Romans 7:12 “wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” The following question was recently asked (emphasis added): “So, how then do some men think and promote the idea that righteousness comes from Christ and holiness comes from the Law? That thinking is false and twisted because there is no single verse…
Category: 04. Experimentalism
Obedience: The Narrow Way (Another Vital Warning) | A. W. Pink (YouTube Video)
KEY QUOTE: “There are two principle errors about the law, and I know knot which is more dangerous and disastrous: that one can earn heaven by obeying it [or] that one may enter heaven without that personal and practical godliness which the law requires. “Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no man shall…
Biblical Separation: A Call to Separation (A Vital Warning) | A. W. Pink (YouTube Video)
NOTE: These warnings should not be taken solely physically, socially. Much of the separation we need is mental and emotional (as it relates to what we take in through our eyes and ears, and what we allow to settle into, and ruminate within, our minds). So much of what we think of as mild is…
Spiritual Conviction: Josiah, The Law of Moses, and a New Testament Equivalent
I. Introduction: All of these articles are my own personal meditations, put to print if you will. They are stream-of-consciousness flowings, reflecting what is in my mind, and on my heart. If you think my posts are long as is, you should see the originals. Quite often, having revised it a dozen or more times,…
True Conversion: What’s Wrong with Everybody? | John MacArthur (Video)
Note: This is truly one of the most important sermons that I’ve come across from a modern pastor/preacher. Election, predestination, righteousness imputed, sovereign grace, etc., are all absolutely blessed doctrines. However, this type of message (or warning) is no less important, seeing that it identifies the scriptural evidences of true spiritual life, and true spiritual…
Spiritual Restoration: Regret… and Hope
One cannot live in the past, and yet, one can regret much of their past. Of my many regrets (and there are many), on a spiritual level, forsaking sound teaching, sound doctrine and exhortation, for the more-pleasing-to-the-flesh Anomian error, is truly one of my biggest. I had books, quite a few really incredible books, from…
Spiritual Need: The Hearts of Sinners Bolted against Christ | John Flavel (1689) | Video
Revelation 3:20-22 “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame,…
Edification: The Difference Between “Preachers” and “Pastors”… And Why It Matters.
When dealing with preachers, particularly in the sense of an evangelist, it is true that other key biblical doctrines will take a backseat to Gospel preaching. The main purpose of preaching the Gospel is for the Gospel to be heard, hopefully with spiritual ears to hear. I. THE ROLE OF THE PREACHER: Gospel preaching primarily…
Christ Altogether Lovely by John Flavel
“[Christ] embraces all things that are lovely: he seals up the sum of all loveliness. Things that shine as single stars with a particular glory, all meet in Christ as a glorious constellation. Col. 1:19, “It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.” Cast your eyes among all created beings, survey the…
Election: Self-Knowledge and Free Grace
Those who oppose the “Calvinistic” interpretation of election and predestination often argue that these truths “are not fair.” They say that it doesn’t allow everyone a “chance” to choose Christ (as if anyone, in and of themselves, would ever choose Christ). Those who think this way reveal their belief that they are somehow “good enough,”…
Spiritual Wrestlings 