Who Is The True Israel? Who Is The True Israel (PDF Version) I. INTRODUCTION The entire premise of this article, and the passages contained herein, is that Christ is the True Israel of God. Everything found in the Old Testament and in the New Testament concerning Israel must be viewed through the blessed lens of…
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John 3:16 – A Faithful Truth But Not An Offer
John 3:16 – A Faithful Truth But Not An Offer IF JOHN 3:16 IS A FREE OFFER TO BELIEVE UNTO SALVATION “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth [πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων] in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” [with “believeth,” pisteuon/πιστεύων, being in the…
A Christ-Centered Love
A Christ-Centered Love or, God Loves All Who Are In Christ From Eternity and None Who Are Outside of Him From Eternity One reason why so many can believe that God loves all mankind without exception, despite clear verses to the contrary (such as Psalm 5:5 “The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: THOU…
A Balanced Christian Focus Is Aimed…
A Balanced Christian Focus Is Aimed… — FIRST, UPWARDLY (with an eye single on God in Christ, praising and worshiping our Lord, being desirous of true, vital, spiritual union and communion with Him): Matthew 6:22 “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full…
Charity, Christ, and the Benefit of the Doubt
Charity, Christ, and the Benefit of the Doubt Or Else: Judge, Jury, and (Ministry/Character) Executioner Hard Lessons Learned; Hard Lessons Still Learning Months back, I left Facebook mainly because of a growing, and powerful, sense of contention, arguing doctrine for doctrine’s sake, a spirit of judgmentalism and condemnation, and due to an increasing sense of…
Adam with Eve as a Type of Christ with His Elect
Adam with Eve as a Type of Christ with His Elect I. ADAM CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD / CHRIST IS THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF THE TRIUNE GODHEAD: Of the first man, Adam, “God said, Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness” (Gen 1:26). God the Word incarnate, The Lord Jesus…
Sin and the Christian
Sin and the Christian The Apostle Paul did not deem himself the chief of sinners because he was the most outwardly manifest sinner; he declared in 1 Corinthians 9:27 “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be…
The Preacher/Evangelist as Distinguished from the Elder/Pastor/Bishop
The Preacher/Evangelist as Distinguished from the Elder/Pastor An Important Distinction for the Growth and Maturity of God’s Quickened Elect Evangelist / Pastor The unregenerate do not need to hear about adorning the doctrine of Christ because, until they hear and believe the Truth, after receiving both life and God-given ‘ears to hear’ to do so,…
The Weapon Of All Prayer
THE WEAPON OF ALL PRAYER George Burrell Published February 1, 1868 Help, LORD, for the godly man ceaseth, for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Psalm 12:1 What an inestimable privilege is real, in-wrought, grace-inspired prayer to the child of God! I do not mean saying prayers, or merely uttering words of…
Christ and His Church, One!
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH, ONE! By William Gadsby, of Manchester William Gadsby For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body being many, are one body; so also is Christ — 1 Corinthians 12:18 The inseparable union which subsists between Christ and his church is a…
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