Monthly Archives: April 2008
The Bible that is all the rage today is The Living Bible. It is available in many different forms and editions, e.g., Reach Out, The Greatest is Love, The Way, Living Letters, etc. But they are all the same Bible. The Living Bible is Kenneth Taylor’s paraphrase of Scripture, published by Tyndale House, distributed widely by the World Home Bible League, and on sale everywhere. It is at once the worst and… Read More
“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled “Your God – Dead Or Alive?” The scripture text is from Deuteronomy 4:28 and the audio is 33 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled “Salvation Is Full and Free” The scripture text is from Ezekiel 36:16-32 and the audio is 48 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled “Revive Us Again” The scripture text is from Psalm 85:6 and the audio is 44 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled “Prophecy Fulfilled” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Luke 1:31-35 and the audio is 47 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled: “He Came To Jesus” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Matthew 14:22, and the audio is 48 minutes long.
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on October 25, 1863, by J. C. Philpot —————————— “Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence… Read More
The title of this study is: “The Secret of the Lord”. You will find “The Secret of the Lord” in several places in the Bible. Therefore, if we want to understand “The Secret of the Lord” we will have to compare Scripture with Scripture. Let us first consider “The Message of Amos” regarding “The Secret of the Lord”. We read here in Amos 3:1, Amos 3:1 Hear this word that the LORD… Read More
God summons the elect usually through the preaching of the gospel. Now, Christians do not first learn the identities of the elect, and then proceed to preach the gospel only to them. Rather, they preach the gospel “to all creation,” and “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:15-16). Therefore, whether it is in the form of public oration, private conversation,… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled: “Obedience and Confession” The scripture text is from Acts 2:37-47 and the audio is 25 minutes long.
In Matthew 16 the Lord is teaching His disciples the contrast between the doctrine of the Pharisees and the doctrine of Christ. The Doctrine of the Pharisees (Matthew 16:5-12, 13:33) Matthew 16:5-6 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 16:7 And they reasoned… Read More
A study of 1 Peter 3:16-22 The Title of this article is “Saved By Water”. Those are literally the words you find in this passage of 1 Peter 3: “Saved By Water”. That is quite a challenge. We know that we are saved by Christ only. Why then would God write here in 1 Peter 3 that we are saved by water? But I love a challenge when I see it. 1… Read More
The subject matter at hand is that of “Forgiveness”; which is God forgiving man, and man forgiving his fellow man. Of course the most important aspect of all this business of forgiving is whether forgiveness has taken place vertically, and a lesser important aspect is that of forgiving horizontally. And thus, what we want to know is in the title of this article: What is “The Evidence of Having Been Forgiven?” What… Read More
Today I want us to do a study of Genesis 35. It contains a section of the travels of Jacob in the land of Canaan after he came back from Padanaram where he acquired two wives, two concubines, eleven sons, one daughter, and many slaves and many sheep, and goats, and camels, and donkeys, and cows, and bulls, and so on. Jacob was a rich man. And there in Genesis 35:20 we… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled: “Jesus and Emmanuel” The scripture text is from Matthew 1:18-25 and the audio is 41 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “God’s Glory Revealed” The scripture text is from Exodus 33 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
From the autobiography of John Kershaw (1792-1870). —————————————————– My next-door neighbours were my greatest persecutors, especially the man’s wife. The enmity of this woman’s heart against me and my family because of my religion I cannot fully describe. She would often laugh me to scorn as I passed her door, and tauntingly call my children bad names, allowing hers to beat and abuse mine, which, as may be supposed, annoyed my wife… Read More
A Letter To a Friend – By John Warburton ________________________________________ Dear Friend, I received your letter, and was glad to hear from you. You seem to be about the old spot, needy as ever, and not out of the reach of the gunshot of the devil; and it seems the old man is still alive, and makes you to know that he dwells in the house; and I believe he will while… Read More
Our little group of churches was especially distinct in the controversy many, many years ago concerning the Person of Christ, the eternal Sonship. Men like good J.C. Philpot, William Gadsby, John Kershaw and John Warburton and other stalwarts in the faith were raised up by God to stand for the truth at a time when the very heart of the denomination was in danger of being torn out. Let us never compromise… Read More
I give a few thoughts, agreeably to request, on the character of the late Mr. Gadsby, not to praise the man, but the grace of God in him, and that the generation to come may know that in Manchester “a prophet hath been among them,” taught by the Spirit, and commissioned by Christ to preach “the glorious gospel of the blessed God,” for the obedience of faith, and for a witness against… Read More
