Grace is not born in us. … Even the children of saints are born in sin. Grace doth not run in the blood. Inherent holiness is not propagated, which yet doth not impede the propagation of federal holiness. Though the seed of believers are born polluted it doth not...

"22. If men strive, and hurt a woman. This passage at first sight is ambiguous, for if the word death only applies to the pregnant woman, it would not have been a capital crime to put an end to the foetus, which would be a great absurdity; for the foetus, though...

I will start with 2 digressions, before I begin: I am a born-again Christian I am a nurse by profession My life, given these positions, have been quite humbling. Two things have I learned from these two things; People die often and most people ignore this fact or hide...

My Mother, Janet G. Bushey (83), went home to be w/ her Lord this day 9/8/18 @ 1212 hrs. We praise Christ for the work He did in my Mom; as she walked w/ the Lord, over the years, one could see her tenderness toward all adversity grow immensely. Never a mean thing to...

We are studying through the book of Revelation in our Sunday School class. In Rev 2:18, we come to the church @ Thyatira. Christ has some specific problems w/ this church. A female prophetess, 'Jezebel' who is advocating for sexual sin, worship of idols and the...

The church is akin to a coin; one side is the church local, i.e. the organized body of believers who meet together with the prime intent of sharing the gospel and worshipping Christ. The other side of the same coin is the universal expression, all saints, alive and...

2 Thessalonians 2:15 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from...

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Paul, Apostle number 13, was beheaded, possibly in A.D. 67 under the reign of Nero. 2 Tim 4:6-8  “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the...

John, the baptist??? Matt. 3:1   Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,  2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven 1is at hand.”  3 For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, “THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING...

John 13:5 5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research...

Fulgentius, an early church writer, north African bishop, and disciple of Augustine, explains the meaning of God's will to save all men, namely that it means not all men without exception, but all men without distinction. Fulgentius, bishop of Ruspe (c. 467-532): For...

Confession of Sin Argument: “I am forgiven already, by Christ’s work-I don’t need to confess any sin any longer. If I confess my sin, it is like saying I don’t believe Jesus paid the price for the sins I am already forgiven of. That itself, would be a sin!”  ...

https://youtu.be/-c9-poC5HGw Angel City Chorus doing Toto's 'Africa'.

“When the priest pronounces the tremendous words of consecration, he reaches up into the heavens, brings Christ down from His throne, and places Him upon our altar to be offered up again as the Victim for the sins of man. It is a power greater than that of monarchs...

"So long as it remains true that Paul represents the Church of the Living God to be one, founded on one covenant (which the law could not set aside) from Abraham to today, so long it remains true that the promise is to us and our children and that the members of the...

The word "ordinance" and it's origination: ".....by historical notation, the Presbyterian Puritans, for example, used the term "ordinance" as much as they used the term "sacrament," especially in their personal writings. They were used interchangeably. In the WSC the...

http://www.reformed.com/pub/sola.htm   1. Episcopalianism Unfortunately, the Lutheran and Episcopal symbols both contradict sola scriptura in their discussions of ecclesiastical ceremonies, church authority and tradition. The Thirty Nine Articles give the church...

John Owen “The end of his message and of his coming was, that those to whom he was sent might be “blessed with faithful Abraham,” or that “the blessing of Abraham,” promised in the covenant, “might come upon them,” Galatians 3:9, 14. To deny this, overthrows the whole...

Surely, all would agree that the expansion of the gospel is clearly seen in the New Testament. But, gentile conversions are not germane only to the New Testament. In fact, in Nineveh alone, the scriptures tell us that 120,000 people came to faith. Many people like to...

22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch. The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.,...

Evangelism/Evangelist/Evangelize: Scripture: ‘Evangelist’, Used only 3 times in the New Testament Acts 21:8 8 And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the...

converslo: conversion; viz., the work of the Holy Spirit according to which the intellect and the will of the sinner are turned toward God in contrition and faith.Conversion can be distinguished into: (1) conversio passiva sive habitualis, passive or habitual...

Since the gospel is primarily given to the church and to be able to flawlessly define when one was actually regenerated and or converted, the chance that one was actually converted at a particular time, may have been in the context of a church setting, more likely....

RC has gone home to be with our Lord. He will be greatly missed. God used him greatly in my early walk. I am indebted.

In Thomas Watson's 'The 10 Commandments, he writes: (1) True faith is grounded upon knowledge. Knowledge carries the torch before faith. There is a knowledge of Christ's orient excellencies. Phil 3:8. He is made up of all love and beauty. True faith is a judicious...

44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900...

One of the most obvious symbolism that stands out to us religious Jews is the fact that the mikvah– the ritual immersion pool, holds forty measured seah of water. For ritual purity Jews immerse themselves fully in a ritual bath filled with mayim chayim – living...

The charge that if John's baptism was not Christian, then all the people John baptized would then need to be actually baptized for the first time is flawed in that all of these people already had the sign in their flesh already-unless of course you are prepared to say...

Does baptizo Always Mean Immersion? April 27, 2015 at 6:06am Below are excerpts from "The Reformed Doctrine of Baptism and New Testament Practice" by Dr. Ligon Duncan, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi. This is in connection to the sermon...

