But there is a bigger problem with the fires of hell. I’m not sure that I believe in those, at least not as the infernalists preach it. God is Creator, Lover, Healer. He is not killer, torturer, prison guard. Yet Scripture says, “Our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:29...
Are we today, in the dispensation of the grace of God, spiritual Israel? No, not in any way. Thebody of Christis a distinct organism designed to be theAgencythrough which God is making his will known today. Again, religion makes at least three errors in making thebody of Christspiritual...
It’s hard to understand, unless we take some time to ponder it, what is “good” about “Good Friday.” After all, it is the day that Jesus, the son of God, not only died, but was actuallyput to deathat the request of the very people who were God’s “chosen” ones. How can...
“Am I made a real Christian washed in the Redeemer’s blood. Have I union with the living Head of the body of Christ?” I want to speak as a poor helpless sinner, to those who know by the grace of God their own helpless ruined state. We hear much of the Doctrines of Grace; the...
Romans 3:24 But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free... Read verse in Good News Translation
These consisted in a form to be filled up with the applicant’s name, age, and school; a solemn declaration to be signed that he would read a set portion of Holy Scripture every night for a year; and a request for half a crown; this, it was explained, was demanded partly to prove...
Treasury of Scripture For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: by. Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace th...
Treasury of Scripture Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: an. Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul,...
the belief that Christians are freed from the moral law by the virtue of God’s grace. —antinomian,n., adj. apologetics the study of the methods and content of defenses or proofs of Christianity. —apologetical,adj. Augustinianism
This is an important detail of Scripture. First, that the wilderness came after the baptism. After Jesus made his public confession, the first thing God did to prepare Him for public ministry was lead him into the wilderness. He led Him at just the right time, when He was full of the ...