FaithContrary to popular opinion, true faith is not the courage, strength, fortitude, and power of its possessor. True faith is what God gives to the poor and needy. True faith is the only hope the fearful, the weak, and the helpless have. True faith is the admission of one’s total inability. True faith is the acknowledgment of one’s total […]
Peter’s Sin And RepentanceTom HardingPeter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. (Matt. 26:75).There has been much written and said of Peter’s failure and sin when he denied that he knew the Lord Jesus Christ, but not much of Peter’s conviction […]
The Heart and The Mouth Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. The faith itself is not righteousness, but it is UNTO righteousness because it connects us to Christ, Who is our righteousness. Salvation is an eternal act of God’s will in its […]
RIGHTEOUSNESS RECEIVED God’s righteousness is received by trusting in His Son. It is not a righteousness which we earn but a righteousness which we receive as a gift. The means of receiving it is faith, which is a gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of […]
With the heart man believeth’ Read Jeremiah 17:5-14 ‘If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus; and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.’ This is the one thing that is essential: you must believe in thine heart’. I urge you to ‘examine […]
A Pure Faith Todd Nibert When I was on chemo-therapy, I took the liberty to change some medications that I was on without notifying my doctor. The change in medicines had an adverse effect. I was plunged into depression and despair. All I could see was blackness and darkness. Everything seemed hopeless. I was even […]
Faith and Works There are many who call themselves Christians who would say a man is not saved by works. They then turn around and make a work out of believing or look to their works as evidence of their salvation. If by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no […]
HEART CRIME Acts 5: 3, 4 The one thing Ananias and Sapphira coveted more than money was the praise of men. They were even willing to give up a little money and take on a form of religion to get it. Barnabas sold a piece of land, they imitated; Barnabas brought the price of the […]
The Revelation of Faith “But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit; for the spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things […]
True faith! The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Trial of Your Faith” #2055. 1Peter 1:7 True faith is, in every case, the operation of the Spirit of God. Its nature is purifying, elevating, heavenly. Wherever true faith is found, it is: the sure mark of eternal election, the sign of a blessed condition, and the […]