Galatians 6:1 “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault [trespass/offence/sin], ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” James 5:19-20 “Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which converteth…
As an example, in one conversation I was involved in a few years back, a professing Christian stated how she would hear sermons that made her feel bad about her sin, and she would always feel down. As a result, she switched to those pastors/preachers who ‘made her feel good.’ And how did they make…
“O what efforts Satan puts forth to keep people from this vitally important and all-necessary work of self-examination. He knows full well that if many of his deceived victims set about the task in earnest, they would soon discover that no miracle of Divine grace has been wrought in them, and that this would cause…
“The natural man has no desire for communion with God, for he places his happiness in the creature. He prefers everything before Him and glorifies everything above Him. He loves his own pleasures more than God. His wisdom being “earthly, sensual, devilish” (James 3:15), the celestial and divine are outside of his consideration. This appears…
“But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.” Matthew 7:26 “Not that the Christian will “do” them perfectly—“For in many things we offend all” (James 3:2)—though he ought to, and must not excuse but rather mourn over…
Ambiguous Anomian/Antinomian commentary, without scriptural proof-text to support and clarify, will state something along the lines of… “God loves obedience.. THAT IS TRUE.. The question is, what kind of obedience and whose obedience..???? One’s answer is revealing of their gospel whether TRUE OR FALSE. God loves the obedience of Christ and no other… Did you…
I will not belabour the matter much more. I think what has been written in the past few days suffices. The one from earlier today was going to be my last one on the subject for a bit. However, I couldn’t let this one pass. I need for people to see this, to understand this,…
-or- Galatians 5: Why you cannot swap out circumcision with all [extant] biblical law/commands There are those within the sovereign grace community who struggle to distinguish between different ideas that use the same term, the same familiar word. Words can have different meanings, different intents, given the context, or the particular definien(s) in play. The…
A noted Sovereign Grace preacher had this to say about the (Reformed) viewpoint called “Necessary Consequences” (emphasis added): Perhaps you are scratching your heads, saying, “What on earth is the heresy of necessary consequence?” It is the doctrine which says that the Bible alone is our only rule of faith and practice, that is to…
I have no doubt that there are a multitude of true Christians out there who identify as “Calvinists” or “Reformed.” Though I usually prefer not to use these terms as it pertains to myself, I readily recognise that they serve as a quick and easy means of identifying the set of core beliefs (i.e., vital…
Spiritual Wrestlings 