Author-Clay Curtis

Have you found yourself in that place?

Posted by on June 2, 2024 at 10:01 am

Matthew 27: 15: Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16: And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17: Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is […]

WHERE IS THE WISE?

Posted by on October 7, 2019 at 6:36 am

WHERE IS THE WISE? Clay Curtis 1 Corinthians 1: 19: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20: Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom […]

FIVE REASONS GOD SAVES THROUGH PREACHING

Posted by on October 7, 2019 at 6:33 am

FIVE REASONS GOD SAVES THROUGH PREACHING Clay Curtis Here are five reasons why God chose the means of preaching to save his people. One, preaching is how God destroys the wisdom of the wise and prudent—“For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of […]

THE OUTCOME

Posted by on June 16, 2019 at 9:45 am

THE OUTCOMERomans 10: 15:…as it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! With these words Christ foretold the outcome that he would produce in the heart of each of his saints by calling us through the means of preaching (Is 52: 6-8) In […]

Doctrine and Doctrines

Posted by on June 9, 2019 at 10:32 am

Doctrine means teaching or instruction. Concerning Christ Jesus we read, “And they were astonished at his [DOCTRINE]: for he [TAUGHT] them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes” (Mar 1:22.)Throughout scripture, the word “doctrine” is almost always in the singular when it describes God’s doctrine (Joh 7: 16, 17; 2 Joh 1: 9; Rom 16: […]

ACCORDING TO THE FREE-WILL SCHEME

Posted by on May 9, 2019 at 12:10 pm

ACCORDING TO THE FREE-WILL SCHEME, the Lord intends good, but He must wait like a lackey on His own creature to know what his intention is; God willeth good, and would do it, but He cannot because He has an unwilling man who will not have God’s good thing carried into effect. What do ye, sirs, but drag the […]

NOT FAR BUT NOT IN

Posted by on May 9, 2019 at 12:09 pm

NOT FAR BUT NOT INMark 12: 34: And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. The charge Christ has given his pastors is “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is […]

WHY CHRIST’S CHURCH PREACHES GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS

Posted by on April 29, 2019 at 10:50 am

WHY CHRIST’S CHURCH PREACHES GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESSPsalm 22: 24: For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. When Christ finished the work of manifesting God’s righteousness in the justification of his people, God heard him. Therefore, the Father raised Christ […]

DEALING OUR BREAD TO THE HUNGRY

Posted by on April 16, 2019 at 6:45 am

DEALING OUR BREAD TO THE HUNGRYBy only the constraint of Christ’s love for us, believers deal our bread to the hungry by telling others how Christ broke our yoke by bearing our sins on the cross. We bring the poor to our house—Christ’s church—to hear the good news of our Redeemer. The gospel is the means God […]

Absolutely Sovereign

Posted by on April 1, 2019 at 10:15 am

Absolutely SovereignClay Curtis Psalm 76:10: Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.If we deny the absolute sovereignty of God we do not deny it because we think it belittles God. Whether we know it or not we do it TO BELITTLE GOD AND EXALT SELF. Though most argue against God’s […]