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We are living in an age of idolatry and very few people profess Christ. Of those that do, very few seem to understand Gospel. For example, many believe that Jesus died for all men universally and that the difference between those who are saved and not saved is the individual's "free will" decision. But the Scriptures declare that salvation is by grace and mercy and not of him that runs or wills it (Rom 9:16).
And then there are others who still believe in things like "common grace" or the "free offer" of the Gospel. We believe these things are erroneous and distort God's precious love for His elect. We prefer the word "free" or "pristine" instead of the word "common" to describe grace because the Scriptures declare God's love is to be found only in God's Son, and that all of Grace is of the will of God and not corrupted or stained by the will of man, hence the adjective, pristine.
Some would also cast aspersions on us because we believe in the absolute predestination of all things - that is there isn't a single event that occurs that God did not predestinate. We believe He is absolutely Sovereign! We believe He has redeemed His people from their sins (Mat 1:21) and that all of His sheep will be given the gift of faith in the Gospel of Christ at His appointed time.
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 ..."In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will." - Eph 1:11
God sustains, nourishes, and cares for everything He has made, even to the least sparrow. (Matthew 10:29)
God's providence, as it is taught in Scripture, is opposed to fortune and chance. There is no such thing as fortune or chance--these are pagan terms, with which the mind...John Calvin Article Length: Short |
 ... “We preach Christ crucified” - 1 Cor 1:23
In keeping with the apostle Paul, I proclaim the only message from God that will, if blessed of the Spirit, meet the needs of all who hear me. “Christ and Him crucified” is pardon to the guilty, clothing to the naked, rest to the weary, water to the thirsty, bread to the hungry, ransom to the slave, liberty to the bondman, cleansing to the filthy, right...Jim Byrd Article Length: Short |
 ...“The gospel of the grace of God.” - Acts 20:24
The word “gospel” signify? Its literal meaning is either “God’s word” or message, or rather, “good news,” or “good tidings,” which is more agreeable to the original. But if it be “good news,” it must be good news of something and to somebody. There must be some good tidings brought, and there must be some person by whom, as good tidings, it is re...J.C. Philpot Article Length: Short |
 ...If when I die I fear death.
When the Lord shall stop my breath.
Lord let me think upon your love.
How you died this sinners death.
Blood stained brow, nail pierced hands.
The King of Glory stands.
Offering mercy for all who look.
To the cross my sins he took.
How can Gods justice be satisfied?
To a hell bound sinner condemned to die.
Substitution personified.
In my place he bled and died.
Father why has thou forsaken me?
It is finished was his plea.
Death is conquered in vict...Danny Harris Article Length: Very Short |
| ...“For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” - Ephesians 2:10
The good works which the child of God performs for the glory of God are not really our works, per se, but works done by the powerful leadership of the Spirit and due to the grace of God freely given us in Christ Jesus. We read of our “work of faith and labor of love” (1 Thes 1:3)... Jim Byrd Article Length: Very Short |
 ...A sovereign Protector I have,
Unseen, yet forever at hand,
Unchangeably faithful to save,
Almighty to rule and command.
He smiles, and my comforts abound;
His grace as the dew shall descend;
And walls of salvation surround,
The soul He delights to defend....Augustus Toplady Article Length: Very Short |
 ...“And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” - Isaiah 35:10
I hope the reader will indulge me with one short observation on the subject of Jesus giving Himself a ransom for His people. Never in all the annals of mankind was there ever heard of such unparalleled love. Suppose some generous prin...Robert Hawker Article Length: Short |
| ... “Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification” (Romans 4:25). “Delivered” primarily means given over to. Christ was “delivered” by Judas to the chief priests (Matthew 26:15), by the chief priests to Pilate (Matthew 27:2), and by Pilate to the will of the people (Luke 23:25) and to the soldiers who would crucify Him (Mark 15:15-16). Of course, each of these act... Jim Byrd Article Length: Short |
 ... Whenever someone asks me if I am a Calvinist, I reply, “I believe the doctrines of grace that are commonly referred to as the five points of Calvinism, but I do not preach those doctrines. I just preach Christ.”
God has commanded us to preach Christ. Sinners must believe on Christ not the doctrines of grace. However, I contend that if a sinner believes on Christ they will automatically believe the doctrines of grace.
If a person believe...Frank Tate Article Length: Short |
 ... Here are some more tell-tale signs you're dealing with a neo-gnostic...
