Monthly Archives: May 2012
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Significance of the High Priest’s Garments” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Exodus 39:1 and the audio is 47 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “He Appeared Once To Put Away Sin” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Acts 3:12 and the audio is 54 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “We Are Free From Condemnation” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 8:1 and the audio is 38 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Just and The Justifier” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 3:19 and the audio is 44 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Adam’s Condition Before The Fall” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Genesis 2:7, and the audio is 41 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Love of God” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is 1st John 3:1 and the audio is 46 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Charity of God” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Hebrews 6:13-20, and the audio is 33 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Adam – Our Federal Representative” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 5:1-19, and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “A Risen Christ” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 4:19, and the audio is 33 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Not Faith – But Christ” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 4:1-6 and the audio is 19 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Christ’s Accusers” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Matthew 27:11 and the audio is 31 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Set Your Affections On Things Above” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Colossians 3:1 and the audio is 39 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Cry of The Sin Bearer” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Psalm 22:1 and the audio is 35 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Righteousness of God Imputed To Us” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 4:6 and the audio is 35 minutes long.
Multitudes attend (what men call) “church services” all over the world. Many go because it is a habit, others go believing it will save them. Many go because it makes them feel better about themselves, like the Pharisee who “thanked God he wasn’t as other men”. But why do we, you and I, attend? What are our reasons? What is our motive? 1 – We gather together to hear the Gospel of… Read More
We know the natural man “receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them”. (1 Corinthians 2:14) In 1 Peter 1:23 it says there are two seeds, a birth and flesh. One seed is “corruptible”, the other is “incorruptible”. What happens to the soul that is born again by the incorruptible seed of God? Does he have a new nature? Has… Read More
While visiting somewhere recently a lady from our congregation said the preacher announced his subject, it was; “God needs your help”. She told her husband, “no God doesn’t need our help, we need His”. Naturally they left. Who is in need, God or us? Who needs help, God or us? Who is helpless, God or us? You and I are tossed about by many things and are often moved by situations, and… Read More
2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2 Timothy 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2 Timothy 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; ——————– Love is a word… Read More
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23) some may not be as profane as others, but “all have sinned”! You may be a fine mother, a loving daughter, chaste and very moral, receiving praise from all who know you but…if you have not received Christ by faith, and His righteousness has not been charged to your account you are no better off before God than… Read More
The Wise Man (Ecclesiastes 8:1-7, Romans 9:16, Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 8:11, Genesis 22:17-18) “Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.” (Ecclesiastes 8:3) The title of the article is, “Take a Stand in a Good Thing”, which was derived from Ecclesiastes 8:3 which says, “Stand not in an evil thing.” If we have to discuss the negative side of… Read More
Nothing a soul does in this world honours God more than to BELIEVE HIM. God says, “For by it (faith) the elders obtained a good report” (Hebrews 11:2). Again, “But without faith it is impossible to please him” (Hebrews 11:6). Our Lord told the woman of Canaan whose daughter was vexed with a devil that she had great faith. The other side of the coin is this – to not believe God… Read More
“To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.” (Acts 10:43) Before any one can have Christ, they must first have the Scriptures. Without the word of God there can be no knowledge of Christ the Lord. It is only in God’s Holy Word that Christ is fully revealed, “in the volume of the book it is written of Him”. All… Read More
“If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus.” (Ephesians 4:21) I have noticed in my dealing with men that when it comes to things that are important to them they go to someone who has information for the help they need. If they have car trouble they go to a mechanic. If they have financial needs they go to a… Read More
The Greatest Man in History, named Jesus, had no servants, yet they called him master. Had no degree, yet they called him Teacher. Had no medicines, yet they called him healer. He had no army, yet kings feared him. He won no military battles, yet he conquered the world. He committed no crime…yet they crucified him. He was buried in a tomb, yet he lives today! By Donald Bell
This is an audio sermon by Don Bell titled: “Seriousness and Sacredness of Marriage” The scripture texts that brother Don is preaching from are Genesis 2:21-24, and Ephesians 5:22-33. The audio is 40 minutes long.
