Miscellaneous Illuminations

Final word - at least for the time being - on that contemporary Marxist revolutionary https://escapekey.substack.com/p/camp-4

‘Mycelium puts itself forth out of sight, around the roots of plants. Crucially, it is a decentralised network. The signals and nutrients that it carries can readily reroute via another node if part of the colony is suddenly lost. Moreover, mycelium spreads and survives not only for itself but for the benefit of its environment; the wider nation, if you will. It acts as a binder, holding disturbed new soil in place, thus preventing washouts until plants can establish vigorous roots and feed themselves.’ Quoting from the transcript of an outstanding speech given by Alex Thomson at UK Column’s weekend event in Plymouth last month. Transcript of his speech, published on 12.9.26 https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/the-remnant-in-the-nightmare

‘In this sermon on Ephesians 6:10–13 titled “Exercise,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones explains the importance of Christians exercising their faith so that they can grow. Christ is the source of strength for a believer. Christians are told to run to Christ for their spiritual food and drink, and yet there must be something more— they must use spiritual food and drink for spiritual development. Christians must exercise their faith so that they can gain the strength needed to stand strong. Dr. Lloyd-Jones gives three practical ways to implement this exercise. First, the Christian must develop a certainty regarding the things of their faith. Second, Christians must exercise their faith by laying hold of the doctrines of Christianity and learn the Bible well so that they can communicate the hope of Christianity to a lost world. Third, they can look to the past and examine the lives of faithful Christians who have walked before in the midst of incredibly trying times. This, says Dr. Lloyd-Jones, serves to encourage, inspire, and strengthen one’s faith. Through Christ, believers can stand strong in the midst of difficult times and this exercise of their faith will only serve to deepen their steadfastness.’ Description of SERMON #4223 Exercise on Ephesians 6:10-13 preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Nov. 12, 1961 https://www.mljtrust.org/sermon/exercise/

This is from 2021 ⬇️ https://t.me/Miscellaneous_Illuminations/1101

‘La „mutación del virus“‘ - Un artículo publicado hace unos seis años por el mismo equipo https://projekt-immanuel.de/es/insercion-la-mutacion-del-virus/

‘En este video queremos presentarles el Proyecto Immanuel mediante el cual trataremos el trasfondo científico de la “crisis del coronavirus”’ https://www.bitchute.com/video/Az1MhII8ajPW

Sermon #4220 Who Does the Fighting? A sermon preached by Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Oct. 22, 1961 https://www.mljtrust.org/sermon/who-does-the-fighting/

Sermon #4219: God's Battle, not Ours - preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on Oct. 15, 1961 https://www.mljtrust.org/sermon/gods-battle-not-ours/

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“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Philippians-Chapter-4/ Commentaries on this verse https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Philippians-4-8_meaning/

Sermons in podcasts from the Church of the Living Word, Tirana, Albania https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/kisha-fjala-e-gjalle/ https://fjalaegjalle.com/

'Well, my dear friends, there it is, you can't add to that, let this mind be also in you, which was in Christ Jesus. He had only one controlling thought. It was this: to do the father's will. Doesn't matter what it means. It means leaving hidden. It means leaving the glory. It means laying aside  the signs of the glory. It means being a little helpless babe. It doesn't matter what it is. Men rejected him. He came to his own, and his own received him not. It doesn't matter. The master praises, God praises, the father is delighted. What's it matter what men may do?  That's only temporary. This is the thing that matters. To be serving God. To be of value in his kingdom. To help in his great and glorious plan of salvation. His scheme of redemption. Doesn't matter, doesn't matter what part, what place you're playing. Doesn't matter what people think of you, it doesn't matter at all what you think, even of yourself. The master praises. Look forward to the great day that is coming. The world may not have known about you. There'll be no obituary  notice about you in The Times. But you know, when you appear in heaven, your name will be known. And God will say to you, well done, thou good and faithful servant. Unknown, unpraised, mute Milton, unknown Hamden [Hampden ?] though you were perhaps, it doesn't matter. I knew you. And I saw you. I saw your faithfulness and your loyalty. I knew that you were living for me and for my glory. Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Enter thou in to the joy of thy Lord. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, and if it is, the wiles of the devil won’t be able to shake you, you will be able to answer him at every point in the way I've been trying to indicate. And so God will be well pleased with you. Amen.' 2nd half of a quote from towards the end of the transcript of Sermon #4215: Man's Greatest Problem - Self preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on June 25, 1961 https://t.me/Miscellaneous_Illuminations/8080

