“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2 J.C.Philpot We by nature and practice are slaves to sin and Satan. We are the sport of the prince of the power of the air, who takes us captive at his […]
All the religions of this world focus on preparing people to live in this world. The gospel of Christ focuses on preparing people to live in the world to come. -pastor Don Fortner A TRUE HEART There are several things I constantly beg from God for this congregation and for myself. One of them is […]
No matter where I am preaching from in the whole Bible, if I cannot title the message “Jesus Christ and Him crucified”, I ought to throw the message away. – Chris Cunningham “…as a preacher I cannot be very proud of my diseased prayers and sin-stained sermons. Neither can I boast much of my daily backslidings, […]
THE NEARNESS OF GOD Octavious Winslow “A God at hand, says the Lord.”–Jer. 23:23 More saints than Luther have felt a personal interest in the forty-sixth Psalm–“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble;” thus drinking with him of the “river the streams whereof make glad the city of God.” My […]
Spiritual Prostitutes The Lord calls Mystery Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots, the Great Whore. (Rev.17) The mystery of Babylon is that her citizens do not see her or themselves as spiritual prostitutes. Spiritual prostitution is committed anytime and every time anyone tries to pay God for His favors. The glorious person and accomplished work […]
I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing […]
Dwarf or Giant? The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Former and the Latter Rain” #880 Jer.5:24. The plan Satan seems to have adopted is that of preventing, as far as he can, our raising in our midst a race of eminent and advanced Christians. We have in this age but few giants in grace […]
“The church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.” Acts 20:28 Atonement for sin stands or falls with the Deity of Christ. If we deny his Deity, we must deny the atonement, for what value or merit can there be in the blood of a mere man that God, for its sake, […]
The Truth of Thy Salvation We come into the presence of God only according to the, “Truth of Thy Salvation” Ps. 69:13. So, what is the truth of God’s salvation? Perhaps the alliteration will give us some hooks on which to hang our thoughts. 1. God is SOVEREIGN in Salvation. I will have mercy on […]
Living in the Light of God Give me the support of God, and I can easily bear the insults of men. Let me lay my head on the chest of Jesus, and I will not fear the interruptions of care and trouble. If my God will forever give me the light of His smile, and […]