The true work of the Holy Spirit happens through the word. So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 Salvation happens through the scripture! Sanctification happens through the scripture! Hope of glory happens through the scripture! Understanding of sound doctrine happens through the scripture! The knowledge of scripture make you an effective evangelist and disciple! Everything happens through the word of God and that’s a beautiful thing! Soli Deo Gloria…
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to…
I argue that the primary reason we misinterpret the Bible is not because the Holy Spirit has failed to do His work, but because we have failed to do ours. R.C. Sproul It is not the work of the Spirit to tell you the meaning of Scripture, and give you the knowledge of divinity, without your own study and labour, but to bless that study, and give you knowledge thereby… To reject study on…
In biblical study, a type refers to an Old Testament person, practice, or ceremony that has a counterpart, an antitype, in the New Testament. In that sense types are predictive. The type pictures, or prefigures, the antitype. The type, though it is historical, real, and of God, is nonetheless imperfect and temporary. The antitype, on the other hand, is perfect and eternal. The study of types and antitypes is called, as one might expect,…
It all happens in a conversation with a Pharisee by the name of Nicodemus. Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night; he’s a very formidable man. The fact that he was a Pharisee meant that he had achieved a very elevated status in his devotion to the Old Testament and to rabbinic law and tradition. He was an expert. Jesus even calls him the teacher in Israel. There are some historical indications that he was…
Christ Is Risen, He Is Risen Indeed The first track of the Gettys’ 2012 album “Hymns For The Christian Life”. Click to buy! The song is inspired by the words of the Paschal greeting: Christos Aneste (“Χριστός ἀνέστη!” – “Christ is Risen!” in Greek) and its response Alithos Anesti (“Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! ” – “Truly He is Risen!” or “He Has Risen Indeed!”) Christ Is Risen, He Is Risen Indeed and that’s a beautiful thing!…
Oh! rejoice in the richness of our salvation! When the Lord pardoned our sins, he did not pardon half of them, and leave some of them on the book- but with one stroke of the pen he gave a full receipt for all our debts! When we went down into the fountain filled with blood, and washed, we did not come up half-clean, but there was no spot nor wrinkle upon us- we were…
It’s a work of God; it’s a divine work, a work of sovereign grace and sovereign power. It’s a monergistic, unilateral work of God that’s not a synthetic work where you have God participating with man. It’s not some kind of coalescing of the will and power of man, with the will and power of God. It’s a singular work of God by which He comes down from heaven, irresistibly brings a call–we call…
It is obvious I like to listen to Dr. MacArthur preach, but every once in a while he does these question and answer sessions with his church Grace Community Church that are just so rich. I had some time this past Saturday and was just so blessed and edified with these two videos, so learn more about his church and his ministry below in these two question and answer session. He talks about Church,…
Free-will doctrine – what does it? It magnifies man into God; it declares God’s purposes a nullity, since they cannot be carried out unless men are willing. It makes God’s will a waiting servant to the will of man, and the whole covenant of grace dependent upon human action. Denying election on the ground of injustice it holds God to be a debtor to sinners, so that if He gives grace to one He…
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