Facebook posts like, "Martin Luther promoted a false gospel," and nothing else being added to it is seen as edifying. Celebration of such posts are part and parcel of staying within good graces of the neo-gnostic circles.
Won't attend church services, or conferences. Won't reach out to nearby believers for fellowship. They lock themselves inside all day and every ...Brandan Kraft Article Length: Medium |
 ...Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. - 1 John 3:16
Out of necessity on our behalf; out of love on his behalf, Christ died for his sheep. God needs nothing—we need everything. The need of sinners and the love of God is culminated in the person and work of JEHOVAH-JIREH (The Lord will see—The Lord will provide—The Lord will be seen—in that order). The ap...Tommy Robbins Article Length: Short |
 ...“A new heart will I give you, and a right spirit will I put within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and will give you a heart of flesh.” - Eze. 36:26.
WHAT a precious cluster of solemn declarations of undeserved mercy and free grace are here! Blessed, thrice blessed, art thou, O Israel! Thy God,—O the wonders of his love! Thy God has connected his own glory and thy well-being together; so that, though thy froward [contra...William Gadsby Article Length: Medium |
 ... I am Magdalene, I am Zacchaeus, I am the thief, I am the harlot, I am the publican, I am the prodigal, and one of Christ’s murderers; yea, worse than any of these; and yet God was so far off from rejecting of me, as I found afterwards, that there was music and dancing in his house for me, and for joy that I was come home unto him....John Bunyan Article Length: Very Short |
 ...“The LORD is my shepherd; I have everything I need!” - Psalm 23:1
The shepherd is a favorite Scriptural picture of the divine love and care. In the Old Testament, the twenty-third Psalm gathers the whole wonderful truth in exquisite lines, which are dear to young and old wherever the Bible is known. Then in the New Testament, when our Lord would give His friends the sweetest revealings of His heart toward them, and tell them what they are to Him, and what He would be...J.R. Miller Article Length: Short |
 ...“Who maketh thee to differ from another? What hast thou, that thou did’t not receive? And if thou dids’t receive it, why dost thou boast as if thou hads’t not received it?” - 1 Corinthians 4:7
It is grace—free sovereign grace, which has made you to differ!
Should any here, supposing themselves to be the children of God, imagine that there is some reason “in them” why they should have been chosen—le...Charles Spurgeon Article Length: Short |
| ...“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love” (1 John 4:7-8).
Love is as much a fruit of the Spirit as is faith (read Galatians 5:22-23). Even as it is true that where there is no faith, there is no presence of the Spirit, so it is equally true that where there is an absence of love, there is the absence of the Spirit of Christ.&nb... Jim Byrd Article Length: Short |
| ... Faith is not an achievement of the flesh, but a gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). It does not naturally grow in the spiritual wilderness of the heart of a defiled sinner. “All men have not faith” (2 Thessalonians 3:2). Faith is granted in the new birth, a sovereign work of the Holy Spirit. Faith, like all the fruit of the Spirit, is produced and maintained in the heart by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit within us. To look to, lean... Jim Byrd Article Length: Very Short |
| ... This could never happen, but suppose God were to allow me into His holy heaven on the basis of my works. Once there, I could never really be comfortable because I would always know that a mistake had been made. I did not deserve to be there, and I would know that someday I would be expelled from heaven. The fact is all I have ever merited is death, judgment, and hell.
If, however, I enter into the heavenly paradise on the basis of the Savior layin... Jim Byrd Article Length: Very Short |
| ..."Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night." - Psalm 91:5
What is this terror? It may be the cry of fire, or the noise of thieves, or fancied appearances, or the shriek of sudden sickness or death. We live in the world of death and sorrow, we may therefore look for ills as well in the night-watches as beneath the glare of the broiling sun. Nor should this alarm us, for be the terror what it may, the promise is that the believer shall not be afraid. Why shou... Charles Spurgeon Article Length: Short |
| ...Lord God of Sovereign Grace,
Give me ears to hear your call,
At your feet please let me fall,
Lord God of Sovereign Grace.
Lord God of Sovereign Grace,
Be it so you took my place,
Clothe me in your Righteousness,
Lord God of Sovereign Grace.
Lord God of Sovereign Grace,
Let thy blood Propitiate,
Chosen seed of Adams Race,
Lord God of Sovereign Grace.
Lord God of Sovereign Grace,
Jesus Christ the Surety,
Let your Blood please cleanse me,
Lord God of Sovereign Grace.... Danny Harris Article Length: Very Short |