It is important to note that the bulk of the theology of the Faith Movement can be traced directly to the cultic teachings of New Thought metaphysics. Thus, much of the theology of the Faith Movement can also be found in such clearly pseudo-Christian cults as Religious Science, Christian Science, and the Unity School of [...]
Archive for December, 2007
31 Dec
Letter From Pope Pius XII To Adolf Hitler
To the illustrious, Herr Adolf Hitler, Führer and Chancellor of the German Reich!
Here at the beginning of our pontificate we wish to assure you that we remain devoted to the spiritual welfare of the German people entrusted to your leadership. For them we implore God the Almighty to grant them that true felicity which springs [...]
31 Dec
An Ode To Freewill! (Or, An Ode To ME!)
(This is a satirical poem written to expose the Arminian Lie)
Some believe in election,
Oh, no, not me,
For I know He chose me,
because my faith He did foresee.
He saw that I would choose Him,
and He saw something good in me,
Reacting to that foreseen good,
He chose me.
God cannot force a free person
To choose to come to Him.
Salvation [...]
31 Dec
Philpot On John Gill
For a sound, consistent, scriptural exposition of the word of God, no commentary, we believe, in any language can be compared with Dr. Gill’s. There may be commentaries on individual books of Scripture, which may surpass Dr. Gill’s in depth of research and fullness of exposition: and the great work from which Poole compiled his [...]
31 Dec
J.C. Philpot On William Huntington
Thomas Hardy, in one of his excellent letters, makes the following remark, “The best Christians I meet with are generally Huntingtonians.” This witness is true. There is, or as we must now say there was, for so few of them are left, a depth and clearness of experience, a savor and a sweetness, a rich, [...]
31 Dec
Philpot On John Warburton
Who that knows anything of the wondrous doings and dealings of the Lord in providence and grace can say that miracles have ceased? It is true that the croaking raven no longer brings bread and flesh, morning and evening to an Elijah by the brook Cherith; nor does the palsied leave his bed, or the [...]
30 Dec
Prayer And Its Answer
Preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on July 26, 1846, by J. C. Philpot
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee; and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
(Jeremiah 33:3)
These words were spoken by the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah under peculiar circumstances. We read in the first verse of this chapter, “Moreover [...]
29 Dec
What Did Christ Accomplish By His Death?
He has “put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself,” Hebrews 9:26;
He has “finished transgression and made an end of sin,” Daniel 9:24.
He has “redeemed us from all iniquity;”
He has “redeemed us from the curse of the law,” from destruction and from the power of the devil;
He has “obtained eternal redemption [...]
29 Dec
Faith, Faith And Faith
The title of this article may sound ridiculous, but if we consider the meaning of “faith” in the Scriptures, it makes perfect sense.
First, “faith” refers to the faithfulness OF CHRIST to fulfill all conditions of the covenant of redemption by His obedience unto death on the cross. This is the ground of our salvation as [...]
29 Dec
Freely
“Freely ye have received, freely give,”
Matthew 10:8
What have we freely received from the Lord, who are His elect and redeemed ones?
We have ALL things of God in Christ by His pure, sovereign, grace alone.
Have we repented of dead works and any notion of having any contribution to our salvation?
It is only by [...]
25 Dec
Search The Scriptures
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” (John 5:39)
Because there is so much confusion, and so many voices as to the proper interpretation of Scripture, how careful all of us must be to search them for ourselves. The Greek word for [...]
25 Dec
Godly Humility
A man once wrote, “Humility! The sweetest, loveliest flower that bloomed in Eden, and the first that died, has rarely blossomed since on mortal soil. It is so frail, so delicate a thing, ’tis gone if it but look upon itself; and he who ventures to esteem it proves by that single thought he has [...]
25 Dec
Christ’s Work And The Holy Spirit’s Work
There are some in our day who in their zeal to show the necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit within us, do so by diminishing and devaluing the blessed work of Christ for us on the cross. Let us never fall prey to such deception. We preach, emphasize, and recognize the absolute necessity [...]
