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The most obvious and striking division of the Word of truth is that between law and grace. Indeed, these contrasting principles characterize the two most important dispensations: the Jewish and Christian. "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). It is n... Read More

A distinction of vast importance to the right understanding of the Scriptures, especially of the Epistles, is that which concerns the standing or position of the believer, and his state, or walk. The first is the result of the work of Christ and is perfect and entire from the very moment that Christ... Read More

The Apostle here places side-by-side, justification and another state of grace beyond. “Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Here is a clear and full statement of a complete work, i.e., justification by faith through Christ and its effect, “peace with God.... Read More

Some, unable to deny the two works of grace wrought in the first converts of the Gospel, have assumed that it was because the kingdom was then in process of erection; and that, when all its elements were once present, one grasp of faith appropriated all the “salvation that is in Christ Jesus.” This,... Read More

We have already referred to the words of Christ in Mark 9:49, where He assured His disciples that, in order for their separation from the offensive nature, “every one” of them must be “salted with fire,” as a “sacrifice” to God. This offering of themselves was made on the Day of Pentecost, and how w... Read More

To my mind, there is nothing more clearly taught in the divine Word that the following facts: 1. “Regeneration plants in us a new and divine nature.” 2. Entire sanctification destroys and removes the old nature; and 3. From these two facts, it necessarily follows that during the interval between the... Read More

Were it not for the dark leaven of Adventism, a few plain scriptures were all that need be given to point out the sanctuary of the New Testament, for all spiritually minded readers are very naturally led to understand that God’s church is the sanctuary. But since those crafty “children of the bondwo... Read More

As I read through James, I like to remind myself that it was the complete New Testament at the time it was written. There were no other New Testament books or letters then, so what we are reading was the spiritual diet of the early church when it was at least already 10 years old. Clearly, foremost ... Read More

My friend Bernie Koerselman is a retired attorney who now teaches the Bible like he used to practice law—relentlessly searching for the truth. His favorite topic is the nature of saving faith. He wrote a book on that subject that we often give to pastors in our leadership conferences around the worl... Read More

The New Testament authors, in explaining the gospel, used various terms to describe the benefits that are ours because of Christ's sacrificial death. Each one underscores some blessing that the atonement brings, and together they give us a complete picture of what Christ accomplished for us. The bib... Read More