PARDON FOR SIN When a president leaves office, he frequently pardons prisoners. Those prisoners are set free from prison, but those former prisoners remain guilty. The president of the United States has power to set a guilty prisoner free from prison, but he does not have the power to make that prisoner not guilty. Society […]
FREE INDEED! Isaiah 49: 9: That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. All who Christ saves are guilty prisoners by Adam’s one transgression. And receiving Adam’s sin nature we were born in a prison cell in chains which no man could break. Our prison-nature was […]
“I defy anyone to find a solitary text of Scripture in the New Testament that uses the law to motivate, inspire, regulate, or even guide the believer. Believers are motivated by love, inspired by gratitude, regulated by grace, and guided by the Holy Spirit. The whole Word of God, the complete revelation of His will, […]
Daniel E. Parks (2010.11.07) The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the very embodiment of the saving works He was sent to perform and of the saving blessings He was sent to bestow. For example, He is: 1. Both Wisdom Giver and Wisdom Given: 1) “The LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and […]
CHRIST IS WHAT HE DOES AND GIVES Daniel E. Parks (2010.11.07) The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the very embodiment of the saving works He was sent to perform and of the saving blessings He was sent to bestow. For example, He is: 1. Both Wisdom Giver and Wisdom Given: 1) “The LORD gives […]
The Person of the Holy Spirit Acts 13: 1-5 The Person of the Holy Ghost is set forth as taking the action of “speaking.” V2: The Holy Ghost said; the Holy Ghost takes the action of “commanding”: V2: Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work; the Holy Ghost takes the action of “calling”: V2: […]
The Person of the Holy Spirit Acts 13: 1-5 The Person of the Holy Ghost is set forth as taking the action of “speaking.” V2: The Holy Ghost said; the Holy Ghost takes the action of “commanding”: V2: Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work; the Holy Ghost takes the action of “calling”: V2: […]
HOW DID PETER DEAL WITH CONTENTION? Acts 11: 1-25 First, Peter declares to his brethren what God the Holy Spirit did in his own heart (Acts 11: 4-12.) Notice, Peter does not defend himself; that would have only caused more strife between him and his brethren. Nor does Peter argue with his brethren over his […]
Isaiah 42:4 Tom Harding “He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law” (Isaiah 42:4). To you who believe the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, this is one of the most precious promises in all scripture (2 Peter 1:4). The […]
“Behold My Servant” Isaiah 42:1-3 Behold him with the eye of faith. To behold him is to trust him. Behold him with an admiring heart. To behold the Lord Jesus Christ as he is revealed in the Scriptures is to admire him. Behold him whatever your need is. Whatever your soul needs you will obtain […]