What Does It Mean To Be The Light of the World and the Salt of the Earth (Part Two) 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…
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What Does It Mean To Be The Light of the World and the Salt of the Earth? (Part One)
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…
Some Thoughts On Balance and Maturity (Part One)
Some Thoughts On Balance and Maturity Not As One Who Has Arrived But As One Desiring To Be Led More Deeply In The Way I. THE CHRISTIAN’S OBEDIENCE TO THE WILL OF GOD After the inner man, the Christian absolutely desires to be obedient to all of the exhortations, commands, and verbal imperatives of God.…
Who Is The True Israel?
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…
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…
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…
Who Are My Brethren?
Who Are My Brethren? (More Hard Lessons Learned) Today and everyday, I need to remember that in light of my own felt weakness and sinful folly, and in light of the long-suffering and loving-kindness of God towards *all* of His elect, when it comes to those who uncompromisingly profess the Gospel truth, and who are…
An Introduction to Systematic Theology (GBCWMM-JG-003)
To listen to these studies at your own (potentially accelerated) pace, please visit the main page from whence these studies originate: http://www.grace-bible.co/mens-meeting-top.htm An Introduction to Systematic Theology (GBCWMM-JG-003) Theology: Order, Structure, Maturity, Christ! Pastor Jesse Gistand GBC Weekly Men’s Meetings Saturday – 02/14/2009 33 min | Colossians 2:17-23 Colossians 2:17-23 “Let no man therefore judge you in meat,…
Spiritual Wrestlings 