“Herein is Our Love made Perfect” 1 John 4:17 “Herein is our love made perfect.” Those words, as suggested by our translators in the margin of our Bible, might be better translated, “Herein is his love with us made perfect.”       John is not talking about us loving God perfectly or loving one another perfectly. […]

ARE YOU A BEGGAR? “He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill . . . “ 1 Samuel 2:8     Begging is something that is repulsive to the proud nature of man. When a person is reduced to begging physically, we don’t even like to look at them. […]

Promise and Call “The PROMISE is unto you and to your children, and to all that are a far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall CALL.” Acts 2:39.      Both the promises of God and the call of God are necessary for his glory and for our salvation. The promises of God, without […]

LOOK TO CHRIST  “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth:  for I am God, and there is none else.” Isaiah 45:22 I constantly tell sinners to look to Christ. Don’t look to your works.  Look to Christ to be everything God requires of you. Don’t look at  your sins. […]

Assurance At one time or another, every believer struggles with assurance. Assurance of our salvation can never be found by looking at ourselves.  Nothing about us can give any assurance of salvation.  Nothing we do, or do not do, can give any assurance of salvation.  Assurance can only be had by looking to Christ who […]

John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. John 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. By […]

Human guidance (Octavius Winslow, “The Fragrance of Christ’s Name” We have need to be on our watch against the powerful influence of spiritual mentors—lest, fascinated by the fame of some popular leader, we become the willing dupes of a childish superstition, or the blind followers of a fatal error. Do not take your views of Divine […]

 In Christ   Why does Paul say that he wanted to found in Christ? It is because Christ is everything God the Father requires, everything God freely gives his people, is IN CHRIST. Colossians 1: 19: For it pleased the Father that IN HIM should all fulness dwell Ephesians 1: 3: [God the Father] “blessed his […]

DO YOU TRUST DOCTRINE OR JESUS CHRIST? Total Depravity. Knowing that you are a sinner, wretched, depraved and spiritually dead will profit you nothing if you do not come to Christ for perfect righteousness. Unconditional Election. Believing that God in sovereign mercy, elected a chosen people before the foundation of the world, will profit you nothing […]

John 14:16-28 “The Comforter’s Love” John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever […]