Daron Roberts

1 amazing wife - 4 fun kids - Joyful shepherd @ . Graduate of

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Agendas are clear!

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

White House, June 2024 vs June 2026:

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

As speculation increases, authority decreases.

John Piper Shares Cautions for Biblical Theology https://t.co/G8S2LaQChR

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Bingo! This movement is evidence of unbelief in the Scriptures clarity. Tyndale saw it right! He died for it!

[Brad Klassen @BradKlassen4]

(1/3) Some claim the Reformers admired Thomas Aquinas. William Tyndale? Not so much:

“Then came Thomas de Aquino, and he made the pope a god with his sophistry; and the pope made him a saint for his labor, and called him doctor Sanctus . . .

[Albert Mohler @albertmohler]

I am pleased to announce the release of a new Thinking in Public episode today with Carl Trueman. We discuss his new book, “The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity.” Link below.
https://t.co/PxxyTgfWCg

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Harsh treatment towards others when they are caught in sin shows a deficiency in your understanding of your own sin.
The human model high priest is the evidence. See Heb 5:1-3. Clear!

[Mike Vlach @mikevlach]

My statement on the relationship between modern Israel and Israel in the Bible: https://t.co/LRpwVDiOpi

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Speaking of ministry weariness: “You can get tired in the work, but not tired of the work…if you’re in the right place.” -@rcaldw

[Wilson Marsh @SpurgeonPiper]

I've never taken a sabbatical.

I didn't lead our church plant in adding a sabbatical policy into our bylaws.

I don't see myself taking a sabbatical any time soon (if ever).

However I would keep a few things in mind for your pastor(s):

1. There will be seasons he will be spiritually exhausted. The Puritan John Flavel noted "The labours of the ministry will exhaust the very marrow from your bones, hasten old age and death."

As a shepherd, if he doesn't take a time of reprieve (not necessarily a sabbatical) he not only puts the state of his soul at risk, his congregation will be at risk of spiritual maladies. Been there. Done that.

2. His family gets exhausted. I'm currently in a season where my family sees much of me. But over half of 9 years of ministry, that wasn't the case (fault falls on me for some of this).

There were stormy seasons full of deaths in the congregation, counseling, wandering sheep, church conflict, etc. There was no "leave work behind at 5pm". It came home with me. I missed dinners, family trips. If I was home, often my mind wasn't. My kids noticed. My wife felt it most of all, both at home and in the pew.

The pastor is a shepherd. The congregation has a right to his time. But be aware: His family shares his time with many people and that goes beyond 9-5 M-F.

Lastly and most of all:
3. He will answer for your soul.

"Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account." Hebrews 13:17

I became a pastor at 28yrs old. Before that, I was either farming or in the oil field. Not exactly fields of relaxation.

But no job has shouldered such heaviness like that of a pastor, and the spiritual reality of Heb 13:17 explains why.

There's an eternally weighty responsibility on the soul of your pastors/elders.

Summary: Again, this isn't an argument for sabbaticals. You may never see your pastors take one and that's fine. But it is an argument for your respect of his ministry. Not to coddle him, but love him and the responsibility on him by our Great Shepherd.

Even though you may work 10hr days at a blue collar job, he will stand before Christ and give an account for your soul. And that's something unique to his office.

[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

Gettin’ this to y’all in time for Sunday.

You’re welcome.

[Garrett Kell ن @pastorjgkell]

Goodness gracious.

Regardless of your political preferences, this man’s perspective on living and dying needs to be heard and meditated upon.

Redeem the time God has given you. Some of us have less time than we think.

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Sibbes, “There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us. Let us rather go bruised to heaven, than soundly to hell.” Amen!

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

lol.

