Consider Jesus– in His Atoning Blood “The blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from every sin.” 1 John 1:7 The blood of Jesus is everything. It is the central doctrine of our faith, the present and eternal life of our souls. There is no pardon, no salvation, no heaven but by blood–the blood of […]
Who Is Jesus Christ? Matthew 24:22-24 Satan is a master deceiver. His methods of destroying the souls of men are numerous, but none is more successful than false religion.He transforms his ministers into angels of light and preachers of righteousness (I Cor. 1:13-15). He invents false christs, builds a refuge of lies,and persuades people to […]
“A Ransom For Many” Mark 10:45 Those who teach that Christ died for all, for the damned as well as the saved, belittle our Lord’s sacrifice upon the cross, blaspheme the name of our God, and preach a gospel that offers no hope to helpless sinners. Universal atonement is not the doctrine of Holy Scripture. […]
‘Ransom’ and ‘Redeemed’ – Defined Clay Curtis Ransom In scripture the price paid for freedom is called the ransom. God’s people sinned. Death had a lawful hold on them. Christ Jesus came to give his life aransom to free them from death. He paid by dying in their place. His life was the ransom. Since he paid the ransom […]
FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE? – THE CHILDREN OF GOD John11:52 Our great, sin-atoning Substitute laid down his life and died for the children of God. According to the prophecy of Caiaphas, Christ was to die, not for the nation of the Jews only, but to “gather together in one the children of God that […]
The Mystery of the Cross Why was it a necessity for the LORD to lay on Christ the iniquity of His people before bruising Him? All our hope, brethren, is that the judge of all the earth shall do right! The whole purpose for which the Lord Jesus laid down His life was to declare […]
The essential difference between false and true religion is this: All false religion makes salvation to be ultimately dependent upon and determined by the worth, work, or will of the sinner; whereas true religion declares, with Jonah, “Salvation is of the Lord!” In its planning, in its purchase, in its performance, in its preservation, and […]
David said, “I have been young, and now am old: yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” (Psalm 37:25). God will never forsake a righteous man. This gives us some glimpse of what was going on while Christ hung on the cross. He was certainly the righteous man. He […]
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT OF GRACE Before the world was, when God dwelt alone in the bliss of his own ineffable glory, the three Persons of the blessed Trinity held a counsel of peace and established an everlasting covenant of grace, by which the everlasting salvation of God’s elect and the glory of God in their […]
The cross of Christ From Octavius Winslow’s “The Believer Crucified” Jesus could accomplish man’s redemption in no other way than by crucifixion. He must die, and die the death of the cross. “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to […]