THERE’S NO DENYING THIS… The root cause of every aspect of every single person’s personal, familial, social, academic, occupational, ecclesiastical, economic, mental, physical, and [fill in the blank] troubles is sin. Whether directly or indirectly; whether committed by the individual or by others; sin is the foundation of all of our woes. Heaven is free…
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…
What Does God Mean By “…not willing that any should perish…” -or- A Biblical Response to the “Perish” Myth 2 Peter 3:9 states “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to US_WARD, not willing that any [of the US-WARD] should perish, but that all should come…
Note: Today is the last day of my presence on Facebook – Lord willing, for good (don’t ever want to have a personal presence thereon barring some major national emergency/cataclysm/etc.). I am posting all of these Antinomian Diary posts (with more to come this week) as a record of the kinds of errors, grievous errors,…
Words Have Meaning / “Devil” Devil, διάβολος, diábolos, dee-ab’-ol-os; from G1225; a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H7854):—a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer; prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, (Aristophanes, Andocides (), Plutarch, others): 1 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 3:3; Titus 2:3; as a substantive, ὁ διάβολος, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer, (see κατηγορέω, at the end)…
What Is The Significance Of “Air” In Ephesians 2:2 There May Be More To It Than You Think… I. Key Verse: Ephesians 2:2 “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of…
An Excerpt On The Sight of Sin Taken from Christ All and in All or Several Significant Similitudes by which the Lord Jesus Christ is described in the Holy Scriptures. By Pastor Ralph Robinson of Mary Woolnoth, London, U.K., Published in 1868 …[Question] IV. Whether Jesus Christ observes the same method in this work of…
Romans 8:16 The Key to Understanding, Obtaining, and Retaining the Assurance of Salvation (As Considered In Its Proper Immediate, Lexical, and Systematic Context) By Curt Wildy Introduction Dear reader, please understand that in writing what I am about to write, I have no desire to puff myself up, gain a following, force my opinions on…
“JUDGE NOT LEST YOU BE JUDGED! — ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME! — WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE ANYONE ELSE? DO YOU THINK YOU’RE PERFECT?” The above is a common but erroneous sentiment held by those who do not properly exegete Scripture… The Christian is absolutely *commanded* to discern/judge/try/prove all things, including other people. However,…
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…
Spiritual Wrestlings 