The religion of men
With only one exception, every religion that has ever existed in this world maintains that the way to salvation is through good works. Their view of what constitutes salvation may differ (some may see it as a right relationship with God; or attaining to ones “higher self;” or a positive relationship with [...]
Archive for the ‘Arminianism’ Category
1 Nov
Two Religions
24 Oct
“For There Is No Respect Of Persons With God”
“For there is no respect of persons with God.”
Romans 2:11
Some object from hence, though without any reason, to the doctrine of particular election of certain persons to everlasting salvation. This passage respects matters of strict justice, and is a forensic expression relating to courts of judicature, where persons presiding are to have no regard to [...]
24 Oct
Can A Regenerate Person Believe A False Gospel?
This article deals with a controversial topic that seems to have divided many people — “Can Regenerate Persons Confess a False Gospel?”.
I most certainly believe, as may the majority of you, that all issues must be settled by a careful study of God’s Word and not by our own subjective standards. Therefore, this article is [...]
18 Oct
Genuine Assurance
We draw assurance from the death of Christ, because we realize that it is not possible for Christ to have died in vain (Isaiah 53:9-10).
It is blasphemy to imagine that Christ shed His blood in vain. The intent of Christ in His death cannot be frustrated. He shall see of the travail of His soul [...]
18 Oct
What Name Have You Called On?
The Scriptures make it quite clear that every sinner elected by God the Father in the everlasting covenant of grace, is justified freely by Christ’s substitutionary work of redemption at Calvary, and will call on the name of the Lord.
“And because YE ARE sons, (an event that has already occurred in spiritual adoption) God hath [...]
17 Oct
A Caveat Against Unsound Doctrines
Ask almost any man, “Whether he hopes to be saved eternally?”
He will answer in the affirmative.
But enquire again, “On what foundation he rests his hope?”
Here too many are sadly divided.
The Pelagian hopes to get to heaven by a moral life and a good use of his natural powers.
The Arminian by a jumble of grace and [...]
16 Oct
Vain Glory
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
(Philippians 2:3)
In Philippians 2, Paul addresses his comments directly to the justified, regenerated sinners at Philippi who find consolation and comfort in Christ, and fellowship of the indwelling Spirit (vs. 1) as He points sinners to [...]
16 Oct
Your God – Dead Or Alive?
In Deuteronomy 4:28, God through Moses described the idols Israel would worship once they were scattered among the nations saying, “And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.”
In scripture, God often distinguishes Himself as “the living God” in contrast to [...]
15 Oct
The Amazing Grace Of A Sovereign God
It’s sad that so few actually see or understand the “amazing grace” of God which is so clearly revealed in the Gospel.
While most talk about God’s grace, the grace they profess to believe and rest in as their hope of salvation is nothing more than Satan’s cleverly disguised system of works salvation.
Their problem lies in [...]
5 Oct
The One And Only Mediator
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he King Uzziah was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
2 Chronicles 26:17
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests [...]
12 Aug
Twin Doctrines
In the attributes of God and in various graces of the Spirit, comparative and contrasting attributes and graces are often paired together. Our God is a God of mercy, and a God of wrath. He is love, and possesses a perfect hatred (Psalm 139:22). So also, in the graces which a child of God experiences, [...]
11 Aug
Foreknowledge
“Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate;” “and whom he did predestinate them he also glorified” etc. (Rom. 8:29, 30)
This word “foreknowledge” is one of the deepest and most mysterious words throughout the whole of the Scriptures. The miser Tomline, the Arminian bishop, who passed his life in raking money together and in persecuting [...]
10 Aug
The Mystic Crucible Of Death
Many people think that if a person’s religion will stand the crucible of death it must needs be a good one. Say they, “Give us a religion to die by”; which, as a test infallibly to try truth and falsehood in religion by, will not universally hold. I have been led to consider this by [...]
10 Aug
Thorn-Blossom
How mysterious that the thorn, which is the emblem of the fall of man, should be laden with beauty, teeming with fragrance, abounding with endless profusion of scents and hues, embellishing as it were the whole clime of even uncultivated nature in the month of May! Rich and blooming, the hedge-rows, thorn-bushes, and lanes seem [...]
9 Aug
“Draw Me, We Will Run After Thee”
“Draw me, we will run after thee”
(Song of Solomon 1:4)
“Come to Jesus. Come just as you are! Jesus is waiting! You must, indeed, you can come this very night,” purred the “evangelist.”
Jesus therefore answered and said: “No man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of My Father “ (John 6:65).
“Jesus said [...]
9 Aug
The World Turned Upside Down
“These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.”
