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Earnestly Contending For The Faith Which Was Once Delivered Unto The Saints
At the center of man-made religion is man’s choice. They say such things as “God’s done all He can do, He’s made salvation available, now it’s up to you, it’s your...
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” (1st Thessalonians 1:4) Recently a young mother I know made this comment. She said, “The one thing about the election of God, that concerns me...
Paul, in the book of Romans, reminds us that “Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.” (Romans 11:1-6) A “remnant” is a...
“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...
When we truly realize that the Lord of heaven and earth CHOSE US in Christ to salvation, REDEEMED US by His blood, and CALLED US by His gospel, it will have...
The Apostle Paul wrote, “We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation.” (2nd Thessalonians 2:13)...
Election is something deeper than a mere purpose; it is an actual choice, before all worlds were made, of a people existing then and there in our Lord Jesus Christ; Existing...
There is nothing negative about those glorious truths concerning God’s electing love and Christ’s particular atonement for the elect. Although men sometimes dwell on the fact that some won’t be saved,...
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the...
In 1st Corinthians chapter 10 God gave us these examples to warn us that we should not fall into the same sins of rebellion against those whom God has appointed to...
We all say that we believe Jonah’s confession, “Salvation is of the LORD” (Jonah 2:9). But you do not really mean that, do you? I know that the preachers I hear on radio...
“And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear...
“…The Elect of God…” (Colossians 3:12) There are some people described in the Book of God as “the elect.” They are a people who were chosen in Christ unto salvation before...
“And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us,...
The Son of God laid down His life and died for those people who are specifically designated His sheep (John 10:11-26). The objects of redemption, those for whom Christ laid down...
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 Word of God declares that, “The children being not yet born, neither having done good or evil Jacob have I loved, Esau have I hated, that the PURPOSE OF GOD...
When people hear a lie told often enough, after a while they come to believe the lie as truth. This is what the scriptures mean “and many shall follow their pernicious...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
God’s love to His Son, as a Mediator, is an everlasting love; “Thou lovedst me”, says Christ (John 17:24), before the foundation of the world. This love was a love of...
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” (1 Thessalonians 1:4) Your ELECTION is known by your CALLING! “You hath He quickened who were dead…” (Ephesians 2:1) Have you been quickened, made...
The tendency of this truth is most sanctifying: for a man to feel that God alone hath made him to differ from another that what he has he has received that...
I have noticed that the main issue that men grapple with over the doctrine of election is not whether or not the Scripture teaches it. Any honesty at all will make...
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...
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...
These maxims are certainly true and indisputable: (1) That nothing in time can be the cause of what was done in eternity. To believe, to do good works, and persevere in...
“Election”! O! That blessed truth has been and still is dearer to me than life; and the way and manner of its revelation and application to my soul in deep bondage...
We must emphasize that election is absolutely sovereign. By this we mean that God is the Lord of salvation, and that the ground and motive of His choosing some unto salvation...
“…If God be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?” (Romans 8:31) This part of the verse in Romans 8:31 crosses my mind more frequently, I suppose, than most other Scriptures....
All God’s people, sooner or later, are brought to this point – to see that God has a ‘people,’ a ‘peculiar people,’ a people separate from the world, a people whom...
The Remnant from the Gentiles and the Remnant from the Jews (Hosea 1:10, Hosea 2:23, Romans 9:25-28, Isaiah 10:21-23) Let me refresh your memory on how the Old Testament and the...
Vessels of Mercy (Romans 9:23, Ephesians 1:18, Psalm 119:89, Revelation 13:8, Romans 6:22) Romans 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy,...
“For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that...
In 1st Corinthians chapter 10 God gave us these examples to warn us that we should not fall into the same sins of rebellion against those whom God has appointed to...
“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful (propitious) to me a sinner.”...
“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body being many, are one body; so also is Christ.” (1 Corinthians 12:12) THE...
Our meditation from the word of God today is found in John 6:37: “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will...
Salvation from sin through Jesus Christ is entirely of God’s grace. This is something that Jonah learned when he was in the belly of a whale. We read in Jonah 2:9,...
Romans 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Before we begin our study on the remnant, I would like...
“For there is no respect of persons with God.” Romans 2:11 Some object from hence, though without any reason, to the doctrine of particular election of certain persons to everlasting salvation....
In the attributes of God and in various graces of the Spirit, comparative and contrasting attributes and graces are often paired together. Our God is a God of mercy, and a...
We believe the Scriptures teach that all of those for whom Jesus died shall be brought to the knowledge of the truth, and not one shall be lost. “For I came...
Since we attempted to prove by the Scriptures the “Total Depravity”, one may ask the question: Since man by nature does not seek after the Lord, why does God save any?...
“And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear...
“And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, by our father Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that...
“What if God, willing to show His wrath, and to make His power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction.” (Romans 9:22) We have been singing...
In the Matthew chapter 13 the Lord Jesus told the multitude the Parable of the Sower, but He did not explain the parable. Then at the end of the parable He...
Every first day of the week we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus from the grave. By that act of the resurrection of Christ from the tomb, God demonstrated beyond...
