“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. […]
Even your own relatives think you are almost insane (J. C. Philpot, “The Abiding Comforter” 1858) “The Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.” John 14:17 The world—that is, the world dead in sin, and the world dead in profession—men destitute of the life and power of God—must […]
He Stood Alone; No Other Man Stood With Him Drew Dietz ‘And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren’(Genesis 45:1). Oh blessed revelation of the gospel in one verse; how simple, how straight forward and clear! Our lovely and omnipotent Redeemer must stand alone before the justice and […]
“Seven elements which distinguish the real gospel, the new covenant, from imitations: the free grace of God as the cause of salvation; peace with God as the result of salvation; Christ as the heart of salvation; Christ’s death and resurrection as the means of salvation; deliverance as the hallmark of salvation; the will of God as the source of salvation the […]
What must I do to be saved? Ask that question to a dozen different people, and you may receive a dozen different answers: keep the Law of Moses; observe sabbaths; decide for Christ; come to the altar; travel the Roman Road; be baptized; get religion; say the sinner’s prayer; join a church; do good works; […]
Smokin’,Drinkin’,and Cussin’ People love to be preached to about their sins and told to quit smoking, drinking, cussing, and to be kind to their neighbor, tithe, and go to church, etc. It’s because when they are able to manage these outward things, they can feel good about themselves. If I am only a sinner because […]
High offices in the church (J. C. Ryle, “The Gospel of Luke” 1858) “The leading priests and teachers of religious law were actively plotting Jesus’ murder.” Luke 22:2 High offices in the church do not preserve the holders of them from great blindness and sin. The first step in putting Christ to death, was taken by […]
The sword of God’s Truth (Arthur Pink, “Faithfulness”) “Their speech is filled with flattery.” Psalm 5:9 This is the identifying mark of the “hireling,” the false pastor. He aims at pleasing his hearers, making them feel satisfied with themselves, ever patting them on the back. “But he who has My Word—let him speak My Word […]
Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats? by Charles Spurgeon (edited) An evil is in the ‘professed’ camp of the Lord, so gross in its impudence, that the most shortsighted Christian can hardly fail to notice it. During the past few years this evil has developed at an alarming rate. It has worked like leaven until the […]
Isaiah 43: 27: Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. It is much the same as the apostle Pauls’ word 2 Thessalonians 2: 3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be […]