What Does It Mean To Be The Light of the World and the Salt of the Earth For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: Walk as children of Light (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the…
Category: Salvation
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…
The One Spiritual Baptism
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)…
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…
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,…
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,…
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:…
What Is In A Name?
What Is In A Name? Kyrios In the majority of existing manuscripts of the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament), Kyrios is substituted for Jehovah (YHWH) much like how our AV/KJV Bible substitutes LORD for Jehovah (YHWH). In the New Testament, this same Greek word Kyrios is translated Lord and most often references the Lord Jesus Christ.…
The Cup And The Baptism – Part Three
The Cup And The Baptism Part Three or, Spiritual Baptism Our Answer of a Good Conscience By Curt Wildy Return to Part One Return to Part Two Matthew 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto…
The Cup And The Baptism – Part Two
The Cup And The Baptism Part Two or, Spiritual Baptism Our Answer of a Good Conscience By Curt Wildy Return to Part One Matthew 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou?…
Spiritual Wrestlings 