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Of course very few would ever say it out loud, but that does not stop people from feeling that God really had to save them because they have some value or merit. This idea is reinforced by modern teachings that God needed us and that He somehow was incomplete without us. At the very root of these id... Read More

l One of the amazing things about grace is just how abundant it is. There seems to be no limit to God’s ability to show grace and mercy to those who need it. Romans 5:20 says, “But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more”. “Abounded” is already more than is needed. “Abounded much” is way more t... Read More

"That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 5:21 Here we have the grouping of three titles, "Jesus" (Saviour) "Christ" (Anointed) "Lord" (Master). In a few words the great problem of the ages is solved. Sin... Read More

It is a doubtful exegesis which teaches that Nicodemus came to Jesus by night because of fear of the Jewish Council (of which he was a member). His interview with Christ took place too early in the ministry of the Saviour for that. John the Baptist was not yet cast into prison. The envy and the enmi... Read More

Let no-one suppose that the decrees of God are the cause of man’s condemnation and final doom. As well charge God with man’s sin as charge Him with being the cause of man’s condemnation. “As I live, saith the Lord-God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the, wicked turn from his... Read More

The New Testament is constantly under attack and its reliability and accuracy are often contested by critics. But, if the critics want to disregard the New Testament, then they must also disregard other ancient writings by Plato, Aristotle, and Homer. This is because the New Testament documents are ... Read More

Their Redeemer is strong. I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins. — I have laid help upon one that is mighty. — The Lord ... thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. — Mighty to save. — Able to keep you from falling. — Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. H... Read More

He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye ... Read More

Adam ... begat a son in his own likeness. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? — Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Dead in trespasses and sins; ... by nature the children of wrath, even as others. — I am carnal, sold under sin. That which I do I allow ... Read More

The grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich. — For where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Tha... Read More