[Speaker @HoosierSpeaker]

How do you find out you’re good at this? What’s the conversation look like

[Unashamed Truth @truth_unashamed]

Don’t trade the church for a platform. In an age of viral voices, it’s easy to prioritize influence over faithfulness. But God’s plan is still the local church. @grcastleberry

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

@Jerry_Wragg Exactly! Those who are loudest against the warnings are often antinomians. And Scripture and church history show the pattern: antinomianism always gives birth to legalism. The Pharisees didn’t love God’s law—they hated it and replaced it with their own. Same pattern as today.

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Those warning the church of law/gospel distinction & pietism/legalism are often the architects of a new legalism. One must listen to their musings to discover the new rules of orthodoxy.Spurgeon "Beware of saying things that make you wise among fools and a fools among the wise.”

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Exactly, Read this below! Amen!

[Jerry Wragg @Jerry_Wragg]

Especially when they regularly claim that assurance comes “only through Christ” without explaining the claim.

What are we to make of the various warning passages (2 Cor 13:5; Col 1:22-23; Matt 24:13) that seem to indicate the potential of a true child of God apostatizing?
Wouldn’t this approach tend to foster an unhealthy introspection,
external performance, and ultimately weakened assurance?
No! God has created us in Christ Jesus and prepared long ago that we should walk in good works, YET the ordained means by which
He brings about our preservation is the manifold commands, admonitions, encouragements, and calls to faithfulness.

We might look at the matter in this way:
Eternal Security → Promises God’s faithfulness, Describes
God’s securing power, Explains God’s sovereign purposes, Ascribes to God exclusive glory

Assurance → Grows with Christian faithfulness, Manifested
by increasing holiness, Shaken by a ravaged conscience, Fades with patterns of neglect and rebellion

God will do what He promises, but we are warned to practice what He commands (Heb. 10:23). God’s warnings against unbelief are
intended to forge an active and passionate growth in His grace, to prevent the self-deception of false security, to test levels of
faithfulness, and to cause sober reflection on the dangers of unbelief. These warnings will have different impact, depending upon the maturity level of each believer:

For the strong Christian– Warnings offer a reminder to press on all the more, and an abiding confidence that one has obeyed these cautions.
For the weak but willing – Warnings provide a
graphic deterrent to future patterns of sin. They display the specific care of God in pointing to dangers; They engender a greater dependence on grace.
For the weak and stubborn – Warnings bring instant clarity to trouble (chastening); They bring greater conviction to the conscience; They expose unbelief as the source of all stubbornness.
For the hardened – Warnings call for the justice of God, thereby upholding holiness; They confirm the traits of apostasy; They declare the absence of true
conversion.

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Would it not be well if many Christian people had some little consideration when they are choosing a house, as to whether it will be convenient for the hearing of the word? Do you not think that a great many professors look chiefly for every other kind of advantage, and, when they have virtually made their choice, they afterwards enquire into the very secondary item of their nearness to a place where they may worship God, enjoy Christian fellowship, and be useful? There are some in this congregation who have moved to this part of town to become members of an earnest, prayerful church. Such believers feel that the first consideration in life must be the health of their souls, the benefiting of their children, and their usefulness in promoting the cause of Christ. When they have made the selection of a house in that way and for that reason, they have found a blessing resting upon them, according to the promise, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

#Spurgeon #s1836

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Fantastic! “Watson believed that when the fear of God fades, Christianity does not become more loving or more free. It becomes casual. And when Christianity becomes casual, it slowly loses its strength. Holiness weakens because sin no longer feels serious. Obedience softens...”

[Scott Roberts @ScottRoberts]

When the fear of God disappears, Christianity becomes casual. Holiness weakens, obedience softens, and worship loses its weight.

Thomas Watson understood that reverent fear is not a threat to joy, but the foundation of a serious Christian life.

Read Part 5 of my Thomas Watson series here:
https://t.co/sNypcAdwRi

[Daron Roberts @DaronRoberts37]

Believing Christ died for everyone does not save you.

Believing Christ died for you, saves you.

With so much banter right now on the limits of the atonement, we are missing the core issue: You have to believe He died for you!

The free offer is free. But you must believe!