If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? ~Psalm 130.3 Our Lord does not mark our iniquity. He does not keep a record of our sins as a reminder for the Day of Judgment, nor does He take note of them that He may exact from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? ~James 2:20 Faith is not known by the feelings it produces or necessarily by the doctrines it professes, but by the actions it takes. False religions are as capable as the gospel...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Labor, therefore to enter into that rest. ~Hebrews 4.11 The rest spoken of is the rest of simply believing. Often, you may find believing a very difficult thing to do. Persecution, trial, failure, the world, flesh and sin all provide strong...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It is the nature of the gospel to irritate those who are opposed to it and comfort those whose hope is in it. So it is contrary to the spirit of the gospel for preachers to be raising up objections to the confidence of those who profess to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
But if we have food and clothing, let us be content with that. 1 Timothy 6.8 We have all seen the man who is not content with what he has: He is always working, always scheming, always fretting to get something more. Most of the time, it is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Sometimes unbelievers understand what is important to our faith even better than we who believe. While we argue finer points of theology, they identify the foundation truths and seek to undermine them. Recently the news has reported that the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
1) The goodness and value that sometimes come from those who do not believe God. I have often been the recipient of acts of kindness from unbelievers. I have even been taught some valuable spiritual lessons and some points of good theology from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." 2 Samuel 24.24 Judgment had fallen on Israel, so the prophet, Gad, told David, "Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Every doctrine of the Bible is good in and of itself; but these doctrines become good for us only in the measure that they point us to Christ, Himself, and cause us to trust Him more perfectly. So corrupt is the natural mind that it can make an...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Do we really have confidence in the grace of God? If we do, we will be satisfied with his grace and his grace alone. If we have confidence in his grace, we will not try to offer up anything of our own as a reason for God to bless us. If we have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
