ETERNAL LIFE Our Lord said, “I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish.” Eternal life refers to the BELIEVER’S NEW NATURE. It is not something we look for. It is something we have. Every believer has eternal life imparted to him. In regeneration we are made “partakers of the Divine nature”. Christ is […]
Is there any real hope for Real Sinners? Is there any real hope for real sinners? I know that men and women who think of themselves as good moral people have no problem in this matter. They think they are okay. They look upon their good works, their religious devotion, and their moral integrity with […]
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND REMARRIAGE I Corinthians 7:10-16. Don Fortner In this day of infidelity, there are very few people who are not affected, either directly or indirectly, by divorce. Every few days I get calls, letters, or visits from people whose homes are being destroyed by a husband or wife who has chosen to abandon […]
“Everyone Shall Be Salted With Fire” Mark 9:49 If you die in your sins, if you perish without Christ, you will be cast into hell to suffer the everlasting, indescribable horror of the wrath of God. There the worm of your tormenting conscience will relentlessly gnaw at your soul. There the fires of God’s wrath […]
FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE? – THE CHILDREN OF GOD John11:52 Our great, sin-atoning Substitute laid down his life and died for the children of God. According to the prophecy of Caiaphas, Christ was to die, not for the nation of the Jews only, but to “gather together in one the children of God that […]
The Offense of the Cross “And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offence of the cross ceased.” Galatians 5:11 The preaching of the cross of Jesus Christ is offensive to the natural man. We that believe look at the cross and we see grace, mercy, love, […]
The essential difference between false and true religion is this: All false religion makes salvation to be ultimately dependent upon and determined by the worth, work, or will of the sinner; whereas true religion declares, with Jonah, “Salvation is of the Lord!” In its planning, in its purchase, in its performance, in its preservation, and […]
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT OF GRACE Before the world was, when God dwelt alone in the bliss of his own ineffable glory, the three Persons of the blessed Trinity held a counsel of peace and established an everlasting covenant of grace, by which the everlasting salvation of God’s elect and the glory of God in their […]
“I in Them and Thou in Me” “I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” (John 17:23) This verse is full of mysteries I will never be able […]
TEN PROMISES FROM GOD TO HIS TROUBLED SAINTS Isaiah 43:1-7 Child of God, your afflictions in this world may be many, heavy, and long, but they will never destroy, or even harm you. Therefore the Lord your God says, “Fear Not.” Then He gives you these ten, blessed promises to silence your fears. “I have […]