To redeem poor sinners, Jesus came down from heaven, put on the rags of our mortality, agonized, bled, and died. Jesus is made His people’s substitute, burden-bearer, sin-remover, and guilt-sustainer. Their debt is placed to His account. His riches pay the full amount. Sin is removed from the sinner, and placed on the Sinless! Their curse is rolled on Him, and He endures it, until no more remains! God deals with Jesus… Read More
“But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets…” (Acts 24:14) Someone recently referred to our congregation as a cult saying, “They don’t believe like most churches. They have this weird view of God as sovereign in everything, even to the point of saying that He… Read More
In listening to a message I heard a preacher say there are a lot “of sub par Christians”. I do not believe that for a moment. Gods holy word says “we are complete in Him” (Colossians 2:9-10). God also says that “he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified” (Hebrews 10:14). Christ is “made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30). Where is anything sub par about that? All… Read More
When the Gospel is preached, there are two things always taking place (even though most are unaware of it). Some are being prepared for glory, others are being hardened. Some are being brought to the light, some are left sitting in darkness. Some see Christ and His glory; others see no beauty about Him. Some who hear the Gospel have their hearts made tender toward sin; others have their hearts hardened in… Read More
There is no such thing as a Christian who is not born again by the effectual power of the Spirit of God. All believers are faithful and dedicated to Christ and His cause on this earth. To be anything less than that is not a Christian and does not deserve the name. Believers desire the gospel and the fellowship of the saints. They avail themselves of every opportunity to hear it unless… Read More
“And be found In Him…” (Philippians 3:9) When the Apostle talked about being found in Christ he described himself as at one time being without Christ. How did he know what it was to not be found in Christ? He at one time was looking to his own righteousness, trusting in the deeds of his flesh. After being smitten down on the Damascus road, after having seen the Glory of Christ, after… Read More
When we become Christians, it is very natural for us to say to ourselves, “We don’t want to be second – rate, or half – hearted Christians, or prove to be like the Laodicean professors, neither hot or cold, or like those of whom the apostle John wrote, “They went out from us, but they were not of us,” We all said we had a holy ambition to bring forth fruit to… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Henry Mahan titled: “Speaking in Tongues” The scripture text is from 1st Corinthians 14, and the audio is 27 minutes long.
“The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6) How shall we account for the sufferings of Christ, which were intense, and mysterious, if not on the ground of their vicarious character? Those sufferings were intense in the extreme. There was a severity in those who, if not required by Divine justice, would be perfectly unaccountable. Heaven, earth, and hell, all were in league against Him. Survey His… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Henry Mahan titled: “A Biblical Look At The Modern Day Practice of Speaking In Tongues” The scripture text is from 1st Corinthians 14, and the audio is 46 minutes long.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6) Everything about our Lord Jesus is wonderful. Here the prophet says; “His name shall be called wonderful”. We sing that chorus; “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, there is just something about that name”…. Read More
“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing.” (Colossians 1:10) The first thoughts most of us have when we read, “walk worthy,” or “pleasing the Lord” is I must start living better, or I can’t possibly walk in such a way as will please the Lord. Both are wrong thoughts, they both are based upon works, and a false humility. So preacher how then can I walk in such… Read More
Preachers and evangelists are often heard to say, “Send in a certain amount of money and if we get the money we need we can reach more souls for Jesus and win them to Jesus.” One popular evangelist said that the souls he had won to Jesus that particular year cost 47 cents each. That is to true believers, a tragedy, for if money was all it took, we would give all… Read More
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (I Corinthians 6:20) How deep, how dreadful, of what awful magnitude, of how black a dye, of how ingrained a stamp must sin be, to need such an atonement – no less than the blood of Him who was the Son of God – to put it away. What a slave to… Read More
Some of our dear friends have been through some severe trials, and others are now suffering in heart and body. All of us wish to witness a good confession and maintain an attitude and conversation which will help and inspire others and glorify our Lord. But pain is pain. The loss of a dear child or mate is overwhelming, and we are still in this body of flesh. Therefore, let it be… Read More
All of the apostles were insulted by the enemies of their Master. They were called to seal their doctrines with their blood, and nobly did they bear the trial. Schumacher says that according to traditional statements the following was the fate of the apostles: MATTHEW suffered martyrdom by being slain with a sword, at a distant city of Ethiopia. MARK expired at Alexandria, after having been cruelly dragged through the streets of… Read More
Confessing Christ is the whole of a person’s life, revealing outwardly what God has worked inwardly. It is the confession by word, act, deed, and attitude, what God, by His Spirit, has created within our hearts. “One tree is not a forest,” it has been said. So, one public act is not a confession of Christ. By Henry Mahan
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous, therefore, and repent;” (Revelation 3:19) ———————— The persons, the objects of Christ’s love here intended are not angels, but the sons of men; and these not all of them, yet many of them, even all who are His own by His Father’s gift and His own purchase; and who are called His church, and sometimes represented as such who love Him… Read More
When, by His grace, I know WHO HE IS, I better understand who and what I am! When I know WHAT HE DID in obedience and death, I realize what I cannot do! When I understand WHY HE MUST SUFFER, I understand how God can be just and justify me. When I know WHERE HE IS, I can rest in the blessed hope that I shall one day be there too! By… Read More
“I will feed my flock.” (Ezekiel 34:15) The only real food of the soul must be of God’s own appointing, preparing, and communicating. You can never deceive a hungry child. You may give it a plaything but still it cries. It may serve for a few minutes; but the pains of hunger are not to be removed by a doll. A toy horse will not allay the cravings after the mother’s breast…. Read More
True mourning for sin has a distinct and constant reference to the Lord Jesus. If I hate sin because I am exposed, I have not repented; I merely regret that I have been found out. If I hate sin because of judgment and hell, I have not repented; I merely regret that God is just. But if I see sin as a hateful offense against my Lord, and I see my sin… Read More
“For all the promises of God in Him are YEA and in Him AMEN unto the Glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20) Our Lord has made many promises to believers. These promises are all in Christ, since only He existed when they were made and since He has fulfilled all conditions by His obedience and death. Therefore, all of these promises are “YEA” and in Him “AMEN” or so be… Read More
“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord,” (Acts 9:1) manifested his unregenerate heart and hatred toward God. His relentless persecution of Christ’s disciples revealed his disbelief and rejection of Christ as that Messiah foretold in Holy Scripture. Saul, just as all sinners, desperately needed the One who commanded the Light to shine out of darkness, to shine in his heart and give “the Light of… Read More
The carnally-minded are quick to speak of temporal (thus, fleeting) things as “blessings,” but the true believer knows that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17). Those things that men perceive as blessings are unimportant; read (and hear, by the grace of God) of a man who is truly blessed: “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin… Read More
1 Kings 3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 1 Kings 3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Will Grace Allow Us To Continue In Sin?” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 6:7 and the audio is 29 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “There Is Always A Before and After” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Ephesians 2:1 and the audio is 44 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Preciousness of Faith” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is 1st Peter 1:1-7 and the audio is 48 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Depravity of Man” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Ezekiel 16:1 and the audio is 29 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Ground of Our Salvation” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 10:1 and the audio is 37 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Fall of Man” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Genesis 3:7, and the audio is 40 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “What Is Justifying Righteousness?” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Galatians 3:6 and the audio is 35 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “God Forbid That I Should Glory, Save In The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Galatians 6:14, and the audio is 29 minutes long.
“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” (John 4:34) The meat of Christ, or the food which satisfied His Spirit, was to do the will of His Father who had sent Him. It was God’s will that of all those chosen before the foundation of the world unto salvation Christ should lose nothing, but should raise it up… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Forgiveness of Sin” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Exodus 34:5 and the audio is 52 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Glory of The Gospel” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is 2nd Corinthians 4 and the audio is 31 minutes long.
Nothing soothes the regenerated heart of a believer more than considering the mercy of God. Try to contemplate the depth of His mercy and I am lost in my inadequacies. How merciful has God been to me? The very word “mercy” has a sound of hope. It means to have compassion, sympathy, tenderness, clemency, leniency, charity, to yearn over, to pity, to melt the heart. O, the wonder of desiring that God… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Everlasting Covenant” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Jeremiah 32:40, and the audio is 37 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “What Is The Spirit of God?” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Hebrews 10:14-25 and the audio is 41 minutes long.
