Sharing Reformed Christian Resources Around The World

Presenting a series of sermons dealing with the Word of God as summarized in the Canons of Dort, by Rev. J. A. Bouwers, Pastor of the Orthodox Reformed Church of Niagara (URCNA).

Note: Each realaudio® file has been recorded directly from a regular church service but have all been edited to include the relevant readings and the sermon only.

FIRST HEAD OF DOCTRINE
DIVINE ELECTION AND REPROBATION

Text: Romans 3:19

"Let God Be God"

1. Our Starting Confession

2. His Saving Compassion

3. His Selective Commission

Canons I: 4-6

Text: I Corinthians 4:7

"Who Makes You Differ?"

1. Two Different Responses

2. Their Differing Reasons

3. God's Differentiating Role

Canons I: 7-8

Text: Ephesians 1: 4-6

"Chosen in Him"

1. The Purposeful Foundation

2. The Personal Focus

3. The Prepared Way

3. The Praise That Follows

Canons I: 9-11

Text: Romans 8: 29, 30

"Those Whom He Foreknew"

1. The Concept of Foreknowledge

2. The Content of God's Foreknowledge

3. The Consequence of God's Foreknowledge

Canons I: 12-14

Text: Romans 8: 38, 39;

"Blessed Assurance "

1. Promise of Assurance

2. Pursuit of Assurance

3. Product of Assurance

4. Preaching for Assurance

Canons I: 15,16,18

Text: Romans 9: 18;

"The Awful Reality"

1. The Decree To Pass By

2.The Demand For Pastoral Sensitivity

3. The Depth Of Praise

Canon I: 17

Text: 1 Corinthians 7:14;

"By Virtue of the Covenant"

1. The Perspective of the Word

2.The Promise of the Covenant

3. The Pleasure of God

SECOND HEAD OF DOCTRINE
CHRIST'S DEATH AND MAN'S REDEMPTION THROUGH IT

Text: Isaiah 53: 4,5

"Jesus Saves"

1.God's Satisfaction

2. Our Substitute

3. Christ's Sufficiency

Canons II: 5-7

Text: Luke 24: 46-48

"Spread the Tidings All Around"

1. Our Calling with the Gospel

2. The Command of the Gospel

3. The Consequences of this Gospel

Canons II: 8,9

Text: John 10: 11

"His Life For His Sheep"

1. The Father's Purpose

2. The Particular Focus

3. The Powerful Fulfillment

THIRD AND FOURTH HEADS OF DOCTRINE
THE CORRUPTION OF MAN, HIS CONVERSION TO GOD, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT OCCURS

Text: Romans 5: 18,19

"In Adam's Fall "

1. The Revolt of Mankind

2. The Responsibility of Mankind

3. The Results for Mankind

Canons III/IV: 4-6

Text: Romans 8:3

"Obtaining Salvation"

1. The Humanity of Fallen Mankind

2. The Helplessness of Fallen Mankind

3. The Only Hope for Fallen Mankind

Canon III/IV: 7

Text: Mathew 11:25, 26

"Sharing in the Great Mystery"

1. Why?

2. Wherefore?

Canons III/IV: 8-10

Text: Mathew 22:14

"God's Serious Summons"

1. The Response that Pleases Him

2. The Responsibility for Refusing Him

3. The Reason We Respond to Him

Canons III/IV: 11-13

Text: Ezekiel 36:26,27

"Heart Transplant "

1. Is Accomplished Completely By God

2. Is Astonishing In Character

3. Is Above Our Comprehension

Canons III/IV: 14-15

Text: Ephesians 2:1-10

"Faith is the Gift"

1. Is Given by God in Grace

2. Our Gratitude to God by Grace

3. Our Graciousness that Comes From Grace

Canon III/IV: 16-17

Text: Philippians 2:12,13

"Work It Out"

1. Man Remains Man

2. Man Requires Means

FIFTH HEAD OF DOCTRINE THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS

Text: 1 Corinthians 1: 9

"But God is Faithful "

1. Our Status as Saints

2. Our Struggle as Saints

3. Our Safekeeping as Saints

Canons V: 4-8

Text: Psalm 32:1,2

"Grace that is Greater
than all Our Sin"

1. God's Righteous Permission (with respect to our sin)

2. Our Real Predicament (on account of our sin)

3. God's Reliable Preservation (in spite of our sin)

Canon V: 9-11

Text: 2 Corinthians 1:20-22

"But Can We Be Sure?"

1. The Possibility of Our Assurance

2. The Pursuit of Our Assurance

3. The Preservation of Our Assurance

Canons V: 12-15

Text: Jude 1,2, 20,21

"Kept In The Love Of God"

1. Our Posture of Humility

2. Our Pursuit of Piety

3. Our Prized Possesion for Posterity

4. Our Praise To Eternity