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…
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John 3:16 – A Faithful Truth But Not An Offer
John 3:16 – A Faithful Truth But Not An Offer IF JOHN 3:16 IS A FREE OFFER TO BELIEVE UNTO SALVATION “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth [πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων] in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” [with “believeth,” pisteuon/πιστεύων, being in the…
A Christ-Centered Love
A Christ-Centered Love or, God Loves All Who Are In Christ From Eternity and None Who Are Outside of Him From Eternity One reason why so many can believe that God loves all mankind without exception, despite clear verses to the contrary (such as Psalm 5:5 “The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: THOU…
A Balanced Christian Focus Is Aimed…
A Balanced Christian Focus Is Aimed… — FIRST, UPWARDLY (with an eye single on God in Christ, praising and worshiping our Lord, being desirous of true, vital, spiritual union and communion with Him): Matthew 6:22 “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full…
Charity, Christ, and the Benefit of the Doubt
Charity, Christ, and the Benefit of the Doubt Or Else: Judge, Jury, and (Ministry/Character) Executioner Hard Lessons Learned; Hard Lessons Still Learning Months back, I left Facebook mainly because of a growing, and powerful, sense of contention, arguing doctrine for doctrine’s sake, a spirit of judgmentalism and condemnation, and due to an increasing sense of…
Adam with Eve as a Type of Christ with His Elect
Adam with Eve as a Type of Christ with His Elect I. ADAM CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD / CHRIST IS THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF THE TRIUNE GODHEAD: Of the first man, Adam, “God said, Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness” (Gen 1:26). God the Word incarnate, The Lord Jesus…
Sin and the Christian
Sin and the Christian The Apostle Paul did not deem himself the chief of sinners because he was the most outwardly manifest sinner; he declared in 1 Corinthians 9:27 “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be…
The Preacher/Evangelist as Distinguished from the Elder/Pastor/Bishop
The Preacher/Evangelist as Distinguished from the Elder/Pastor An Important Distinction for the Growth and Maturity of God’s Quickened Elect Evangelist / Pastor The unregenerate do not need to hear about adorning the doctrine of Christ because, until they hear and believe the Truth, after receiving both life and God-given ‘ears to hear’ to do so,…
Love…Even In The Midst Of Sin
LOVE… EVEN IN THE MIDST OF SIN OUR INDWELLING SIN, THOUGH VILE, IS NO BARRIER TO THE LOVE OF GOD Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? [It is] God that justifieth. Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even…
What Is Salvation? When Were We Saved?
What Is Salvation? When Were We Saved? I. SALVATION ACCORDING TO THE ETERNAL PURPOSE OF GOD. 2 Timothy 1:8-9 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who HATH SAVED…
Spiritual Wrestlings 