The message of the Gospel is a very narrow message that encompasses the breadth or the span of God himself. It is narrow in the sense that Christ is its only object. There is nothing that I can preach from the Scriptures that will not find its beginning and end all redounding to the glory and honour of Christ. Any message that focuses on anything but Him misses the Gospel. By Marvin… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Paul’s Testimony of Jesus Christ” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is 1st Corinthians 2:1-2, and the audio is 61 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Spirit of God Teaches Us” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is 1st Corinthians 2:11 and the audio is 33 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Passover” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Exodus 12:3 and the audio is 41 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Captain of Our Faith” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Revelation 2:12-13 and the audio is 49 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “My Salvation Shall Be Forever” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Isaiah 51:5 and the audio is 38 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “A Prophetic Vision of The Crucified Christ” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Isaiah 53:1 and the audio is 40 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Why We Need a Substitute” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Isaiah 53:10 and the audio is 29 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Unsearchable Riches of God” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 11:33 and the audio is 41 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled “Continue In My Love – Part 1” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is John 15:9 and the audio is 45 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Continue In My Love – Part 2” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is John 15:9 and the audio is 32 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Eye of The Lord Is Upon Them” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Psalm 33:18-19, and the audio is 30 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Christ – Our Rest” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Matthew 11:28 and the audio is 56 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “What Does The Burnt Offering Mean?” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Leviticus 1:1-4, and the audio is 43 minutes long.
“Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.” (Luke 10:38-39) What a world of meaning is in these words, “Mary, which also sat at his feet, and heard his word.” This is indeed the “one thing needful.”… Read More
“Look every man on the things of others.” (Philippians 2:4) ——————– The failure of most preachers is traced not to the fact that they do not have a pastor’s head, voice, and energy, but they do not have a pastor’s heart! The failure of most church members and professing christians to be a blessing to family, friends, and outsiders is not that you do not have the proper doctrine, the proper moral… Read More
I quoted this verse backwards to what it actually says, “We walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). Why I put this verse this way is because we sometimes walk by sight and not faith. We are often overwhelmed by life, things pile one upon another, and we LOOK at these troubles instead of the God who sent them. When we walk by sight all we see is vanity, and… Read More
As we have opportunity to preach or to witness to someone, it is not God honouring to tell them that God loves them and Christ died for them. The word of God and our Lord Jesus Christ gives us what we are to say, “except ye believe I Am He ye shall die in your sins” (John 8:24). “He that believeth on the Son of God hath life; he that believeth not… Read More
As believers in the gospel of the free and sovereign grace of God in Christ Jesus, we should every time we pray, pray with expectancy. We are God’s children by eternal election and faith in Christ, so why WOULDN’T our Heavenly Father hear and answer our prayers? When we are seeking His will, and the conversion of sinners to Christ, and for the church here to grow in grace, faith and love,… Read More
“Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (Psalm 85:6) When the religious world talks about revival they mean an emotional series of meetings that will win souls and get backslidden church members to rededicate their lives to an impotent Jesus. But the psalmist prays and asks the Lord; “Wilt thou not revive us again?” I believe we desperately need for God to revive us…to stir up… Read More
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10) The God of the bible is out of fashion in His own world. He is ridiculed, jokes are popular about him and His Son. He has been reduced to slogans and billboards and bumper stickers. His name has become a good luck charm, an insurance policy and whatever… Read More
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh.” (John 3:6) There is no promise made that in this life, we shall be set free from the indwelling and the in-working of sin. Many think that their flesh is to become “progressively holier and holier” — that sin after sin is to be removed gradually out of the heart — until at last they are almost made perfect in the flesh. But… Read More
