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I. From the hypothesis of the papists, we denominate those persons "saints," whom the Roman pontiff has by his canonization transferred into the book of saints. (Bellarm. de Beat. Sanct. lib. 1, c. 8.) From the truth of the matter, we also call those persons "saints," who being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ, (1 Pet. i, 2,) and sealed with the characters of the Holy Spirit, the sacred fountain of all holiness, have been illustrious in t...

For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.- Psalm 5:4If there is one doctrine that is being cast aside in our age of rejecting eternal punishment in hell or that salvation is found only in Jesus Christ alone and faith in His saving work then it is the doctrine of God's holiness and the biblical teaching that God cannot tolerate sin in His holy presence.  Those who reject hell often will appeal to the love ...

Romans 9 has always been a place that Calvinists often turn to in debating unconditional divine election.  They see in Romans 9 unconditional election dripping nearly from every verse.  John Piper so strongly sees Romans 9 as a place that teaches the Calvinistic view of unconditional election that he wrote a book based on his exegesis of Romans 9:1-18 called The Justification of God.  Likewise Calvinist apologist James White from a...

Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:21 that God made Him who knew no sin to be sin.  Peter says in 1 Peter 2:22 that Jesus committed no sin.  The writer of Hebrews wrote in Hebrews 4:15 that Jesus was without sin.  John the Beloved wrote in 1 John 3:5 that in Jesus there was no sin.  Completely sinless was our Lord. We can't imagine such a person.  All we have to do is look in the mirror and we see a sinful, fallen person. That ...

The soul must be regenerated, all guilt must be purged away, and the heart must be cleansed. "But we have been regenerated, for we have been duly baptized.' Baptism is the sign of regeneration, but it is not the thing; it is the "outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace." You must be born of water and of the Spirit. Water is the emblem of the spiritual washing, but it is not the washing itself; "that which is born of the flesh is...

I had a brother e-mail me the other day and he made the following comments:"I use to be an Arminian.  Was raised in an Arminian church (Nazarene).  I grew up in an Arminian home, attended Arminian camps as a child and then as a teenager, and was even saved in an Arminian church.  Yet the reason that I am not an Arminian today is that they put too much emphasis on works for salvation (or keeping yourself saved through works) and I m...

We are saved by grace (Ephesians 2:8-9).  I praise God for this.  If salvation were by works, how would we know when we had done enough to please God?  Who would be the standard for works to obtain the righteousness that we need to stand before a holy God?  We could spend our time praying, reading the Bible, evangelizing, singing, worshiping, giving to the poor, helping widows, supporting orphans, etc. but we would always feel...

As I stated in the last post, laziness can destroy a Christian's life.  Laziness will rob you of joy.  Laziness will make your heart turn cold to the things of the Lord.  So we have to guard our hearts against laziness.  We need to learn from the ant and not be lazy (Proverbs 6:6-11). I have already wrote on how to battle laziness when it comes to Bible reading and study.  Now lets turn to prayer.  We all know that w...

Laziness can destroy a Christian life.  Laziness can creep in when we least expect it and it can destroy a prayer life or an evangelistic life.  Laziness has destroyed many who claimed to love God and want to follow Him in all that they say or do.  And the sad reality is that none of us are not prone to be lazy.  It’s in our DNA to be lazy.  Some of us are better at it than others but all of us can be lazy especially wh...

Anyone who has spent time reading my posts know that I am a man who longs to be holy.  1 Peter 1:15-16 are scriptures that I have memorized and often quote to myself.  I want to be holy as God is holy.  I don't want to be a man of sin nor do I want to compromise the gospel of the Lord Jesus.  I firmly believe with all that is in me that God not only saves us from sin by cleansing us from our sins through the blood of Jesus (Ma...