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A Fourfold Salvation Arthur Pink Introduction 1. Salvation from the PLEASURE of sin 2. Salvation from the PENALTY of sin 3. Salvation from the POWER of sin 4. Salvation from the PRESENCE of sin Summary INTRODUCTION In 1918 we wrote a booklet entitled "A Threefold Salvation," and in 1929 published th... Read More

Salvation from the Pleasure of Sin Arthur Pink It is here that God begins His actual application of salvation unto His elect. God saves us from the pleasure or love of sin before He delivers us from the penalty or punishment of sin. Necessarily so, for it would be neither an act of holiness nor of r... Read More

Access to God Arthur Pink The matter of our approach into the presence of God is one of vital importance—yet it is one (like so many others these days) upon which much confusion and misconception exists. We will not now attempt to canvass the principal errors pertaining thereto, for there would be l... Read More

PEACE: TRUE AND FALSE Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) Inasmuch as salvation is the bringing of a sinful creature into right relations to God, it necessarily follows that that salvation, in all its parts, must ever be viewed from two sides: the Divine and the human. God is the Savior, a human being the on... Read More

JUSTIFICATION! by J. C. Ryle "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 5:1 There is a word in the text which heads this page which ought to be very precious in the eyes of Englishmen. That word is "peace." Even in "merry England" we have known something... Read More

Justified by His Blood James Smith The great leading doctrine of the gospel, is the justification of a sinner by simple faith in Jesus. The apostles continually dwell on this, and keep it ever before the minds of the Lord's people. Just so should we, for only as we are well-grounded in this doctrine... Read More

Standing in Grace by James Smith, 1860 "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace wherein we stand . And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God." Romans 5:1-2 Every man ... Read More

To the Bereaved James Smith, 1856 "The Lord gave — and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord!" Job 1:21 So spoke the patriarch Job, when stripped of all his property and bereaved of all his children in one day. Reduced at once from affluence — to poverty, from the highest elevati... Read More

Life Through Believing James Smith, 1842 "He who believes on the Son has everlasting life!" John 3:36 A believer on the Lord Jesus Christ is one who has been convinced of his totally ruined, wretched, and lost estate. He has heard the everlasting gospel, or the glad tidings of a Savior, who is able ... Read More

The Christian's State James Smith, 1861 The believer's state, is a state of true blessedness . But it is to be feared, that many who profess Christ, do not understand it; and that some who seem to understand it, do not live in the enjoyment of it. May the Holy Spirit use my pen faintly to represent ... Read More