Inquiry Sir, A firm conviction of your superior judgment induces me to ask you to give, according to Scripture, your views on 1 Corinthians 7:10, “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband.” Is a wife under circumstances peculiarly trying to live with a husband, I mean when her life is in danger? ———————————————— Answer In giving our opinion on… Read More
During the year 1936, Mr. Popham was taken ill. On his return to chapel, he made the following remarks: —————————————————— Before we commence, I should like to say three words. First, concerning my illness. Last Saturday week I felt the heat very much and was quite overpowered by it, but about 6.30 in the evening, while the deacons were with me, I felt a distinct change. I became very cold, so that… Read More
I was brought up amongst the sect calling themselves Independents, so that all my earliest attachments were to that people. The ordinance of baptism I was taught to believe was that of infant sprinkling. After my cousin left my father’s house, he began to attend the Baptist chapel at Rochdale, and I heard that he and some others were to be baptized by immersion. Moved by curiosity, and attachment to my relative,… Read More
“The Comforter, The Holy Ghost…he shall teach you all things.” (John 14:26) There is a heavenly wisdom which the Holy and Blessed Spirit alone can give. He sheds a sacred light on His own word of truth, and by His personal and living teachings–opens, enlarges, and persuades the heart to receive what He thus shows and teaches. However valuable and blessed the book of God is, we cannot be made wise unto… Read More
John Kershaw’s account of the early days of his calling to teach the Word of God. ———————————————————– After I commenced my pastoral labours, the Word was much blessed, and for some months things went on tolerably well. In September of the same year, Mr. Littlewood, minister at Town Meadows, the old Baptist chapel, died. Immediately after his death, Mr. Stephens of Manchester began to supply. They gave him a call, which he… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled: “God’s Elect Planted in Christ” The scripture text is from Romans 6:1-11 and the audio is 40 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Free Indeed in Christ” The scripture text that is from John 8:36 and the audio is 35 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Fellowship With God” The scripture text is from 1 John 1:3 and the audio is 32 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “The Fellowship of Light” The scripture text is from 1 John 1:5-7 and the audio is 39 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “True Confession” The scripture text is from 1 John 1:6-10 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “The Power of God’s Word” The scripture text is from 1 John 1:18-20 and the audio is 42 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Christ, Our Advocate – Part 1” The scripture text is from 1 John 2:1-2 and the audio is 45 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Christ, Our Advocate – Part 2” The scripture text is from 1 John 2:1-2 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Christ and Antichrist” The scripture text is from 1 John 2:18 and the audio is 45 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Jesus Is The Christ” The scripture text is from 1 John 2:21-23 and the audio is 42 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “When Christ Shall Appear” The scripture text is from 1st John 2:21-28 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Doing Righteousness” The scripture text is from is 1 John 2:29 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Behold, What Love!” The scripture text is from 1 John 3:1-3 and the audio is 46 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled “Abiding in Christ” The scripture text is from 1 John 3:1-4 and the audio is 41 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “The Great Division” The scripture text is from 1 John 3:4-10 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Abiding in Truth and Love” The scripture text is from 1 John 3:10-12 and the audio is 44 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Brotherly Love and Worldy Hate” The scripture text is from 1 John 3:13-15 and the audio is 55 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “The Assurance of Faith” The scripture text is from 1 John 3 and the audio is 42 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Confessing Jesus Christ” The scripture text is from 1 John 4:1-4 and the audio is 46 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Testing The Spirits” The scripture text is from 1 John 4:1 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “The Holy Spirit of Truth” The scripture text is from 1 John 4:1-6 and the audio is 45 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “God’s Love Perfected in Us” The scripture text is from 1 John 4:12-15 and the audio is 41 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Love And Boldness In Christ” The scripture text is from 1 John 4:14-21 and the audio is 44 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled “The Witness of God – Part 1” The scripture text is from 1 John 5:1-12 and the audio is 45 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “The Witness of God – Part 2” The scripture text is from 1 John 5:6-12 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Assurance and Access to God” The scripture text is from 1 John 5:14-15 and the audio is 42 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Eternal Questions” The scripture text is from Acts 15 and the audio is 32 minutes long.
