Monthly Archives: August 2008
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled “A Blind Beggar” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Mark 10:46-52 and the audio is 46 minutes long.
“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. For henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.” (Galatians 6:15-18) I have already… Read More
“Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin.”(Isaiah 53:10) The first and ultimate cause of His death is God the Father. Christ was set up from eternity by Divine decree to be the “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Although wicked men prompted by the evil of their own hearts inflicted the suffering, they acted… Read More
Preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on July 26, 1846, by J. C. Philpot “Call unto me, and I will answer thee; and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”(Jeremiah 33:3) These words were spoken by the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah under peculiar circumstances. We read in the first verse of this chapter, “Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet… Read More
Matthew chapter twenty-four has been a difficult chapter for many Christians to understand, even for seasoned theologians. A frequently asked question concerning this chapter is Christ’s declaration that a generation should not pass until all the things (which He had talked about) would be fulfilled. The question I hear a lot is, “how could all those things that Christ had spoken about, be fulfilled before that generation had passed?” Matthew 24:33-34“So likewise… Read More
PREFACE When, at the request of the Publisher, I undertook to furnish an answer to that important question, “What is it that saves a soul?” I intended merely to write a few pages. But as I wrote, I found the subject to grow under my hand, and thoughts and ideas to flow into my soul. I felt, especially when I came to the second part of my subject, namely, salvation as an… Read More
“The LORD is far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.”(Proverbs 15:29) Prayer is an intimate communication of the child of God unto His heavenly Father through the Lord Jesus Christ (Hebrews 4:14-16). This is why God is far from those who do not come to Him in faith through His Son. Prayer is an act of faith done by a sinner saved by the grace of God… Read More
“To the praise of the glory of HIS grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the beloved” (Ephesians 1:6) There is nothing more opposed to each other, than the Scripture sense of acceptation, as it relates to the Lord, and as it relates to man. To accept any man’s person is the sinful act of a sinful man. And to accept a poor sinner in Christ, is the gracious act of… Read More
Ah, it is a great thing when once the Holy Spirit teaches a soul—that it is power which is lacking from the lifeless preaching of dead professors. It is power which the renewed soul seeks—a message which has power to search his conscience, to pierce him to the quick, to write it upon his heart; a message which has power to bring him to his knees in broken-hearted confession to God; a… Read More
My desire is . . . 1. To exalt the grace of God. 2. To proclaim salvation alone through the blood and righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. To declare the sinfulness, helplessness, and hopelessness of man in a state of nature. 4. To describe, as far as I am able, the living experience of the saints of God in their trials, temptations, and sorrows – and in their consolations and… Read More
As Christ’s righteousness is the only merit that can exalt us to the presence and to the kingdom of God; so that doctrine alone is to be considered as evangelical which depresses the righteousness of man, and exalts the righteousness of Christ: leading us to trust, not on what we do, but singly on what He has done and suffered for us. The business of the Law is to knock us down… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Randy Wages titled: “Through the Law – Dead to the Law” The scripture text that brother Randy is preaching from is Galatians 2:16-21 and the audio is 50 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled: “Faithful and Evil Servants” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Matthew 24:42-51, and the audio is 52 minutes long.
Can we consistently hold with the hart and run with the hound? Is it consistent for the Old School Baptist to take their stand against the corrupting abominations of the present times, and at the expense of our names and reputation, subject ourselves to the jeers, ridicule and calumny of the popular zealots of our day, and then so far countenance them in their iniquitous career as to invite their ministers to… Read More
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps.” (1 Peter 2:21) —————————— We are not like many in religion today who preach Christ merely as an example to follow. The Lord Jesus Christ was and is a great teacher and example, but He was and is more. He is our Lord and our Redeemer — our very life…. Read More
Some of the greatest experiences of God’s grace and joy, and some of the greatest words of comfort and joy to God’s children have come out the adversity, trouble, and persecution of saints. For example, Paul was arrested and sent to Rome where he was in bonds when the Holy Spirit inspired him to write the “prison epistles” of Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. This is another of the many, many examples… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled: “Feed My Sheep” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is John 21:15-17, and the audio is 46 minutes long.
