Salvation / Deliverance

He Leadeth Me Beside The Still Water

Posted by on November 17, 2022 at 9:55 am

“He Leadeth Me Beside The Still Waters”   Psalm 23:2      What a gentle word – “leadeth”! Gently, thoughtfully, tenderly, but effectually, the Lord Jesus leads his sheep, like Jacob of old, to the soft, deep, quiet, still waters, as they are able to bear it (Gen. 33:14). He leads me not to the noisy waters of strife, the […]

Salvation by Grace!

Posted by on March 28, 2020 at 7:04 am

Salvation by Grace! by Spurgeon- No sinner will ever come to Christ apart from the quickening, enlightening, drawing, converting power of the Holy Spirit, supernaturally exercised upon the conscience and heart. Until grace comes into our souls we have no heart for the things of God. We may be fussily religious so far as to […]

Idling life away like an idiot or a madman

Posted by on March 8, 2020 at 7:59 am

Idling life away like an idiot or a madman (Joseph Philpot, “The Soul’s Growth in Grace” 1837) When one is spiritually reborn, he sees at one and the same moment . . . God and self, justice and guilt, power and helplessness, a holy law and a broken commandment, eternity and time, the purity of […]

A soporific influence?

Posted by on February 18, 2020 at 7:10 am

(by Horatius Bonar) “Let us not sleep as others do.” 1 Thes. 5:6 We all have a tendency to slumber. As the disciples, both on the transfiguration hill and in Gethsemane, fell asleep, so do we in the most solemn circumstances and times. The atmosphere of earth seems loaded with slumberous vapors. This present evil […]

It shall be well with the righteous

Posted by on June 16, 2019 at 9:48 am

“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 […]

HOW IS A SINNER SAVED?

Posted by on March 10, 2019 at 10:46 pm

HOW IS A SINNER SAVED? How is a sinner saved? The apostle Paul very plainly tells us how! In Ephesians 2:8 he said, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:” Salvation is a work of God’s grace. It was God’s grace that chose […]

Are you a believer?

Posted by on August 27, 2018 at 11:07 am

… and were by nature children of wrath, even as others. Eph.3:3 Are you a believer? Are you what is called a saved person, a child of God? If so, how did that come about? Why did God save you? If your answer is, “because I believed in Jesus,” then you are over-qualified to be […]

When is a Sinner Saved?

Posted by on April 30, 2018 at 11:13 am

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 […]

Exclusive and Inclusive

Posted by on April 16, 2018 at 12:20 pm

Exclusive and Inclusive Greg Elmquist The gospel of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is both exclusive and inclusive. It is a double-edged sword. It cuts people out and it cuts people in. The exclusivity of God’s gospel will not allow a person to be saved while believing another gospel. One’s complete hope and trust must […]

Salvation is of the Lord

Posted by on March 18, 2018 at 4:43 am

Salvation is of the Lord My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation –Psalm 13: 5. This is the message of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, salvation is of the Lord and His people do rejoice in Him (Phil. 3:7-9; 2 Tim. 1:9). 1). He is the Author of it, before there was a […]