Test All Things
Earnestly Contending For The Faith Which Was Once Delivered Unto The Saints
“And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will...
We know that Jesus of Nazareth is God because that is what the Word of God says. “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the...
I call upon my hearers to investigate this point, as to whether their own souls are accustomed to go forth in acknowledgment of the glorious self-existent Deity of Christ. How shall...
The hardness of men’s hearts, unbelief and rebellion are no obstacle for God: “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26) Yet, we must not falsely assume from...
Looking at the scriptures, I find the revelation of God as the Father of His people throughout. In the first parts of the Old Testament God speaks of being a father...
We are often making statements that need to be qualified. Does the bible make this statement, “God loves sinners”? I could not find it. What it does says is that God...
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1st Timothy 2:5) Paul’s words to Timothy go out to all the world as an...
“God is no respecter of persons.” (Acts 10:34) These words do not mean, as many imagine, that God treats all men alike in providence and grace. He does not, God’s grace...
“But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared.” (Titus 3:4) Three times in this epistle to Titus the Lord Jesus Christ is called, “God our Saviour.” Paul believed...
“We love him, because He first loved us.” (1st John 4:19) Almost everybody claims to love God. Surely the great number of folks associated in some way with religion do. But according to...
The Bible opens with these words, “In the beginning God…” Without explanation and without seeking to prove the existence of God, it declares God as the Creator and Originator of 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...
“And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” (Job 19:26) God’s children DO see Him and WILL see Him. He whom we...
“Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received...
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,...
One of the most flagrant sins of our age is that of irreverence, the failure to ascribe the glory which is due the august majesty of God. Men limit the power and activities...
Concerning the character of God, what gross mistakes men make! I believe it is a mistake about the person of God Himself which is at the root and foundation of all...
“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 is not the little old man upstairs. He is a consuming fire, even a jealous God (Deuteronomy 4:24). God is not softly and tenderly calling sinners to let Him have...
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...
“And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let Him do what seemeth Him good.” (1st Samuel 3:18) Eli sought to know what...
“The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.” (Psalm 24:1) Men live on the earth and divide it into countries ruled over by kings....
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is...
The Scriptural doctrine of God’s existing as One and Three, presented for the consideration of brethren: That God is One appears manifest from every page of God’s revelation; but I shall here content myself...
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1st John 4:10) We rejoice to know that “God...
The Bible tells us three things about the nature of God and we must form all our thoughts about God in the light of these three things. 1. “God is...
“O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye...
“Thou, being a man, makest thyself God.” (John 10:33) This charge, leveled against our Lord by the Jews, was a fully justified accusation. All that He taught plainly asserted His Godhood....
“After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him...
“The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.” (John 3:35) All things have been put into the hands and under the feet of our most glorious...
“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me.” (Psalm 40:7) The writings of the Old Testament prophets abound in predictions of the Messiah,...
“The heavens do rule.” (Daniel 4:26) Sooner or later God is going to make everyone see and acknowledge what He taught the proud king of Babylon – “THE HEAVENS DO RULE!” You may,...
“And the LORD thy God will make thee plentious in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for...
“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. ” (Psalm 9:10) Throughout the Word of God names...
“The Firstborn” (Colossians 1:18) In all things, the triune God has determined that His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, have preeminence as the God-man Mediator, the Saviour of His people. Therefore, He is...
Here is a divine discrimination. The Lord Jesus calls His elect, “MY SHEEP”. To all others He says, “Ye believe not because YE ARE NOT OF MY SHEEP” (John 6:26). Let men denounce it as...
The sovereignty of God. What do we mean by this expression? We mean the supremacy of God, the kingship of God, the godhood of God. To say that God is sovereign...
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...
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...
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,...
“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...
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”...
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...
“He who… preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached” (2 Corinthians 11:4) The Jesus of Free-Willism, unlike the Jesus of gospel preachers, does not possess the love of God. Preachers...
Does your preacher often address men and women with this statement: “won’t you let God do this or that?” It doesn’t sound very God-like does it? There is a tract I...
Before there was time, God is. The eternal present is an attribute of God Almighty. “I AM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14) God the Father, God the Son, and the God...
You will sometimes hear of those who deny the wrath of God and preach the universal love of God for all men declare that what this verse in Romans 9:13 really...
In our day you hear much about the so-called free will of man but you hear very little about the free will of God! You would think, from the talk of...
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Hallelujah!” (Psalm 106:48) Is it possible, beloved, that we can begin the first...
When the solemn and blessed subject of Divine foreordination is expounded, when God’s eternal choice of certain ones to be conformed to the image of His Son is set forth, the...
The final perseverance of the saints may be concluded from the purposes and decrees of God; which are infrustrable, and are always accomplished; “The Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who...
While thinking about where to begin, my thoughts were directed to God who is the beginning of all things. The Bible tells us that “…He is before all things, and by...
1. Jesus IS the visible image of the Invisible God – Colossians 1:15, II Corinthians 4:4…to see Jesus is to see the Invisible God – Mankind was created IN the image...
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,...
The Lord Jesus Christ – The Second Person Of The Holy Trinity “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these...
“God is love.” (I John 4:8) ——————– He defines love. He is the source of all true love. Any ‘love’ that is inconsistent with His love is no love at all....
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...
“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...
God Is One – Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4 God Is Light – 1 John 1:5 God Is Love – 1 John 4:8-16 God Is the Creator – Isaiah 40:12-26 God...
On the night in which Jesus Christ was betrayed, He gathered His disciples together for a final time in an upper room. Only hours separated Him from the cross, where He...
As you know, there are many “Churches” that have already decided that the warning of Revelation 22:18-19 only applies to “The Book of Revelation”, and they have decided that God is...
Because God is holy, acceptance with Him on the ground of creature-doings is utterly impossible. A fallen creature could sooner create a world than produce that which would meet the approval...
This is an audio sermon titled: “Christ, The Fullness of God” The scripture text is from Colossians 2:9-10 and the audio is 26 minutes long.
God’s redemptive character, how God reveals Himself in salvation, is His chief glory. We cannot properly identify the God of redemption, and, therefore, call on sinners to believe unto salvation, until...
Well indeed might the Apostle say, “Great is the mystery of godliness.” Here as in a mirror we see the wonderful love of Jesus, that he who is the Son of...
Titus 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his...
We as “Christians” worship God as He identifies Himself in His Word, as He reveals Himself in Christ, and as He draws us to Himself by His Spirit. We worship God...
When I think of those Perfections of God, as, for instance, immutability, I stand back, and tremble, and keep my distance, in reverence and godly fear at a Being possessed of...
“For there are Three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these Three are One.” (1 John 5:7) There is but one only true...
The Authenticity of 1 John 5:7 1 John 5:7 gives full proof of the plurality of Persons in the Godhead. “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,...
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...
Ah, how many tongues, from hearts as hard as stone, pronounce this word! How many tongues as cold as lead in the sight of God, from the death in nature, prate...
The Name of God is the manifestation of His gracious character, covenant relationship, and glorious perfections. Look at it as revealed to Moses’ heart, and sounded in his ears, “The LORD,...
There are three reference points of truth revealed in Scripture that enable us to seek after, find, trust, and rest in the true Christ, the true Mediator, as opposed to counterfeits....
Test All Things 