
Book of Romans
Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s sermons on the book of Romans were preached to the congregation at Westminster Chapel in the heart of central London on Friday evenings between October 1955 to March 1968. These sermons were preached from the beginning of October until the end of May each year, with breaks being taken for Christmas and Easter. Dr Lloyd-Jones began his ministry at Westminster Chapel in 1938, and his ministry there lasted for thirty years until his retirement in 1968. As such, his Romans series came at the end of his preaching career. Spanning 366 sermons over twelve years, his series on the book of Romans is the longest expositional series Dr Lloyd-Jones ever did.
Dr Lloyd-Jones regarded the book of Romans as the ‘first in importance’ among the New Testament epistles. Indeed, it is likely that Dr Lloyd-Jones saw his exposition of the book of Romans as his most important work, as evidenced by the fact that he chose his Romans sermons as the first of his many sermons to be published following his retirement. His official biographer Iain Murray writes;
Many hundreds of unrevised manuscript copies of sermons thus existed by 1968, of which, for reasons already noted, comparatively few had appeared in print. He did not hesitate in choosing to put his Romans sermons first for publication in book form, to be followed by those on Ephesians.
Dr Lloyd-Jones’s hope for these sermons on the book of Romans was that they will ‘not only help Christian people to understand more clearly the great doctrines of our Faith, but that they will also fill them with a joy “unspeakable and full of glory” and bring them into a condition in which they will be “Lost in wonder, love, and praise”’.
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Introduction
In this sermon, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones introduces us to Romans 11:1-36. He urges all his hearers to lay aside prejudices and traditions, and to come to God’s Word in an attitude of reverence. For all Scripture is the very Word of God. The major theme of thi…
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Did God Reject His People?
Has God cast away the Jewish people? After several passages concerning the fate of the Jewish nation, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones unfolds how Paul asks this question in Romans 11:1-4, and then follows his answers with several pieces of evidence. Paul says that t…
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According to Grace
Listen as Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones looks at Romans 11:1-6 and then focuses on how this is relevant to our present time. Learn of an authority that is always based on the Word of God; not the authority of a man or prophet. The example of Elijah is given that w…
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Blessings Become a Curse
How can something that the Lord created as a blessing become a curse? Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones answers this question by preaching from the words of Paul in Romans 11:7-10 when he refers to the Law and the people of Israel. Paul acknowledges that the Jews were…
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Judicial Blindness
Have you read the passages in Scripture that refer to God hardening someone’s heart or blinding them to the truth, only to be confused as to what this means? This can be a troubling passage and topic for many people because it often leads to more questions …
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Psalms
Why are there imprecatory Psalms in the Bible? This is the question that Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones takes up in this sermon on Romans 11:7-10. He says that Scripture never teaches that God creates evil or sin, but He does create the consequences of the sinful a…
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Stumbling of the Jews
Paul has been teaching about the Jews and how, as a nation, they have blatantly rejected the Gospel. In this portion of Romans 11:11-12, Paul is now stating what the real position of the Jews is and how that relates to the Gentiles. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones e…
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Riches of the Gentiles
Why were the Jewish people permitted to stumble according to the Apostle Paul? In this sermon on Romans 11:11-12, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones takes up this difficult question. He says that, ultimately, God allowed the Jewish people to stumble and reject the Gos…
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Lessons from The Jews
What can we learn from the Apostle Paul’s teachings on the Jewish people? In this sermon on Romans 11:11-12, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says that Christians have much to learn about the Church, ourselves, and the Gospel from the Apostle Paul. He says that this …
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Apostle to the Gentiles
Listen as Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones preaches on Romans 11:13-15 and works through the teaching of Paul to the Gentiles. Different interpretations of these controversial words by Paul are examined, and the various out-workings of each are addressed. Learn the di…
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Life From the Dead
What is the future of the Jewish nation? According to Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in this sermon on Romans 11:13-15, we do not have to wonder. For God has prophesied through the Apostle Paul that there will be a great day when Israel is saved. While they may hav…
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The Terms Defined
In Romans 11:16-17, Paul is providing more evidence of why the rejection of Israel was not final. Israel's stumbling was only temporary, and because of their fall the Gentiles have received salvation. Paul explains that Israel's belief will be like coming t…
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The Olive Tree
Listen to Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones as he continues to preach through Romans 11:16-17 and discusses the relationship of the Jews to the Gentiles within God’s economy of salvation. Learn of the importance to understand what Paul means in Romans 11 and the tende…
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None Should Boast
What is the relationship between Jews and Gentiles now that Christ has come? This is the question Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones seeks to answer in this sermon on Romans 11:18-22. Christ Jesus has come and instituted the New Covenant – the fulfilment of all of God’…
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Pride
Why is pride so dangerous? What about pride undermines the Gospel and leads people into self-deception and deceit? In this sermon on Romans 11:18-22, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones preaches on the need to learn God’s Word so as to fight against pride. Pride undermi…
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God's Goodness and Severity
In previous passages, Paul has explained that because of the Jews’ unbelief, the Gentiles were granted belief through Christ. In Romans 11:18-22, Paul now warns the Gentiles against any boasting because of their new standing and salvation. There is no place…
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Final Perseverance
Can Christians lose their salvation? There are few more contested and more important theological questions in Christianity. Many believers are plagued by doubts because they fear that they may fail to work out their own salvation and be eternally lost in he…
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Vital Principles
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones urges listeners to always seek the truth and facts as he begins to preach on Romans 11:18-22. Throughout history, we can see that people have gone astray because they did not seek the truth. We can look to history to teach us lessons …
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Regrafting of the Jews
In Romans 11:23-24, Paul continues his arguments to prove that the Lord is not done with the nation of Israel. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones points out the three previous arguments in the beginning of the chapter for review, and then moves on to explain two more a…
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The Mystery Revealed
God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility can be difficult to reconcile, especially when reading different passages in the Bible that seem to contradict. In this sermon, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones leads us through a phrase-by-phrase analysis of one such passag…
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About Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) was a Welsh evangelical minister who preached and taught in the Reformed tradition. His principal ministry was at Westminster Chapel, in central London, from 1939-1968, where he delivered multi-year expositions on books of the bible such as Romans, Ephesians and the Gospel of John. In addition to the MLJ Trust’s collection of 1,600 of these sermons in audio format, most of these great sermon series are available in book form (including a 14 volume collection of the Romans sermons), as are other series such as "Spiritual Depression", "Studies in the Sermon on the Mount" and "Great Biblical Doctrines". He is considered by many evangelical leaders today to be an authority on biblical truth and the sufficiency of Scripture.