Elect or election I was challenged again recently by the claim that we and our brethren are too dogmatic in our declaration of the sovereign predestinated salvation of the elect alone by the doing and dying of the  Lord Jesus Christ. In response (our time was limited) I asked my friend to do a simple […]

WHAT KIND OF CHURCH IS THIS?Henry Mahan “What kind of church is this?” During a recent Bible conference this question was asked by a visitor who had dropped in for the service. I had just finished preaching a message on the subject “In Search of Truth” and the visitor turned to one of the members and asked, “What kind […]

“It shall be well with the righteous” – Isaiah 3:10In spiritual things, all your temptation, all your darkness, all your wandering: God will overrule. It shall be well with you. There shall never be a night, but that morning shall come; there shall never be a day of trouble, but a day of prosperity shall follow; there shall […]

In Paul’s greeting to every church He says, “Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” This is God’s Word to every believer! Grace to you! Other than the Name of Christ Himself this is my favorite word…. grace! Salvation in every aspect, from election to glorification and everything in between is […]

THE OUTCOMERomans 10: 15:…as it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! With these words Christ foretold the outcome that he would produce in the heart of each of his saints by calling us through the means of preaching (Is 52: 6-8) In […]

THE OUTCOME Romans 10: 15:…as it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! With these words Christ foretold the outcome that he would produce in the heart of each of his saints by calling us through the means of preaching […]

DISCERNMENT“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all judgment.” – Philippians 1:9The word judgment in this verse is used only here in the New Testament. It means discernment. Paul does not pray that our knowledge and discernment will abound. He prays that our love to the person of Christ will […]

“Whose heart-the Lord opened.”—Acts xvi. 14.It is always blessed to trace mercies to their source! And blessed when, through grace, we are enabled to give God his glory, and not put down to man’s merit what wholly originates in God’s grace. The opening of the heart can only be the province of Him that made it. Renewing work, […]

WHAT IS THE CHURCH? From the Scriptures we know the church is His body, His bride, the people He loved and purchased with His own blood that He sees as glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. It is the church of Christ, the church of God, the house of God, the pillar and ground of the […]

“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.”—Rev. xii. 1.My soul! as the beloved apostle was invited to see those precious visions, which the Lord favoured him with, for the church’s good, so do thou, this evening, attend […]