(Acts 17:6)
These words were spoken of Paul and Silas after having preached three sabbath days in the synagogue at Thessalonica. Paul’s preaching was exceeding troublesome. Acts 16:20. The doctrine of Christ when proclaimed by his chosen ministers is always offensive to the world and [...]
2 Aug
Particular Redemption
Note: The following is edited from a personal letter written to a young believer on March 4, 1969, and drafted into an article format.
By particular redemption we mean that Christ’s death was to redeem the elect in particular; or, that Christ’s atonement was limited to the elect only. It makes sense, too. Notice these three [...]
31 Jul
“Tasted Death For Every Man”
To believe that Jesus Christ died, or tasted death, for the entire race of Adam is very natural to the Universalists, or Arminians.
In fact such a theory is in all men’s nature; for I often find myself trying to ride the “do better horse,” but he invariably throws me. If I possess a new nature, [...]
24 Jun
The Test Of Household Faith
The spirit of liberty, gospel freedom, sweet peace in the conscience, pardon and redemption is all in Christ, my friends. And if we are blessed with these spiritual blessings in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are safe and secure to all eternity. The soul that has a saving interest in Christ, the great Redeemer, is [...]
10 Jun
The Elect’s Propitiation: Jesus Christ The Righteous
When most religious people speak about the death of Christ, their words reveal they have little or no respect for the holiness, justice, or the grace of God. They speak of Christ suffering, bleeding, and dying for ALL MEN AND WOMEN WITHOUT EXCEPTION, including those who at present are suffering eternal torment in hell. They [...]
10 Jun
The Eternal Love Of God For His Own
I was raised in religion and taught by well-intentioned individuals that “we were all God’s children,” that He “loved all men and women equally,” and that He wanted to and was trying to save everybody. They continually quoted John 3:16 and followed it up with Scriptures such as “God is love,” 1 John 4:16. To [...]
8 Jun
“Behold The Lamb Of God”
“Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.” – John the Baptist.
WHILE in the faithful discharge of that duty to which he had been divinely called, John Baptist preached in the wilderness of Judea, and buried in the bosom of Jordan all such as gave him satisfactory evidence that they [...]
6 Jun
A Clear Understanding Of Gospel Repentance
Gospel repentance is a repentance which comes as the gift of God by the Holy Spirit as He enlightens our minds to the Gospel — God’s promise to save guilty, defiled, hell-deserving sinners, freely give them all of salvation (including the work of the Holy Spirit in them), and entitle them to all of heaven [...]
17 May
The End Of Two-Thousand Arminians
“The whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.”
Matthew 8:32
Once the devils entered the swine it would be impossible to distinguish them from the swine. The reason being, and the truth of the matter is, the swine and the devils are now one. The [...]
10 May
Atonement And Redemption
Dear Sir: – There are some who say that the atonement is general and that redemption is particular, and others who say that both the atonement and the redemption are general. If you will give your views, through the SIGNS, on this subject, you will very much oblige, and I hope instruct me. What I [...]
19 Feb
Is It God’s Will That All Men Be Saved?
A study of 1 Timothy 2:4
Is It God’s Will that All Men Be Saved?
1 Timothy 2:4
God our Savior, who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
“Who will have all men to be saved”?
Do we understand this?
Clearly we can see that there are many people who died [...]
1 Feb
Is It God’s Will That Many Remain Spiritually Deaf And Blind?
Matthew 13 is a chapter that is filled with parables. These are doctrines of the Kingdom disguised as parables.
Why Parables?
This chapter of Matthew occupies both physically and spiritually a central position in the Gospel of salvation. It is located physically in the center of the Gospel according to Matthew, and it also reflects the center [...]
22 Dec
Who The Us-ward Are
We will inquire who the “us-ward” are to whom the Lord is said to be long-suffering. They are undoubtedly the persons to whom Peter writes his epistles, including himself. Let us turn, then, to the first epistle, and see to whom he wrote: “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, [...]
22 Dec
The Hope Of Arminianism
The hope of Arminianism seems to me to differ much from the hope of the gospel, because it allows that Christ died for all men. But Christ declares that the gates which lead to destruction receive the greatest number, (Matthew 7:13). Therefore, if the former be true, some are in hell for whom Christ died; [...]
29 Nov
“Not Willing That Any Should Perish”
By William Gadsby
Preached in Manchester, England
February 9th, 1840
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“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward; not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
(2 Peter 3:9)
To add to, or diminish from, the Word of God is [...]
