“For, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’” vs13 This is how God saved me. I heard the true gospel of sovereign grace and the finished work of Christ. I heard He chose whom He’d save, paid for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. vs9 Here is absolute certainty. If you believe on the Lord Jesus, you will be saved. People talk...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“As it is written: ‘See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.’” vs33 Here is the point. Whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“It is just as Isaiah foretold: ‘Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.’” vs29 We are so desperately wicked that we could not be saved apart...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We can rebel or obtain mercy. What will you do, now that you know God is Sovereign? Paul anticipates our argument, “Why then does He still find fault? For who can resist His will [vs19]?” This question, however, reveals that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONFERENCE UPDATE:Preaching Christ: SeminarAugust 23-24, 2019Great Revival Church, Iba Lagos The conference went well Friday and Saturday. I was encouraged by the turnout and what a tiny church was able to put together. We had to use another...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.” vs18 God is the absolute sovereign, having mercy on whom He pleases and hardening. He is in total control. What is going to happen to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Lagos, Nigeria Akwa Ibom, Nigeria Asaba, Nigeria Calabar, Nigeria Accra, Ghana THANK YOU “For the ministry of this service [giving] is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many acts of thanksgiving to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” So it is written:...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
People can have every gospel privilege but not have the gospel [vs4-5]: They can have the word, the prophets, and the heritage, but they can miss Christ. This is tragic, but how are we to respond? We love them. Paul says that he had an earnest...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