The Bible warns us that in the last days in which we live there will be many false Christs-those who claim to be Christ but who are imposters. Jesus said, “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” (Matthew 24:4-5). We who profess to be Christians must take heed. We must be very careful that we are not… Read More
Joseph Irons (1785-1852) was one of the ablest preachers of his day, and a powerful and prolific writer. His doctrinal teaching was pellucidly clear and consistent; he was a profound student and sound expositor of the Word of God, and many were influenced by his sermons, spoken and printed, and confirmed in the faith of God’s elect. He was a determined foe of Romanism and Ritualism, deeply interested in the welfare of… Read More
He who comes to God as partly righteous is sent away empty. He who comes acknowledging unrighteousness, but at the same time trying to neutralize it or to expiate it by feelings, prayers, and tears, is equally rejected. But he who comes to God as an unrighteous person to a righteous, yet gracious God in Christ, finds not only ready access, but plenteous blessings.
In reading the word of God, it becomes us ever to remember that the sacred pages are a transcript of the perfections of the infinite God, who is the “high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;” (Isaiah 57:15). A Being whose omniscient eye beholds the end from the beginning, who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will, and will do all his pleasure; who “bringeth… Read More
In reading the word of God, it becomes us ever to remember that the sacred pages are a transcript of the perfections of the infinite God, who is the “high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;” (Isaiah 57:15). A Being whose omniscient eye beholds the end from the beginning, who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will, and will do all his pleasure; who “bringeth… Read More
“Passing through the Valley of Weeping.” (Psalm 84:6) Every living soul that has been experimentally taught his lost condition-that has known something of a resting place in Christ-that has turned his back upon both the world and the professing church-and gone weeping Zionward, that he may live in Jesus, feel His power, taste His love, know His blood, rejoice in His grace-every such soul shall, like Israel of old, be borne safely… Read More
“Passing through the Valley of Weeping.” (Psalm 84:6) Every living soul that has been experimentally taught his lost condition-that has known something of a resting place in Christ-that has turned his back upon both the world and the professing church-and gone weeping Zionward, that he may live in Jesus, feel His power, taste His love, know His blood, rejoice in His grace-every such soul shall, like Israel of old, be borne safely… Read More
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Ephesians 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the… Read More
There is absolutely no evidence in the Bible of any kind that would indicate that the Rapture, which is the bringing of the believers into Heaven, or into the presence of Christ, would occur before the final tribulation period. The Word of God is crystal clear that the rapture will be the last day. It will be at the end of time. In First Corinthians 15:51-52 we read, “Behold, I shew you… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled: “Go Preach to the Dead” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Isaiah 6:8-10, and the audio is 47 minutes long.
“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures” (I Corinthians 15:3) The awful and solemn death of Jesus, His crucifixion and blood-shedding, is the pillar of the Christian religion, and the grand foundation of the church of God. The sinner who is awakened to see and feel his lost, ruined, and undone state; to behold the inflexible holiness and justice of God, and brought at the same time to feel himself… Read More
It came to my mind again recently that I can find no hope or consolation of any kind in anything that I have done or am. There is not a single thing about me that would commend me to God or warrant His blessing me in the least way. But then I also had this thought, I can find no hope or consolation in the fact that I see this is my… Read More
The Spirit of God in a man’s bosom searches the deep things of God, so as to lead him into a spiritual and experimental knowledge of them. What a depth in the blood of Christ-how it “cleanses from all sin,” – even millions of millions of the foulest sins of the foulest sinners! What a depth in His bleeding, dying love, that could stoop so low to lift us so high! What… Read More
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:4) The works of the law, and the righteousness of the law, are synonymous terms. By the former, we are expressly told, no flesh can be justified: nor consequently, by the latter, as performed by us. Why? Because every man is a fallen creature; and to the corruption of his… Read More
Although we should all strive to love our neighbor as ourselves, it’s imperative that we derive no confidence from that, but rather that we flee to Christ and plead His righteousness as our only ground salvation – as the sole and complete basis upon which I, a sinner, can be reconciled before a holy God – One whose inflexible justice shall not clear the guilty. I need a Substitute. In this light… Read More