23 Nov
Free-Grace From A Free-Will Pulpit
By John Kershaw
On one occasion I was invited to preach at Keighley during the holidays in Whit-week. A friend was to meet me with a horse, on the road between Keighley and Halifax. One of my friends lending me a horse for two days, the man had the pleasure of riding back on the horse [...]
26 Oct
An Everlasting Task For Arminians
By William Gadsby
A Letter to Rev. Edward Smyth
Note: The cause of the appearance of this work was a controversy which took place between Mr. Smyth, of St. Luke’s Church, and Mr. Roby, then minister of the Independent Chapel, Grosvenor Street, Manchester. Mr. Smyth wrote a work entitled, “Paul against Calvin,” to which Mr. Roby replied, [...]
14 Jul
For Whom Did Christ Die?
“The Father imposed His wrath due unto, and the Son underwent punishment for, either:
1. All the sins of all men, or
2. All the sins of some men, or
3. Some of the sins of all men.
In which case it may be said:
a. That if the last be true, all men have some sins to answer for, [...]
14 Jul
The Christ Of Arminianism
The Bible warns us that in the last days in which we live there will be many false Christs-those who claim to be Christ but who are imposters.
Jesus said, “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” (Matthew 24:4-5).
We who profess [...]
2 Jul
God’s Sovereign Elective Grace
The electing and rejecting God is Supreme. Such is the plain teaching of Scripture. To deny the sovereign character of elective grace is to deny that God is God. It is to maintain that of the two, God and man, man is the stronger, and thus the factor that shapes God’s choice. This is indeed [...]
1 Jul
Limited Atonement
One great truth which has ever been emphasized by the faithful church of Christ is the truth of the atonement. To define further the Scriptural idea of “atonement,” churches of Reformed, Calvinistic backgrounds speak of “limited” atonement. It is vital for the child of God to understand what is involved in the truth of “limited [...]
25 May
Of God’s Sovereign Mercy
We are still discussing the text from Romans 9:14-16, and this time we must call special attention to the words: “For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, [...]
24 May
The Righteousness Of God’s Sovereign Mercy
We now continue our discussion of the truth of predestination as taught in that marvelous ninth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. And this time we call your attention especially to Romans 9:14-16: “What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy [...]
24 May
Predestination: Founded In God’s Good Pleasure Alone
We were discussing the passage from Romans 9:10-13, and I will not take time now to quote it again. Only, in the present lecture I must call special attention to the words of verse 11: “(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according [...]
17 May
The “god” Of This Generation
The “god” of this twentieth century no more resembles the Supreme Sovereign of Holy Writ than does the dim flickering of a candle the glory of the mid-day sun. The god who is now talked about in the average pulpit, spoken of in the ordinary Sunday School, mentioned in most of the religious literature of [...]
17 May
The Impotency Of The Human Will
Does it lie within the province of man’s will to accept or reject the Lord Jesus as Saviour?
Granted that the Gospel is preached to the sinner, that the Holy Spirit convicts him of his lost condition, does it, in the final analysis, lie within the power of his own will to resist or yield [...]
30 Apr
Your God – Dead Or Alive?
This is an audio sermon by Randy Wages titled “Your God – Dead Or Alive?”
The scripture text that brother Randy is preaching from is Deuteronomy 4:28 and the audio is 33 minutes long.
13 Apr
Naked And Unashamed: John Wesley Exposes Himself
“It has also been suggested, that ‘Mr. Wesley is a very laborious man;’ not more laborious, I presume, than a certain active being, who is said to go to and fro in the earth, and walk up and down in it: nor yet more laborious, I should imagine, than certain ancient Sectarians, concerning whom it [...]
11 Apr
John Wesley: The False Apostle Of Free Will
(Slightly modified from an article first published in the British Reformed Journal)
John Wesley, A Biography
Author: Stephen Tomkins
Oxford: Lion Publishing, 2003, paperback, 208 pp.
ISBN 0 7459 5078 7
In 24 short chapters, Stephen Tomkins has given us an interesting and readable life of the heretic, John Wesley (1703-1791). This book is all the more valuable because it [...]
11 Apr
John Wesley And Methodist Apostasy
“It is manifest that the public worship of the Roman Church is wholly degenerated from the nature of Christ’s kingdom,” so declared John Wesley.
He protested against Rome’s doctrines of tradition, seven sacraments, transubstantiation (“nonsense, absurdity and self-contradiction,” he called it), pilgrimage, purgatory, indulgences (which “strike at the root of all religion”), veneration of relics, worship [...]
