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What does the Bible mean when it says God desires that none should perish? Is that speaking of the elect?

A question answered for one of our readers: What does the Bible mean when it says God desires that none should perish? Is that speaking of the elect? Good question. I’m assuming that you are asking about 2 Peter 3:9. Below is a few thoughts. 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning his…

What’s the difference between Gospel Salvation and Eternal Salvation?

A question answered for one of our readers: What’s the difference between Gospel Salvation and Eternal Salvation? Primitive Baptists use various terms while contrasting God’s sovereign work in salvation with the blessings that exist in obedience. In short…. • Regeneration is the act of God upon man in giving him new life. • Believing the…

Are We Self Indulged?

Let me relate to you a frustrating experience from earlier today. My oldest heathen starts kindergarten next week so I thought I would treat him with McDonald’s today for lunch. I’m not a fan but the kids love the poison. About half way through lunch I looked up and saw an old lady with a…

Was Jesus eternally begotten? If so, what does that mean?

A question answered for one of our readers: Was Jesus eternally begotten? If so, what does that mean? The phrase in question is found in multiple Baptist and Christian Confessions from yesteryear. In short, the phrase simply conveys the idea that Jesus has eternally existed as the only begotten Son of God. Note again, it…

Mind of a Servant

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus…But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant…” – Philippians 2:5,7 Jesus set the supreme example for humility and the attitude of a servant during His earthly ministry. He had all power in heaven and earth, but yet…

Remember Our Frame

Sometimes we fall into the trap that Paul warned against in his epistle to the church at Rome; we begin to “think of ourselves more highly that we ought to think” (Romans 12:3). His prescribed remedy for this prideful attitude was to “think soberly as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith”…

A few observations from Matthew 9:36-38

“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers…

What Does “Free Will” Mean Anyway?

One may often hear theologians defend the “free will” of man. The topic usually centers on a belief that man has a choice to accept Jesus and receive eternal life, or reject Him and suffer eternal separation. This is accompanied with an erroneous belief that God is incapable of interfering with the will of man…

Light Reproves Darkness

“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his…