By David Dyess II Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:For where your treasure is, there will your…
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True Repentance
By Mike Ivey “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: But the sorrow of the world worketh death.” 2 Cor 7:10 There is a popular saying “It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than to get permission.” This adage expresses existential reasoning for doing whatever one chooses even if it offends…
The Obligations of Church Members
This article is being republished from “Primitive Baptist Faith and Practice” by Elder W.S. Craig. Its original author of the main body of the article is Elder Walter Cash. We are not sure of the original publication date of the article by Walter Cash or its republication date by W.S. Craig. Walter Cash, 1856-1937. W.S. Craig,…
Christian Cannibalism
By Sylvester Hassell The Gospel Messenger–June 1896 This phrase is a good name for the horrible practice against which the Apostle Paul warns us when he says: “But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”. {Ga 5:2} The truth should be earnestly maintained, but maintained…
Seven Gifts in the Church
By Mike Ivey In 1Co 12 Paul identified several gifts, some of which were sign gifts which were unique to the first century church, such as the miraculous ability to speak a foreign language without any prior knowledge of the language. In Eph 2:20 Paul distinguished the foundational gifts of prophets and apostles which were…
Warning to the Backslider: Hebrews 6
By Bernard Gowens Can a child of God lose his eternal salvation? No! This is not the context of the lesson Paul has directed to the Hebrews. He has addressed a warning to them as believers to persevere in faith and obedience and to proceed in their course of discipleship to maturity, that is, to…
Thoughts on the Intermediate State (Between Death and the Second Coming/Resurrection)
By Joseph R Holder And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto…
The Error of Denying the Immortality and Endless Duration of the Soul
By Sylvester Hassell The Gospel Messenger-August, 1894 If man has no existence beyond the grave, all faith and all preaching are in vain; and I hope that my readers will bear with me while I carefully examine not only the dim teachings of nature, but the clearer teachings of the Holy Ghost in all the…
A Short Examination of Intermediate States
By David Pyles A popular idea among many Christians today is that saints who died in the Old Testament era did not immediately go to heaven, but were placed in some intermediate abode until the time of the resurrection. This idea has been adopted even by some who believe the doctrines of grace. Advocates of…