Love Not the World! (1John 2:15). What is the world? A shadow; a deception; the enemy of God. What can it do for us? It may enchant, but it will deceive. It may please for a time but will sting in the end. It is an enemy's country; we must pass through it, but we should …
Tag: Grace
Chocolate Soldiers!
How is it possible to be a true soldier for Jesus Christ and to be a pacifist, not fight? The Christian life is a fight, from start to finish, we are exhorted to do so, are we not? There seems to be little affinity in today’s Church with the Apostle Paul, a true warrior for …
A Free or Dysfunctional Society!
When a nation's religion is false, it is not only on the path to destruction, it is dead. The nation that has the Lord for its God, is a nation that is alive, that flourishes, prospers. I attended a lecture at Keele University in Staffordshire some time ago. The lecturer was discoursing on Middle Eastern …
No Such Thing as Popular Christianity!
John Calvin did not want to return to Geneva, he and his confederate, William Farrell, were thrown out of Geneva and John Calvin had found a lovely, comfortable place in Strasbourg. He loved the place, he had found a congregation that loved him and loved his ministry. He had time to write his books, to …
Antinomianism is Legalism!
Antinomianism means against the Law. It sees God's Law as a real enemy, legalism is, paradoxically, a type of antinomianism. It proposes that since the believer is saved by grace alone, he must henceforth have no dealings with the moral Law. The age of the Spirit, it is said, has superseded the age of the …
The Sign of the Covenant!
The Sign of the Covenant in the Old Testament One commentator suggested that circumcision was instituted for sanitary, health reasons. If there was anything at all of that in it, it was incidental. It was the purpose and commandment of God that lay behind its institution, nothing else (Genesis 17:9-27). It was, strictly, his sign, …
The Call of God!
"The Lord knoweth them that are his" (2Timothy 2:19). "My word...shall not return unto me void" (Isaiah 55:11). There is a threefold end of purpose in God desiring the promiscuous proclamation of his gospel in all the world. One, the Lawgiver, on his authority, he has the sovereign right to dictate to man his duty. …
