FREE AT LAST Our freedom from slavery under sin is as sure as our justification from sin because it is by Christ Jesus and not us. Romans 6: 4: Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, […]

SANCTIFICATION BY CHRIST When the self-righteous Pharisee is made to admit that he can not use the law to justify himself, he will turn to the law to sanctify himself. Up till now Paul has been talking about justification, the work of grace for sinners, now Paul begins talking about sanctification, the work of God’s grace in […]

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you… It has dominion over God’s people in a state of unregeneracy: and after conversion it is still in them, and has great power oftentimes to hinder that which is good, and to effect that which is evil; it entices and ensnares, and brings into captivity, […]

Smokin’,Drinkin’,and Cussin’ People love to be preached to about their sins and told to quit smoking, drinking, cussing, and to be kind to their neighbor, tithe, and go to church, etc. It’s because when they are able to manage these outward things, they can feel good about themselves. If I am only a sinner because […]

Is there any real hope for Real Sinners? Is there any real hope for real sinners? I know that men and women who think of themselves as good moral people have no problem in this matter. They think they are okay. They look upon their good works, their religious devotion, and their moral integrity with […]

No more Sin The Lord Jesus Christ was touched with the feelings of our infirmities. He was made in the likeness of sinful flesh, yet without sin. In a similar way, the child of God, who has a new nature, created in the likeness of Christ, is touched with the feeling of immortality. He is […]

High offices in the church (J. C. Ryle, “The Gospel of Luke” 1858) “The leading priests and teachers of religious law were actively plotting Jesus’ murder.” Luke 22:2 High offices in the church do not preserve the holders of them from great blindness and sin. The first step in putting Christ to death, was taken by […]

The sword of God’s Truth (Arthur Pink, “Faithfulness”) “Their speech is filled with flattery.” Psalm 5:9 This is the identifying mark of the “hireling,” the false pastor. He aims at pleasing his hearers, making them feel satisfied with themselves, ever patting them on the back. “But he who has My Word—let him speak My Word […]

Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats? by Charles Spurgeon (edited) An evil is in the ‘professed’ camp of the Lord, so gross in its impudence, that the most shortsighted Christian can hardly fail to notice it. During the past few years this evil has developed at an alarming rate. It has worked like leaven until the […]

And what is his religion but vanity? (adapted from Winslow’s, “The Earnest Expectation of the Renewed Creature”) “We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing, ends in nothing.” Man’s origin, the earth; his birth, degenerate; his rank, a bauble; his wealth, but glittering dust; his pomp, an empty pageant; his beauty, a fading […]