9 Apr
John Wesley On John Wesley
In a letter to his brother Charles in June 1766, the Arminian evangelist John Wesley, now in his sixties, confesses that he does not and never did love God, believe or have the direct witness of divine sonship or even of things invisible or eternal. Read for yourself.
“In one of my last [letters] I was [...]
9 Apr
Wesley And Murray Who Followed Him
A book review of:
Wesley and Men Who Followed
Author: Ian Murray
Banner of Truth, 2003, 263 ages
ISBN 085151835-4
Perhaps no figure since Jacobus Arminius has polarized the church as much as the subject of Iain Murray’s recent portrait: John Wesley (1703-1791).
Murray introduces Wesley in the spiritually impoverished landscape of 18th century British Anglicanism. Starting from his early days [...]
25 Mar
God’s Glory – The Provision Of Salvation
“God is love” (1 John 4:10), and the greatest evidence of God’s love is His sending His Son to die to honor His character in the salvation of guilty sinners. By nature all men are “dead in trespasses and sins,” guilty, depraved, without spiritual life, incapable of thinking, feeling, choosing, acting, enjoying, or loving communion [...]
24 Mar
God’s Glory – The Defeat Of Satan
Satan’s attacks are always aimed against God’s glory in salvation. It is in this context that we understand the wiles of Satan. Satan’s goal is to keep sinners in a state of condemnation, and his main weapon is deceit concerning the glory of God and the ground of salvation. Satan’s attacks are always aimed against [...]
11 Mar
The World
In John 17 we read what is known as the High Priestly Prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Why is it called the High Priestly Prayer?
It is because this is the prayer that the Lord Jesus prayed to intercede for His people just before He went to the Garden of Gethsemane to endure the [...]
10 Mar
Which God Are We Serving?
Today I want to talk to you about: “Which God are we serving?”
Do we bow down to the One and Only Almighty God who is described by the Bible alone, or do we serve another god whom our Church says we should be worshipping?
Of course, you all know the answer to that question.
We must worship [...]
2 Mar
The Meaning Of “Kosmos” In John 3:16
It may appear to some of our readers that the exposition we have given of John 3:16 in the chapter on “Difficulties and Objections” is a forced and unnatural one, inasmuch as our definition of the term “world” seems to be out of harmony with the meaning and scope of this word in other passages, [...]
1 Mar
Rest In Christ And His Finished Work Alone
When sinners become convinced by the Spirit in Regeneration that Christ “put away sin”, “abolished death”, and Eternally Justified EVERY sinner He lived and died for, they WILL HEED the Spirit’s exhortation to REST in the work of Christ ALONE.
They will heed the Spirit’s command to stop looking WITHIN for any part of their [...]
29 Feb
Christ Did Not Die In Vain
“And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day,”
John 6:39.
Although many in hearing the message of the cross pass by in unbelief, yet we have this confidence, that the Lord will [...]
28 Feb
How Is God Glorified In The Sinners Heart?
In clinging to the religion of works (salvation conditioned on the sinner) they demonstrate the reality that they in fact esteem themselves far better than others – for they imagine that some distinction produced by or in them (but not produced by others) makes them accepted and blessed by God.
To remain so deceived is [...]
11 Jan
What Elect Sinners Believe
“What Elect Sinners Must Believe”
When I was in false religion, I always assumed it was God’s intention or purpose to save all men and women without exception. I was wrongly taught that Christ came, lived, died, and rose again in order for God to save those who “would open their heart’s door”, allowing Him to [...]
10 Jan
God’s Riches In Christ
“Proclaiming the Glory of God”
Have you ever really thought about God’s glory?
Based on biblical truth, could you define the glory of God?
Tragically, most people in modern religion have little concern for God’s glory, and, therefore, have absolutely no understanding of it either.
If you are ignorant of God’s glory, I can assure you, based on God’s [...]
1 Jan
The Heresy Of Universal Atonement
Many today believe and teach the Arminian heresy of universal atonement.
A universal atonement means that Christ must have died for Esau whom God hated (Romans 9:13); Judas, “the son of perdition” (John 17:12); and Antichrist, the “man of sin” (2 Thessalonians 2:3); as well as the whore, the false church (Revelation 17:1-2); those who commit [...]
1 Jan
Does God Love Everyone?
Derek Dunn in the Ballymena Times (15 February, 2006) repeated the myth that God loves everybody. God loves the world, but in Scripture that rarely means the entire human race (John 7:4; 12:19; Acts 17:6; 1 Corinthians 11:32). In the Old Testament, God loved only the nation of Israel (Deuteronomy 7:7), but even then not [...]
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 [...]
