Previous to today, over the last few days, I was thinking about how water in the Bible represents both life/salvation and death/judgment. The same element is associated with both eternal life (e.g. “the fruit producing “rivers of water” in Psalm 1:2-3; “the washing of water by the word” in Ephesians 5:26, etc.) and eternal judgment (the flood,…
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Regeneration – What is it, When is it, and Why Does it Matter?
Regeneration What is it, When is it, and Why Does it Matter? I. INTRODUCTION: Some may wonder concerning regeneration (what it is, when it occurs, etc.) why it even matters. It matters because God took the time to speak extensively about this subject in His word. It also matters because the wrong understanding of it…
Four Faithful Facts (Regeneration & Gospel Proclamation)
Four Faithful Facts Concerning Regeneration and Gospel Proclamation (1) The True Gospel always accompanies true salvation (i.e. regeneration and conversion). (2) Salvation only and always occurs in the light of true Gospel revelation (either previously or contemporaneously received). (3) Where there is no revelation of the Gospel, there is no true salvation (no true regeneration,…
Not Passive But All Of Grace (Part One)
Not Passive But All Of Grace (Part One) 1 Timothy 4:12 “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that…
Word Study: Reasonable Service
Reasonable Service How do we know what our reasonable service is to be unless we search the word of God, ponder it, pray about it, and ask “Lord, what would you have me to do in light thereof?” Besides, what is our reasonable service? Didn’t the Apostle Paul say “with the mind I myself SERVE…
Exhortation: Throughly Furnished Unto All Good Works
Throughly Furnished Unto All Good Works How am I to know how to engage myself in every situation? How am I to be careful to maintain good works? How am I to seek to adorn the Gospel of Christ? And how am I to maintain a conversation that becometh a Gospel profession? By heeding the…
(Tri-Fold Tract 1) The Gospel of Christ
The Gospel of Christ Nothing should be of greater urgency than the salvation of our souls for we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Rom 3:23). If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the Truth is not in us (1 John 1:8). What is the consequence 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…
Exhortation: Are You Making Captivity Difficult?
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity…
The Importance of a Well-Balanced Diet
The Importance of a Well-Balanced Diet Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of…
Spiritual Wrestlings 