"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me?" (Psalm 42:5). When the Psalmist gave utterance to these words, his spirit was dejected and his heart was heavy within him. In the checkered career of David there was not a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE FATHER’S SPECIAL PEOPLE Paul writing to Titus in the second chapter of Titus, verse fourteen said, “Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a PECULIAR PEOPLE, zealous of good works.” The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CHRIST ABOVE IS THE BELIEVER’S LIFE BELOW Jesus said, “I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2); generally taken to mean heaven. The way prepared for His people actually began at the cross of which He must first suffer. If heaven is a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SALVATION “But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The FREE-WILL GOSPEL has no biblical foundation. The scriptural emphasis is on the FREE-WILL of God in salvation, not man’s willingness to accept Christ whenever it suits him. “So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Those of us in the Calvinistic Faith of the Gospel call those outside the Calvinistic Faith “Arminians” in reference to those who followed the religious views of Jacob Arminius (the Dutch theologian 1560-1609, who rejected the Calvinist doctrine...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.” Hebrews 2:1 New Year’s 1738, literary giant Samuel Johnson wrote in his diary: “O Lord, enable me…to redeem the time...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In the Bible we find the story of the Baby Jesus, so much more than the world could imagine. It is celebrated among billions of people around the world as a religious celebration with nativity scenes, symbolic decorations, gift-giving, family and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
To God be the glory – “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins.” As we celebrate this time of year with families and friends let us worship God in that He sent His only...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SATAN AND HIS GOSPEL “In contradistinction to the Gospel of Christ, the Gospel of Satan teaches salvation by works. It inculcates justification before God on the ground of human merits. Its sacramental phrase is “Be good and do good;” but it...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