All the comforts and privileges that the children of God know on this side of heaven, and in heaven, proceed from the Father’s everlasting love to us in Christ Jesus. Whatever grace the Lord bestows upon us, it is eternal life begun. All divine grace is everlasting. This is what the faithful watchman must declare upon the walls of Zion, that all the inhabitants and citizens may know the privileges and immunities… Read More
The title of this article, as you find it above, refers to the suffering of the anointed Son of God upon the cross for the sins of God’s elect, so that they should not perish but have everlasting life. Children, the word “passion” means suffering. The word “suffering,” as we use it now, does not refer to the suffering inflicted upon Jesus by the hand of men, a suffering then that He… Read More
“Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and linen together.” (Deuteronomy 22:11) Who should have thought that such a precept as this of Moses had a gospel signification! And yet as Christ was preached under types and figures though the whole law, we may reasonably suppose that not a single command was then given but what had an eye to Him and His great salvation. If we… Read More
A study of Revelation 19:17-18 All the Fowls Were Filled With Their Flesh Revelation chapter 19 verse 11 begins a new vision that the Lord Jesus gave to the Apostle John. Here John saw the Lord Jesus Christ come out of heaven riding on a white horse, and all the armies which were in heaven followed Him on white horses. We need to keep in mind that this vision is recorded in… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled: “In That Day” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Isaiah 4:1, and the audio is 47 minutes long.
A study of 1st Peter 3:16-22 The Title of this study 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
When we look into the Word of God concerning thankfulness, then a great deal of soberness has to enter into our hearts. Soberness because, looking into the Word of God, we discover how little we know about thanksgiving and how little we express gratitude to God. Looking over this past year, which is crowned with His faithfulness and love and goodness, we can blush over how little we prayed and thanked Him…. Read More
Are you afraid of the consequences of death, and what will come after? Throw yourself upon God, in Christ, and you are safe. Christ’s righteousness is law-proof, death-proof, and judgment-proof. By Augustus Toplady
God’s love to His elect is not of yesterday; it does not begin with their love to Him, We love Him, because He first loved us. It was bore in His heart towards them long before they were delivered from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son. It does not commence in time, but bears date from eternity, and is the ground and foundation of the… Read More
The desire of my soul is to die rejoicing that God’s just and holy law, broken by me in thought, word, and deed, has been fulfilled for me by the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The language of Paul on this subject has long been sweet and precious to my soul. Writing to the Corinthians, he says, “But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us… Read More
“and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,” (Ephesians 2:16) There was such enmity between Jews and Gentiles that it took the greatest of all works to bring them together. It took the work of Christ on the cross. As we see the glory and power of the finished work of Christ on the cross of Calvary to put away our sins… Read More
The Lord Jesus Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. As man dies but once, Christ was offered but once, or He suffered and died but once. And that was not on His own account, or for His own sins, “but to bear the sins of many.” It was not for angels but for men, and these not a few, but “many,” which is said to magnify the grace… Read More
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” (Romans 3:10) What then is the righteousness of the Scripture, and who is the righteous man before God? The answer is direct. None but the Lord Jesus Christ. He, and he only, is set forth under this title; and he alone is the Righteousness of his people. It is high treason to talk of any other; and it is equally high… Read More
“Then said He, Lo, I come to do they will, O God…” (Hebrews 10:9) This was agreed upon in the covenant of the eternal Three. The Father undertook to maintain the honour and dignity of his law and justice. His co-equal Son undertook for his people to come in their nature, and to stand in their place and stead; to act for them, and to suffer for them. As their surety, he… Read More
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a Merchantman, seeking goodly pearls: who, when He had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that He had, and bought it.” (Matthew 13:45-46) ————————————– THERE are characteristic chapters in God’s most Holy Word which we can never forget, neither can we lose sight of the position they occupy in the record of Divine truth. Here we have a parabolic chapter,… Read More
