Faith without works is dead-Clay curtis James 2: 20-26 The LORD promised that through Abraham’s son, Isaac, he would give him children more in number than the stars of the sky. God promised that through Abraham’s only son Isaac, his King and Savior would be born. Then after giving Abraham these promises on which his […]
The furniture in my Father’s house When I was a child living under my parent’s roof, I remember those times when I would come home to find the furniture in the living room rearranged. It always surprised me at first. Sometimes I did not like it. Yet, it was my father’s house and his furniture. […]
‘Ransom’ and ‘Redeemed’ – Defined Clay Curtis Ransom In scripture the price paid for freedom is called the ransom. God’s people sinned. Death had a lawful hold on them. Christ Jesus came to give his life aransom to free them from death. He paid by dying in their place. His life was the ransom. Since he paid the ransom […]
GOD IS SOVEREIGN The scriptures declare that God has the prerogative (right) and power to do as he will in heaven and in earth, using all men good and evil, all things good and evil, all powers, principalities and rulers of the darkness seen or unseen good and evil, in the way which pleases God […]
Absolutely Sovereign Clay Curtis Psalm 76:10: Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. If we deny the absolute sovereignty of God we do not deny it because we think it belittles God. Whether we know it or not we do it TO BELITTLE GOD AND EXALT SELF. […]
Of God is Christ Jesus made unto Us Sanctification Sanctification is holiness. Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. The Lord Jesus told the thief on the cross he would be with him that day in glory. But the thief had his hands and his feet nailed to the cross? Holiness is not in […]
FREE AT LAST Our freedom from slavery under sin is as sure as our justification from sin because it is by Christ Jesus and not us. Romans 6: 4: Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, […]
Isaiah 43: 27: Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. It is much the same as the apostle Pauls’ word 2 Thessalonians 2: 3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be […]
HOW DOES THE BELIEVER PLUCK OUT THE OFFENDING EYE AND CUT OFF THE OFFENDING HAND? Romans 7: 25: I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. The way we pluck out the offending eye is only by God’s grace, through the Spirit of God as we are enabled to behold Christ Jesus our Lord with […]
The Mystery of the Cross Why was it a necessity for the LORD to lay on Christ the iniquity of His people before bruising Him? All our hope, brethren, is that the judge of all the earth shall do right! The whole purpose for which the Lord Jesus laid down His life was to declare […]