Consider Jesus– in His Atoning Blood “The blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from every sin.” 1 John 1:7 The blood of Jesus is everything. It is the central doctrine of our faith, the present and eternal life of our souls. There is no pardon, no salvation, no heaven but by blood–the blood of […]
Consider Jesus– in His Atoning Blood “The blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from every sin.” 1 John 1:7 The blood of Jesus is everything. It is the central doctrine of our faith, the present and eternal life of our souls. There is no pardon, no salvation, no heaven but by blood–the blood of […]
Absolute Substitution “For He hath made him sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2 Cor. 5:21. I doubt there is a more clear statement of the gospel of the substitution and satisfaction of the Lord Jesus to be found in all of Scripture. […]
Release Barabbas “…and so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus, when He had scourged Him, to be crucified…..And they that were crucified with Him reviled Him.” (Mark 15: 15-32) As I knew that this was to be my text recently, it was as though I did not really […]
Sharper scourges tear His heart! (Charles Spurgeon) “He had Jesus scourged, and handed Him over to be crucified.” Mark 15:15 “With His stripes we are healed.” — Isaiah 53:5 Pilate delivered our Lord to the lictors to be scourged. The Roman scourging was a most dreadful instrument of torture. It was made of the sinews […]
Dealing With Sin – ‘Peter, do you love me?’ John Chapman How different from us does Christ deal with sin! I would venture to say that Peter would never have been allowed to preach had we been in the Lord’s place. Or if he had, our confrontation with Peter would likely have made Peter unwilling […]
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOSPEL Todd Nibert My heart breaks as I watch people compromise the Gospel. But I must say again … There is only one Gospel! The Gospel of the free and sovereign Grace of Christ my Lord. The Gospel that gives Christ all the Glory in Salvation and excludes human boasting. The […]
Absolutely Sovereign Clay Curtis Psalm 76:10: Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. If we deny the absolute sovereignty of God we do not deny it because we think it belittles God. Whether we know it or not we do it TO BELITTLE GOD AND EXALT SELF. […]
THE GOOD SHEPHERD “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said,” “I am the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep — and My sheep know Me.” — John 10:14 “The Good Shepherd” — well can the sheep who know His voice, attest the truthfulness and faithfulness of this endearing name and word. Where […]
The free, sovereign grace of God! (Octavius Winslow, “Christ, Our Righteousness”) “Those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.” Romans 8:30 The justified sinner stands the closest to God, of any created being in the universe. Nearer to the throne of the Eternal, […]