Paul Daudu

[Sovereign Grace Community Church, Abuja @SGCCAbuja]

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In this Easter Sunday message, Pastor Adeola explores the glorious mystery of the resurrected Christ—the Lamb who was slain and now reigns victorious. Drawing from the book of Revelation, the sermon takes us into John's vision of heaven, where the throne of God is surrounded by worship and wonder, and where the scroll of history is held firmly in divine hands.

Pastor Adeola reminds us that while Jesus is our personal Savior, He is also the King of Glory. The one who holds ultimate power and authority over history, nations, and the Church. In a world that often feels chaotic and uncertain, this message calls us to lift our eyes above the confusion of our present moment and behold the sovereign Lord who is seated on the throne.

The sermon emphasizes the worthiness of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, who alone was found worthy to open the scroll and execute God’s redemptive plan for all creation. It challenges believers to remember that God is still in control, even when we face persecution, false teachings, or cultural pressure. The victorious Lamb invites us into deeper reverence, worship, and confidence in His lordship.

Pastor Adeola speaks with conviction about the need for the Church today to rediscover the majesty and authority of Christ. In the midst of moral decline, spiritual confusion, and a weakening of the faith in many places, we are called to look up—beyond the noise—and see Jesus for who He truly is: the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, the one who triumphed and redeemed us by His blood.

This is not just a story of long ago; it is a living reality for us today. Christ is victorious, and because He lives, we have hope. Let this message reignite your faith and stir your heart toward bold worship and unwavering trust in the Lamb who reigns forever.

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“Ye are gods” but you are stuck in traffic with “mere mortals.”

“Ye are gods” but you get query for going late and you have to respond before COB or the “mere mortal” boss will fire you!

“Ye are gods” but…

… you get the point?

This your “gods” is not “goding!”

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Response:

• Right at the beginning of this clip we hear that @johnmacarthur is contrasting his view to what 64% of Americans believe, not to what “Arminian[s], Provisionist[s,] or non-Calvinist[s]” believe.

• Even so, it’s telling that @Soteriology101 would say “even Pelagius himself taught we need divine aid,” and it speaks volumes for him to allege, without a single citation, “that Augustine (like many Calvinists today) confessed to misrepresenting his teaching in order to have him anathematized.” It behooves him to back up this astounding latter claim.

• As for the first claim, it’s been widely known for millennia that Pelagius’s concept of “divine aid” or “grace” consisted of the following:

(1) “the gifts of divine revelation in the law, and the teaching of Jesus in the Bible.”

(2) “the gift of the incarnate Word…[So that by] imitating Christ, we are better able to comprehend and internalize the instructions of the law and teaching so that we may live righteous lives.”

(3) “is the gift of our nature…[which includes] the ability to choose either good actions or evil actions. As we are not burdened by original sin, our ability is not hampered in any way.”

[Sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ: Stuart Squires, The Pelagian Controversy: An Introduction to the Enemies of Grace and the Conspiracy of Lost Souls, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications/Wipf and Stock, 2019), chapter 11, “The Theology of Pelagius,” under the heading “Grace,” Kindle loc 8051-8134. Note: Squires is a Roman Catholic. According to his CV he has a Ph.D. (2013) from the Catholic University of America’s “Department of Historical and Systematic Theology with a focus on Christian theology of the fourth and fifth centuries.” So, not only is he obviously not a Calvinist, he’s an expert on the historical theology of the era of the Augustinian-Pelagian controversy.]

Did Pelagius use the word “grace?” Of course, he did! He would have been a fool not to. Who would have listened to him otherwise? And by “grace,” did he mean some kind of “divine aid?” Absolutely!

But what did this “grace” or “divine aid” consist of?

According to Pelagius, outside of the Scriptures, the life of Christ presented for us to imitate, and our own inborn ability, we have no need of any additional “grace” or “divine aid.” Once we receive the special revelation found in Scripture, we have all we need!

It’s difficult to imagine how anyone could confuse this with the biblical doctrine of the grace of the Triune God, or imagine that it even remotely resembles it! To call it either “grace” or “divine aid” in a Christian discussion is to commit a theological bait-and-switch.

• As for the “grace” or “divine aid” we find in Arminianism and so-called Provisionism, a simple set of analogies will suffice:

(a) Pelagianism: Imagine that a rescue ship was called to save a man who’d fallen overboard. When they arrive, the man is swimming capably on the surface of the water but is glad to see the boat because he knows he needs it or he’ll eventually drown. And since he already has all he needs within himself to complete his own rescue now that they’ve arrived, they don’t need to throw him a lifesaver. They simply pull the boat up alongside him and he climbs up the boat ladder to safety. Since I’ve found nothing in Provisionism, especially in its “PROVIDE” acronym, to contrast with this Pelagian view of “grace” or “divine aid,” I have no choice but to conclude that Provisionism is functionally Pelagian until shown otherwise.

(a) Arminianism: Imagine the same man overboard/rescue ship scenario, only this time the man had actually drowned before the boat arrives. But as he was sinking in the ocean, a kindly whale saw his plight, bumped into him so that force of the bump restarted his heart, and the whale then exhaled a huge bubble of air to envelope the man with enough oxygen in it so that on his way up to the surface the man could cough the water out of his lungs and start breathing again. (Think: Prevenient Grace.) Now that this has happened and the boat has arrived, he still needs some help, so they throw him a lifesaver, which he’s able to grab onto. But the people on the boat can’t pull him in unless he cooperates by kicking his legs, which he’s also able to do. And once they pull their craft up alongside him, they find he’s able to climb up the boat ladder to safety. While it differs theologically from Pelagianism on the question of whether the man had ever drowned, and on whether the man continues to need at least some help once the boat finds him, in functional terms Arminianism has many things in common with it.

(a) Biblical Christianity, Augustinianism, and Calvinism: OK, again with the man overboard/rescue ship scenario. And again, the man had actually drowned before the boat arrives—long before, actually. As the rescue boat waits and searches, our kindly whale deliberately bumps into the drowned man to restart his heart. But not only does the whale exhale a huge bubble of air to savingly envelope the man with the oxygen he needs, but he also carries him up to the surface and gently rises out of the water, lifting him onto the surface of the rescue boat, completing his salvation from start to finish. This is what the prophet involved in another, much older “whale story,” so to speak, meant when he said, “Salvation belongs to the Lᴏʀᴅ!" (Jonah 2:9).

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We'll be very pleased to have you come consider with us, what the Lord has for us in our Lord's Day service tomorrow.

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Please join us tomorrow as we enjoy the communion of the saints. The Lord is gracious and abounds in love forevermore.

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Our latest Lord's Day sermon to bless your hearts. Please have a listen. You're always welcome to join us every Lord's Day at 9am.

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Our latest sermon from this past Lord's Day. Labouring for the Gospel by Pastor Adeola Ogundele.

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Tomorrow is the Lord's Day & we look forward to enjoying fellowship as we glorify the Lord with our brothers & sisters & guests. Do join us if you're in the area.

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Join us this Lord's Day as we worship the Lord together.

[Paul Daudu @Gracephanatic]

@VetVimalaco Ah Sovereign God, Thou hast made the heavens and earth by Thine great power and with Thine outstretched arm.. nothing is difficult for Thee

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