The Experimental Knowledge of Christ

"This book contains eleven great sermons by the great Welsh itinerant preacher, John Elias (1774-1841), all newly and ably translated from the Welsh by Owen Milton. Here you will find a feast of biblical, doctrinal, experiential, and practical food that shows how great preachers in ages past proclaimed the whole counsel of God over a period of time while remaining faithful in expounding individual texts in accord with their major themes. These sermons, which richly expound nearly every major doctrine of grace, are as relevant and helpful as when they were first written. Here you will find the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man persuasively expounded. Elias's sermons exhibit all the strengths of a godly preacher-pastor-writer. Read them slowly and prayerfully, and, with the Spirit's blessing, you will grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ. - Joel R. Beeke, From the Foreword Table of Contents: Biographical Introduction Sermon 1: The Danger of Losing One's Soul While Seeking to Gain the World Sermon 2: The Experimental Knowledge of Christ Sermon 3: The Duty of Listening to the Gospel as the Voice of Christ Sermon 4: Praying for the Spirit Sermon 5: The Greatness of the Peace of God, which Above Understanding Sermon 6: The Funeral Sermon of King George III Sermon 7: The Coming of the Son of Man Sermon 8: Christ the Physician Sermon 9: God Attending to the Contrite in Spirit Sermon 10: God Choosing and Calling Men Sermon 11: The Saints Loving Christ and Delighting in Him "