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Holiness vs. the “Holiness Movement”
I was recently asked about the “holiness movement” and whether I “believe that while you’re set free from the bondage and dominion of sin, do you now claim to walk perfectly uprightly, or, are you still grappling with your sin nature (flesh patterns) in a fallen world?” Here is my answer that might be helpful […]
Perverted Love, Sex, and Abortion
September 18, 2012
Flee from sexual immorality… – 1 Corinthians 6:18a On the drive in to work today, I caught a significant portion of a sermon by John MacArthur titled Fundamental Christian Attitudes: Love. What I’d like to share with you is an excerpt where he discusses the world’s perverted definition of love and the consequences of practicing […]
Rewind, Refocus, Reload
July 21, 2012
Resting in the reality that I am God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared for me before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 2:10), has given me much relief recently. Not only that, but my sanctification, though I work out in fear in trembling before the Lord, is ultimately a […]
Bastard vs. Legitimate Children
June 20, 2012
In closing his message titled The Christian’s Assurance of Salvation, Paul Washer contrasts the difference between a child of God, who receives the loving discipline of the Father, and the illigitimate (bastard) child who receives no discipline at all but continues in his waywardness. We see this truth addressed in Hebrews 12:3-11, paying close attention to […]
Charles Stanley and False Assurance of Salvation
May 8, 2012
The following is a guest post from Shawn Pander addressing Charles Stanley’s unbiblical view of sanctification and assurance of salvation. Brethren, as a born again follower of Jesus Christ I have realized it is usually acceptable with many believers to expose the teachings of Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, or Rob Bell. However, there are many […]
Are You Sure You Are Saved?
February 23, 2012
In an appropriate follow-up from yesterday’s post, Testimony of Regeneration, Wretched provides the below excerpt from Paul Washer regarding the view that being morally upright saves a person. Changed behavior saves no one. It is only the grace of God, by the new birth, through repentance grounded in godly sorrow and faith alone in Jesus […]
The Traits of New Creatures in Christ
October 6, 2011
In studying last night, I came across a chart in the John MacArthur Bible Commentary titled The Traits of New Creatures in Christ. Just yesterday Manfred posted an article at Defending Contending titled, “What Is a True Christian?”, and I thought this post might be complementary to it. The first column in MacArthur’s chart concerns […]
Should Christians Keep the Torah?
July 21, 2011
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified [1] by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of […]
What Is Wrong with NON-Lordship Salvation? – Part 5
March 31, 2011
Had it been possible for you to have had salvation without sanctification, it would have been a curse to you instead of a blessing. If such a thing were possible, I cannot conceive of a more lamentable condition than for a man to have the happiness of salvation without the holiness of it; happily, it […]
Why Christians Won’t Habitually Sin
March 24, 2011
Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. – 1 John 3:4 The following comes from page 1951 in the John MacMarthur Bible Commentary and addresses the fact that born again believers do not habitually sin. Why Christians Won’t Habitually Sin This passage begins with the phrase “Whoever commits sin” (v. 4). Commits […]
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