go, take him and do to him as a heretic.” and with that Huss was marched down the streets in public to be executed.The streets were full and the crowd was great, and Huss was marched to the Devils Place. He knelt down and prayed with tears and stood back up. At midday on May 30, 1416, his hands were tied behind his back and his neck bound to the stake by a chain. The wood and straw were stacked to his neck. He was offered another chance to recant, and a priest to hear his confession into the church.“There is no need of one. I have no mortal sin.” https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/1061417397 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:52:26 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/105142311313 The history of the True Church has never changed. Men and women have died along side each other holding the banner of Salvation by Grace alone, through Faith alone. And these faithful brothers and sisters have been murdered because they would not allow anyone, even including the notable Saint Augustine to include anyone in Gods Salvation who had not come through that Narrow Gate the Christ had spoken and warned about. The crusades were a romantic and sentimental time for the Church and the people that it governed, The only Governmental system that the world had known for Decades had fallen, everyone was looking to Rome for leadership in a world that was changing and out of the ashes and smoke of the termoil arose the leaders that would guide the known world. With one condition, and that was total obedience to the new Theocracy that God had set up on earth. Everyone had to submit both will and opinions to any decree of the Church of Rome because they said that they held the keys to the kingdom of God, and that God Himself sat on the throne of the Roman Church, in the form of The Pope. Kings submitted, people submitted, and everyone served the Theocracy that the Roman Catholic Power had established. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/105142311313 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:55:44 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/9231407140 The History of the church of Jesus Christ is and always has been marked by intense persecution. From the moment that the angel Gabriel told Mary that she would have a Son and His Name would be Jesus our Emmanuel Wonderful Counsel God With us. From that moment Satan has had a strategy to so fully and completely replace true Christianity with his own warped deviant counterfit, and make no mistake, Satan has done a great or terrible job depending upon how you see it.Isn't it always the case that the power hungry always seek to debase God and elivate man, and as I told you last week that is always the number one sign of a false prophet or ministry or teaching. Jesus completely ignored the system of the apostate Jewish leaders, and established his own leaders who would be servants of the people that God would add to His Church. But these new leaders had to learn humility, while they wanted to wield the sword and do a little persecuting of their own.In the book History of the Baptist, John T Christian writes "For the first three centuries the Lord placed Christians in the most unfavorable circumstances that it might display it's moral power, and gain its victory over the world by spiritual weapons alone. Until the reign of Constantine it had not even a legal existence in the Roman empire, but was first ignored as a Jewish sect, then slandered, proscribed, persecuted, as a treasonable innovation, and the adoption of it made punishable with confiscation and death." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/9231407140 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 07 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:55:31 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/96142224433 The history of the church has always revolved around two issues. 1. The nature of Justification. 2. True and False Conversion. Throughout the Bible and all of history all Christians have held to the fact of Justification, and that according to Scripture God Justifies only His elect by His Grace alone. He Mercys whosoever He wills to mercy, and it is totally His perogative on those individuals that God decrees to elect Predestine, save, wash, sanctify, Justify and glorify. It has always been known that the true Christians believed and taught. In our study of Luke 5:12-26 we see Jesus proving His divinity and power to save whosever He wills to save. It is plain and simple, but divine election and predestination is the hardest thing to swallow simply because it completely negates and makes worthless, any effort of man. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/96142224433 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 1:15:50 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/919141335436 This is an excerpt taken from the book "A History if the Baptist volumes 1 and 2." written by John T.Christian On page 370 Christian quotes from the author of the Epistola ad Diognetum whish was written in the Second century. This is a powerful statement on what it truly means to Be A Born Again Christian. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/919141335436 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:03:35 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/92214215822 ‎With the rise of Christian freedom by Emperor Constantine, and with his desire to strengthen and establish the authority of the Church over the wickedness of the pagans. We find that two things happened. ‎1. we see that the men of God began deep and true study of the Word, and establishment of churches, and schools that taught the Word and developed theological scholars who were expected to know teach and defend the Word of God and the Church of God. ‎2. We see men who found a lust for power and authority. Who were not desirous of Biblical limits, but rather wanted to be the men of renound and authority in the church. they taught their own doctrines and sought to compromise the church and Augustinian doctrines of grace, with the worlds idea of mans nobility, rank and power to proform. As we said before, the history of what would be the RCC is that while they agreed with the Augustinian doctrines over the Pelagian doctrines. The vast majority of the Bishops, and teachers, and on into the Popes and clergy reverted to that which they had condemned. But the church at large widely accepted and adopted the Augustinian doctrines of the church.‎ ‎As a result of this skewing of authority, power and teaching, the church body saw a split between those who stood on Scripture Alone, Grace Alone, Christ Alone. And those who were interested in Man's power and authority. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/92214215822 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:49:06 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/91914131567 ‎The Leperous man came for Gods healing power, the pharasees came to secure their own power, and the paralized man had no power at all. ‎But the Son of Man came to exercise a divine power that had never been seen before. ‎Jesus healed many, but only saved one in this narative. ‎And that was by His own will, and not one person there asked for the long awaited Messiah to save them from their sins. ‎‎So what is Grace then? ‎Is it just the power and willingness to do earthly good to others? ‎Is it spending time with families and kids in need? ‎Is it pouring into the lives of those who don't have a role model? ‎Is Grace sharing food and clothing with those who need it? ‎Is Grace a mission trip that builds houses for those in need? ‎Is Grace medical missions that heal the body? ‎Is Grace taking in foreign exchange students? ‎Is Grace helping someone when they need it most? ‎Is Grace assisting the race fans this coming week? ‎Is Grace leading and growing a strong football team? ‎‎Is any of this Grace if the true, full, and real Gospel is not shared? ‎ ‎The central theme that surrounds the Bible is Redemption. ‎That which is found in Christ alone. ‎The sole purpose of the writing out of these gospels is that of Glorifying God and setting forth the truth of Salvation in and by and through Christ alone. ‎ ‎Salvation or being Born again is a work of God alone and that being the case, the world is set agains this gospel truth. ‎‎The world hates this truth, because salvation, eternal life, heaven and all its rewards no longer hinge upon man and his efforts (let me add that those precious gifts never did). https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/91914131567 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:45:56 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/9261493791 ‎We first hear of them in 428, through letters from two laymen, Prosper and Hilary, to Augustin. Remember that Augustus taught that all men are born dead in sin, Ephesians 2:1,5 & Colossians 2:13 Psalm 50:5 in the Septuagent says "For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me." So Augustine says were are spiritually dead in sin from conception, and this is the product of the original sin of Adam as we saw in Romans 5. Tell these men claimed to accept original sin, but seeking to compromise the position with Pelagianism. they assert that Grace is necessary because all men truly fell in Adam but they are not truly spiritually dead in sin. They maintained that all men are only sin sick, and in need of God's assisting Grace, not spiritual resurrection. ‎ Warfield says these men ‎"accepted original sin and the necessity of grace, but asserted that men began their turning to God, and God helped their beginning." The semi-Pelagian teaches that man makes the "free will" decision, and takes the first move toward God in faith, and that man can cooperate with God's grace even to the keeping of his faith through human effort. In this Scheme God responds with open arms to save any unbeliever, as soon as they of their own power believe. So they teach that faith is the vehicle that produces regeneration, and that grace is applied because of prescience of foreseen faith. A few years later a French Bishop named Faustus was the fountain head and chief champion of this teaching. As a result, this doctrine was then permanently accepted by the Eastern Orthodox Church. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/9261493791 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:41:24 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/92214118300 Starting from 1 Tim 1:15-17 Augustine begins to explain and solidify the doctrines of Original sin and Total Depravity. Listen to this argument. “There was no reason,” he insists “for the coming of Christ the Lord except to save sinners. Take away diseases, take away wounds, and there is no reason for medicine. If the great Physician came from heaven, a great sick man was lying ill through the whole world. That sick man is the human race” (175, 1). “He who says, ‘I am not a sinner,’ or ‘I was not,’ is ungrateful to the Saviour. No one of men in that mass of mortals which flows down from Adam, no one at all of men is not sick: no one is healed without the grace of Christ. Why do you ask whether infants are sick from Adam? For they, too, are brought to the church; and, if they cannot run thither on their own feet, they run on the feet of others that they may be healed. So it is that Augustine did not teach that men have a divine spark of good, but that men from Adam and from conception are depraved sinners, who are dead in sin and trespass. Augustine thus defending that position and working upon the Holiness and Goodness of God, shows that God alone is Good and Holy and that all of mens righteousnesses are as are as filthy rags before God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/92214118300 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:57:16 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/8114120559 Pelagius taught that Adam made his own destiny upon the first act of his will, though he was born morally neutral and not actually holy. Adam could have chosen to be holy and he chose to sin. Augustine taught that Adam was created Holy, with a Will and bias towards God. He was inclined to love God, by his own free will. Adam sinned by his wicked desire and was responsible for his own sin. But Adams sin was passed down to all men, because Adam is the Federal head of all men. Augustine taught that The Bible say's that sin and death came from Adam,but we also will and want to sin.Romans 5:12–14 Warfield, B. B Said If we ask, then, why God gives grace, we can only answer that it is of His unspeakable mercy; and if we ask why He gives it to one rather than to another, what can we answer but that it is of His will? The sovereignty of grace results from its very gratuitousness: where none deserve it, it can be given only of the sovereign good pleasure of the great Giver,—and this is necessarily inscrutable, but cannot be unjust. Pelagius said that since every man is a new Adam, free from the taint of sin and corruption. We also can make our own destiny upon the first act of our own will. Augustine's Theology of Grace Warfield writes this: ‎The necessity of grace to man, Augustin argued from the condition of the race as partakers of Adam’s sin. God created man upright, and endowed him with human faculties, including free will; and gave to him freely that grace by which he was able to retain his uprightness.Being thus put on probation, with divine aid to enable him to stand if he chose, Adam used his free choice for sinning,&involved his whole race in his fall https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/8114120559 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:42:04 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/81141333594 In 411 AD. Alaric made his secod raid on Rome and that caused Pelagius and Colestius to flee to Africa, and then on to Palastine. But Pelagius left Coelestius behind in Carthage to teach his doctrine there. In Carthage Coelestius sought to be ordained. But when Paulinus, and deacon of the local church heard the false teaching of Coelestius, he stood before the church counsel and accused Coelestus of being a heretic. In response to the charges of heresy, Bishop Aurelius presided over a Synod which Paulinus brought up seven charges against the Pelagian teachings and against Coelestius himself. Coelestius refused to repent of his heresies and was condemned and excommunicated by the church Synod. He sailed to Ephesus where he obtained his ordination. A short time later, two bishops who were in Palestine lodged a formal charge against Pelagius and Coelestius. The Bishop of Caesarea held a Synod there in Dec 415 AD. Which had 14 Bishops present. None of them could understand what was written, and the two bishops that had made the accusations of heresy against Pelagius and Coelestius were sick with an illness that prevented them from attending. Pelagius was well versed in Latin, so he stood and read the Latin accusations into the Bishops Greek ears, and using a deception that would make Satan himself blush. Warfield writes 'Pelagius escaped condemnation only by a course of most ingenious disingenuousness, and only at the cost both of disowning Coelestius and his teachings, of which he had been the real father, and of leading the synod to believe that he was anathematizing the very doctrines which he was himself proclaiming.' https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/81141333594 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 13 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:45:02 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/81141142462 Looking at Luke 5, Jesus exposed the people to his devine power and perogative. He demonstrated his loving mercy and healing authority. But in verse 20 Jesus showed His Godly authority to Grace the paralized man with Grace. Jesus displayed His own perogative to Grace whosoever He wills in in several ways. This is Amazing Grace! But the question that we asked last week and that has been asked for 1700 years is: What is Grace and is grace necessary? As I told you, the church had fought the heretics on the grounds of the Person and work of Christ. There were debates that had already taken places over Canon, but this next battle struck at the very heart of Christianity. Two men waged a battle that would decide if Christianity was necessary or if man could save himself. The two men were Pelagius, a British Monk who was born in 354 A.D. And Augustin Born the same year. Their fight revolved around THE Doctrine, Nature and Extent of Grace. •Predestined Grace. •Prevenient Grace. •Perfecting Grace. •Persevering Grace. 