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Monthly Archives: October 2009

“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship Him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8) Christ was and is God’s appointed “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” for all God’s elect. This verse in no way teaches any ridiculous assertion as if to say that Christ was actually slain, actually shed His precious… Read More

This is an audio sermon titled “A Wonderful Saviour” The scripture text is from Judges 13:1-8 and the audio is 39 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Declaring The Unknown God” The scripture text is from Acts 17:14-29 and the audio is 49 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Obtaining Mercy” The scripture text is from 1st Timothy 1:12-17 and the audio is 39 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Let us Glory in The Lord” The scripture text is from 1st Corinthians 1:30-31 and the audio is 31 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “The One and Only Mediator” The scripture text is from 2nd Chronicles 26:16-21 and the audio is 47 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “The Mystery: Revealed or Concealed – Part 1” The scripture text is from 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-5 and the audio is 44 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “The Mystery: Revealed or Concealed – Part 2” The scripture text is from 2nd Thessalonians 2:16-17 and the audio is 45 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Randy Wages titled “Seeking God After The Due Order – Part 1” The scripture text is from 1st Chronicles 13:5-14 and the audio is 47 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Seeking God After The Due Order – Part 2” The scripture text is from 1st Chronicles 14:8-11 and the audio is 35 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Knowing Your Election – Part 1” The scripture text is from 1 Thessalonians 1:4-6 and the audio is 46 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Knowing Your Election – Part 2” The scripture text is from 1 Thessalonians 1:7-10 and the audio is 46 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Eyes Opened To Reality” The scripture text is from 2nd Kings 6:8-23 and the audio is 46 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “The Hope Laid Up in Heaven” The scripture text is from Colossians 1:5 and the audio is 48 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “A Still Small Voice” The scripture text is from 1st Kings 19:1-8 and the audio is 46 minutes long.

The majority of religious people have no idea that the doctrine of justification by an imputed righteousness represents the foundational truth of Biblical Christianity. Most people I encounter don’t even know the words “impute” or “imputed” are Scriptural words. Modern religion has convinced lost religious men and women that God has changed the way He deals with men; therefore we have to change our approach to reach lost sinners. Most religion no… Read More

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Believe and Be Baptized” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is 1 John 4:14 and the audio is 45 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “A Cleft of The Rock” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Exodus 33:22-23 and the audio is 47 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “The Mystery of the Gospel” The scripture text is from Ephesians 6:19 and the audio is 48 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “A Still Small Voice” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is 1 Kings 19:12 and the audio is 49 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “What is the Sign” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Isaiah 38:22 and the audio is 51 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “The Way Seemeth Right” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Proverbs 14:12 and the audio is 53 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Here is Love” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is 1 John 4:10 and the audio is 52 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “If Ye Continue” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Colossians 1:23 and the audio is 56 minutes long.

“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” (Psalm 92:12) First, who are the “righteous”? They are sinners saved by the grace of God in, through, and by the Lord Jesus Christ. If we are righteous before God, our righteousness is not our own but CHRIST’S righteousness imputed (charged, accounted, given) to us. Christ’s righteousness has become truly ours by God’s sovereign declaration of… Read More

“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” (Psalm 92:12) First, who are the “righteous”? They are sinners saved by the grace of God in, through, and by the Lord Jesus Christ. If we are righteous before God, our righteousness is not our own but CHRIST’S righteousness imputed 9charged, accounted, given) to us. Christ’s righteousness has become truly ours by God’s sovereign declaration of… Read More

“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship Him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8) Christ was and is God’s appointed “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” for all God’s elect. This verse in no way teaches any ridiculous assertion as if to say that Christ was actually slain, actually shed His precious… Read More

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel (Galatians 6:16)… Numbers 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. Numbers 33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall… Read More

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Preach To Every Creature” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Mark 16:15-16 and the audio is 49 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Know My Name” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Isaiah 52:6 and the audio is 48 minutes long.

