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The Deadly Sins of Proverbs 6:16-19
"Perhaps you have noticed by now that Proverbs 6:16-19 is not simply a list of ills that God hates though it most certainly is that. But it is more. On the surface of this list is an explanation. God is not only telling us the things He hates but why He hates them. Have you noticed what … Continue reading The Deadly Sins of Proverbs 6:16-19
James 5 & Anointing with Oil
James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Do … Continue reading James 5 & Anointing with Oil
To Be A Christian Is To Confess The Truth
Photo by Rene Asmussen on Pexels.com "Confession is of the essence of Christianity both from the standpoint of personal transformation and the belief of objective truth. Confession of sin is the most consistent evidence of continued reliance on the objective work of Christ. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive … Continue reading To Be A Christian Is To Confess The Truth
How to Keep the Lord’s Sabbath Day
Q. What are we to rest from on the Sabbath-day?A. We are on the Sabbath-day to rest, not only from those things which are in themselves sinful, which we are bound to rest from on every day of the week; but also we are to rest from those worldly employments and recreations which on the other … Continue reading How to Keep the Lord’s Sabbath Day
Idolatry
John Gill, The "second" command is, "Thou shall not make to thyself any graven image, or any likeness--thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them", &c. which respects the mode of worship. And, Requires, that it should be spiritual, suitable to the nature of God, without any carnal imaginations, and external representations … Continue reading Idolatry
Doctrines of Grace and Puritan Spirituality
"The Puritans spent a lot of time on assurance of faith, on its objective grounds and its subjective marks. They attempted to balance a firm trust in what God has done and is doing, without becoming presumptuous, while also identifying the subjective marks without causing those subjective feelings in the soul to simply become the … Continue reading Doctrines of Grace and Puritan Spirituality
God Only
"Sin is such a heavy thing, God only could lift it up, and put it upon his Son; and he only can lift it up from the conscience of a sinner laboring under a sense of it. A man himself cannot do it; and all the friends he has in the world cannot lift it … Continue reading God Only
Sacerdotalism
Warfield writes, "According to this system God the Lord does nothing looking to the salvation of men directly and immediately: all that he does for the salvation of men he does through the mediation of the Church, to which, having endowed it with powers adequate to the task, he has committed the whole work of … Continue reading Sacerdotalism
A Certain Number, A Certain Price, A Certain Result (Exodus 30:11-16)
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