'"Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than himself. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.’" [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Philippians-2-3_2-11/] Well, what was the mind that was in Christ Jesus?  I'm reading, of course, from Philippians two, beginning at verse three. What was this mind that was in Christ Jesus that should be in us? Well, here it is: ‘Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.’ In other words, he was in the form of God. But he didn't look upon that as something that he must hold on to at all costs and never let go - the signs and the glory and the manifestation. No, no. He didn't regard that as a prize to be clutched at and to be held onto at all costs and say, I’m giving up nothing. I demand my rights and my prerogatives. No, no, he did the exact opposite, made himself of no reputation, took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Oh, how can we miss it? How can we ever forget it? That babe in the manger is the Lord of glory, the one through whom the heavens and the earth and everything else was made. He's humbled himself to that. And there he is, brought up in poverty, unknown. There he works with his hands as a carpenter, the one who made with the same hands, as it were, the whole cosmos. Buffeted. Jeered, laughed at, ignored. The Lord  of glory. There he is, he’s not considering himself. That was the mind that was in him. Even  dying in agony and in weakness and in shame upon a cruel cross. Why did he do it? He did it that you and I might be redeemed from sin, from self, from this horrible, foul thing that has made this world what it is this morning, that has ruined God's glorious creation. He humbled himself, didn't consider himself at all. Became a nobody, as it were. Became a felon, was crucified with thieves. The last insults were heaped upon him. He didn't grumble. He went willingly. He made himself of no reputation. In order that you and I might be rescued and redeemed and become the children of God and the heirs of God and joint heirs with him.' 1st part of a quote from towards the end of the transcript of Sermon #4215: Man's Greatest Problem - Self preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on June 25, 1961 https://t.me/Miscellaneous_Illuminations/8080

'A man's greatest battle, in the last analysis, is his battle against himself. Now, this is not at all surprising, of course. According to the teaching of this book, the Bible, self is responsible for all evil. It is responsible for all sin. The first to fall in God's great creation was the devil. The devil was created by God. He was created perfect. He was endowed with unusual faculties, unusual ability and power and understanding, a bright star in the firmament of God's creation. But we remember that he fell because of pride. Now, that's nothing but a manifestation of self. He rebelled against God. He resented the fact that God was greater than he was. He wanted to be equal to God and as great as God and as important as God. So you see, the whole of evil really emanates from this fact, that self, even in an angelic being, a seraphic being, self is present, and self is the cause of the downfall. There it is, the cause of the devil's fall, this pre-cosmic fall that has led to the whole problem of sin and evil. And then we remember that after God had made the world and had made man and had put him in paradise, that man again fell. And the cause of man's failure was just a repetition of what had happened in the case of the devil. The devil knew this perfectly well, he knew the line that he must adopt. He knew the very thing that was likely to ensnare the man and the woman.' Quoting from early on in the transcript of Sermon #4215: Man's Greatest Problem - Self preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on June 25, 1961 https://t.me/Miscellaneous_Illuminations/8080

Sermon #4215: Man's Greatest Problem - Self A sermon on Ephesians 6:10-13 preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on June 25, 1961 https://www.mljtrust.org/sermon/mans-greatest-problem-self/

