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Tag Archives: grace
Spiritual Medicine & Preventative Prescriptions
I Peter 1:6 Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (347-407): God measures out affliction to our need. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): “If need be”―if such proves needful—if God, in looking upon … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged afflictions, God, grace, sanctification, spiritual medicine, trials
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The Gift of God’s Saving Grace Through Faith in Jesus Christ
John 1:16,17; Ephesians 2:8 And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that … Continue reading
Posted in Grace & Its Growth
Tagged faith, grace, regeneration
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Is Every Affliction a Judgment of God Upon Sin?
John 9:1-3 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged affliction, grace, judgments, temptations, trials, trouble
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Seasons of Grace in the Garden of God
Daniel 2:21; Song of Solomon 4:16 He changeth the times and the seasons. Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): The Lord … Continue reading
Posted in Grace & Its Growth
Tagged adversity, affliction, grace, holiness, prosperity, sanctification
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The Failures & Falls of God’s Children
Micah 7:8, 9; Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 24:16 When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged backsliding, chastening, falls, grace, sanctification, sin
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The Unmistakable Signs of Spiritual Pride
I Corinthians 8:1; John 9:34 Knowledge puffeth up. Thou wast altogether born in sins, and does thou teach us? MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): The Apostle uses the term “puffed up”—Knowledge puffeth up. What an expression! What does he mean? … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged censoriousness, grace, knowledge, pride
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A Spiritual Weather Report on Sovereign Grace
Amos 4:7; Romans 9:14-16 I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, … Continue reading
Posted in Attributes of God, Jesus Christ
Tagged attributes of God, election, God, God's Sovereignty, grace, Preaching, Providence, sovereignty
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The 2nd Pillar: Justification by Grace Through Faith in Christ Alone
Romans 4:3-5 What saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but … Continue reading
Posted in The 16th Century Protestant Reformation (500 Years: 1517-2017)
Tagged faith, grace, Jesus Christ, justification, Protestant, reformation
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What is the Greatest Commandment in the Law?
Matthew 22:37-39 And Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is … Continue reading
Posted in Love
Tagged faith, God, grace, Jesus Christ, love, repentance, self-examination
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The Deceptive False Faith of Trusting in Faith
Ephesians 2:8 By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): Observe adoringly the fountain-head of our salvation, which is the grace of God. “By grace … Continue reading