A Four Word Description If we chose four words to describe the life of a believer–that is, what the Lord Jesus does for the believer from the first hour we believe until we come into final glory–these four words might sum it up: converted, healed, filled, and raised. If you will read the ninth chapter […]
“Self-righteousness can feed upon doctrines, as well as upon works!” John Newton Complete Restoration In Christ They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away (Psalm 69:4). This Psalm, […]
O, Lamb of God, still keep me near to Thy wounded side Tis only there in safety and peace I can abide. What foes and snares surround me, what lusts and fears within! The grace that sought and found me alone can keep me clean. ‘Tis only in Thee hiding I know my life secure […]
In John 14:6 Christ is said to be, the way, the truth and the life. In 1 Co 1:30 Christ is said to be made unto me, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. This covers all that I need to stand in God’s presence, only a fool would look for more. Pastor John Chapman Prevenient Grace […]
Christ is the way Isaiah 35: 8: And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; Earthly Zion was where the city of Jerusalem was. It was the place where the one altar and the one mercy-seat were. That […]
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and […]
When is a Sinner Saved? Men have debated this questions for millenniums. Most of the controversy stems from man’s effort to reconcile the temporal to the eternal. Living in a world of time and space, he tries to define the when in this question as a single event! Scripture settles all controversies. So, what sayeth […]
“Believe in the Lord your God and so shall ye be established.” 2 Chron. 20:20 Lord we lie before Thy feet; Look on all our deep distress: Thy rich mercy may we meet; Clothe us with Thy righteousness; Stretch forth Thy almighty hand; Hold us up, and we shall stand. Shame, and fear, and pain, […]
Reformation is not Regeneration Before the soul can know anything about salvation, it must learn deeply and experimentally the nature of sin, and of itself, as stained and polluted by sin. It is proud, and needs to be humbled; careless, and needs to be awakened; alive, and needs to be killed; full, and requires to […]
Reformation is not Regeneration Before the soul can know anything about salvation, it must learn deeply and experimentally the nature of sin, and of itself, as stained and polluted by sin. It is proud, and needs to be humbled; careless, and needs to be awakened; alive, and needs to be killed; full, and requires to […]