“God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.” (Psalm 62:11) The power of God is that ability and strength, by which He can bring to pass whatsoever He pleases. It is His power that gives life and action to what He has purposed from the foundation of the world. How vain would the will of God be without power to carry it out? Without His power… Read More
The enemies of the free and sovereign grace of God claim that those of us, who believe and preach it, take away sinful man’s responsibility. We believe that he is totally unable apart from Divine Grace to do anything good in the sight of God that he is unable apart from being born again to do anything spiritual towards God. Though we believe and preach man’s spiritual and moral inability to save… Read More
There is not a living sinner who would not like to be delivered from torment in Hell, but apart from Grace, he does not want to be delivered from his sins which he loves and in which he has pleasure. His desire for deliverance is not from his sins, but from physical torture. By Scott Richardson
The sovereignty of God may be defined as the exercise of His supremacy. Being infinitely elevated above the highest creature, He is the Most High, Lord of heaven and earth. Subject to none, influenced by none, absolutely independent; God does as He pleases, only as He pleases, always as He pleases. None can thwart Him, none can hinder Him. So His own Word expressly declares: “My counsel shall stand, and I will… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Delivered Him Up For Us All” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 8:32 and the audio is 27 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Two Small Words” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 8:32, and the audio is 45 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Their Heart Is Far From Me” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Matthew 15:12-22, and the audio is 43 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “His Peculiar Treasure” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Psalm 135:4 and the audio is 50 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Oh, That Man Would Praise God” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Psalm 107:1, and the audio is 29 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Serpent’s Gospel” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 8:1 and the audio is 38 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Mystery of The Gospel of Grace” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is 1st Corinthians 2:7-16 and the audio is 37 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “The Sinner and The Saviour” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Luke 7:36 and the audio is 37 minutes long.
The most precious gift of all is to be remembered of God. “God remembered NOAH,” (Genesis 8:1). “God remembered ABRAHAM,” (Genesis 19:29). “God remembered His covenant with ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB,” (Exodus 2:24). And none of us can forget the prayer of the dying thief, “Lord, remember me,” (Luke 23:43). All such pleaders shall not be forgotten of Him. By Thomas Bradbury
When a person stands before a mirror, he sees three things–the mirror, himself, and other things which are in the room. When I sincerely look by faith into the scriptures, I see many things, but primarily three things. (1) I see the LORD JESUS CHRIST, for He verily is the WORD OF GOD. It is of Him, from Him, and to His glory that it is written. “To Him give all the… Read More
“Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married… Read More
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Why Did The Son Of Man Come Into This World?” The scripture texts that brother Scott is preaching from is 1st Corinthians 1:1-31 and Matthew 1:20-23 and the audio is 37 minutes long.
This is an audio sermon by Scott Richardson titled: “Faith” The scripture text that brother Scott is preaching from is Romans 4:15 and the audio is 28 minutes long.
The chief burden of the Lord’s living family is sin. This is the main cause of all their sighs and groans, from the first quickening breath of the Spirit of God in their hearts till they lay down their bodies in dust. But it may be asked, what experience could the blessed Lord have had of sin. Seeing he was perfectly free from it both in body and soul? It is indeed… Read More
Romans 9:15 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. Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Romans 9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew… Read More
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) ______________________________________ Our only hope of salvation is the Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is in Christ alone, in Christ completely, and in Christ only. In fact, He is God’s salvation (Luke 2:30). You cannot be saved without Him; and you cannot be saved if you try to mix… Read More
Does God love everyone in the world? Modern day religion says that He does. Men like to think that He does. But what does the Word of God say? Does God really love all people? This is what God says in Romans 9:13? “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” (Romans 9:13) Language could not be more emphatically clear. God never loved Esau at all; but He always did love… Read More
