Why do God’s preachers preach? When God calls a man to preach the glorious gospel of His free grace, He puts in his heart a hope behind his preaching. Like his Master, he has been sent to, “preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captive, recover […]
WHEN IS A PERSON SAVED? Religion gives us many answers to that question. Some say that God’s elect were saved in eternity. They tell us that election is salvation; but that in not so. Election is unto salvation. Election secures salvation and makes it certain. But election is not salvation. “God hath from the beginning […]
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17 When the gospel comes “not in word only, but also in power,” it comes “in the Holy Ghost,” that is, in and with the teaching and testimony of the Holy Ghost. It is this coming “in the Holy Ghost” which gives truth in its […]
Men commonly teach that the Holy Spirit is striving to call all sinners to life and faith in Christ but that the Holy Spirit can be resisted unless man allows the Holy Spirit to save them. They use this scripture, among others, to support their claims. If God the Holy Spirit is trying to call […]
Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Men commonly teach that the Holy Spirit is striving to call all sinners to life and faith in Christ but that the Holy Spirit can be resisted unless man allows the […]
“For A Certain Woman” Mark 7:24-30 The brightest jewels are usually found in the darkest places. And our Lord Jesus Christ usually finds jewels for his crown not among moral, enlightened, refined, religious people, but among the depraved, despised,degraded,and degenerate(I Cor.1:26-29).He digs his diamonds from the pit of fallen humanity and hews his gems from […]
There Are Only Two Kinds Of People There are only two kinds of people in the world – – – the righteous and the wicked. Interestingly, the righteous believe themselves to be wicked. That is why they need the Gospel. The wicked believe themselves to be righteous. That is why they do not need the […]
Two Troubled Souls (1 Kings 2:26-34 & Gen. 32:24-26) Here we see two men in some pretty difficult situations, two men very anxious about situations that have confronted them because of their stubbornness and sin of days gone by. One man (Joab) lays hold of the HORNS of the altar and will not let go. […]
ONE DOCTRINE, TWO WORKS Deuteronomy 32:2: My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: The gospel of Christ is one doctrine: “my doctrine.” This one doctrine declares the absolute sovereignty of God, our total […]
Rest Rest is a sweet word to the weary soul; all seek it but only believers find it. Paul wrote, “We which have believed do enter into REST” (Heb. 4:3). He did not say we shall enter but we DO enter into rest. There is a sweet repose, a calm peace, and a sweet rest […]