The One Spiritual Baptism Our Baptism ἐν (in/with/by) Christ on the Cross Made Applicable and Effectual in Time via Our Baptism ἐν (in/with/by) the Spirit into Christ Being the One Baptism That Doth Now Save Us And The End/Cessation of (John’s) Water Baptism (Which is Still Practiced by Most Churches in Our Day and Age)…
Category: 02. The Gospel
Election & Predestination: “Left”
Spiritually speaking, I cannot begin to describe my view of this word. From the vantage point of both eternity (as it relates to the non-elect) and temporally (as it relates to the saints of God) “left” is one of the most troubling, distressing, and humbling words that I can think of. For the reprobate, to…
Divine Light: So Very Close To The Truth
Jesus said unto her, I am the Resurrection, and the Life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live John 11:25 In the book of John, the last miraculous act that the Lord Jesus engaged in before the Pharisees conspired to kill Him (with Caiaphas stating “Ye know nothing at…
Scripture: As With the Water, The Word
Previous to today, over the last few days, I was thinking about how water in the Bible represents both life/salvation and death/judgment. The same element is associated with both eternal life (e.g. “the fruit producing “rivers of water” in Psalm 1:2-3; “the washing of water by the word” in Ephesians 5:26, etc.) and eternal judgment (the flood,…
Regeneration – What is it, When is it, and Why Does it Matter?
Regeneration What is it, When is it, and Why Does it Matter? I. INTRODUCTION: Some may wonder concerning regeneration (what it is, when it occurs, etc.) why it even matters. It matters because God took the time to speak extensively about this subject in His word. It also matters because the wrong understanding of it…
Four Faithful Facts (Regeneration & Gospel Proclamation)
Four Faithful Facts Concerning Regeneration and Gospel Proclamation (1) The True Gospel always accompanies true salvation (i.e. regeneration and conversion). (2) Salvation only and always occurs in the light of true Gospel revelation (either previously or contemporaneously received). (3) Where there is no revelation of the Gospel, there is no true salvation (no true regeneration,…
Exhortation: Throughly Furnished Unto All Good Works
Throughly Furnished Unto All Good Works How am I to know how to engage myself in every situation? How am I to be careful to maintain good works? How am I to seek to adorn the Gospel of Christ? And how am I to maintain a conversation that becometh a Gospel profession? By heeding the…
Speak To The Rock
Speak To The Rock Pastor Jesse Gistand Audio sermon 11/05/2006 – 67m Numbers 20:1-13 Numbers 20:1-13 Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation:…
The Potential Idolatry of Self-Abasement
The Potential Idolatry of Self-Abasement We are wretched men in light of this body of death; we are unprofitable servants as a result of it. We know the plague of our own heart (as it relates to the ever-presence of the outer man and not to the new heart the Lord has given us). We…
The Preaching of the Cross
The Preaching of the Cross But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Galatians 6:14 The Christian is instructed to deny himself and to bear his cross daily as he follows Christ. This is…
Spiritual Wrestlings 