12 Nov
The Regulative Principle Of The Gospel
When we, the people of God, come together for worship, we are to follow God’s prescription for worship. Our worship is to be regulated by God’s Word alone. We are not to add to nor subtract from God’s prescribed form of worship. Innovation has no place in the worship of God. Not only is it [...]
27 Oct
A Ranson For Many
“The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many,”
Matthew 20:28
When the Lord Jesus laid down His life for the world, did He do it for every single person in the world?
This is an important question because if He died for everyone [...]
25 Oct
Does Man Have A Free Will?
What distinguishes people from animals is that people have wills. They can think, make choices, and act upon those choices. The problem is that their will is not free. It is bound by the sin nature inherited from Adam.
1. When God first created Adam, he had free-will either to good or evil, Genesis 1:31
2. When [...]
25 Oct
Arminian Election
“I believe in Bible election. God votes for you, the devil votes against you, and you cast the deciding vote.” The evangelist (?) cackled like he had laid an egg after “refuting” the biblical doctrine of election with the above illustration. Since this is the Arminian’s favorite story, several things should be pointed out.
First, this [...]
25 Oct
The Most Believed Lie
There are many lies being told about our Lord that are, to the damnation of men’s soul, believed by most.
There is, however, one big lie that is more unanimously believed then all the others.
It is a universally accepted fact that man has a free will. Men pride themselves in believing that they are able [...]
25 Oct
Free-Willism Preaches Another Jesus
2 Corinthians 11:4
He who… preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached
The Jesus of Free-Willism, unlike the Jesus of gospel preachers, does not possess the love of God. Preachers of Free-Willism aver God loves everyone in exactly the same way. They therefore indiscriminately tell their hearers what no gospel preacher in Scriptures ever said: “Smile, [...]
25 Oct
The “god” Of Arminianism
I dare say, that, in such an auditory as this, a number of Arminians are present. I fear, that all our public assemblies have too many of them. Perhaps, however, even these people, idolaters as they are, may be apt to blame, and, indeed, with justice, the absurdity of those who worship idols of silver [...]
24 Oct
1 John 2:2
A study of 1 John 2:2
THERE is one passage more than any other which is I appealed to by those who believe in universal redemption, and which at first sight appears to teach that Christ died for the whole human race. We have therefore decided to give it a detailed examination and exposition.
1 John 2:2
“And [...]
24 Oct
Are We To Fellowship With Arminians?
WHAT SAITH HOLY WRIT?
He who walks with the wise shall be wise,
but one associating with fools shall be broken.
– Proverbs 13:20
Blessed is the man who
has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly,
and has not stood in the way of sinners,
and has not sat in the seat of scorners.
– Psalm 1:1
Go from a foolish man,
or [...]
24 Oct
For Whom Did Christ Die?
“The Father imposed His wrath due unto, and the Son underwent punishment for, either:
1. All the sins of all men, or
2. All the sins of some men, or
3. Some of the sins of all men.
In which case it may be said:
a. That if the last be true, all men have some sins to answer for, [...]
24 Oct
Arminian Grace
Arminian Grace
(to the tune of “Amazing Grace”)
v1
Arminian “grace!”
How strange the sound,
Salvation hinged on me.
I once was lost then turned around,
Was blind then chose to see.
v2
What “grace” is it that calls for choice,
Made from some good within?
That part that wills to heed God’s voice,
Proved stronger than my sin.
v3
Thru many ardent gospel pleas,
I sat with heart of [...]
23 Oct
Does Man Have Free Will To Accept Or Reject Christ?
The problem with the term “free will” is that Bible teachers and Theologians use this term (or idea) to teach a doctrine that includes an action on our part (using our free will) to seal or complete the action of Salvation. We either accept or decline the offer of Salvation made to us from God. [...]
21 Oct
The Gospel Vs Arminianism
The Five Points of Arminianism Vs The Five Points of Grace
Arminian Point 1:
Free-Will or Human Ability
Although human nature was seriously affected by the fall, man has not been left in a state of total spiritual helplessness. God graciously enables every sinner to repent and believe, but He does not interfere with man’s freedom. Each sinner [...]
21 Oct
L.I.L.A.C
The Posionous Flower Of Free-Willism
L – Limited Depravity
I – I Choose Christ
L – Limitless Atonement
A – Arrestible Grace
C – Carnal Security
21 Oct
“Father Forgive THEM”
The world of christendom would have us to understand that when the Lord said this while He hung on the cross, He intended it to apply to all men without any exceptions, whatever. But consider this.
Is there a prayer ever prayed by the Son of God that the Father did not absolutely answer?
If God the [...]
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