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…
Category: Repentance & Conviction of Sin
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…
Love…Even In The Midst Of Sin
LOVE… EVEN IN THE MIDST OF SIN OUR INDWELLING SIN, THOUGH VILE, IS NO BARRIER TO THE LOVE OF GOD Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? [It is] God that justifieth. Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even…
What is of Christ and What is of the Devil…
What is of Christ and What is of the Devil… or, Striving to Forsake the Things of This Sin-Cursed World These last few months for me were quite cold and carnal; I wasn’t going about sinning openly in some notorious sense but such mental (and yet spiritual) sin as disdain, murmuring, pride, lust, rebellion, indifference,…
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,…
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 Baptism of John
The Baptism of John The river Jordan is a type of judgment. We read, “Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, AS THE LORD YOUR GOD DID…
The Spiritual Battlefield
The Spiritual Battlefield Curt Wildy For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and…
Some Gospel Truths Considered (Part Two)
Some Gospel Truths Considered Part Two Return to Part One by Curt Wildy The Vessels Of Mercy, Afore Chosen, Pre-Bordered, And Preserved Unto Salvation But what of God’s people? We see that God has clearly made and appointed the wicked for the day of His wrath, but were specific people really chosen by God unto salvation?…
Some Gospel Truths Considered (Part One)
Some Gospel Truths Considered Part One by Curt Wildy Introduction Most churches in our day teach that God loves everyone, Christ died for everyone, the Lord wants all men to be saved, and that it is up to you to accept the offer of Christ. Although this gospel is very popular, it is a false one; it is not Christian. Whether you…
Spiritual Wrestlings 