Test All Things
Earnestly Contending For The Faith Which Was Once Delivered Unto The Saints
Long before the law was given by Moses, our whole race fell when Adam fell in the garden of Eden. Adam, a representative man, sinned against God and in him “all...
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in...
There has never been a time when the eternal Jehovah did not look to Christ, the Lamb slain, as the ground of all His blessings to and the salvation of His...
In removal of it, it is best to deal with God about it; for God is the great witness of our sincerity, as knowing all things; and so to be appealed...
Though God sees sin in His people with His eye of omniscience, yet not with His eye of revenging justice. Though He sees them, in respect of His providence, which reaches...
“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all...
“Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.” (Romans 9:5) God sovereignly separated this Jewish nation from all...
“Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That...
Sanctification may be taken in a three fold sense. What is the first sense of sanctification? To sanctify is to appoint, consecrate, or set apart any person or thing to a...
Today we hear little of this but in former days it was quite common. The matter was not treated lightly, but only after solemn prayer and exercise (and perhaps fasting) was...
How can God who sees all things, no longer see sin in believers? The Lord Jesus Christ is the answer. The Messiah (Hebrew word for Christ), of whom Daniel wrote, was,...
“For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different...
2 Peter 3:10 – But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up....
I encourage you to read and carefully study the parable of the labourers (Matthew 20:1-16). In it our Lord Jesus teaches us, as plainly and clearly as possible, that in the...
This question, whether a classical education is necessary to be a gospel minister, has elicited much disputation in what is called the christian world. The assumption that neither a classical education...
The words mission, missions and missionary are not in the bible. The word missionary itself is of Roman Catholic origin. The word mission originates from the 1590’s of the Jesuits. The concept of Mission is derived from...
Pharaoh, David, and Judas all confessed, “I have sinned.” Yet the confessions of Pharaoh and Judas brought them no saving benefit while David’s confession met with the response, “The LORD has...
By divine sovereignty we mean God reigns supreme in creation, providence and salvation. This is the clear declaration of Scripture. “Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did He in heaven, and in...
I sometimes hear preachers say something like this: “Christ had to become all I am to save me.” Their view is that Christ is an absolute substitute. But where do they...
Our God is not on a shelf somewhere in some building; our God does not dwell in houses made with hands. Even the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him. God is...
People have many wrong ideas about heaven based upon what bliss is to them. People think heaven will be blissful because a loving wife and husband will be together forever. When...
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:24) What does it mean to be justified? It means to be eternally pardoned from all...
Solomon was a great man, rich, wise, yea, an elect saint; yet one who had also fallen into manifold faults, whom the LORD allowed to die, without recording expressly any thing...
The English word gossip is not in the KJV of the Bible, but the concept is. It is found under the words talebearing, slander, tattle, whisper and busybody among other words. So, with that being said, we will define the...
It takes a miracle for the dead to hear! However being quickened or made alive with Christ through His Resurrection from the dead effects the New Birth of everyone Christ died...
“In the days of Noah, the ark was a preparing, eight souls were saved by water, the like figure where unto even baptism doth also now save us, by the resurrection...
The way in which we dress, may send an important message to others, of the kind of person we wish to be. For example, people who dress in a slovenly fashion...
Children and young people often ask: “What will happen at the end of the world?” The Bible is very clear. One day the world will end; it will be burned up...
“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.” (Ephesians 1:11) How far the...
One of the most criticized characteristics of the King James translation of the Bible is the use of old English pronouns. Some unlearned scholars go to great lengths to make fun...
Most men and most women who fear God have a problem: there is at times something in their lives which they know is wrong, but they cannot stamp it out. Conscience...
“And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.”(Genesis...
Driving down a main boulevard here in our religious community, we observed a billboard above a building with a short message which caught our eye. It read, “God loves ya.” We...
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. Galatians 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on...
Many have different views and beliefs about the Sabbath and different convictions about it. Some say that we are to keep the Sabbath on the 7th day. Some say that it is...
Most children’s books on the New Testament are full of pictures of the Lord Jesus. Many people cannot see any wrong in this. Why do we not agree? First: We are...
“Church” …what is “Church”? “What ‘Church’ do you go to?” people ask. “I love my church” say some. “Look at the church” say others. Well what people mean is simply...
What is the exact meaning of the word disciple? It means properly a learner, one who is under a teacher, whose submissive and devoted pupil he has become, and from whom...
“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16) ——————– In the Word of God, the...
Does the Word of God teach the doctrine of predestination, or is it the doctrine of devils? I have heard some men say that predestination is a Bible doctrine. And I...
Is there any real hope for real sinners? I know that men and women who think of themselves as good moral people have no problem in this matter. They think they...
How often have you heard this statement, “All things work together for good”? Someone is sick, some tragedy has happened, someone has died, and someone says, “Well, we know that all...
“They that keep the commandments of God.” (Revelation 14:12) There are many who pretend to live by the rule of God’s holy law and hope, by their imperfect obedience to the law, to...
“As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.”(Leviticus 7:7) God gave the children of...
“Oh Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.”...
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former...
“But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” (2nd Samuel 12:23) Do...
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” (2nd Timothy 3:16) All who are taught of God understand...
Why do we believe in the eternal security of God’s elect? There is much debate among religious people about the security of the believer. But it is not my intention to...
“And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon” (Revelation 16:16) What is Armageddon? The whole world is convinced that it is some kind of nuclear holocaust...
“For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.” (Matthew 24:28) Christ’s Advent Our Lord’s second coming will be a sudden, climatic, glorious event. — “For as the...
This is an audio sermon by Henry Mahan titled: “What About Rewards In Heaven?” The scripture text that brother Henry is preaching from is Matthew 20:12, and the audio is 27...
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days.” (Colossians 2:16) ——————–...
