Exposition of Ephesians: The Christian Warfare

by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Publisher:

Baker

, 1976

Overview

As Lloyd-Jones contends, the history of the 20th century can only be understood in terms of the unusual activity of the devil and the “principles and powers” of darkness. Why, then, are so many Christians denying the existence of a personal devil and of demons? It is imperative to acknowledged and understand the spiritual warfare constantly raging around us and in us. Issues discussed in this penultimate volume include: the enemy, the origin of evil, the wiles of the devil, heresies, cults, attacks upon assurance, discouragement, and many other vital subjects.

Product Details

• Title: Exposition of Ephesians: The Christian Warfare
• Author: Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• Publisher: Baker
• Publication Date: 1976
• Pages: 373

About Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones >(1899-1981) was born in Cardiff. He attended St. Bartholomew’s Hospital as an assistant to the famous Lord Horder. Returning to Wales after leaving medicine in 1927, he became the minister of a Welsh Presbyterian Church in Aberavon, South Wales. He was there until 1938 when he moved to London to share the ministry of Westminster Chapel in Buckingham Gate with the late Dr. G. Campbell Morgan. This ministry lasted for 30 years until Dr. Lloyd-Jones retired in August 1968. He best-loved works include Singing to the Lord, Not Against Flesh and Blood, Heirs to Salvation, and True Happiness.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Paul never starts with morality and behaviour. Invariably we have this grand context. No man can ever live the Christian life until he is a Christian, until he knows what it is to be a Christian, until he has some conception of the glory of the Christian position. So the Apostle begins chapter 4 by saying, ‘I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called’, and from that point to the end of the Epistle he continues making this great and grand appeal.” (Pages 12–13)

“The Christian life, in the first place, is a warfare, it is a struggle. ‘We wrestle.’ The whole section is designed to impress this fact upon us. There is no grosser or greater misrepresentation of the Christian message than that which depicts it as offering us a life of ease with no battle and no struggle at all.” (Page 20)

“‘This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind … (but) put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness’. In other words he says to them, Now that I have reminded you of what you are, and how you have become what you are, I want you to see that it is essentially a matter of logic, and of application of the truth, that you have to live the kind of life that pleases God. He says, You have been born again, you are no longer like those other Gentiles who continue to live in sin and in enmity to God.” (Page 13)

“We have a martial atmosphere, we have a rousing, stimulating call. It is a trumpet call—‘be strong in the lord, and in the power of his might. put on the whole armour of god.’ Do you not hear the bugle, and the trumpet? It is a call to battle; we are being roused, we are being stimulated, we are being set upon our feet; we are told to be men. The whole tone is martial, it is manly, it is strong.” (Page 22)

Product Details

• Title: The Christian Warfare: An Exposition of Ephesians 6:10–13
• Author: David Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• Series: An Exposition of Ephesians
• Publisher: Baker
• Print Publication Date: 1976
• Logos Release Date: 2006
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Ephesians › Sermons
• ISBNs: 9780801058004, 0801058007
• Resource ID: LLS:EXPEPH6B
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-30T21:07:03Z

About David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981) is recognized as one of the last century’s most gifted preachers and writers. He was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century.

Lloyd-Jones first studied medicine, but left that field and went to Wales in 1927 to follow his calling to preach. He became the minister of a Welsh Presbyterian Church in Abervon, South Wales where he ministered for a decade.

In 1929, Lloyd-Jones went to London where he was appointed the associate pastor of Westminster Chapel working alongside G. Campbell Morgan. This ministry lasted for 30 years until Lloyd-Jones retired in 1968. He also served at Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Students which is known today as the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship.

Through his books and commentaries, Lloyd Jones has had a profound influence upon the Christian church and the lives of many worldwide. His books include The Gospel in Genesis: From Fig Leaves to Faith, Great Doctrines of the Bible, and the titles in the Crossway D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Collection and Select Expositions of Martyn Lloyd-Jones.