No iPhone.....No Headphones.....No Workout

        
Preface: This morning as I walked in the sun....marveling once again at God's creation....and thankful for being able to enjoy it....and after listening to the great 20th century London preacher David Martyn Lloyd-Jones.....a sermon titled An Encounter With God....(which I highly recommend that you Google)....my mind wandered to England....for it was this small island nation that most magnificently proclaimed the gospel of Jesus Christ in its churches....yes only in certain time periods....but over a span of over three centuries. Overall we cannot even come close to what England's pulpits gave the church. How often we hear on talk radio how we are the greatest nation in the world.....even in history....(somehow forgetting Israel when it was obedient to God)....but 'greatest' in 2020 is nothing to brag about. God used America mightily....militarily....particularly after England succumbed to the temptations of modernism....but we as a people followed suit and fell with a thud. We clench our fists at how this once noble heritage is under attack....and rightly so....but we should tremble and shudder at something even more devastating....as we lost the ability to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ....and to look to Him only as our Lord and our King. There is no longer a cost to discipleship....only a small user fee....that can be renewed every two years at the voting booth.


            It's about a fifteen minute trip for me to the gym....the way I drive....but it took about forty-five minutes today. It's odd....but it's me....I had Breitbart radio on....and the topic with the guest....a Trump campaign official I believe....was on how rumors that many Trump voters would not be voting for him again were untrue. So there I am with....VOTED FOR HIM....NEVER AGAIN in bold letters on the tailgate of my truck....along with the URL for these posts. Knowing that conservatives often listen to Breitbart.....and wanting at least a few of them to see that in front of them was someone that might give some truth to the rumors....I passed up the gym and just drove the interstate for a half hour....until the interview was over.
            So I finally arrive at the gym....mask in hand....but no iPhone....for I had left it at home. It has been at least a year and a half since I exercised anywhere....or walked anywhere....without listening to the gospel in some form on my wireless headphones. I can't imagine working out and not hearing Spurgeon or Martyn Lloyd-Jones or MacArthur or Horton or Alistair Begg or O Palmer Robertson....or Pilgrim's Progress or something about the gospel of grace offered to us. So I got back in the car....and drove home to get my iPhone....and then back to the gym.
            I'm bringing this little anecdote up for one reason. I didn't even choose the Spurgeon sermon....as it just came up next on whatever I had last listened to. It was titled How To Please God....and was preached August 20th, 1885 in the Metropolitan Tabernacle. I thought it might be just the sermon that you need. Everybody needs it....that why I can say that. So....if you are interested...you can easily Google....Spurgeon...How To Please God....and it will come right up.