Christ our Surety, in the covenant of grace, became legally accountable for the sin-debt of all those given to Him by the Father, and on the cross the sinless One “gave Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor” (Ephesians 5:2). “For such an High Priest became us, Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily,… Read More

2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he King Uzziah was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 2 Chronicles 26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 2 Chronicles 26:18 And they withstood Uzziah… Read More

“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” (Habakkuk 3:17-18) _____________________________________ THIS sublime chapter, or psalm, or song,… Read More

“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24) We thank God for the freedom we have to worship God. Every man and woman has this right, but this does not make everyone’s worship… Read More

“He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.” (Isaiah 40:29) The Lord’s people are often in the state that they have no might. All their power seems exhausted, and their strength completely drained away — sin appears to have gotten the mastery over them — and they feel as if they had neither will nor ability to run the race set before them, or… Read More

This is an audio sermon titled: “The Lord is Our King” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 16:1, and the audio is 45 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “God’s Appointed King” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 16:1-13, and the audio is 42 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “The Shepherd in The Cause of Christ” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 17:1-34 and the audio is 47 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “God’s Victory Over Sin” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 17:29-58, and the audio is 42 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “The Glory of Covenant Love” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 17:55 – 1 Samuel 18:4 and the audio is 43 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “Grace, Wisdom and Life in Christ” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 18:5-16 and the audio is 41 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “The Lord is With Us” The scripture text is from Luke 14:12-24 and the audio is 40 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “A Great Salvation For All Israel” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 18:28 – 1 Samuel 19:7 and the audio is 47 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “Lord, Save Us From Madness” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 21:7-15 and the audio is 40 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “A Sinner Comes To The Saviour King – Part 1” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 25:1-13 and the audio is 37 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “A Sinner Comes To The Saviour King – Part 2” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 25:14-31 and the audio is 39 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled: “The Wages of Sin – The Gift of Life” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 25:32-44 and the audio is 40 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Waiting on The Lord” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 26:1-12 and the audio is 41 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “What Part Are We Playing?” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 26:13-25 and the audio is 39 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “When Believers Fail To Believe” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 27 and the audio is 42 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “When God Refuses To Answer” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 28 and the audio is 46 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “God’s Intervention” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 29 and the audio is 42 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “Christ Recovered All” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 30:1-26 and the audio is 41 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon titled “The Tragic End of Sin” The scripture text is from 1 Samuel 31 and the audio is 45 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Bought” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 and the audio is 54 minutes long.

Zechariah 13:8-9 8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear… Read More

“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24) We thank God for the freedom we have to worship God. Every man and woman has this right, but this does not make everyone’s worship… Read More

The 144,000 are spoken of in two places in the New Testament: We find them the first time in Revelation 7 and the second in Revelation 14. In Revelation 14 they are shown to us to be those who have been “redeemed” from the earth. They are those, we read in Revelation 14, who are chaste. In verse 4 of the same chapter God says: “They are they which were not defiled… Read More

“For He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.” (Romans 9:15-16) God’s absolute sovereignty in all things may be difficult for us to grasp in light of the truth of man’s responsibility, but it reveals… Read More

This is an audio sermon titled: “Our Confidence in Christ” The scripture text is from Hebrews 3:4-19, and the audio is 27 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled: “Faith Given Through Grace” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Romans 4:16-18, and the audio is 57 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled: “Lovest Thou Me” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is John 21:15-17, and the audio is 49 minutes long.

