Does God love the World, the whole world, that is all the people that inhabit the world, is this what the verse is saying? The word “World” is used in 58 verses in… Continue reading
To deny Calvinism is to deny the Gospel of Christ Jesus This declaration involves the doctrine of election: there are some whom the Father gave to Christ. It involves the doctrine of effectual… Continue reading
A windmill has killed a rare bird that everybody thought was extinct. They found it. Really. The environmentalist wackos, they were rejoicing. A bird that they thought was extinct resurfaced, one bird last… Continue reading
This verse is a good illustration of man wanting to bring something to the Table of Grace. We are Jews by birth, the Gospel belongs to us as a birthright. These people thought… Continue reading
Are you in step with the truth of the Gospel? If you think you had any part in your being a born again Christian, you are not in step. Does your Gospel demand… Continue reading
This clause stands in connection with that in the preceding verse,(15) “but when it pleased God”; the revelation of Christ to the apostle and the effect of God’s will and pleasure: some versions… Continue reading
After taking a tough stand on the simple truth of the Gospel, and twice warning the Galatians that to add to or take away from what they had been taught, or they would… Continue reading
In the earlier verse I mentioned another gospel, as Paul did, but He is quick to make sure you understand there is no other gospel. There is only one Gospel; The sinless life… Continue reading
“Well can I remember the manner in which I learned the doctrines of grace in a single instant. Born, as all of us are by nature, an Arminian, I still believed the old… Continue reading
In many of my post I refer to the “Sovereignty of God” I was like most Christians I confessed my faith in Christ and recognized God the Father, I believed in the Triune God, the… Continue reading
Peter having a sword “drew” it, The text of this verse is what everyone will focus on, that being Christ arrest in the garden and the betrayal of Judas. The fact that Jesus… Continue reading
Psalms 76:7 But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused? I will get to the text of the passage, but before I do… Continue reading
Isa 48:1 Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and… Continue reading
This is a very interesting verse, most christians quote it very often, but we must be careful not to take it out of context. It is in complete unison with verses 29, 30,… Continue reading
That is, by faith, as in (John 6:35); for otherwise they could corporeally come to him, but not spiritually; because they had neither power nor will of themselves; being dead in trespasses and… Continue reading
The Church is a place of refuge for the called out. We were called out of a dying world by the Grace of God, and by God’s Grace the Church survives. Just as… Continue reading
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the… Continue reading
. The call goes out to many and to many it will fall on deaf ears, but few are chosen. Through history the call has gone out to thousands upon thousands. Many times magnified… Continue reading
Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” It is unheard of that a King or even a… Continue reading
Who then can be saved? Jesus has just got done explaining how hard it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, how hard? It’s easier for a camel to… Continue reading
The Late Blog Author (1951-2014), Gregory A. Lane
