9/15 A Mixture of Law and Grace Clay Curtis 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...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Bread or Poison? Clay Curtis Malachi 1:7: Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. The next time you are baking a fresh loaf of homemade bread,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Absolutely Sovereign Clay Curtis Psalm 76:10: Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. If we deny the absolute sovereignty of God we do not deny it because we think it belittles God. Whether we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Right On Time Clay Curtis My wife and I recently had a friend telephone us well in advance to ask the specific hour we expected her to arrive at our home. My reply was, "Right on time." Knowing the time constraints of her job and the sure...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Worthless Morality PreachingClay Curtis The morality-preaching that passes for the gospel in our day is accepted partly because the world has become so immoral in our pursuit of happiness that parents think messages against sexual misconduct are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Will God Use A Lie To Save His People? Clay Curtis For a man to say that there are believers among those who sit under a false gospel, is a compromise of the gospel and a belittling of the power of the Lord's hand to save. Not one place in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Christian Racism My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons (James 2:1).The Spirit of God reminds us, as brethren, against elevating one person while neglecting another. Sinful men glorify...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
James 1: 18: Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.FIRSTFRUITS, BORN OF THE WORD OF TRUTHThe Word of truth is that by which believers are born which Peter says is "not of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE DEFINITION OF THOSE WHO ONLY HEAR THE WORDJames 1:22-25Hearing Christ preached--which is looking into the perfect law of liberty--is compared to a man looking at his natural face in a mirror. Those who are "hearers only" behold their...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ~James 1.20 The Word of truth works the Righteousness of God in a sinner causing us to look nowhere else but to the Lord Jesus Christ our Righteousness. The natural man, in the filthiness...[ abbreviated | read entire ]