The 144,000 are spoken of in two places in the New Testament: We find them the first time in Revelation 7 and the second in Revelation 14. In Revelation 14 they are shown to us to be those who have been “redeemed” from the earth. They are those, we read in Revelation 14, who are chaste. In verse 4 of the same chapter God says: “They are they which were not defiled… Read More

In Revelation 20:4, is the mark of the beast on the forehead and on the hand to be taken literally, or is it symbolical? What is the beast named there, and what does it mean when it speaks of those who have the beast’s mark on their foreheads or their hands? In Revelation 13 and in Revelation 17 it speaks about a beast coming up out of the sea with seven heads… Read More

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Opening The Understanding” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Luke 24:45-48 and the audio is 53 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Commanded To Preach” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Acts 10:39-43 and the audio is 55 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Him God Raised Up” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Acts 10:39-43 and the audio is 53 minutes long.

This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled “Finished” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is John 19:30 and the audio is 52 minutes long.

Zechariah 13:8-9 8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear… Read More

In Revelation 20:4, is the mark of the beast on the forehead and on the hand to be taken literally, or is it symbolical? What is the beast named there, and what does it mean when it speaks of those who have the beast’s mark on their foreheads or their hands? In Revelation 13 and in Revelation 17 it speaks about a beast coming up out of the sea with seven heads… Read More

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 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 6:19-20) No matter how much we accumulate of material goods and money in this life, no matter how much we gain of fame and recognition, they… Read More

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4) In Revelation… Read More

· The great truths of God’s power and faithfulness to save all whom He has promised to save by Jesus Christ through His blood and righteousness alone and not by the supposed righteousness of sinful men. · The great truth that all of salvation is by grace, not by physical heritage, not by the will of man, and not by the works of men, but by the obedience unto death of the… Read More

The Bible never states that Christ was made a sinner on the cross. It states that He was “made sin” (2 Corinthians 5:21). The fact that this was by a legal act of imputation (God charging the sins of His elect to Christ’s account) does not make it any less real. Those who call this a legal fiction do not know and understand the Biblical truths of substitution, imputation, and satisfaction. When… Read More

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24) Some today claim this verse teaches that the corruption of our sins was imparted or infused into the body of Christ. They insist that the phrase “IN His own body” means that our sins were somehow “placed” or “put… Read More

“O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from Thee.” (Psalm 69:5) This Psalm is a messianic psalm, one that sets forth the glory of Christ as Messiah in prophecy, type, and revelation. These words not only apply to King David and, in essence, to all believers, sinners saved by grace, but they are also the words of the Lord Jesus Christ as our substitute, sin-bearer, and surety…. Read More

The purpose of God in the prophecy of Ezekiel is to show us the transition from the Old Testament temple in Jerusalem, to the New Testament temple of God in the souls of the New Testament believers, and then after this earth has been destroyed to the new creation, which will be God’s final dwelling place. In this prophecy God tells us at length that the Old Testament temple was destroyed for… Read More

In the Greek language there were at least three kinds of love. And the most popular one in the Greek language was the word eros, from which we get the word erotic. And it had to do with sensual love. It was the kind of love wherein we love someone because they make us feel so good. We love them because they are so beautiful. We love them because they complement us,… Read More

This is an audio sermon by B.A. Ramsbottom titled: “That Those Things Which Cannot Be Shaken May Remain” The scripture text that brother Ramsbottom is preaching from is Hebrews 12:27 and the audio is 46 minutes long.

The Bible never states that Christ was made a sinner on the cross. It states that He was “made sin” (2 Corinthians 5:21). The fact that this was by a legal act of imputation (God charging the sins of His elect to Christ’s account) does not make it any less real. Those who call this a legal fiction do not know and understand the Biblical truths of substitution, imputation, and satisfaction. When… Read More

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24) Some today claim this verse teaches that the corruption of our sins was imparted or infused into the body of Christ. They insist that the phrase “IN His own body” means that our sins were somehow “placed” or “put… Read More

“O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from Thee.” (Psalm 69:5) This Psalm is a messianic psalm, one that sets forth the glory of Christ as Messiah in prophecy, type, and revelation. These words not only apply to King David and, in essence, to all believers, sinners saved by grace, but they are also the words of the Lord Jesus Christ as our substitute, sin-bearer, and surety…. Read More