Attached below are charts containing the message of a wonderful teacher and preacher, now home with the Lord: Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones. Dr. Jones was the primary preacher and teacher at Westminster Chapel, almost in the shadow of the more famous Westminster Cathedral, Big Ben, the English Houses of Parliament, and Royal residences at Buckingham Palace, in London, England. He taught for many of the middle years of the 20th Century, following the earlier preaching of Dr. G. Campbell Morgan.
Dr. Jones was educated and practiced as a medical doctor. However, he later believed that God had called him to some Christian ministry instead of medicine. His initial expectation was that he might serve in some academic position at a Bible college or seminary. However, God had different plans, putting Dr. Jones under the active tutelage of Dr. Morgan at Westminster Chapel. When, during the very early days of World War II, Dr. Morgan retired, Dr. Jones began his nearly 30 year preaching career, teaching verse-by-verse through the Bible multiple times a week typically to more than 1,000 people in rapt attendance. His preaching has been described as “logic on fire,” the title of one biography of his life. But it was not the “logic” of human reasoning but, rather, the reasoned understanding and coherence of the Bible.
Many (more than 1600) of Dr. Jones’s sermons are now freely available online for streaming or downloading, at: www.mljtrust.org. More than 200 of such sermons are expositions of the Epistle to Ephesians.
In the below charts, is a transcription of one such Ephesian sermon, “Chosen in Him,” based on a significant phrase that is contained in Eph 1:4, together with additional background on Dr. Jones and Westminster Chapel.
Westminster Chapel is not to be confused with a neighboring structure, about 2 miles away, and far more famous, that of Westminster Cathedral; the Cathedral is associated with the Church of England, and the government of England. Many people famous for their government service or civic accomplishments are buried beneath the stones of the floor of the Cathedral. The Cathedral has been the site of many royal inaugurations, weddings, and funerals.