Dear Sir, …I notice an answer to a question relating to musical instruments used in places of worship, saying there is no warrant for such in the Word of God. I should be very much obliged for your opinion of the exhortation to praise God with all kinds of instruments, contained in the last Psalm. Yours truly, T. B. ___________________________________________________ Answer: The use of musical instruments formed a part of the service… Read More
This is one of those questions that is very very practical and very contemporary. What about the question of birth control? We’re living in a world where mankind has almost altogether forgotten there is a Creator God who upholds this universe by His power, has almost completely repudiated God. They look at the increase in population, they look at the problems of providing sufficient food for the nations of the world, and… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled: “Complete in Christ” The scripture text is from Colossians 2:10 and the audio is 26 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Christ’s Victory, Our Victory” The scripture text is from Revelation 12:5-11 and the audio is 47 minutes long.
In this study I want to take a good look at the Adversary of the church. Of course you know who our Adversary is. It is the Devil, also called Satan. But let us first look at: The Sovereignty of God (Proverbs 25:2) Did God create Satan? Well, if God did not create Satan, then who did? Could there have been another force at work outside of God, creating Satan and all… Read More
“He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” (John 1:11-13) Hypocrisy and self-righteousness never probably rose to such a height as at… Read More
“Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.” (Hebrews 7:25) We have reason to bless God for the Epistle to the Hebrews, for it so unfolds the Levitical dispensation, and casts such a divine light on all the types, figures, rites, ceremonies, and sacrifices of the Old Testament. What is the main subject of… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled: “Christ, The Fullness of God” The scripture text is from Colossians 2:9-10 and the audio is 26 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled: “Christ, Planted In Death” The scripture text is from John 12:23-33 and the audio is 39 minutes long.
Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man (Literal: it is man’s number); and his number is Six hundred threescore and six This is a number that is of great concern to all those in the charismatic movement. They are in great fear for everything that resembles the number 666. In Ecclesiastes 7:27 the preacher gets… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled: “The Spirit of Compromise” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is 2nd Corinthians 6:14-7:1 and the audio is 49 minutes long.
In this study we are going to look at Matthew chapter 19 and it is a very controversial matter in these United States. It is the matter of marriage and divorce. What is God declaring about marriage and divorce? What does the Bible say? Remarkably, the Pharisees immediately addressed the subject of divorce. We read in Matthew 19:1-9, Can We Put Away Our Wives for Every Cause? (Matthew 19:1-9) Matthew 19:1 And… Read More
Part one of The Life and Times of John Wycliffe, Oxford Scholar, Philosopher and Theologian. This renowned Christian thinker was heavily influenced by the teachings of Augustine, mention is also made of others who impacted upon the formation of his theological views, his conviction on the merits of preaching and his belief in the sovereignty of grace. In this first session we learn that he became an advisor to the Royal Court… Read More
John Wycliffe’s conflicts with the church of his day increased, he rejected the medieval view of the sacraments, especially that of the teaching of transubstantiation. Fiercely critical, he rejected the Papacy’s claim to Lordship over the church. His enemies were many, and by them he was hated and despised. He endorsed the right of clergy to marry, and fearlessly condemned the errors and abuses of the church and its leaders. Some parts… Read More
In this article we will take a good look at Matthew 15. We see almost in every chapter of Matthew that God does not favor the Jews any more as a favorite nation, but God is now reaching out to all the world with a Gospel of grace alone. And here in chapter 15 we shall see the second and the third withdrawal of the Lord Jesus away from the land of… Read More
The Pope says he’s the vicar of Christ, While his underlings practice immoral vice. He exalts himself and give messages of peace, While denying our Lord the “Prince of Peace”. He wants the approval of men and to be lifted high, While priests and nuns are deceived and in their sins die. He deceives others as he is deceived, Stating that Mary was immaculately conceived. One day He will stand before the… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled: “A New Beginning In Christ” The scripture text is from Leviticus 9 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This article is titled, “The Gnostics”. One criticism that has been leveled at my sermons is this. They say: People are turned off from listening to my sermons because I dare to mention names of churches and names of denominations. They say: I should not have to mention names. I should just preach the truth, and after a while people will be able to recognize a false gospel because they have been… Read More
We need the help of the Lord all through the wilderness. We need His help to enable us to keep constant and faithful to the profession of His truth, therefore the apostle says, “stand fast, and quit you like men.” This is a day of awful departure from the truth of God; and it is lamentable to see how some ministers are swerving and sliding back from that which they once professed,… Read More
Today we will look at Isaiah 53:5. But we must remember the context. And thus, we shall read the first six verses of Isaiah 53. As you know, this is a chapter that is very intense, for it deals with the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Every word is filled with doctrine, and many prophecies are contained in this chapter. “Who Hath Believed Our Report?” (Isaiah 53:1-6, 1 Corinthians 2:2, Romans… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled “Christ, Our One Sacrifice” The scripture text is from Hebrews 10:1-10 and the audio is 28 minutes long.
