The Royal Priesthood By Carl Ketcherside
The Royal Priesthood
(The Proper Role Of All Believers In The Local Church)
W. Carl Ketcherside
The ideal of God for a kingdom composed entirely of priests is achieved in the relationship created by the new covenant. That which could not be accomplished at Mount Sinai has been accomplished at Mount Sion, where we received a kingdom which cannot be moved or shaken. Every child of God is a priest, everyone is now a minister.
In the Revelation… Continue reading
The Free Will Gospel Refuted By John 3:16
The Free Will Gospel Refuted By John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16
So many Arminian and other free-will preachers use John 3:16 to make a case against Calvinism and for Arminianism. In particular, they make a case that Jesus died for EVERYONE – everyone alive and everyone who ever lived. Yet they don’t realize that… Continue reading
Universal Atonement Doctrine Dishonors God
Universal Atonement Doctrine Dishonors God
by John Gill – “Body of Divinity, Book 6, Chapter 3”
The first set of arguments shall be taken from hence, that universal redemption reflects highly on the perfections of God; and what is contrary to the divine perfections, cannot be true; for God cannot deny himself, nor do anything contrary to his nature and attributes.
1. The universal scheme greatly reflects on the love of God to men: it may, at first… Continue reading
The Sovereignty Of God In Reprobation
The Sovereignty Of God In Reprobation
by Arthur W. Pink
“Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God” [Romans 11:22]
In the last chapter when treating of the Sovereignty of God the Father in Salvation, we examined seven passages which represent Him as making a choice from among the children of men, and predestinating certain ones to be conformed to the image of His Son. The thoughtful reader will naturally ask, And what of those who were not… Continue reading
Why They Leave Us
Why They Leave Us
A Sermon (1892) Delivered On Lord’s Day Morning, March 21st, 1886
By Charles H Spurgeon
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, England
Suggested by the death of Charles Stanford, D.D.,
Minister of Denmark Place Chapel, London, England