Intermingling justification and works, even in passing, tends to cause all sorts of unrest. The doctrine is important, but must be dealt with with sharp distinctions. A man who is converted on a Wednesday and dies on a Thursday is no less saved than the man who is...

The Kingdom of grace is nothing but....the beginning of the Kingdom of glory; the Kingdom of grace is glory in the seed, and the Kingdom of glory is grace in the flower; the Kingdom of grace is glory in the daybreak, and the Kingdom of glory is grace in the full...

"We are Not born sinners" See Gen 6:5 & 8:21, Psalm 51:5 & 58:3, Eph 2:3, Rom 5:12 Ch 6 of the WCF: "I. Our first parents, begin seduced by the subtlety and temptations of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin God was pleased, according...

Lane Keister: https://greenbaggins.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/the-main-biblical-problem-with-kinism/ Brian Schwertly: http://www.reformedonline.com/uploads/1/5/0/3/15030584/kinist_heresy.pdf http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=81101454374 A response by Kinist...

When you consider that God elected you before the foundation of the world, was there anything in you that compelled God to elect you over someone who he rejected? This is a heady thought. I have pondered this often and it will cause you to twist a bit. 6 There was a...

In researching the idea of ministry: The term is used in the OT in two ways that I can see: 1) In the secular realm of kings and dignitaries 2) Service to God-generally in temple duties-office holder (priest) 3 offices: Prophet, Priest and King The secular realm is...

18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient,...

Luke 1:15 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb...   What did Mary actually proclaim to her cousin that made JtB leap? What the angel had told her about Messiah.   Luke writes of JtB:   "Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the...

Leviticus 20:23 - "And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them." Leviticus 26:30 - "And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your...

"This new life, therefore, manifests itself in new views of God, of Christ, of sin, of holiness, of the world, of the gospel, and of the life to come; in short, of all those truths which God has revealed as necessary to salvation. This spiritual illumination is so...

I. Concerning the subject of faith a question is moved as to infants. There are two extremes: (1) in defect, by the Anabaptists, who deny all faith to infants and under this pretext exclude them from baptism; (2) in excess, by the Lutherans, who, to oppose themselves...

Why relying on a dictionary definition of "Baptism" to mean "full immersion" is a Scriptural fallacy. 1) Taking a dictionary definition of a word, and then cramming it back into Scripture is not consistent. We would no longer be Calvinists, but Universalists in...

PURITAN REFORMED MINISTRIES IN INDIA Preach the word! Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! We wish you a blessed new year 2017 ! Our God remains always faithful to us. We thank Him for His goodness and mercy bestowed upon us in the...

The purpose for this table is simply to show side-by-side, and with accompanying Scripture, how both OT and NT covenant-signs make substantially the same statements, and teach substantially the same truth; while allowing for NT improvement wherever appropriate. Inward...

How are believers to interpret Hebrews Chapter 6 verses 1-4?   4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of...

Taken from:http://rofgrace.com/the_believer_and_god_s_law I will interact with it, if u don't mind: I found this paper to be edifying and accurate in most cases; the only thing I see as a problem has it’s direct roots in dispensationalism. Otherwise, the paper is...

I have seen recently that there are Christian groups out there whom hold to the idea that the gsoepl and the law are like water and oil. They are contrasts-polar opposites. If you hold to any law at all, 'you are still in your sins'. One needs to make the distinction...

"If we just sing the Psalms, we wouldn't be singing about Christ!" "It is sometimes said that in the singing of the psalms one is denied the privilege of singing of the Saviour who has now come. In other words, it is commonly alleged that there is not enough of Christ...

Ch 19 of the WCF I. God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which he bound him and all his posterity to personal, entire, exact, and perpetual obedience; promised life upon the fulfilling, and threatened death upon the breach of it; and endued him with...

Some differences between a Psalter and a Hymnal. The Psalter is the Word of God. A hymnal is the word of man. All 150 Psalms are God-breathed and divinely made profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. The hymnal isn't. All 150 Psalm...

Much can be said of the fact that Abraham surely placed the sign upon Ishmael. The question to be considered is was Ishmael in the internal aspect of the covenant or in the external aspect? When we look at ch 21 of Genesis we see some interesting language: For...

a friend responded to this Facebook post by asking: "Please explain what this means": "Christ came to 'save' sinners for Himself." It's a bit complicated, but I will try and make it palatable: Theologically speaking, before God created the world, the Godhead, i.e. the...

You want to buy Logos? One of the things that the sales associates of Logos do not convey is that the prog is a power hog. If you are using a standard hard drive without max amount of ram pushing it, you will have bog down issues for sure. When I added the Reformed...

Conforming to the word of God must begin with the work of the Holy Spirit. Reformation is the effect of that work, trickling down into the heart of the man as evidenced by his agreeable nature to it and the outworking of said, reformation.

I will not allow any man’s manipulation or questionable interpretation of Holy Scripture to cause me to suspend my critical thinking and ability to reason, given to each of us by our God and maker, in order to force me to live in their reality. ~J. Camejo

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"Difference of belief and unity of believers are not inconsistent" Jeremiah Burroughs.

