God Is Love To The Heaven-Born Children of God The Gospel Standard or, Feeble Christian’s Support August 1835 Beloved of the Lord,— It is your blessedness to prove, by the divine teaching of God the Holy Ghost, that God is Love,— eternal, immutable Love. This precious truth you will not deny; but then you may…
Category: Affliction, Admonishment, Chastisement
The Blessedness of the Hungry, etc.
The Ministry Not Without Trials (A Portion of an Extract of a Letter) The Gospel Standard or, Feeble Christian’s Support August 1835 …I sometimes am very low in my mind about my standing in grace, and lower still about my preaching. Everything seems to be against me. I have to tell my hearers that it…
The Organism vs. The Cell [Loving and Hating as God Commands]
The Organism vs. The Cell Can We Hate What God Hates and Still Love Those Whom God Commands Us To Love? Consider the following passages, amongst many: Psalm 139:21-22 “Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them…
More Thoughts On Sanctification
Consider 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 “For this is the will of God, [even] your SANCTIFICATION / HOLINESS [G38 – hagiasmos], that ye should abstain from fornication. 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in SANCTIFICATION / HOLINESS [G38 – hagiasmos], and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even…
GBC Men’s Study: The Biblical View Of Angels Part One
Caveat I am posting links to the series of Men’s Studies (this set and others) because I am convinced that, as a whole, they are exceedingly edifying. However, I am a staunch Creationist and Biblical/Flat Earther (cf. http://www.testingtheglobe.com/bible.html) so I do not agree with the statements made concerning the form of our cosmos, the shape…
“The Lawful Use of the Law” In Light Of Parallel Passages
The passages are modified slightly, always within brackets, for ease of identifying the parallelisms that exists amongst them. Please note the synonymous use of terms like “Word, Law, Commandments, Judgments, Prophesyings, Holy Scriptures, All Scripture, etc.” and also note how the words “reprove/rebuke/warn/correct/exhort” (in their various grammatical forms) are associated with that which is needful…
The Lord’s People Hidden
The Lord’s People Hidden By William Gadsby Preached at Bedworth, on Wednesday Evening, Aug. 24th, 1842. Isaiah XXVI. 20. I am about to read a portion of God’s Word, which I thought I could find very easily. Indeed, I thought it was in the 40th chapter of the prophecies of Isaiah; but I cannot find…
Eight Years’ Labour in the Ministry at Leicester (An Excerpt)
An Excerpt From Eight Years’ Labour in the Ministry at Leicester By A Watchman On The Walls (William Garrard) Leicester, March 29, 1850 BRETHREN— The apostle saith “In all things I am instructed.” And if we watch the Lord’s hand, in providence, without, and the work of His Spirit within, and see the end of…
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.…
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:…
Spiritual Wrestlings 