“Thy People Shall Be Willing In The Day of Thy Power.” (Psalm 110:3) ——————– God’s elect worship and serve Him with willing hearts. We willingly believe, willingly worship, willingly give, and...
The subject matter that we want to look at in this study is this: Is it God’s will that many people remain spiritually deaf and blind? Is it God’s will that...
We will inquire who the “us-ward” are to whom the Lord is said to be long-suffering. They are undoubtedly the persons to whom Peter writes his epistles, including himself. Let us...
By William Gadsby Preached in Manchester, England February 9th, 1840 ________________________________________________ “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward; not willing...
This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled: “Chosen” The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is Ephesians 1:4 and the audio is 43 minutes long.
One of the hardest lessons that we as believers must continually learn is that it is God alone who makes us to differ. The apostle Paul wrote of this to the...
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Ephesians 1:4According as he hath chosen...
God’s love to His elect is not of yesterday; it does not begin with their love to Him, We love Him, because He first loved us. It was bore in His...
The electing and rejecting God is Supreme. Such is the plain teaching of Scripture. To deny the sovereign character of elective grace is to deny that God is God. It is...
We are still discussing the text from Romans 9:14-16, and this time we must call special attention to the words: “For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom...
We now continue our discussion of the truth of predestination as taught in that marvelous ninth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. And this time we call your attention especially...
We were discussing the passage from Romans 9:10-13, and I will not take time now to quote it again. Only, in the present lecture I must call special attention to the...
We now approach what has often been considered a locus classicus, one of the main passages that prove the truth of predestination. I refer, of course, to Romans 9:10-13, “And not...
We believe in the truth of sovereign predestination, which, briefly, means to us that God sovereignly determines the salvation of the elect and the damnation of the reprobate. In short, that...
God summons the elect usually through the preaching of the gospel. Now, Christians do not first learn the identities of the elect, and then proceed to preach the gospel only...
“But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the...
It may appear to some of our readers that the exposition we have given of John 3:16 in the chapter on “Difficulties and Objections” is a forced and unnatural one, inasmuch...
THE decree of election stands upon an unchangeable foundation, to wit, that rock of ages, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8) As the first Adam was...
Many today believe and teach the Arminian heresy of universal atonement. A universal atonement means that Christ must have died for Esau whom God hated (Romans 9:13); Judas, “the son of...
Derek Dunn in the Ballymena Times (15 February, 2006) repeated the myth that God loves everybody. God loves the world, but in Scripture that rarely means the entire human race (John...
“A peculiar people.” (1 Peter 2:9) What an involuntary testimony do ungodly people often bear to the truth of the Scriptures! What, for instance, is more common in the world, and...
Unconditional Election (Psalm 65:4) “Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness...
“The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many,” (Matthew 20:28) When the Lord Jesus laid down His...
As “Son of Man,” He is renown among His people (Ruth 4:13-14) There is no greater name in the world than that of Jesus. The Apostle Paul said of Him in...
A proud atheist once stood with a group of people, shook his fist toward the sky and said, “If there is a God, may he prove himself by striking me dead...
Holy Scriptures contain many exhortations and invitations regarding coming to Christ for salvation (e.g. Isaiah 45:22; 55:1; Matthew 11:28; John 7:37; Revelation 22:17). Here is Christ’s doctrine on this subject in...
If God the Father has predestined only a limited number to be saved, if God the Son died to redeem only those given to Him by the Father, and if God...
When Paul wrote the epistle to the believers at Colosse, he made a very interesting statement which runs totally contrary to what is taught in modern day religion – “Put on...
When most religious people speak about the death of Christ, their words reveal they have little or no respect for the holiness, justice, or the grace of God. They speak of...
I was raised in religion and taught by well-intentioned individuals that “we were all God’s children,” that He “loved all men and women equally,” and that He wanted to and was...
In this article we will consider the first parable in Luke Chapter 15. This is the Parable of the Lost Sheep. Even though the Lord Jesus is speaking about sheep, He...
In the beginning of Romans 9 the Apostle Paul vents his continual sorrow for his fellow countrymen who remain in unbelief. But then he concludes this lament by stating what the...
Is It God’s Will that All Men Be Saved? 1 Timothy 2:4 God our Savior, who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the...
In John 17 we read what is known as the High Priestly Prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why is it called the High Priestly Prayer? It is because this is...
God’s Provision Of Grace In Christ The doctrines of God’s sovereign grace revealed in the Gospel are revealed to establish in the minds of sinners the first principles of grace —...
There are so many misconceptions of the Gospel truths of election and definite atonement. These misconceptions are fostered mainly by natural prejudices and misunderstandings concerning what the Bible teaches about these...
Some have told us that this great Biblical truth is an “in-house debate” and should not be brought up to the unbeliever. We should meet them at the place of their...
“Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate;” “and whom he did predestinate them he also glorified” etc. (Rom. 8:29, 30) This word “foreknowledge” is one of the deepest and most...
By John Kershaw It will be seen from the following narration that when I first heard of “election” I was upon “Old Covenant” ground. One Sunday evening I went with my...
Preached in Manchester, England – February 9th, 1840 – By William Gadsby —————————— “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward;...
Election Collection Unto Sanctification (Deuteronomy 7:6 KJV) For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto...
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