WHEN YOU READ THE FOUR GOSPEL ACCOUNTS… …Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and you read of everything concerning the Lord Jesus Christ BEFORE His arrest, beatings, and work on the cross, what are you reading? Are you reading the final remnants of the Old Testament economy, and the things pertaining to it, or are you actually…
Category: 03. Gospel Adorning
On Obedience… A Case In Point
Consider language like the following: “Your obedience means nothing because it accomplishes nothing.” Now, if this is aimed at unbelievers, those who have not been born from above, those who have not been saved by the finished work of Christ, then it is 100% spot on. However, if it is aimed at Christians, or if…
Obedience: True Believers Hear, Love, Keep, and Obey God’s Commandments / Extant Law
Anomianism/Antinomianism has spread like wildfire through Reformed, Predestinarian, Sovereign Grace, and related circles. It is on my heart deeply, due to my own state, and due to the state of the church as a whole, to put forth an even clearer refutation of it. 1 John 3:4 in the KJV reads as follows: “Whosoever committeth…
Manifest Sanctification… [A Conversation]
The following is based upon real discussions on the topic of experimental/manifest sanctification. Though not verbatim, it nonetheless accurately represents the gist, tone, and sentiment behind much of what has been encountered. CHRIS WANNAGROW: One of the most overlooked aspects of the Christian walk and warfare, even woefully so in my own life, is the…
“Standards”
We all have them… or should. Often, we do not live up to our own. That’s okay, it means we have much more room to grow/improve. Often however, others do not live up to our own. Sometimes, that really is okay (in very limited circumstances), and sometimes, maybe even most times, it really, really isn’t…
On The Nature Of Grace (And Why It Matters)
SINCE GOD HAS TO GIVE GRACE TO BELIEVE THE GOSPEL…As even the leaders amongst the Arminians and Sacramentalists concede (as opposed to the Pelagians and most Semi-Pelagians, as often found in the pews): 1) It stands to reason that man, by nature, cannot believe without said grace. 2) If man cannot believe without said grace,…
Regarding Total Reliance On God
An excerpt from “The Christian in Complete Armour” (Complete & Unabridged) “…we saints that have habitual grace, yet this lies like water at the bottom of a well, which will not ascend with all our pumping till God pour in his exciting grace, and then it comes. To will is more than to think, to…
Sovereignty: Comfort In The Midst Of Great Difficulty
Comfort In The Midst Of Great Difficulty “Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain…” Acts 2:23 “For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. For the thing which I greatly feared is…
Doctrinal Orthodoxy: Thoughts On Edification
Thoughts On Edification 2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” To edify is essentially to build up, like one would a home or…
A.W. Pink on Spiritual Struggles
“Ah, my reader, if you are one of God’s elect, expect not a smooth and easy path down here, but be prepared for varying circumstances and drastic changes. The Christian’s resting place is not in this world, for “here have we no continuing city” (Heb. 13:14). The Christian is a “pilgrim,” on a journey; he…
Spiritual Wrestlings 