'There you see it is, again, there's nothing apart from justification by faith. That's the place where you always get a foothold. Whenever you find yourself slipping down that slope, whenever you feel that you're going back from where you were and that you're slipping, you're going, the place you'll always find stability and get your foot in, is justification by faith only. And you know it defeats most of the wiles of the devil. Well, then, let's, I say, be very certain about this, for it is the royal remedy, the infallible remedy against morbidity and introspection. Are you already relieved, my friend? Are you released? Or are you still saying, ‘Ah, yes, but if you only knew,’ - now, if you say that, you've missed the whole point. There are no buts and ifs where justification by faith is involved. I don't care what's the truth about you. I don't care how black, how vile, how hopeless, how ignorant, how whatever you may say about yourself - throw it all in. Justification by faith means that in spite of what you are, Christ died for you. While we were enemies, while we were yet without strength. So if you bring in your buts and ifs you haven't seen it - there's nothing of any value in any one of us - and if you're looking to yourself in any sense, you're in the hands of the devil, he’s defeated you with his wiles. No, you must see that as you are, if you are looking to Him and relying only upon His perfect work on your behalf, that you are saved by that and by that alone. That’s the answer.’ Continuing the quote from the transcript up until 24:57, for the sermon #4213 on Discouragement on Ephesians 6:10-13, preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on June 11, 1961 https://t.me/Miscellaneous_Illuminations/8076

'In other words, how do we deal with this whole question of self examination? Well, I suggest you do something like this: you examine yourself as the scripture tells you to. You examine yourself in the light of the scriptural teaching. Then you recognise the faults, the failures, the blemishes, everything - quite honestly - now comes the crucial moment. What do you do now? Well, instead of sitting down or remaining seated as you were and just condemning yourself and moaning and groaning and bewailing your failures and spending the rest of the day in just turning in and then discovering still more and going on in this process of utter self condemnation - instead of doing that - with a list in your hand, you go to God and you get on your knees and you confess it all to Him, and you repent of it all. You express your sorrow, your regret. You take it to Him and say, 'It's true. I am condemned. I'm hopeless, I'm wrong.' But then you don't stop there. Having confessed it all with shame and with honesty in true repentance, you remember what He said to you and what He's saying to you at that moment, if you only listen to Him instead of to the devil, because the devil will be whispering at you and shouting at you. The devil will be driving you and saying, ‘You have no right even to go into the presence of God, you're such a failure, you're such a hopeless person.’ You listen to the devil, and of course you'll get off your knees as miserable as you were when you went onto your knees. But listen to the voice of God. He's speaking to you at that moment. And this is what He says. If we confess our sins - now, this is Christian people - if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Believe Him. Believe Him there and then. Thank him immediately. Say, 'Oh God, I can scarce believe it, but I do. I know thy word is true, and thou art saying at this point that thou art faithful, that thou wouldst  be unfaithful to thine known word if thou didst not forgive me at this point.' He is faithful and just. 'Thy justice is involved. Thou hast dealt with this very sin, this catalogue in Christ on the cross.' It's forgiven. Accept it. Thank God for it. Rise up off your feet and go on to live the Christian life as it should be lived. Realise more than ever your need of the strength and the power that comes to you only through the Holy Ghost. But remind yourself that the Holy Ghost is in you. That as a part of the gift of salvation is the gift of the Holy Spirit. Realise He is in you. Realise what He can enable you to do, that though you're weak and frail and unworthy, He can make you more than conqueror. Realise that He'll mediate it you and bring to you the whole power of Christ. Remember that such as you are, even you, you're a member of the body of Christ and that He's the head, and that the life and the power comes down through all the joints and all the parts which the apostle has been teaching us about in the fourth chapter in the 16th verse. Remind yourself of it all and get up, I say, and get on. But what you must never do is just to sit in the corner going round and round in that whirlpool, that vortex of failure and defeat and self condemnation. You mustn't do it. Introspection and morbidity are wrong. They're sinful. The Christian, I say, has no right to be depressed at that point and in that way. And the answer is, I say, to realise what the devil's trying to do with you. And that he's blinded you temporarily to justification by faith only.' Continued quote from the transcript for the sermon #4213 on Discouragement focusing on Ephesians 6:10-13, preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on June 11, 1961 https://t.me/Miscellaneous_Illuminations/8076

