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Tag Archives: grace
The Hopeless Futility of Trying to Be Saved by “Good Works”
I Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 2:8,9 Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine & Practice
Tagged error, faith good works, forgivenness of sins, grace, Jesus Christ, mediator, peace, salvation, truth
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The Spirit of Adoption, Grace, & Supplications
Zechariah 12:10; Galatians 4:4-7; Romans 8:15 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications. God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit
Tagged adoption, Born again, conversion, grace, Holy Spirit, new birth, prayer, regeneration, Spirit of God, supplications
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How Old Are You?
Genesis 47:8, 9 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of the my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days … Continue reading
Posted in Grace & Its Growth
Tagged Christian life, grace, growth, knowledge
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Considering the Love of Jesus Christ in the Lord’s Supper
Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Jesus Christ. JEREMIAH DYKE (1584-1639): It is good, when we are come to the Lord’s Table, to do as Solomon … Continue reading
Posted in Lord's Supper
Tagged bread, grace, Jesus Christ, Lord's Supper, love, meditation, reflection, wine
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Death, the Great “Last Enemy” & the “King of Terrors”
I Corinthians 15:26; Psalm 55:4,5 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror … Continue reading
Posted in Death & Resurrection
Tagged comfort, death, faith, fear, grace, Jesus Christ
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True Christian Meditation is not Contemplative Mysticism
Psalm 1:2; Psalm 119:99; Psalm 39:3,4 His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my … Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Solitude & Self-examination
Tagged Bible, grace, growth, knowledge, meditation, prayer, purpose, study, Word of God
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An Experiential Evidence of Grace in the Heart
Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): I know this, that when God the Holy Ghost gives a man a view of himself, he … Continue reading
Posted in Conviction & Conversion
Tagged christian experience, conversion, grace, man's depravity, saving faith, sin
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Man’s Free Will: Roman Catholic & Arminian Unity in Doctrinal Error
Ephesians 1:4-6; Romans 8:30, 31 He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine & Practice
Tagged Arminianism, election, error, grace, heresy, man's free will, predestination, Roman Catholicism
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Predestination or Freewill Part 7: Can a True Believer Fall ever from Grace and Perish?
Hebrews 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence unto the end. JAMES DURHAM (1622-1658): If believing depends on free-will, then our perseverance depends on it also. For if the man’s … Continue reading
Posted in Sovereign Predestination or Man's Free Will: The Great Doctrinal Debate
Tagged election, final perseverance of the saints, freewill, grace, predestination
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The Promise of Christ’s Fullness for Our Emptiness
Philippians 4:19; Colossians 1:19; 2:9 But my God shall supply all your need according to the riches in glory by Christ Jesus. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell…For in him dwelleth all … Continue reading
Posted in God's Promises
Tagged God, God's promises, grace, Jesus Christ, righteousness, truth
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