3-31-2011
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“Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.”
(Paul the Apostle, 1 Timothy 1:15)
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“Reigning Grace”
By John Newton
Now may the Lord reveal
His face,
And teach our stammering tongues
To make His sovereign, reigning grace
The
subject of our songs.
No sweeter subject
can invite
A sinner's heart to sing,
Or
more display the glorious right
Of our exalted
king.
Grace reigns, to pardon
crimson sins,
To melt the hardest hearts,
And
from the work it once begins
It never more departs.
The world and Satan
strive in vain
Against the chosen few;
Secured
by grace's conquering reign,
They all shall conquer
too.
'Twas grace that called
our souls at first,
By grace thus far we're come;
And grace will help us through the worst,
And
lead us safely home.
Is Justification
by Faith or by Works?
Paul the Apostle wrote, "Therefore we conclude
that a man is justified
by faith
without
the deeds of the law." (Romans 3:28)
James wrote, "Ye see then how that
by works a man is
justified,
and not by faith only. (James 2:24)
There is no
contradiction in the Word of God!
How, then, are these 2 passages to
be reconciled?
Though these passages
may appear to be contradictory to some, they actually
complement
each other. In his book, "The
Doctrine of Justification,"
Arthur
W. Pink clears up the
apparent difficulty in Chapter 9,
which includes
his comments on James
2:14-26
Click Here to read Chapter
9, "Its Evidence"
Click Here to read the entire book
(Courtesy of Arthur
Pink's Archives)
“Amillennialism—Examining
Its 'Origens'”
An Article by
Gary Vaterlaus
Click Here to read
C. H. Spurgeon's
View on the
Salvation of Infants
Click Here to read a quote from Charles Spurgeon's sermon (April
11, 1861) titled "Misrepresentations
of Calvinism Cleared Away," on the subject of infant salvation. (We have added
a note of our own at the end of his quote.)
See also:
“Infant Salvation” by C.
H. Spurgeon
“In the beginning
God created
the heaven and the earth...”
(Genesis 1:1)
The Biblical
record of creation
is never contradicted by true
science.
See the links below
for some excellent resources on this topic:
Answers in Genesis
Institute
for Christian Research
What is the Relationship
of Faith
to Justification?
There is much confusion and false teaching today on the relationship of faith
to
justification. Arthur W. Pink
gives an accurate, well-balanced, and Biblical
answer
to the question in Chapter 8 ("Its Instrument") of his
book titled "The
Doctrine of Justification."
Click Here to read this chapter
Click Here to read the entire book
(Courtesy of Arthur
Pink's Archives)
Fallen Man the Bondslave
of Satan
What power does Satan and
his demons exercise over every child of Adam's fallen race who
has not been regenerated, or born again? According to the Holy
Scriptures, salvation
is a deliverance from the power of Satan, deliverance out of his kingdom, and into the Kingdom
of the Lord Jesus Christ (Colossians
1:12-13, Acts 26:18)
Click Here to read "Subjugation
to Satan," a portion
of the chapter titled "Impact"
on the
subject of Man's Total Depravity by Arthur W. Pink
Deliverance Only
Through the Lord Jesus Christ:
"For this purpose
the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil." (1 John 3:8)
"Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also himself likewise
took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death,
that is, the devil;
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage." (Hebrews 2:14-15)
“Homophobia
or Holiness?”
The Bible and Homosexuality
By Pastor Fred
Zaspel
The author deals frankly
and Biblically with homosexuality in our society.
Click Here to read this article
For a Balanced and
Biblical View of Homosexuality
Click Here to read
“God's Plan
for the Gay Agenda”
By Pastor John
MacArthur
“Bury or Burn?”
By Brother Gene
Breed
The author of this
brief article gives Scriptural support for Christian burial,
as opposed to cremation.
Click Here to read
“The Reign
of Grace”
By Abraham Booth (1734-1806)
This excellent book
is a classic on the Sovereign Grace of God,
surveying the subject "from its rise to its consummation."
Highly recommended!
Click Here for on-line version
Available in hard copy from Monergism Books
True Heartfelt Bible
Repentance
is a gift of
free and sovereign grace from the Lord Jesus Christ.
See
"Repentance
Must Go With Forgiveness"
and
"How
Repentance Is Given"
two chapters in
Spurgeon's All
of Grace
Psalm 51:1-17
(Courtesy of The Spurgeon Archive)
“Faith, What
Is It?”