Have you ever stopped to consider what the god of this age is like? How he is presented to eternity bound souls? A popular way of trying to get someone “saved” is to say “now if you make a move, god will make a move”. It seems to me as if those who do this are telling souls that their god is playing checkers and that whoever makes the best move wins… Read More
“A half truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth” There is a desperate need to recover the Gospel! The gospel of man’s natural inability to believe, God’s electing grace in Christ being the cause of salvation and, of Christ dying only for the elect, those whom He calls his sheep. The Gospel of the Holy Spirit calling and regenerating those for whom Christ’s died and, those called will persevere… Read More
Here are five truths we hold to and believe with all our heart. Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the saints. What these blessed truths of God’s Word do is attribute all the salvation of a sinner to God alone – therefore God gets all the Glory. To tell a sinner that God wants to save him, yet He can’t because the sinner won’t let him, is… Read More
“That wisdom that is from above.” (James 3:17) —————————— You can be sure that when our attitudes and words create strife, confusion and division, it is not the wisdom of God. Where wise men and women worship, there is love, peace and unity. The wisdom which is from God is PURE! When the heart entertains pure and good thoughts of others, the mouth speaks accordingly. It is PEACEABLE. “If it be possible,… Read More
It matters what a man believes about Christ: who He is, what He has done, and where He is now is absolutely necessary to a man’s hope. If Christ is not God, then He is less than God: anything less than God is not holy. Anything that is not holy, God is not pleased with, and anything that God is not pleased with is under His condemnation. If Christ has not satisfied… Read More
We rejoice in Christ Jesus and His accomplished work of redemption. By His substitutionary death, He finished the work the Father gave Him: secured the forgiveness of His people, made an end of our sins, made reconciliation for our iniquities and brought in everlasting righteousness (Daniel 9:24). Christ did not try to save sinners by His death; He did not die with the hope that somebody might add their faith to His… Read More
“The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6) How shall we account for the sufferings of Christ, which were intense, and mysterious, if not on the ground of their vicarious character? Those sufferings were intense in the extreme. There was a severity in those who, if not required by Divine justice, would be perfectly unaccountable. Heaven, earth, and hell, all were in league against Him. Survey His… Read More
“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.” (Romans 8:3) Oh! wonder, ye heavens, and be astonished, O earth, this precious, glorious, Holy One of God, the second Person in the adorable Trinity, became incarnate; the covenant Head became incarnate, for the express purpose of bearing… Read More
There is a time when a believer can reflect on the marvel of a God who is his confidence. Just to behold Him who is indescribable and to have the soul flooded with a peace that passes all understanding — that is good. We are prone to frivolous thinking that completely bypasses that which is weighty, that which is forever. When a man has been led to the rock that is higher… Read More
When I behold the beauty in nature, I can confess the existence of God. The wonder of the Almighty handiwork is displayed in myriad examples of beauty. Breathtaking sunsets, awe inspiring oceans, and picturesque displays of starlit nights give merely a hint of His wonderful power, but oh, what nature conceals. True, it manifests His power, tells of His wisdom, and exhibits His immutability. But what about His justice, His holiness, His… Read More
Did the Israelites feed on the sacrifice when it was slain? So do we, spiritually, on Christ. Believers are united to Him in one Spirit, and partake of the benefits of His death, through which they live a spiritual life of grace on earth, and shall live a life of glory in heaven. This subject plainly points out the great end which our Lord had in view, in suffering and dying for… Read More
If there is one great battering ram to pride it is this, who makes you to differ from another? Is there anything that you have that you did not receive? Do you have faith? Have you a new heart, a new nature? Do you have a heart that loves God, that bows and submits to and feels its need of Christ? A heart that loves the brethren? If you received these graces,… Read More
John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. John 11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) John 11:3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. John 11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is… Read More
If God treated you the same as you treat others, what would your condition be? If God forgave you in the same measure of your forgiveness of others, would all your sins be gone? If God accepted you the same as you accept others, would you be accepted before His throne? If God judged you by the same standard as you judge others, would you be justified? By Donald Bell
There is no doubt in my mind that the majority of you when first seeing this question, immediately answered yes. Here is another question; “what does a Christian believe”? They all believe the same fundamental truths don’t they, “They shall all be taught of God” (John 6:44-45)? There is one book (the Bible), One God, One Saviour, One Way, One Faith, so Christians agree on ALL these blessed truths. The Scriptures are… Read More