25 Dec
Encouragement In Love
When I examine myself and take inventory of my thoughts, motives, desires, and actions, I am continually disappointed in the sinfulness and weakness of my best efforts to love God and my brethren in Christ.
As recorded in John 21, our Lord asked Peter three times, “Do you love me?” Peter’s only reply could be, “Lord, [...]
25 Dec
A Gospel Memorial
“Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken on for a memorial of her.” (Mark 14:9)
The words, “Verily I say unto you,” are to get our attention and cause us to listen. A woman approaching Christ to anoint Him [...]
25 Dec
Christ, Crucified – The Heart Of The Gospel
Christ and Him crucified is the heart of the Gospel.
Everything in a sinner’s salvation points back to the glorious Person and finished work of Christ on the cross. God’s electing grace before the foundation of the world pointed to Christ on the cross. God’s redeeming, justifying grace was accomplished in time by Christ on the [...]
25 Dec
We Worship God In Christ
We as “Christians” worship God as He identifies Himself in His Word, as He reveals Himself in Christ, and as He draws us to Himself by His Spirit. We worship God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, the true and living God in the Trinity of His sacred Persons.
We worship ONE [...]
24 Dec
The Purity Of Christ As Mediator And Sacrifice
Here is the Lord Jesus Christ I know, and am convinced Scripture testifies to.
He died a completely obedient man in Himself.
He was holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners and remained obedient all the way to His death, even the death of the cross [Philippians 2:8--not toward His death but all the way up [...]
24 Dec
A Blessed Reality
The blessed truth that Christ died a judicial, legal death based on the sins of God’s elect imputed to Him in no way diminishes the reality of what He Himself suffered unto death nor what we as the ones for whom He died receive as the result of His death.
His death based on sin imputed [...]
23 Dec
He Made An End Of Sin
“For he hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him,” (Corinthians 5:21)
Christ died to put an end to the guilt and condemnation of sin as the Substitute for His people. He experienced sin’s legal penalty but not its power in [...]
16 Dec
Good Tidings
The word “gospel,” literally translated means “good tidings.” As God’s ambassadors we have the privilege to tell sinners who are trying their best to gain or maintain salvation by their religious attempts that Christ did ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING NECESSARY to obtain the salvation of ALL of God’s elect.
Christ fulfilled every legal requirement of God’s law [...]
16 Dec
Empty Assumptions Or Godly Assurance?
Many times we assume, for various reasons, that we ourselves and others are Christians and going to heaven when they die. It may be they profess to believe in Jesus Christ. It may be they go to church, got baptized, attend the church regularly. It may they are moral in our eyes and dedicated to [...]
16 Dec
Joined To The LORD
The apostle Paul speaks of our being joined to the Lord, 1 Corinthians 6:17; Ephesians. 2:21.
Our union with Him can never be broken and therefore we are eternally secure.
The story is told of a shipwreck in the Georgian Bay of Canada. The mate of the ship leaped into a boat with six or [...]
16 Dec
Glorying Only In The Cross
“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world,” Galatians 6:14.
PAUL meant either the infirmities, reproaches, tribulations, and persecutions, which he endured for the sake of Christ, and the preaching of his gospel; or the [...]
16 Dec
Saved By The Blood Of The Crucified One!
THE sweet psalmist David wrote, “All my springs are in thee,” Psalm 87:7.
The Lord Jesus is to His people as a fountain of living water. The very cross of the Lord Jesus Christ (His sacrificial death) is made a fountain opened for all sin and all uncleanness, Zechariah 13:1.
That fountain opened for the [...]
13 Dec
Modest Dress Of Christian Females
During the course of a sermon, a “pastor” (loosely-termed) came to 1 Timothy 2:9-10 and read it in the KJV: “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.”
Instead [...]
10 Dec
The Cost Required To Redeem A Sinner
What exactly was the cost of REDEMPTION?
Before we can answer this question we need to understand what is meant by the term “REDEMPTION”.
In the original language the word “REDEMPTION”, as well as the root word “REDEEM” means “to redeem or liberate by payment of ransom” or “to buy out of a debt” (Vines Expository [...]
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