GOD tells us that His people are ACCEPTED IN CHRIST (Ephesians 1:6). If a person is without Christ, then he has nothing that God will accept! God tells us that no man CAN COME unto the Father but by Christ; therefore, if a person is without Christ, he has no ground upon which he can approach God. Christ said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” If He is THE… Read More
Many people sing the old hymn “Faith Is the Victory.” We as true believers may wonder how this could be so because we know our faith is all too often weak and pitiful. Add to that the fact that so many have such a perverted view of faith. They really have faith in their faith. To many faith is no more than mental determination, positive thinking, or a blind leap in the… Read More
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” (Hebrews 13:8) —————————— What a mercy, my hearers, that our Jesus, on whom we build our souls’ eternal all, is “the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever”! Whatever we look at, save the God of our salvation, we see changing. Look at the world and the things of the world – its fashion is changed. The Psalmist David had… Read More
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” (Hebrews 13:8) _____________________________________ What a mercy, my hearers, that our Jesus, on whom we build our souls’ eternal all, is “the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever”! Whatever we look at, save the God of our salvation, we see changing. Look at the world and the things of the world – its fashion is changed. The Psalmist David had… Read More
He made all our enemies his own, and fought our battles against them. He obeyed, that the broken law which stood against us might be magnified by his obedience; the penalties of it he endured, when the Lord laid upon him the iniquities of us all. His cross was his triumphal chariot, on which he vanquished all our foes. (Colossians 2:14-15). He blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us,… Read More
One of the hardest lessons that we as believers must continually learn is that it is God alone who makes us to differ. The apostle Paul wrote of this to the church at Corinth when they were exalting preachers and pitting one against another. He wrote this that they (and we) “might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed… Read More
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” (Ephesians 1:3) Now, when the poor soul is in prison, in chains and in condemnation, he needs deliverance from his captivity, but he feels that none upon earth can help or deliver him. O no; the blessed Savior alone can deliver and save him. His atoning blood is… Read More
Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. How are we to understand Revelation 16:16, which speaks about this Armageddon? In verse 15 God gives us a clue as to when this takes place: “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” Any place in the Bible where… Read More
Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. How are we to understand Revelation 16:16, which speaks about this Armageddon? In verse 15 God gives us a clue as to when this takes place: “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” Any place in the Bible where… Read More
God the Father in His eternal appointments, God the Son in His mediatorial work, and God the Holy Spirit in His inward teachings, have drawn an eternal line of distinction between the whitewashed professor and the living soul. However the ‘hypocrites in Zion’ may be mixed up in churches with the people of God; however they may profess to believe in the same doctrines, yet there is a boundary-never to be crossed-established… Read More
Preached at Galeed Chapel, Brighton, on Lord’s day evening, January 4th, 1903 – By J.K. Popham ______________________________ “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of… Read More
The Scriptures make it quite clear that every sinner elected by God the Father in the everlasting covenant of grace, is justified freely by Christ’s substitutionary work of redemption at Calvary, and will call on the name of the Lord. “And because YE ARE sons, (an event that has already occurred in spiritual adoption) God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” (Galatians 4:6) “For… Read More
“God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” (Galatians 6:14) I cannot, and, God helping me, I will not, while the Lord gives me strength to open my poor mouth, but speak well of love in God and the Holy Spirit, for it was He that laid hold of me in my mad career of sin, put a cry into my heart to… Read More
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. (Song of Solomon 1:4) There is a powerful efficacious drawing of soul to Christ, at conversion, when God calls a poor sinner by his grace, brings him to Christ, enables him to venture upon him, and believe… Read More