1Augustine- •Born 13th of November, 354 A.D. In Thagaste Algeria, to his mother Monnica, a Christian and father Patricius, a pagan and Roman. •Died 28th of August, 430 A.D. in Hippo Regius where he had been named Bishop thirty-five years earlier. •He studied in Thagaste under Cicero, until he traveled to Carthage and learned Phylosophy, Religion, Psychology. •There he became a Manichaean which lasted for 9 years. •Then in 387 Augustine was converted, and moved back to Africa where he taught and defended doctrine. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/81141142462 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:54:47 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/10714135496 Last week we saw the distinction between the Mercy of God and the Grace of God. I told you that Mercy can been described as the longsuffering of God, the forebearance of God, or the patience of God displayed towards His enemies. Whereas Grace is: ‎ •Unmerited favor. •The irresistable act by which God bestows His blessings upon those whom He freely chooses to grace with grace. •God's Riches at Christ Expense. •God lavishes His people with Grace, He Grace's us with Grace. For the Believer, Mercy withholds wrath which we deserve, until the day that Grace is applied to the heart that God makes alive in Christ. The response is a humble and obedient life. Mercy, is God's true love poured out even to those whom are His enemies condemned under the Law, and liable to the punishment of God's own wrath. But what will you do without Grace? How hard will you have to work to try to merit heaven? Without Grace, you are waiting the day when Mercy ends and judgment begins. Oh that day will you be found wanting, or will all your righteous deeds prove that you worked heard enough to earn your reward? In this study were are looking at the History of Grace as we see it in the church, or church history. We will see that Christ is Sovereign, His acts are Immutable and His Grace is completely autonomous, unmerited. Grace is 1.Predestined Grace. 2.Prevenient Grace(not in the since that it is misused today). 3.Perfecting Grace. 4.Persevering Grace. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/10714135496 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 1:09:37 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/7291413119 For the Believer, Mercy withholds wrath which we deserve, until the day that Grace is applied to the heart that God makes alive in Christ. The response is a humble and obedient life. Mercy, is God's true love poured out even to those whom are His enemies condemned under the Law, and liable to the punishment of God's own wrath. But what will you do without Grace? How hard will you have to work? Without Grace, you are waiting the day when Mercy ends and judgment begins. I.Desiring The Lord's Mercy •Leprosy was all _____________ •Leprosy was all _____________ •Leprosy was all_____________ II.Crying out for mercy. •The Leper pleads for mercy from his ___________malady. •He received mercy for his __________ problem, but he we blind to his ___________need. •He was granted the _____________ that all man are given. III.The Masters Mercy. •Jesus shows his _____________ and __________. •Jesus demonstrates the ____________ and ________ of God. •Jesus displays the ______________ of God over sickness. •Jesus is ¬¬¬¬¬_____ to have mercy upon anyone He sovereignly __________ to pour our mercy upon. •He is under no ______________to mercy anyone. •Jesus ___________ to heal this leper, thus granting his petition and showing mercy. IV.What is Grace then: •Grace is defined as ________________ favor. •Grace is the ________________ act by which God bestows His blessings upon those whom He freely chooses to grace with grace. •God's Riches at Christ Expense. •God lavishes His people with Grace, He __________ us with Grace. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/7291413119 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 0:56:30 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/7221405553 In Sunday School we have been studying the book, "The PeaceMaker," which has sturred up no small contraversary, even calling into question whether or not we as Reformed Baptist are in error in our thinking and teaching. Is God sovereign and if so what does that mean? Does God save and what does it mean to be saved? Is salvation Monergistic or Synergystic. Are we to hold to the Infralapserian Position or do we hold to the Supralapserian position. Is salvation and preservation solely a sovereign work of God or is man free to save and/or keep himself. What does it mean that man is dead in Tresspasses and sins? What about Free Will? Are we slaves or not? What about Predestination? Doesn't that make God responsible for evil? Does this matter, or can we just agree to disagree and continue on without breaching these subjects. Does doctrine matter, and shouldn't the primary concern be unity at all cost? Is grace really necessary at all? All of these question's have come up to some degree, as we have spoken and taught about all ove these issues and we clearly hold to the Biblical teaching and Reformed position on these matters. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grbc-blountville/sermons/7221405553 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:00:00 +0000 Justin Pierce 1:07:56 no Justin Pierce - A History of Grace