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"The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the...

Majority rules?

". . . . God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble". 1 Peter 5:5 (KJV) So, given this verse, what is there to argue out? But perhaps the Calinvist would say God resists those to whom He gives no faith and receives to Himself only those to whom He grants faith irrespective of...

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men." John 1:1-4 (KJV) God...

Any takers?

In our previous issue (May '82, Issue 8), Pastor Sheehan provided us with some historical background material to this subject with special reference to the writings of W.J. Styles and John Gill. We now publish his brief but helpful critique of the ‘Hyper’ position with regard to calling...

Our relationship with God to know Him is by degrees, no doubt by degrees of faithfulness by our love and allegiance TO Him. Everything increases by degrees. Relationship unto fatherhood in God is a reciprocal of our faithfulness per Galatians 2:20 KJV only: “For I say unto you, That unto every...

The scriptures are replete with passages that declare the Grace of God to be merited, none, when understanding context is in play, to be unmerited. Reform commentators responsible for miscontruing scripture for the benefit preserving grace to be unmerited and that they must do for the purpose of...

". . . The trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ" 1 Peter 1:7 (KJV) “If God promises life, He slayeth first; when He builds, He casteth all down...

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It is taught in the scriptures that God predestinates whom He foreknows to become as He is, per Rom 8:28-29 KJV. Note: God calls them. They are given to reply to the call. Hence, their responsibility is not imputed but imparted to them by obedience, nor can He until they are proven: Jesus being...

Who was the first one to trust in Jesus?

Since creation, as we know it, was completed in six days, no new natural creation could/would ever be forthcoming. That being said, there could not be from within its sin corrupted ranks a redeemer to cancel out the curse that was upon it. In other words such a qualified a man could not be...

Assuming you believe man is tested for his allegiance to God: If God interfered in any way in such testing of man, what good would the temptation[s] accomplish? [Use Adam, Abraham and especially Jesus in thinking this through] Something I overlooked in this thing of temptation: While it is true...

Most all on Christian forums have always believed for he veracity of this verse: "For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village." Luke 9:56 (KJV) Read it in a just about any other modern supposedly more "accurate" translation and...

. . . . Jesus prepared the way for Paul? Can we suppose that is what might have been ordained from eternity past for that when after Jesus had 'explained Himself' and was not received by "His own", there would be sent unto them another, as Jesus after Jesus departed, more closely related to...

"Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently." Psalm 119:1-4 (KJV) What is...

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer– My Top 15 Quotes When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe. Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ. Christianity without discipleship is...

. . . . . . . ye think that in them ye have eternal life." (John 5:39 KJV) The Scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, are all revelations of Jesus Christ. The context of the Bible is our Lord Himself, and until we get rightly related to Him, the Bible is no more to us than an ordinary book...