“So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.” (Jonah 1:6) —————————— Jonah is a perfect picture of a man who is spiritually asleep, hiding in his own security, thinking that all is well, and never realizing the eminent storm of God’s judgment that is already upon him…. Read More
“For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” (Hebrews 4:15) Our gracious Lord experienced temptation in every shape and form, for the word of truth declares that “in all points he was tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” I wish to speak very cautiously upon this subject, for… Read More
Dear Friend, Yours came safely to hand, and I was glad to find you still holding on your way, leaning on the Beloved, who has never failed to be our Helper, our Protector, our Supplier, and our Deliverer to the present day. Yes, and my soul is very strong and very confident at times that He will keep and guide me even unto death, and afterwards receive me to glory. O what… Read More
The sinlessness of Christ’s human nature — the imputation of sin to Him — and the righteousness that He wrought out, are all beautifully brought together in one verse: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) By J.C. Philpot – 1850
If thou art brought to feel thou art such a sinner as the Lord says thou art, and brought to confess that feeling, thou art a vessel of mercy; God will save thee in the Lord with an everlasting salvation. “Come, my people, enter thou into thy chamber, and shut thy doors about thee.” (Isaiah 26:20) We come now to notice these “chambers,” and what is meant by “shutting the doors.” The… Read More
“Who died for us.” (l Thessalonians 1:10) ——————– THE Saviour died for sinners, taught to view Themselves of scarlet and of crimson hue, And surely none more filthy or more base, Than they elected of eternal grace, Completed, perfected, [before] time began, Cleans’d in the life-blood of the Son of man. The Saviour died, and full atonement made, For foul transgressions on his person laid; His people’s scape-goat he became, and bore… Read More
Fathers, see that you pay more attention to the souls of your children than to their bodies. We do not mean that the body is to be neglected; but the soul must be considered as the superior part, and the body merely as its servant. Many fathers are extremely attentive to the bodies of their children, their health, their beauty, etc. but seem entirely to forget that they have a soul. If… Read More
“The Lord hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6) All we like wandering sheep have stray’d; And yet on him the Lord hath laid The iniquity of all; O most amazing act of grace; Lord, that we may its meaning trace, On thee for help we call. What sense is by the word convey’d, On him the Lord our sins HATH LAID? We such a LAYING show; That… Read More
“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree.” (1 Peter 2:24) ——————————————- “Who His own self bare our sins.” What! Will He not let me help Him? No, nor you neither, nor any Arminian in the world. “His own self.” He was all alone. “Of the people there was none with Him.” (Isaiah 63:3) “His own self bare our sins.” Whose? Whose? Can you put in… Read More
The chief burden of the Lord’s living family is sin. This is the main cause of all their sighs and groans, from the first quickening breath of the Spirit of God in their hearts till they lay down their bodies in dust. But it may be asked, what experience could the blessed Lord have had of sin. Seeing he was perfectly free from it both in body and soul? It is indeed… Read More
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh.” (John 3:6) There is no promise made that in this life, we shall be set free from the indwelling and the in-working of sin. Many think that their flesh is to become “progressively holier and holier” — that sin after sin is to be removed gradually out of the heart — until at last they are almost made perfect in the flesh. But… Read More
Hezekiah removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for in those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it. he called it, “A PIECE OF BRASS”. (2 Kings 18:4) I am confident that the religious, superstitious Israelites were horrified when King Hezekiah destroyed their sacred symbol (which they worshipped – the serpent of… Read More
“That we should be to the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:12) Everything our covenant God has done in time for His people He purposed from all eternity to do it. He chose us before the foundation of the world, called us by the gospel in time, and will keep us till He takes us to where He is. We can ask “why” all we want, but the Word of God tells… Read More
Of old, God complained to Israel, “Thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself” (Psalm 50:21). Such must NOW be His indictment against an apostate Christendom. Men imagine that the Most High is moved by sentiment, rather than actuated by principle. They suppose that His omnipotency is such an idle fiction that Satan is thwarting His designs on every side. They think that if He has formed a plan or purpose at… Read More
