“We Will Be Glad And Rejoice In Thee” Song of Solomon 1:4 Another year is dawning. We who are the children of the living God will not open the gates of the new year in sorrow and mourning. We will sing unto our God. With joy in our hearts and gladness in our […]
“Grace for Grace” — John 1:16 In Christ we have received, from his boundless fulness, grace because of grace. — We have received redeeming grace because of electing grace, — regenerating grace because of redeeming grace, — sanctifying grace because of regenerating grace, — believing grace because of sanctifying grace, — persevering grace because of […]
How Do We Fulfill The Law By Faith In Christ? Rom. 8:4 Paul declares that we fulfill the law’s righteousness, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. He is not saying that the Holy Spirit of God enables the believer to personally fulfill the law. To suggest such a thing is […]
What is a successful ministry? (Don Fortner) “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:2 The desperate need of the hour is faithful men in the pulpits of our churches. We have an over-abundance of preachers. We do not need any more slick, polished, well-educated […]
“THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD” John 1:6 Don Fortner Of this you may be sure – When God intends to bless his people and bestow his grace upon them, he will send a man as his messenger to them. The man whom God sends has a message from God, which he must deliver. […]
The most hideous blasphemy ever to be spewed from the pit of darkness! (Don Fortner) Universal atonement is the most hideous blasphemy ever to be spewed from the pit of darkness! No greater blasphemy ever spewed from the pit of Hell, than the blasphemous assertion that Christ died to redeem the multitudes who suffer the […]
Onesimus: A Picture Of Grace Philemon 15 Philemon was a truly gracious man (v. 5). He loved Christ,his church,his gospel,and his servants. He maintained a church in his house. He treated God’s servants with the highest respect, kindness, and generosity. He was an especially benevolent friend to the Apostle Paul. Onesimus was a slave […]
THE GOSPEL OF GOD’S GRACE by Don Fortner– “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me– the task of testifying to THE GOSPEL OF GOD’S GRACE.” Acts 20:24 Grace is the solitary source from which the goodwill, […]
PARTICULAR AND EFFECTUAL REDEMPTION As you know, there is a great division among religious people over the doctrine of redemption. I am truly sorry that the division exists; but it does. Christ and his doctrine have always caused division among religious people. The great majority of religious people believe what is called Universal, General Redemption. […]
What is it to preach the gospel? by Don Fortner “Salvation is, in its entirety, the work of God’s free and sovereign grace in Christ. Election, redemption, justification, sanctification, and preservation are all works of grace alone, in no way conditioned upon the will, works, or worth of the sinner.” What Is it to Preach […]