NIGH TO GOD From the fall of our federal head in the garden, there came about a separation of our race from God. Man moved from being near to God to being "afar off." Since all blessing is in God, to be away from God is to be away from life,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
BLESSED BY THE UNCHANGING GOD God’s elect are said to be loved before they ever actually existed. He loved us with an everlasting love. They are said to be “chosen” before they actually existed. God chose them in Christ...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A HAPPY MAN! The apostle Paul and the psalmist David speak of a "blessed man." A man blessed of God. "Blessed" in one sense means "happy." The only "true" happiness is through what the Bible calls "imputation." The individual who is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
GOD'S PREDESTINATION The word and doctrine of "predestination" is considered a forbidden territory in our day, especially by religious men and women. But where they fear to tread the Apostle Paul loved to walk. Not only without fear or shame...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONTINUAL CLEANSING The apostle John is used of God to tell us this good news, “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” If I understand correctly, the tense of this word “cleanseth” is the linear...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“BUT THE FEARFUL…” What group of persons is first in the order set forth in Revelation 21:8 which “shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"LET HIM ALONE" "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." (Hosea 4:17) In these words, there is a word from God to the prophet and therefore a word from the prophet to the people of Judah. The tribes of Israel, here called Ephraim,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
RIGHTEOUS GRACE It is sad that in this day we should have to qualify the plain words used in scripture. Because of the deceptions of false religionists, we use phrases like “free grace” and “sovereign grace.” The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"BE NOT MANY MASTERS" The Spirit of Truth gives us a command to be heeded in the first verse of James 3. "My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation." It is a shame that "brethren" would need...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE BLOOD If the blood of Jesus Christ, being shed that very moment on the cross, was not enough for the thief to be partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light, then he was misled by Christ. In that hour he was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
