“The power of the Spirit is strongly manifested in the lives of both Isaac and Christians. Isaac’s miraculous birth took place when Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90. Paul says in Romans 4:19-20 that Abraham contemplated his own body and Sarah’s womb and realized that they were both basically dead as far as producing... Continue Reading →
“Therefore, in a word, I describe poenitentia [repentance| as regeneration, of which the goal is none other than that the image of God, defiled and nearly wiped out in us by the transgression of Adam, is restored in us. And this restoration is not completed in one moment or in one day or one year;... Continue Reading →
No man can come to me, unless the Father, who hath sent me, draw him. ~ John 6:44 “He does not merely accuse them of wickedness, but likewise reminds them, that it is a peculiar gift of God to embrace the doctrine which is exhibited by him; which he does, that their unbelief may not... Continue Reading →
“It is here to be observed that the promises made to Abraham are first made to Christ, and then in Christ to all that believe in Him, be they Jews or Gentiles. This conclusion is of great use. First, by it we learn the difference of the promises of the law and the gospel. The... Continue Reading →
A great read concerning the problem of suffering from a Biblical perspective... "God could have wiped Adam and Eve from the face of the earth at that point, and he would have been completely just in doing so. But he did not. Rather, he proclaimed a message of grace. God told the serpent, I will... Continue Reading →
One of the greatest examples of confessing ones faith in the New Testament is that of the apostle Peter that Jesus was the Christ. Jesus responds not only with delight, but provides His apostle with the One who revealed this truth to him... And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona,... Continue Reading →
"To say that ‘a creed comes between a man and his God,' is to suppose that it is not true; for truth, however definitely stated, does not divide the believer from his Lord. So far as I am concerned, that which I believe I am not ashamed to state in the plainest possible language; and... Continue Reading →
“The next question to which we address ourselves is this: here is Paul writing a letter to Christians in Rome. Why did he write to them? What is his reason for writing? He must have had one, and in verse 11 he tells us it was this: ‘I long to see you, that I may... Continue Reading →
"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out... Continue Reading →
