The vast majority of preachers in our day, while claiming to believe that “Salvation is of the Lord” (Jonah 2:9), actually preach that sinners save themselves. They clearly and boldly proclaim that the Holy Father loves all sinners...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WHEN did the Lord first begin to deal with my soul? WHEN, exactly, did I first begin to believe? At what point in time did I actually become a Christian—a child of God? I gave up trying to answer these questions a long time ago, as being...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In a very short time for some of us, not very long for any of us, and it could be today for all of us!...we are going to be called to stand before God, our sovereign Creator and holy Judge. In that solemn hour those things which most men hold...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When all of the redeemed of the Lord are assembled in glory with their great Redeemer, perfected and glorified forever, the only visible evidence of the consequences of sin will be seen on the Redeemer Himself. The wounds inflicted upon Him when...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:” (I Corinthians 1:26) I heard of a dear queen one time, a believer, who after reading the above words said,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When all of the redeemed of the Lord are assembled in glory with their great Redeemer, perfected and glorified forever, the only visible evidence of the consequences of sin will be seen on the Redeemer Himself. The wounds inflicted upon Him when...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
To have been given the wonderful, divine gift of repentance and faith, means that one has been enabled of God, through regeneration or the new birth, to totally renounce himself – both sinful self and righteous self – and to fully...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Enter ye in at the strait gate…Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” “Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The greatest power, causing the greatest revolution known to men: power far beyond the energy of thunder, yet milder than the dew on the tender grass, is the power of God’s grace which turns enemies into friends, rebels into willing...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I’ve never met a Christian who desired too much of himself; but I have met some who, for some reason or another, expected too much of themselves. I mean this: they look at themselves, at the old Adamic nature, and expect to see it improving,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]