How do we become children of God? I answer, first, by “eternal election;” and therefore we are called “a chosen generation,” 1 Pet. 2:9. 2 By “pre-adoption“. And, because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father,” Gal. 4:6. 3, By regeneration. God, who from everlasting willed […]
FAITH AS A RULE OF LIFE Paul says, “He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him;” then faith must be the rule of his coming. “We have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; then faith is the rule […]
LOOK TO CHRIST-NOT THE LAW A friend of mine once asked a certain divine in London what he thought of the law as the believer’s only rule of life? He replied, “The believer must look with one eye to Christ, and with the other to the law.” But he brought no more proof from the […]
THE KILLING LETTER-NOT THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE A fountain is supplied from its own spring, yields its contents to supply the poor and needy when they seek water and there is none elsewhere, and their tongue faileth for thirst, that they may drink and not famish, or die by famishing. So this law of the […]
The unbearable yoke that they were going to tempt God with, by galling the neck of the disciples, was first, the needfullness of circumcision: Secondly, a command to keep the law of Moses; and it is called tempting God, because it was a reflection cast upon His work who had purified their hearts by faith, […]
It is the first book and the best book and the oldest book in all the world. It contains the choicest matter, gives the best instruction, and affords the greatest pleasure and satisfaction that was ever revealed. It contains the best laws and profoundest mysteries that were ever penned. It brings the best of tidings, […]