When Is a Man Truly Saved? “…when it pleased God…” (Galatians 1:15-16) Someone asked, “When is a man truly saved?” Well, my friend, to be saved is more than to believe in one God, the demons believe that! It is more than just trembling under the preaching of the Word, Felix did that! It is […]
GOD IS FAITHFUL Jeremiah wrote, “Great is THY faithfulness.” We preach and exhort our hearers to be faithful stewards of the grace of God, faithful givers to help others, faithful in worship, prayer, and holiness. And we will be faithful by His grace and because He has given us a new heart which desires to […]
Pride is a groundless thing. We have reasons for almost everything, but we have no reason to be proud. Pride should be unnatural to us, for we have nothing to be proud of. Our CREATION ought to humble us, for we are frail creatures who are here today and gone tomorrow. Our IGNORANCE should be […]
SECONDARY IMPORTANCE I have noticed that the main issue that men grapple with over the doctrine of election is not whether or not the Scripture teaches it. Any honesty at all will make a man admit the Scriptures do teach this doctrine. What men grapple with is whether or […]
Religion Without Love “Beloved, let us love, for love is of God. In God alone love has its true abode. Beloved, let us love, for those who love are truly His sons born from above. Beloved, let us love, for love is rest, and he who loveth not remains unblessed!” Religion without love is like […]
John 14:16-28 “The Comforter’s Love” John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever […]
WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1 John 2:1). This scripture recognises our frail, sinful, human nature. A believer does not love sin, does not excuse nor justify sin, but grieves over sin and desires to be without sin. Yet he owns […]
GRACE IS WHAT I NEED – God’s free, abundant, satisfying, sanctifying grace! I need grace to believe God and to continue in that faith. I need grace to give and forgive, grace to love and be loved, grace to live and grace to die. If I have little grace, the fault is mine; for His grace […]
THE GREAT THINGS THE LORD HATH DONE Henry Mahan (reprinted TRGC ,KY bulletin 12.23.2018) “Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee.” – Mark 5:19 These were the words of the Lord to the man who had been processed by a legion of demons. The Lord […]
Law manifests what is in men–sin!Grace manifests what is in God–love!Law demands righteousness from men!Grace brings righteousness to men!Law sentences men to death!Grace brings dead men to life!Law speaks of what I must do!Grace tells what Christ has done!Law gives a knowledge of sin!Grace puts away sin! “Oh, to grace how great a debtorDaily I’m […]