Assurance of Salvation Why Some Lack It and God’s Means For Obtaining It Three Foundational Passages Annotated, With the Annotations To Be Proven Below Before reading the three annotated passages, and as you read the rest of this article, please keep in mind the following: God often define his own terms by using the following…
Category: Rest, Peace, & Consolation
A Man May Have Grace, And Yet Want The Assurance Of His Interest In Christ (Thomas Brooks)
Assurance is requisite to the well-being of a Christian, but not to the being; it is requisite to the consolation of a Christian, but not to the salvation of a Christian; it is requisite to the well-being of grace, but not to the mere being of grace. Though a man cannot be saved without faith,…
Every One That Is Godly – Part Two
EVERY ONE THAT IS GODLY Part Two THOMAS BRADBURY Preached In Grove Chapel, Camberwell, On Sunday Evening, September 16TH, 1877 For this shall everyone that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found: Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Psalm 32:6 Return…
Every One That Is Godly – Part One
EVERY ONE THAT IS GODLY Part One THOMAS BRADBURY Preached In Grove Chapel, Camberwell, On Sunday Evening, September 16th, 1877 For this shall everyone that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found: Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Psalm 32:6 IF…
Nearness To The Cross
Nearness To The Cross A Sermon By William Jay Preached in 1832 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy…
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…
The Glorious Majesty of Christ’s Person (Part Two)
The Glorious Majesty of Christ’s Person (Part Two) William Skelton, S.S. Published in The Earthen Vessel: and Christian Record & Review, 1846 – Volume II Return to Part One, Is there a conscience burdened sore with sin? We say, and say the truth, this blood makes clean, so efficacious is it in itself, that it…
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…
(Study Notes) Proverbs 1:2
Proverbs 1:2 Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be…
Spiritual Wrestlings 