The love of Jesus for His people By J. C. Philpot Love is communicative. This is a part of its very nature and essence. Its delight is to give, and especially to give itself; and all it desires or asks is a return. To love and to be beloved, to enjoy and to express that ardent and mutual affection b... Read More
Chapter Eight from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of Our Blessed Redeemer But we pass on to the resurrection of the blessed Lord from the dead; and here we shall have to establish the doctrine before we enter into its experimental fruits. 1. The first thing that we notice is, what we ma... Read More
THE WORDS OF JESUS by John MacDuff "Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said," —Acts 20:35 THE GRACIOUS INVITATION "Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said"— "Come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." —Matthew 11:28. Gracious "word" of a graci... Read More
April 18, 1982 Acts 2:36-42 Just before Jesus came on the scene "preaching the gospel of God, and saying, 'the time is fulfilled, the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel,"' (Mk. 1:14,15), another man, John the Baptist, had been preparing the people of Israel by calling them ... Read More
1 Corinthians 1:10-17 It is surprising to me that Paul would say, "Christ did not send me to baptize," when, in fact, one of the last things Jesus said to His disciples was, "Go, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. . ." In order to un... Read More
March 29, 1981 Acts 2:36-47 Last week we heard from the Bible that one great goal of the church is to demonstrate the wisdom of God to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places (Eph. 3:10). I emphasized that the church is not only the light of the world; it is also the light of the cosmos... Read More
Sometimes when people do not want to keep some command of the Lord Jesus they say, "That was for the Jews," or "That was done away with at the closing of the apostolic age." So some people, having been accustomed to a form of baptism or a teaching about it which they could not reconcile to the Scrip... Read More
Down through the centuries till modern times all Bible students and theologians agreed that baptism was a New Testament practice exclusively, that it went with the gospel of salvation through faith in Christ, and was not a part of the Old Testament ceremonial law. However, those who sprinkled unconv... Read More
There have been too many sermons on baptism as a part of the doctrines of some denomination. There is too much talk about "Baptist doctrine" or "Methodist doctrine" or "the doctrine of our church." In this Bible study, we are interested solely in what the Bible teaches about baptism. Nothing else ma... Read More
I am talking on how to be a good Christian, with the understanding that everybody starts as a baby Christian. The Scripture says that "as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." And Scripture commands us to grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus. When people a... Read More
The love of Jesus for His people
The Resurrection
The Words of Jesus (31 day devotional)
A Celebration of Baptism
Christ Did Not Send Me to Baptize
The Local Church: Minimum Vs Maximum
BAPTISM FOR US IN THIS DISPENSATION; HAS NEVER BEEN DONE AWAY WITH
BAPTISM IS CHRISTIAN, NOT JEWISH; NEW TESTAMENT, NOT OLD TESTAMENT; GRACE, NOT LAW
BAPTISM WITH WATER-ITS IMPORTANCE AND MEANING
Baptism: Make Public Your Allegiance to Christ