Many years ago a young man delivered a sermon in a Welsh chapel. After he finished the sermon, he remarked to an old gentlemen, “What did you think of my sermon? My friend, it took me a long time to prepare it.” “I’m sure that it did,” said the old man, “but it was still a poor sermon.” “Was my delivery poor, or were my illustrations poorly applied?” “Oh no,” said the… Read More
Henry Mahan said so many times that “A man cannot tell what he does not know any more than he can come back from where he has never been”. He of course was talking about preachers who could not preach man’s utter ruin in sin and inability to change his nature, or God’s absolute right to do what He will in His world, and to save whom He will. They know nothing… Read More
MY RESUME: “I am a sinner saved by the grace of God, trusting only in the Lord Jesus Christ.” MY STANDING: “In Christ.” (Romans 3:24; Romans 8:1-2; Romans 8:39; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:9) MY OBJECTIVE: “That I may know Him.” (Philippians 3:10) MY HOPE: “To be like Him.” (1 John 3:2) By Scott Richardson
“But we think it right to hear from you what you think. For truly as concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.” (Acts 28:22) When men cannot refute our doctrine, or choose not to pay the price of being decidedly committed to the message of God’s free and sovereign grace in Christ, their only weapon is slander. One of the surest ways to raise suspicions… Read More
Redeemed offender, hail the day That sees thy sin forgiven; Jesus hath borne thy guilt away, And pleads for thee in heaven. Imprinted on His hands thou art In characters of blood; The stream that issued from His heart Shall waft thee safe to GOD. For me vouchsafed the unspotted Lamb His Father’s wrath to bear; I see His hands, and read my name Engraven deeply there. Forth from the LORD his… Read More
When God is exceedingly displeased with a people, it is not necessary, in order to their punishment, that He should bury them alive by an earthquake, or destroy them by lightening. If He only leaves them to themselves, withdraw His blessings from their counsels, and His restraint from their passions, their ruin follows on course, according to the necessary order and connection of causes and effects. IF God gives up a people… Read More
There is a great deal of deceitfulness in sin. It appears fair, but is filthy: pleasant, but is pernicious. It promises much, but performs nothing. The deceitfulness of sin is of a hardening nature to the soul. One sin allowed prepares for another. Every act of sin confirms the habit. Sinning against conscience is the way to sear it. It should be the great concern of everyone to exhort himself and others… Read More
At various times of the year the name of Christ our LORD is used and abused by religion and the world, but we who profess that blessed and glorious name rejoice in the fact that everyday is His day, that every season is His season. Though, indeed, He was laid in a manger because there was no room for Him in the Inn, the most important point of our LORD’s coming was… Read More
There are four statements made from the average pulpit, parroted by those who hear them. I ask you to look at what these statements are with an open Bible, will you do that? Here they are: The first false statement is…“GOD LOVES YOU” The second…“JESUS DIED FOR YOU” The Third…“WILL YOU ACCEPT JESUS?” And finally the fourth is…“GIVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS” Why are these statements false? Because they are unscriptural, and… Read More
In the matter of salvation we must go to the Word of God. There is no other source to tell us of God, man, sin, Christ, and salvation. The word “Grace” is of the utmost importance, the scriptures are full of this word “Grace”; 38 times in the Old Testament and 115 times in the New Testament. Moses was interested in knowing if he had found “Grace in the sight of the… Read More
As I reflect upon some things that God Almighty has graciously taught me, I am convinced that God’s sheep will vigorously maintain until their departure from this life this firm profession: 1) They will proclaim their own self righteousness to be totally insufficient to merit a right and honourable standing before God. 2) They will confess with much remorse, that they cannot be sufficiently sorrowful for their disobedience toward the Christ Who… Read More
“And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:4) God’s Word places the primary responsibility of teaching children with the father. He is the representative head of the home, and accountable to instruct them in a manner that causes them to learn of Christ. What of an unbelieving father? Is he any less accountable to raise his children… Read More
How often have we heard someone talk about being blessed of the Lord? Or some false preacher says, “God has a blessing for you today!” Most generally, when people consider their blessings, they start counting temporal things; their money, health, size of their house, a prosperous business or job, etc. But the scriptures say, “We look not at the things which are seen, but at things which are not seen: for the… Read More
Free-will doctrine, (works religion) has the way God saves a sinner backwards. They put the cart before the horse. What do I mean? Free-willism teaches that a man must do something for God before God will something for him. That, my friend, is the opposite of what God’s word teaches. The Bible says, “man is dead in trespasses and sin” (Ephesians 2:1), and that “there is none righteousness, no not one, there… Read More
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