Christ is the only way to God the Father. His blood alone has put away sin. His imputed righteousness alone has made His people accepted. You cannot improve upon His righteousness by any so-called “progressive sanctification.” You either have His righteousness and His righteousness alone and therefore accepted in the beloved, or you stand condemned in your own self-righteousness. If any part of your salvation depends on your work, you are hopelessly… Read More
Like most people in our country, I was raised in my parents’ religion. I was taught the “10 Commandments” at an early age. I was taught and read all the religious stories about Jesus. I learned all the songs religion teaches children about Christ. Just like my friends, I made a profession of religion at age 7, was baptized, and began my own life of religion. Being raised a Baptist, I clung… Read More
Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matthew 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. When I consider verses 19-21 in the context here, I… Read More
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” (Ephesians 1:3) —————————— God has blessed his people from the beginning with every needful new covenant blessing, treasured up in Christ Jesus their covenant Head. There is not a single blessing of grace and salvation which is not secured and deposited in him. Ah, my friends, it is… Read More
“The poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel” (Isaiah 29:19) It is Christ alone that is the Christian’s rejoicing. Paul speaks of it thus: “We are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and refoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.” This is the way God circumcises the hearts of his people with the circumcision of Christ, made without hands, which cuts them… Read More
Ask almost any man, “Whether he hopes to be saved eternally?” He will answer in the affirmative. But enquire again, “On what foundation he rests his hope?” Here too many are sadly divided. The Pelagian hopes to get to heaven by a moral life and a good use of his natural powers. The Arminian by a jumble of grace and free-will, human works, and the merits of Christ. The Deist by an… Read More
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” (Hebrews 13:8) O the everlasting salvation that we have in Jesus Christ! He is the same, and will be the same for ever and ever! and, the righteousness He has wrought out for us is like Himself; it is an everlasting righteousness. It covered our first parents. It is true, they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves, but God rejected… Read More
Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Obadiah 1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. Obadiah 1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of… Read More
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” (Philippians 2:3) In Philippians 2, Paul addresses his comments directly to the justified, regenerated sinners at Philippi who find consolation and comfort in Christ, and fellowship of the indwelling Spirit (vs. 1) as He points sinners to Christ and His obedience unto death (and that alone) for such assurance (vss. 8-11). But… Read More
“The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.” (Psalm 18:46) The gracious words of our text set forth the glorious Person of our Lord Jesus Christ, concerning whom the Apostle says, as it can be said of no other, that He is “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). All things in nature and in providence change. The… Read More
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. It is certainly not unreasonable to expect a sinner, who has been freely and unconditionally pardoned, redeemed, forgiven, justified, sanctified, who has been given the fulness of righteousness, the whole inheritance of grace, the complete privilege of fellowship with God, (and all through… Read More
“For in the time of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His tabernacle will He hide me; He will set me up upon a rock.” (Psalm 27:5) We have no refuge but Jesus where we can hide our guilty heads. Where else can I hide? In the law? That curses. In self? That is treacherous. In the world? That is under the curse of God. In… Read More
“We love him, because he first loved us.” (I John 4:19) Why Do You Love God? The way you answer this seemingly simple question gives great insight into your hope of justification before the true and living God. Have you ever seriously considered your MOTIVE, (the inner drive or reason), for all the religious activities (prayer, church attendance, giving, evangelizing, holy living, etc) you do? I can speak from personal experience concerning… Read More
Thus truly was he “brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he opens not his mouth.” (Isaiah 53:7). What heart can conceive, what tongue express what his holy soul endured when “the Lord laid upon him the iniquities of us all”? In the garden of Gethsemane, what a load of guilt, what a weight of sin, what an intolerable burden of the… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled: “All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Isaiah 53:1-6 and the audio is 44 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled “Those Following Jesus” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Luke 23:26-44 and the audio is 53 minutes long.