Whenever a child of God strays from the Word of God and becomes involved with actions and activities that dishonor Christ and the Gospel of grace, God will chastise him and bring him to Godly sorrow over sin and repentance. If he is truly a child of God, he cannot lose his salvation or be brought back under condemnation; for the blood of Christ cleanses him from ALL sin and the righteousness… Read More
The title of this article is “Remember Lot’s wife.” The Lord Jesus Christ spoke these famous words when He told His disciples about His second coming. But before Christ comes as the Judge of this world, three events will occur first: 1) The Final Tribulation Period. 2) The rapture on the final day, and 3) The destruction of this world, and that includes at least part of this universe. The Lord Jesus… Read More
This is an audio sermon titled “Christ, Our Advocate” – Part 1. The scripture text is from 1 John 2:1-2 and the audio is 45 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon titled “Christ, Our Advocate” – Part 2. The scripture text is from 1 John 2:1-2 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
Until two or three hundred years ago, virtually everyone who claimed to belong to the church believed that the Scripture is the Word of God. True, the Roman Catholic Church, denying that the Bible could be understood by common people, insisted that it should not be given them in their own language. But even then, it never questioned that Scripture was the Word of God. Only in recent centuries has the Bible… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled: “The Grace of God” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Isaiah 55:10-11, and the audio is 51 minutes long.
In this study we are going to look at Matthew chapter 19 and it is a very controversial matter in these United States. It is the matter of marriage and divorce. What is God declaring about marriage and divorce? What does the Bible say? Remarkably, the Pharisees immediately addressed the subject of divorce. We read in Matthew 19:1-9, Can We Put Away Our Wives for Every Cause? (Matthew 19:1-9) Matthew 19:1 And… Read More
Bound as Long as He or She Liveth (Romans 7:2-3, 1 Corinthians 7:39, 1 Corinthians 7:10-16) The fact that a man and a woman who are married are one flesh is stated in many places in the Bible and they all agree: The wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives, and the husband is bound to his wife as long as she lives. This bond is not dissolved… Read More
A Scrap or Two of Experience, and a Hint or Two on the Will of the Ever-Adorable and Ever-Blessed God.____________________________________________________ We are commanded, whatever our hands find to do, to do it with all our might, for time is hastening away. Scripture tells us our life is but a vapor, or night-time. The vapor is far spent, and the night-time is nearly over with some; for now is our salvation nearer than… Read More
Especially in our time of theological confusion, many different views have appeared in the church on the question of the millennium. One such view is called Postmillennialism. Among those who hold to a postmillennial position, many of them Calvinists, there is a considerable amount of disagreement on various details. The purpose of this article is not to enter into a thorough discussion of Postmillennialism, list all the differences of opinion, examine the… Read More
Many false Gospels that are the result of ignorance concerning Revelation 22:18-19. Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take… Read More
A short study of Revelation 22:18-19 If our church is indeed a church where the true Gospel is preached, then you can count on it that the Devil and his angels are pounding at the door, trying to break in. The Devil does not stand idly by when the true Gospel is preached. We need to know that the wolves are at the door. These wolves are not the secular world. They… Read More
Brother Beebe:- I received, a short time since, a letter from brother Davis S. Woody, of Missouri, in which he makes the following request: “Dear Brother: For the satisfaction of some of my dear brethren, who I think do not understand you and brother Thomas P. Dudley, on the subject of the new birth or regeneration, I would like to have your views on that subject, and what it is that is… Read More
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