By C. H. Spurgeon
Click Here to read this chapter in Spurgeon's "All
of Grace"
on the nature of true saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
(Courtesy of The Spurgeon Archive)
“Salvation
All of Grace”
By C. H. Spurgeon
Click Here to read
(Courtesy of Bible Bulletin Board)
“The Agreement
of Salvation by Grace
with Walking in Good Works”
By C. H. Spurgeon
Click Here to read
(Courtesy of The Spurgeon Archive)
“Love's Commendation”
By C. H. Spurgeon
A Gospel message on
Romans 5:8, "But God
commendeth his love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Click Here to read
“The Friend
of Sinners”
By C. H. Spurgeon
Click Here to read
“For Whom Did
Christ Die?”
By C. H. Spurgeon
Click Here to read
(Courtesy of The Spurgeon Archive)
“Turn or Burn”
"If he turn not, He will whet His sword; He hath bent His bow
and made it ready." (Psalm
7:12)
"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." (Luke 13:5)
By C. H. Spurgeon
"Repentance
toward God" (Acts
20:21; 17:30-31) is
the missing note
in much modern-day evangelistic preaching. In this message, Spurgeon
defines it and urges its absolute
necessity in true conversion.
Click here to read
See also:
“Faith and Repentance Inseparable”
by C. H. Spurgeon
An outstanding message, and one desperately needed to
be heard in our day.
Highly recommended
Click Here to read
(Courtesy of The Spurgeon Archive)
Forgiving Others
“If you can't forgive others, you have burned
the bridge over which
you must pass.”—The Voice of Truth Magazine
“For if ye forgive men
their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
But if ye forgive not
men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew 6:14-15)
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger,
and clamour, and evil speaking,
be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind
one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:31-32)
The Born-Again
Believer's Attitude
Toward Unbelievers:
2 Timothy 2:24-26
The Born-Again
Believer's Attitude
Toward His Enemies:
Matthew 5:43-45
Are You Saved, or
Are You Deceived?
"Examine yourselves,
whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not
your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be
reprobates?" (2 Corinthians
13:5)
The old spiritual put it well:
"Everybody that's
talkin' 'bout heaven ain't going there." How does one know for certain whether he is truly
saved, or whether he has made a false profession
of faith in Christ?
Do you know the Lord Jesus
Christ? Do you really
want to know if you are truly saved? You need only answer one question: "Is Christ
truly precious to you?"
Search your own heart by reading this message by C. H. Spurgeon:
“Christ Precious to
Believers”
To READ this message, Click Here
To HEAR this message, Click
Here
To READ another
message by Spurgeon
by the same title and on the
same text, Click
Here
See also: "Self-Examination," by C.
H. Spurgeon
“The Blood
of Christ”
"Blood Even on the Golden Altar" by C. H. Spurgeon
"The Sprinkling of the Blood of the Sacrifice" by
C. H. Spurgeon
What does the term "the blood of Christ" mean, and why is it so important?
Why is the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ called "precious"
in the Holy Scriptures (1
Peter 1:18-21)?
Click Here to read the article, "Blood Redemption," by John Roden
“Justification
by Faith”
By Pastor Brian Schwertley
“Justification”
By Charles Hodge
“The Doctrine
of Justification”
By Arthur W. Pink
C. H. Spurgeon on
Justification
“The Sovereignty of God
in Operation”
By Arthur W. Pink
This is Chapter Six in Pink's classic book, "The Sovereignty of
God."
Click Here to read
Click Here to access the entire book.
(Courtesy of Arthur
Pink Archive)
“The Total
Depravity of Man”
by Arthur W. Pink
The sovereign grace of God cannot really be understood unless the Holy Spirit
gives us some insight into the
total depravity of man.
This work by Pink is one of the best and most exhaustive on the
subject.
Click Here to read
The Divine Absolute
Our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ said:
“Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but my words shall not pass away.”
(Mark 13:31)
The Anvil of
God's Word
Last eve I passed beside a
blacksmith's door
And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime:
Then looking in, I saw upon the floor
Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.
“How many anvils have you had,” said
I,
“To wear and batter all these hammers so?”
“Just one,” said he, and then, with twinkling
eye,
“The anvil wears the hammers out, you know.”
And so, thought I, the Anvil of God's Word,
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet though the noise of falling blows was heard,
The anvil is unharmed . . . the hammers gone.
—Author unknown
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Greek and Hebrew Lexicons:
Brown, Driver, Briggs Gesenius Old Testament Hebrew
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“Abstract of Systematic Theology” by
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Baptist Theological Seminary. First published in 1887
“Manual
of Theology,”
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