Containing testimony to the Divine Design and Inspiration of Scripture and to the Authority, Work, and Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Prefatory Note Some time ago one of the beautiful acrostics of the Bible (Prov. 31:10-31) was much spoken of. It is a scripture of great grace and comeliness, and ha... Read More
What can be more important today, for those who truly belong to the church—to the assembly which is Christ’s body, than the right understanding of their relationship to the One who is Head of that assembly? For this, the place that our Lord Jesus Christ has, as our living, exalted Head, must be know... Read More
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him” (Colossians 2:6). Prayer and the Word of God go together; we cannot dispense with either if we are to grow in the truth. As we read the Word prayerfully, the Spirit of God will unfold to us the meaning of the words, and we cann... Read More
Gnosticism seems to have existed in germ form in the days of Paul and John. For instance, Colossians 2:8, 18-19 and much of 1 John may well have been aimed at this error. Gnosticism was a product of the spirit of religious fusion that characterized the first century. It borrowed elements from Judais... Read More
The great failure of the church was giving up Paul. "All... in Asia" did not give up evangelical truth but they gave up Paul; anything popular you may have, but not Paul. Why? Because he is heavenly. Colossians 2:20 is "over Jordan." In Romans (6:1-11), [you are] "dead to sin "- dead with Christ - o... Read More
Recently in the county where I live yet another person was excommunicated from his local assembly for “breaking the church rules”. Among other things this deacon's primary offense was “not shunning”, in this case accepting car rides from, his children who were fellow believers but who had left their... Read More
"As ye have, therefore, received Christ Jesus as Lord, so walk ye in Him, rooted and built up in Him " (Colossians 2 7). We appreciate His benefits toward us, but are we appreciative do we express to Him our appreciation? "Let us be very watchful that the inner life, communion with the Lord Jesus, ... Read More
SARX (Various senses of the word commonly translated as "Flesh") Strongs Definition: NT:4561 sarx (sarx); probably from the base of NT:4563; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul [or spirit], or as the sym... Read More
The GUILTY conscience is a primary obstacle to us coming to the throne of grace or to do His service (Hebrews 9:9). The blood of bulls and of goats could not take away sins- nor did it have the power to PURGE the conscience of its guilt. For this cause of a guilty conscience- people under the Law li... Read More
Roman Catholicism by Thomas Watson "Keep yourselves from idols!" 1 John 5:21 IDOLATRY is a soul-damning error! In the law, God laid claim to the fat of the sacrifice, Leviticus 3:3. Just so, all divine worship, which is the fat of the sacrifice, the Lord will have peculiarly reserved for Himself; wh... Read More
The Alphabetical Scriptures; or The Divine Acrostics
The Head of the Body, the Assembly” (2)
The Highway for the Saints of God
Observations on Gnosticism and Manicheism
Heavenly Ground
“Order” (Ordenung) That is Out of Order (disguised rebellion)
PERSONAL APPRECIATION
SARX (the "flesh")
The New Covenant Part III ('States' of the Conscience)
Roman Catholicism