IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW Galatians 2:21 “If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” The ultimate transgression is at stake when a man turns to the law for righteousness. For when you turn to the law for righteousness then you frustrate the grace of God and deny Christ and […]
What does it mean to be “of the works of the law?” Todd Nibert So then, they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things […]
How much religion, tradition, and ceremony can a man know and observe and yet not know God? Well, the Jews observed thousands of passovers yet never saw CHRIST, OUR PASSOVER. They slew thousands of lambs and never saw CHRIST, THE LAMB OF GOD. They kept thousands of sabbaths and never knew the rest of CHRIST, […]
Love and the Law Acts 15: 5: But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses…7: Peter rose up, and said unto them,…10: Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke […]
“The secret of the Lord is with those who fear him; and he will show them his covenant.”Psalm 25:14 There is no truth more offensive to the carnal mind, nor one more sweet to those taught of God than this—that true religion is of a spiritual and supernatural character. That God should dwell in man; […]
Who then can be saved? When the Lord Jesus Christ met that young-rich ruler, who sought salvation by his good works, He quickly showed this man that he actually had no good works that would justify his soul. Although this man had claimed he had kept the law, “All these have I observed from my […]
The Law of Moses (Excerpted from Philpot’s sermon, “Not Our Own”) Imagine that you are ignorant of the gospel and of God’s way of preventing evil and of bringing about good– and were called upon to design some plan whereby a man might be most effectually restrained from the commission of sin, and made obedient […]
Sitting side by side with corpses? The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon, “Alive or Dead- Which?” No. 755. 1 John 5:12. The moralist says, “Oh! I have always lived a chaste, upright, moral life. I have been attentive to religious duties….” I tell you, unbelieving moralist, what you are- you are a corpse well washed and […]
Salvation is of the Lord. When the Lord Jesus Christ met that young-rich ruler, who sought salvation by his good works, He quickly showed this man that he actually had no good works that would justify his soul. Although this man had claimed he had kept the law, “All these have I observed from my […]
Secretly, quietly, insidiously, plausibly (J. C. Ryle, “Pharisees and Sadducees”) “Watch out for false prophets! They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves!” Matthew 7:15 “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light!” 2 Corinthians 11:13-14 […]