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Chuck Smith

8. The Rapture Of The Church

Chuck Smith"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ." Titus 2:13 The Rapture refers to that time when Jesus is going to come, without warning, and take away His church from this earth. After the Rapture, the Lord will pour out His wrath upon this ... Read More
Chuck Smith

Keep Yourself in the Love of God

Chuck SmithJude exhorts us: "Keep yourselves in the love of God" (v. 21). This seems like a strange injunction. If you don't read the entire context, you could easily misinterpret it. How can we keep ourselves in the love of God? Looking back at verse one, however, we find that Jude is writing to those who are... Read More
Chuck Smith

Luke 19:42

Chuck SmithThis Thy Day I. The first thing that we notice about this day is that Jesus is deliberately setting the stage. A. He sent two of His disciples into the village to bring the colt to Him. 1. We note that it was an unbroken colt. 2. No man had ever sat on it. B. He was setting the stage for the fulfill... Read More
Chuck Smith

The Word of Knowledge

Chuck SmithWe would like to continue our study on the subject of the Holy Spirit. Presently we are dealing with the manifestations of the Holy Spirit as they are recorded in the first section in 1 Corinthians 12, where Paul gives us a partial listing. We will go over to Romans and Ephesians to look at further ... Read More
Erlo Stegen

Jesus only

Erlo StegenMatthew 17:1-8 “1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking... Read More
Erlo Stegen

The Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ

Erlo Stegen"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his pers... Read More
J.C. Ryle

Expository Thoughts On John - JOHN 6:66-71

J.C. RylePeter’s Confession After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer. So Jesus said to the twelve, "You don’t want to go away too, do you?" Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to k... Read More
J.C. Ryle

Expository Thoughts On Luke - Luke 20:27-40

J.C. RyleRESURRECTION AND MARRIAGE We see in these verses what an old thing unbelief is. We are told that "there came to our Lord certain of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection." Even in the Jewish Church, the Church of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the Church of Moses, and Samuel, and Da... Read More
J.C. Ryle

The Church Which Christ Builds

J.C. RyleThe Church Which Christ Builds "Upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). Do we belong to the Church which is built upon a rock? Are we members of the only Church in which our souls can be saved? These are serious questions. They deserv... Read More
J.C. Ryle

Warnings To the Churches - The True Church

J.C. RyleThe following Sermon was preached in England, in August, 1858. "On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it" (Matthew 16:18) We live in a world in which all things are passing away. Kingdoms, empires, cities, institutions, families, all are liable to change and co... Read More

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