Do not put implicit confidence in any man’s opinion, merely because he is a minister. What are the best of ministers but men– dust, ashes and clay- men with a nature like our own, men exposed to temptations, men liable to weaknesses and failings. They have often driven the truth into the wilderness, and decreed […]
Man asks, “How am I to worship God?” and he has answered it also in his own way. In the gorgeous temple, in the pillared cathedral, with incense, and vestments, and forms, and ceremonies, and processions, and postures, he says. But these performances are the ‘will worship’ of self righteousness, not the obedient service of […]
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 […]
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 which are written in the book of the law to do them. (Galatians 3:9-10) […]
Acts 11: 1: And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God. 2: And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3: Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. Here […]
The unbearable yoke that they were going to tempt God with, by galling the neck of the disciples, was first, the needfullness of circumcision: Secondly, a command to keep the law of Moses; and it is called tempting God, because it was a reflection cast upon His work who had purified their hearts by faith, […]
And who set these men to keep to themselves teachers is also as great a mystery. I know Paul bids Timothy commit his doctrine to faithful men, that they might be able to teach others; but to turn infidels into faithful men and divines is another thing. Paul speaks of some in his days that […]
The Old Covenant – Don Fortner Once Christ came, the old covenant was antiquated, out of date, and made old, made old by God’s design and purpose. Therefore, it vanished away. Why it is so difficult for people to see this I cannot imagine. Why religious people insist upon trying to mix law and grace […]
“Every religion except one puts you upon doing something in order to recommend yourself to God… It is the business of all false religion to patch up a righteousness in which the sinner is to stand before God. But it is the business of the glorious gospel to bring near to us, by the hand […]