Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Rejecting the knowledge of God is serious business. The physical nation of…
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An Eternal, Personal Love
“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore, with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” – Jeremiah 31:3 Jehovah God gives a personal admonition to the nation of Israel (that primarily applies to the elect family of spiritual Israel) of God’s everlasting love for His elect….
Does Your Church Have A Covenant?
Many churches of yesteryear would write a document detailing what is expected of its members. This is called a Church Covenant. Just as a Statement of Belief is a document detailing what members agree they believe, a Church Covenant details what they contract themselves to do. In essence, a covenant is what we as members…
Baptist Perpetuity Before J.R. Graves
Many modern church historians claim that Baptist perpetuity, the belief that the Baptist Church is the only true Church that Jesus Christ established and has existed since the first century under various names, was fabricated by Baptist minister, J. R. Graves. Graves lived from 1820-1893. Most then would place Landmarkism, falsely so called, only appearing…
We’re All Just Broken People
“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.” John 1:6 The apostle John uses this language to remind the reader that John was not the eternal Word, but was just a man sent from God. John was not the Christ. Many would look to John for leadership, but his job was only…
God Telleth the Stars
“He telleth the numbers of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” – Psalm 147:4 Stars were created by God on the fourth day of the creation week, after He had made the sun and the moon. After a detailed explanation of the creation of the sun and moon are made for all five…
Finding Balance Between Work and Rest
“And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.” -Mark 2:27-28 While examining this passages, let’s consider two other implicit principles. First principle: “The sabbath was made for man” Warren Wiersbe once wrote, “Sometimes the most…
Is it unfair that God loved Jacob and hated Esau?
Is it unfair that God loved Jacob and hated Esau? “As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” -Romans 9:13 The typical response to God’s sovereignty in salvation is to question the fairness of election. Election being God’s choosing of some of the human race to salvation through Jesus Christ….
Get To Work, You!
Ministers should understand from the onset that their purpose is to serve the Lord’s bride, His church. Sometimes, a man will have it in his mind that he’s a “big name” preacher and can only serve a “big name” church. This attitude will ruin a man and any church he assumes the care for, unless…