Preached at Providence Chapel, Eden Street, London, on Tuesday Evening, July 30, 1850, by J. C. Philpot “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”(Romans 5:10) The grand object of the Epistle to the Romans is to set forth and exalt salvation by grace. In order fully to do this, the Apostle… Read More
In popular religion a convert is often called upon to give his or her testimony. Whenever these opportunities arise, most people begin telling the story of their own personal conversion. The stories are usually fraught with dramatic and emotional events and experiences. Many times they are accompanied with dreams, visions, and/or great changes in conduct. There are such conversions recorded in God’s holy Word. We need only consider the experience of Paul… Read More
That God would do good and show mercy unto rebel and vile sinners is the wonder on which the saints are going to muse throughout all eternity. God has shown mercy unto sinners, sinners which were chosen by His mercy, sinners who believe through the power of His mercy. God has shown mercy unto sinners. The faithful preaching of the gospel always has in it this note, a note of wonder and… Read More
A sermon preached August 9, 1840 by J. C. Philpot, at Arlington “Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.” (Psalm 119:41-42) Unless we have a right conception of the situation in which a person is, we shall form very inadequate opinions as to the expressions which… Read More
Preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on Thursday Evening, August 10, 1843, by J. C. Philpot “Brethren, farewell.” (2 Corinthians 13:11) I cannot say that ‘Anniversary’, ‘Funeral’, or ‘Farewell’ Sermons are much to my taste; and whenever I have attempted to preach with a view to such occasions, it is but rarely that I have had any liberty of soul or of speech. I learned a lesson on this subject not very long… Read More
For someone to say to us, “But I will remember you,” conveys that we are held in the heart of love in that person. What a wonderful thing it is for a mother to say when a daughter is going forth onto the sea of life and is going to confront many difficulties and trials, “But I will remember you in my prayers.” What a wonderful thing for a boy or young… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled “A False Balance” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Proverbs 11:1 and the audio is 48 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Alfred J. Chompff titled “Remember Lot’s Wife” The scripture text that brother Alfred is preaching from is Genesis 19:26 and the audio is 51 minutes long.
All Christians, even the most eminent servants of God, have their dead and dark seasons—when the life of God seems sunk to so low an ebb as to be hardly visible—so hidden is the stream by the mud-banks of their fallen nature. By these very dark and dead seasons, the people of God are instructed. They see and feel what ‘the flesh’ really is—how alienated from the life of God; they learn… Read More
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. “For the wages of sin is death”: many of us work and receive a paycheck – a money payment for our work: these are our “wages”. The “wages” – payment that we deserve for our sins is death – eternal damnation – we (apart from God) are dead spiritually –… Read More
Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. “But now” – when? “Now” – since you have believed the true gospel. The true gospel is God’s promise to save His people (Matthew 1:21), entitle them to ALL of salvation, including the work of the Holy Spirit in them, the eternal forgiveness of ALL their sins,… Read More
Romans 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. “What fruit” (fruit is works) “had ye then” (when?: “then” – when you were servants of sin – see the previous study of verse 20) “in those things” (works) “whereof ye are now” (Now – a servant of righteousness) “ashamed? for the end” (result) “of those things is death.”… Read More
Romans 6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. Remember that “servants of sin” are those sinners who do not believe in Christ ALONE for ALL of their salvation. “free from righteousness” means that servants of sin don’t have any (FREE FROM) righteousness. Our text is telling us that an unbeliever has NO righteousness of their own. If you are a servant of righteousness (trusting in… Read More
Romans 6:19: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. Our passage we are studying (Romans 6:16-23) speaks of the two classes of sinners in the world of 6 billion or more sinners. The two classes are: 1) servants of… Read More
Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Let’s review what we are studying in this passage (Romans 6:16-23): God is dividing the whole world of sinners into two classes. 1) A servant (slave) to sin: one who does not believe in Christ ALONE for ALL of salvation; and 2) A servant (slave) of righteousness: one who believes in Christ ALONE for ALL of salvation. Today… Read More
The truth of the Bible that we declare in this article today is found in the prophecy of Jeremiah 50:20. There we read these words of the living God: “In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.” God… Read More
Romans 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin”: by nature and by practice we are all servants of sin: 1) By nature: we were seen as sinners before we were ever born. How? We inherited the sin nature from Adam (the… Read More
Most, if not all of you, who are reading this article have had the opportunity of gaining some acquaintance with the Old and New Testament Scriptures. More, you have probably had the opportunity of hearing the gospel preached to you, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ. You have books, perhaps, at home which expound and apply the gospel of Jesus Christ. But now, if I were to ask you to… Read More
“They perish because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” (2 Thessalonians 2:10) There is a receiving of ‘the truth’, and a receiving of “the love of the truth”. These two things widely differ. To receive the truth will not necessarily save (see the parable of the 4 soils); for many who receive the truth, never receive “the love of the truth.” Professors by thousands… Read More
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? In the world there are two classes of people: servants of sin, and servants of righteousness. Servants of sin will sin unto death, and servants of righteousness have obeyed unto righteousness. This is what we will consider today. The word… Read More
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