We are commanded in the Scriptures to pay close attention to ourselves and to our teaching, for only thus can we ensure salvation for ourselves and for those we preach to (1 Tim.4:16). Our life and our doctrine are like two legs that give stability to our Christian life. Both legs should be equally ... Read More
We are commanded in the Scriptures to pay close attention to ourselves and to our teaching, for only thus can we ensure salvation for ourselves and for those we preach to (1 Timothy 4:16). Our life and our doctrine are like two legs that give stability to our Christian life. Both legs should be equa... Read More
"If you leave God's paths and go astray (to the right or to the left), you will hear a Voice behind you say, 'No, this is the way; walk here'" (Isaiah 30:20, 21 - TLB). The Voice referred to here is the voice of the Holy Spirit Who alerts us when we go even slightly astray (to the right or to the le... Read More
Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6) Now, we return to the category we are calling "precious promises." (2 Peter 1:4). Here we have a priceless one concerning God's commitment to complete the wo... Read More
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. For we who have believ... Read More
Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. (John 8:36) As mentioned previously, one way to examine the life of grace is to look at living by faith in the promises of God. Let us now proceed in our consideration of God's "exceedingly great and precious promises" (2 Peter 1:4). The... Read More
Reading: 2 Kings 7:3-16 THE SIN OF SILENCE A woman in a mid-Western town in the USA some years ago took an unusual method of testifying to her faith in Christ. Her friends for the most part were lukewarm and indifferent. Nominal Christians one might call them. So one day when she knew they would be ... Read More
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM JANUARY 2004 IN ONE FILE Untried, untrodden, and unknown (Octavius Winslow, "The Untrodden Path" 1860) "You have not passed this way before." Joshua 3:4 How solemn is the reflection that with a new cycle of time, commences a new and untrodden path with each traveler to Zion.... Read More
The term “anthropology” comes from two Greek words, namely, anthro„pos meaning “man” and logos meaning “word, matter, or thing.” We use the word “anthropology” to refer to the study of man and a Biblical anthropology is the study of man as understood primarily from Scripture. Thus it often involves ... Read More
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus who has become to us wisdom from God, namely, righteousness, holiness, and redemption (1 Cor 1:30) Meditation: The God Who Saves Me The Sovereignty of God in Life and Salvation 1. Read Ephesians 1:11. How many things does God work out in conformity w... Read More
(Knowing God's Way) 21. Understanding The Truth Accurately
(New Wine In New Wineskins) 23. The truth that we believe
(The Full Gospel) 2. The Balance Of Truth
A Precious Promise of God's Completing Work
God's Promises and God's Rest
The Promise of Freedom in Christ
The sin of silence
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM JANUARY 2004
Anthropology & Hamartiology: Man and Sin
So Great A Salvation: “Blind, But Now I See”