GOD GAVE JESUS WHAT HE PAID FOR! A fellow pastor and I were riding together sometime ago and passed a church with its weekly ‘message’ on its marquee; “Have you given to Jesus what He paid for?” We thought about it for a minute and exclaimed...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
ETERNAL LIFE In the narrative of Luke 10:25-28 a lawyer (Literally an expert in the Law) asked our Lord this question: “…what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (To which Christ responded), “What is written in the law?...” (To which the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE LORD’S PORTION “For the Lord’s portion is His people; Jacob is the lot (or line) of His inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
NO CONTRADICTION Though it is often difficult to harmonize one text of scripture with another which seems diametrically opposed, it is not impossible. We know there is no contradiction in scripture. For example, Hebrews 8:12, For I will be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
UNION WITH CHRIST “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A WARRANT FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL Those who despise the doctrine of unconditional election despise one of the great warrants for preaching the Gospel. Jesus said in John 6:37, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WHY DOES THE HOLY GOD SAVE SINNERS? Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:24 That God has, from eternity, purposed to save a people is unavoidably clear from one end of the Bible to the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
LEARNING FROM OTHERS The purpose of the study of history is not to fill the mind with knowledge on a particular subject that we might better engage in conversation on the matter. On the other hand the greatest benefit that we derive from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WHO’S RUNNING THINGS? Who is controlling the affairs of this world? Most say the devil. Many concede that God reigns supremely in heaven, but has very little control on earth. Men have taken the material world (inanimate creation) and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Practical Out-Working Of PREDESTINATION “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