'Why is this person depressed? Well, he's depressed for this reason: that having examined himself or herself in this minute way - and it is always a matter of details - fine points, most delicate, feeling the pulse, taking the temperature - every conceivable investigation is carried out and then all these things are tabulated, and here's the record, here's the case, it’s all very bad and it's there in great detail. And the conclusion drawn is, well, am I a Christian at all? Have I ever really been a Christian? Is it possible? Now, that's the devil's objective of course, its to get us to feel that if he can make us examine ourselves in such a way that it not only becomes introspection, but leads us to the conclusion that we've never been Christians at all, he is perfectly happy and delighted. Now, I would remind you that the fundamental answer to him is this, that whatever we may feel like, we are still Christians. But how do we prove that to ourselves? That's the necessity at this point. Well, the way you do it, you see, is again - and that is why the protestant reformers saw that this is the fundamental article of a living or a dying church - justification by faith only. In other words, the way you meet the devil at this point is this. Here is the list of deficiencies. It's all there before you and the devil says, ‘Look at that, there it is, there's only one conclusion to draw. You're not a Christian. You've never been a Christian.’ Now, there's only one answer at that point, and it is this: what makes a man a Christian is not anything that he finds in himself. It is Jesus' blood and righteousness. Thank God for this. For if all of us only examined ourselves truly and tried to decide on that basis whether we are Christians or not, there wouldn't be a single Christian. There's only one thing that makes us Christian. It is Him. It is He. It is His righteousness. And there is nothing else whatsoever but that. Jesus - thy blood and righteousness, my beauty is my glorious dress. So you round on the devil and you say, yes, all that is absolutely true. But it doesn't prove that I'm not a Christian, because even as that, I still am looking only unto Him and relying upon Him alone. Now, you've got to do that. And if you don't do that, you are being defeated by the wiles of the devil and you're guilty of introspection and morbidity.' Quoting from the transcript at 16:20 for the sermon #4213 on Discouragement focusing on Ephesians 6:10-13, preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on June 11, 1961 https://t.me/Miscellaneous_Illuminations/8076

'Now, the devil, as we've been seeing right away through this discussion, he always presses us from one extreme to the other. There are some people who never examine themselves at all, yes, but we are now dealing with this other type. These know that it is a duty to indulge in self examination, and therefore they proceed to do so.  And the devil, knowing them - knowing that they're sensitive, that they are spiritually minded people, knowing that they're intelligent and have a true understanding of these matters, and that they're very concerned to obey the scriptural injunctions, knowing that they're anxious to grow and to develop, that they're not satisfied with where they are - the devil, knowing all this, comes along, and he presses them on this very matter of self examination. He drives them to it. He holds them to it, and he keeps them at it and to such an extent that he succeeds in bringing them into a  state and a condition which is utterly depressed. They feel depressed, they feel hopeless, they're in a complete muddle, they don't know what to do. Now, that is, I suppose, one of the commonest causes of this condition. It's when you cross the line from self examination to introspection. Now, the very term introspection is a very good one. It means that you've got all your cameras, as it were, trained inwardly. All your telescopes are looking inwardly, all your means and mechanism of examination are turned inwards upon the self. It means that your whole life is one of looking inwards. You're turned right in upon yourself. Now, that is the condition which the devil so frequently produces. And it leads to that accompanying condition of morbidity. And that means an unhealthy state of the soul and of the whole spirit of the person. It means that it's not able to function properly, it’s a kind of paralysis, it’s a disease, a kind of organic disease of the soul and spirit. Morbidity. And it's the result, I say, of overdoing something which is good and right, in and of itself. That's where you see the wiles of the devil come in. The devil never tempts this sort of person to go and commit some flagrant, awful sin. Never. But he equally succeeds with them by just turning them in so much upon themselves that they're utterly depressed and in a state of misery and paralysis and uselessness. Very well, what are we to do about this? What is the answer to the devil at this point? We shall have to deal with this later when we come to the parts of the whole armour of God, but I can't leave these matters without just a word of encouragement to any such introspective, morbid soul that may be listening this morning.' Quoting from the transcript at 10:26 - 13:32 for the sermon #4213 on Discouragement preached by Welsh minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) on June 11, 1961 https://www.mljtrust.org/sermon/discouragement/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozE0PXObnJk

What on earth is a ‘moral injury’….another case of vague and confused terminology. In the cases where this term is being used in the Allison Inquiry, wouldn’t the word ‘blackmail’ work?