HOLY ZEAL “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”—John 2:17 “Zeal is a principle; enthusiasm is a feeling. The one is the spark of a sanguine temperament and overheated imagination. The other a sacred flame kindled at God’s altar and burning in God’s […]
The Righteousness of God One of the more important phrases in our English Bibles is the phrase, “The righteousness of God.” Martin Luther claimed that a proper understanding of this phrase led to his salvation. But a word or phrase has no power unless we understand what it means. There are at least three ways […]
Four lies These are four false statements made from the average pulpit and parroted by those who hear them. “God loves YOU.” “Jesus died for YOU.” “Will you ACCEPT Jesus?” “Give YOUR HEART to Jesus.” Why are these statements false? Because they are unscriptural, and should never be preached nor told to men indiscriminately. Not […]
Regeneration is not a change of the old nature, but the introduction of a new nature. It is the implanting of the nature of life of the second Adam by the operation of the Holy Ghost, founded upon the accomplished redemption of the Lord Jesus, and in full keeping with the Sovereign will of God. […]
The natural man is not getting any better — The regenerate man cannot get any better. AT ONE WITH GOD John 17: 22, 23: “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may […]
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. (John 6:68) As it was with Peter and the rest of the disciples, so it is with all sensible sinners, and true believers, who see there is no other to go to for life and salvation, but […]
Predestined to Adoption Ephesians 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, I know a little about the subject of adoption. I was adopted into the family of Leo and Maggie Eddmenson in 1956. They made arrangements to adopt me before […]
The anointing “But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you.” 1 John 2:27 J.C.Philpot All the powers of earth and hell are combined against this holy anointing, with which the children of God are so highly favored. But if God has locked up in the bosom of a saint one drop of […]
One of the most comforting passages of Scripture in the Word of God is, “Of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption” (I cor. 1:30). This does not comfort every son of Adam. But I will tell you who it does comfort […]
DOES WORSHIP COST ANYTHING? “Neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing” (II Samuel 24:24). These were the words of David to Araunah when he had attempted to give David what was necessary for the sacrifice. This statement has a wide variety of applications. I […]