“Having made known unto us the mystery of His will…” Ephesians 1:9a The will of God in times past was hidden in many types and shadows, but now God has declared to us the “mystery of His will.” Let us see what Paul is speaking of by asking a few questions concerning the will of God: 1. What is the object of the will…

TOTAL DEPRAVITYWe believe that all men since the fall of Adam are both guilty and helpless as sinners. All men are born with a sinful nature. All men are guilty of sin. All men are spiritually dead in sin. All men are helplessly lost by nature (Romans 3:9-19; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3). UNCONDITIONAL ELECTIONGod sovereignly chose the people whom He would save before…

Though troubles assail, And dangers affright,Though friends should all fail, And foes all unite;Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide,The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide. We may, like the ships, By tempest be tossedOn perilous deeps, But cannot be lost.Though Satan enrages, The wind and the tide,The promise engages, The Lord will provide. His call we obey, Like Abram of…

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. (Psalms 62:8) Believer, when are you to trust the Lord? Are we to trust Him only when all is well and doubt Him when all is dark? Are we to trust Him only when we understand what He is doing but when all…

“Those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.”    Romans 8:30 The justified sinner stands the closest to God,of any created being in the universe. Nearerto the throne of the Eternal, he cannot stand. What marvelous love! Who will dare assert that salvation is not,from first to last of free, sovereign grace! Let your eye pierce the…

WHAT IS BAPTISM? It is an ordinance of God (one of only two, the Lord’s supper being the other) given for a confession of faith and a symbol of salvation through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ (Mark 16:16; Col. 2:12; Rom. 6:3). WHO IS TO BE BAPTIZED? Not infants and not unbelievers. Believers only should be baptized; all those who…

Why was Lot in Sodom in the first place? There were no fellow-believers there with whom to worship. There was no prophet there to preach the word of God. The people of Sodom were a terrible influence on his children, and his own soul was vexed by the wickedness of the place. So why did he live there? I suppose for the…

  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.  That according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. I Corinthians 1: 30-31      This is the whole story of salvation in these two verses.  This first, “But of Him” – He is…

“And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution?  Then is the offence of the cross ceased.” Galatians 5:11 The preaching of the cross of Jesus Christ is offensive to the natural man. We that believe look at the cross and we see grace, mercy, love, forgiveness, and hope; but this world sees a “stumbling stone and a rock of…

True faith is in a Person. “Abraham believed God. ” Paul said, “I know Whom I have believed. ” I do not trust the finished work of Christ. I trust Him who finished the work. Faith is not believing that Christ died for me. I may believe that He died for me when it may be that He did not. Faith is…