I find it rather stunning that some Christians believe the Psalms are insufficient for the worship of Christ when the New Testament cites the Psalter more frequently than ANY OTHER BOOK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT and that by a wide margin! Psalm Citations in the New...

Hebrews 4:8-11 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a Sabbath-keeping [σαββατισμός] to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as...

On this day in history, Martin Luther said it best: "Your Imperial Majesty and Your Lordships demand a simple answer. Here it is, plain and unvarnished. Unless I am convicted [convinced] of error by the testimony of Scripture or (since I put no trust in the...

The bible condemns illicit drug use and calls it sorcery or witchcraft:   18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, tfornication, tuncleanness, vlasciviousness, 20 Idolatry,...

"The New Covenant is taken either broadly or strictly. V The New covenant is also taken in a twofold manner either broadly, inasmuch as it stands for the covenant of grace in general made with sinners , which existed under the Old Testament as well before Christ...

1. “Songs of Zion” (4th ed.) – Michael Bushell 2. “The Psalms in Worship” – John McNaugher, ed. 3. “The Singing of Psalms in the Worship of God” – G.I. Williamson 4. “Sing the Lord’s Songs: Biblical Psalms in Worship” – John W. Keddie 5. “Singing of Psalms: The Duty...

Ch 28 WCF VIII VII. The sacrament of Baptism is but once to be administered unto any person.[18]   Robert Shaw: Section VII.—The sacrament of Baptism is but once to be administered to any person. Exposition 1. The efficacy of baptism is not confined to the moment...

The Lord's supper was a passover meal until Christ instituted the change of adding wine as representative of His bleeding for the bride-at this point it ceased being the Passover. The Passover was a meal and not a meal and drink. The Lord's Supper is a meal, including...

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, - Jude 1:14 KJV Poole on Jude 1:14 These men own the prophecy of Enoch, that the Lord comes to judgment, and they themselves are in the number...

The Lord's Supper and baptism are not empty rites. It is more than just a symbolic act. To say that the Heavens do not open wide during the act itself and that God, Christ and the Holy Spirit are not communicating anything to the recipients directly is an injustice to...

God created Adam: 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos...

News Feed Wayne Bond shared Charles Michelsen's post. 2 hrs · I watched a pastor become a Calvinist, so he did not have to witness anymore. Charles Michelsen 2 hrs · Calvinism is gross heresy because it effectively NEGATES the Gospel, i.e., renders it a moot point....

Concerning the Observation of Days of Publick Thanksgiving. WHEN any such day is to be kept, let notice be given of it, and of the occasion thereof, some convenient time before, that the people may the better prepare themselves thereunto. The day being come, and the...

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither...

Thomas Valentine, one of the Westminster divines writes: "That Christ being offered to them to deliver them from curse and condemnation, and they wilfully rejecting Him, they aggravate their sins, and bring upon them the condemnation of the gospel; so that the law and...

WLC: Q. 191. What do we pray for in the second petition? A. In the second petition, (which is,*Thy kingdom come) acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of sin and Satan, we pray, that the kingdom of sin and Satan may be destroyed,...

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. 24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount...

In the midst of the approaching (holi)days, my daughter asked me: "Dad, what is your favorite holiday?" Over the years, I have almost completely neutralized any love or kinship with the secular days. In the midst of my studies and prayer, I have cleansed my heart. The...

The sabbath day is commanded to be lifted up, as described in the 4th commandment. The other days of the week belong to God just like the Sabbath, but none of them have any exceptional value when compared to the sabbath day-there is a vast difference. Part of the...

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The Duty of the Christian Voter (the Covenanter, 1845) "Now what is the duty of the moral—the Christian voter? Is it not, clearly, so to cast his vote that he may, as a member of the body politic, throw his weight, not into the scale of vice, but into that of virtue?...

I No Longer Say the Pledge of Allegiance! July 3, 2010 at 2:03pm I no longer say the traditional pledge of allegiance to the American flag for fear of taking God’s name in vain. I pray for our country and civil leaders each Lord's Day worship, that they might restrain...

“Hear, O Israel: G‑d is our L‑rd, G‑d is one.” In its entirety, the Shema consists of three paragraphs:Deuteronomy 6:4–9, Deuteronomy 11:13–21 and Numbers 15:37–41.

Much like the mercies of God which are new every morning, and the long-suffering of God Himself towards the sins of the elect, Grace tolerates the ignorant so that God's love and tenderness is amplified.

God saves all kinds of sinners. One's theology does not necessarily exclude one from this grace. For example, many people are in a sanctifying state. They are a theological work in progress. A child who is elect may not have their theology down pat. If this child dies...

Romans was an Presbyterial letter Churches: Cenchrea ‘The Churches of the Gentiles’ ‘Arisyobulus’ hosehold’ ‘Hosehold of Narcissus’ ‘14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.’ ‘15 Salute Philologus, and Julia,...

Universal-all believers locally and in glory catholic-same as 'universal' Invisible-the elect over time and in the local church local-congregations that have confessing Chrisitians-some elect, some reprobate-some regenerate, some converted visible-same as 'local'....