What is a reasonable response to the pouring out of God’s mercy upon this human race? The apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans brings us through eleven chapters and shows us how God, by His own grace, evokes a sacrifice from us. We have learned that the power of...
"Romans 5 is packed with the glorious treasure of the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul continues to describe the effectual working of the gospel in the life of the believer. In chapter one and chapter sixteen he expresses his purpose in writing...
Since Jerry’s leg amputation seven years ago, with the diagnosis of arteriosclerosis and diabetes, we spend a lot of our time in doctors' offices. We were in an old facility yesterday, which houses the temporary offices of a group of vascular surgeons. Their offices...
How precious is the righteousness of Christ—a righteousness that fully justifies our person, completely covering all our deformity, and presenting us to God...And look at the preciousness of His sacrifice, which is as a “sweet- smelling savour” unto God (Eph 5:2),...
"They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him." Titus 1:16 There is a profession of a special kind which in its own nature is exposed to reproach in the world: “They that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.” There is a...
17. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the...
"The Sabbath was made for man" DEAR FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN,-As a servant of God in this dark and cloudy day, I feel constrained to lift up my voice in behalf of the entire sanctification of the Lord's day. The daring attack that is now made by some of the directors of the...