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow...
“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9), but it is not found in a 24 hour day, on each Friday evening to Saturday evening at sundown,...
There were cities of refuge strategically placed on each side of the Jordan River whereby a manslayer might find haven until his case could be heard. A man finding himself to...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Modern day religion makes the eternal God a pathetic failure! Preachers everywhere tell us that God is trying to save multitudes who are not saved. They tell us that God wants...
“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold...
Who chose whom? When was this choice made? Why did God choose us? How did God choose us? Does the Bible teach election? That is an easy question to answer…Yes. The...
The fact is, there simply is no lost tribe of Israel. That is something concocted by critics of the Bible. What they say is that when the Syrians destroyed the northern...
There is not a shred of biblical evidence whatsoever that Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, remained a perpetual virgin. Holy Scripture confirms very clearly that Mary was a virgin...
The doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration is the blasphemous and most certainly damnable doctrine that holds that the person baptised is or can be regenerated in, by or through water baptism, much...
The question that comes up repeatedly is this: Who Is Antichrist? In this present study I would like to give you a fairly complete picture of who Antichrist really is. In...
John the Baptist, in Matthew 3:11, said that “I baptize with water, but He that is greater than I shall come after me and shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost...
2nd Kings 24:8 says that “Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.”, but 2nd Chronicles 36:9 says that “Jehoiachin was eight...
How good does one have to be to get to heaven? Will God accept sincerity? Will God accept you if you do the best you can and lead a good life?...
I was recently asked if I believe that sin was actually infused into Christ thereby making Him a sinner when He died in the stead of His people. I want you...
Sovereign Grace is God’s grace. And God’s grace is Sovereign Grace. If it is not Sovereign Grace, it is not saving grace. Sovereign Grace is the Truth. Sovereign Grace is the...
The Scriptures declare that Christ had no sin and he “knew no sin”, yet the Scriptures also say that he was “made sin” in 2nd Corinthians 5:21. What does this mean?...
Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. Revelation 9:2...
The names of many characters recorded in the Old Testament often try God’s saints, who fear lest they should prove apostates, and be found destitute of the Spirit and image of...
Revelation 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner...
Ephesians 2:1 says that we were formerly dead in trespasses and sins. What’s the difference between trespasses, and sins? Trespasses and sins are really synonyms. In the Bible, such words as...
The shroud of Turin is simply a burial garment from some individual from around 1,000 years ago. It has nothing to do with anything written in the Word of God. It...
Revelation 11 is probably the most important chapter of the prophecy of Revelation. Almost everything else in this prophecy, from chapter 11 to chapter 22, depends on how we understand this...
Many teach that the end of the world cannot come until a new temple is built in Jerusalem. The problem is, when they read about a new temple to be built...
Revelation 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man,...
“Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?” (Ecclesiastes 7:16) When we read this most intriguing verse we may ask ourselves: Is there anyone...
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16) The wonderful thing about our...
“But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.” (1 Corinthians 7:15) We...
The meaning of baptism – and this is something so many people miss – is “washing”. And there is only one washing that is necessary, and that is the washing away...
In the New Testament we see the word “publican” in our English translations of the Word of God. What is a “publican”? Well, the word “publican” is just another word to...
The two witnesses are a picture of true believers. As we read in Revelation 11, they have been killed, and their bodies lie out on the streets. That is a figure...
Labour unions exist in the workplace because it is the labour unions which are trying to get better working conditions or a better salary for the employees for the company. That...
“Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.” (Jude...
Today, and it has happened in the past as well, “there is nothing new under the sun” there are men who are speculating and extravalating and going in all kinds of...
Mary is absolutely not the mother of God. God is from everlasting; He has no beginning. Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth...
Not on December 25, because shepherds would not be tending sheep in the field that time of the year. But the Bible does provide us with some clues. The priest Zacharias,...
The truth – that Santa Claus is just a man dressed in a red suit. Santa Claus is what Satan uses to direct people’s attention from the birth of our Saviour...
People often use the word faith when they really mean religion. They may refer to various religions as “faiths”. This is a wrong use of the word, because there is only...
Conversion refers to the coming of a regenerated child of God to the conscious realization and manifestation of the spiritual life that was given to him in regeneration. Conversion manifests itself...
Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with...
This is a question which has faced many parents with young children, especially when at school. They may have been asked to draw a picture of some incident in the life...
Inquiry Dear Sir, Will you please favour us with your answer to the following very important inquiries through the “Standard,” and you will oblige a few of the Lord’s staggering children?...
Some defenders of common grace define common grace as God’s attitude of favor towards His creation. No Reformed man would ever disagree with this assertion. God made this world; He upholds...
Those who hold to common grace teach that the favor and grace of God towards a person can be seen in the possession of material and physical gifts. Wealth is equated...
Will our loved ones recognize us in heaven and remember what we did on earth together? How much will we remember of this earth when we go to heaven to be...
In 2 Corinthians 12:2, Paul describes an experience of being “…caught up to the Third Heaven.” You may wonder, what or where the Third Heaven is? The First Heaven includes that...
What is a denomination? Well, since the word cannot be found within the Holy Bible, I will have to use an outside worldly source to define this word. From the Webster’s...
After Lazarus was resurrected by the Lord Jesus, did he have to die another physical death? Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha and a friend of Jesus, was resurrected after...
This is one of those questions that is very very practical and very contemporary. What about the question of birth control? We’re living in a world where mankind has almost altogether...
In Revelation 16 we read about the assembling for the Battle of Armageddon. Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. What kind...
“Tithing” in the New Testament Church. The holy meaning of the tithe is a tenth, not 10% of your work earnings. The number 10 has a biblical and spiritual meaning of...
Matthew 19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? A close look at the writing of divorcement which...
Test All Things 