In chapter 1, Peter is laying the foundation, but the subject proper to his epistle does not begin until chapter 2:11: "Dearly beloved, I beseech you," etc. In both epistles he lays the foundation of redemption, and then he proceeds to unfold the principles of the government of God under which the J... Read More
READING 1 Passing by the numbering of the people and the redemption of the firstborn, we might begin with the laws and appointments of chapter 5; they were to keep the camp holy - put out the leper, and so on - "that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell." God's dwelling with the... Read More
1,2. The vanity of those pleas which sinners may secretly confide in, is so apparent that they will be ashamed at last to mention them before God.--3. Such as, that they descended from pious us parents.--4. That they had attended to the speculative part of religion.--5. That they had entertained sou... Read More
Jude 1:19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.: houtoi eisin (3PPAI) oi apodiorizontes (PAPMPN) psucikoi pneuma me echontes (PAPMPN) who = Pr 18:1; Isa 65:5; Ezek 14:7; Hos 4:14; 9:10; Heb 10:25 sensual = 1Co 2:14; Jas 3:15 Jn 3:5,6; Ro 8:9; 1Co 6:19 Spurgeon... Read More
WHAT IS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO CHRIST? - Part 1 by Ralph Sutera 1. NOT blessings BUT blesser Philippians 3:7-10; 2:5-8 2. NOT forgiveness BUT fullness Ephesians 3:17-19; John 15:7-11 3. NOT struggle BUT serenity John 14:27 4. NOT happiness BUT holiness I Thessalonians 4:7; II Corinthians 7:1 5. NOT abd... Read More
ARTICLE I. Concerning God, and the True and Saving Knowledge of him. There is one God [Eph. 4:6; 1 Cor. 8:4,6] Who is a Spirit [John 4:24] And This is the Message which the Apostles heard of him, and declared unto the Saints, That he is Light, and in him is no Darkness at all [1 John 1:5] There are ... Read More
Question. Is it enough for a Believer, to be sure that he hath once received true Grace? or is there any further Certainty requisite? A. Wherefore the rather, Brethren, give Diligence to make your Calling and Election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall [2 Pet. 1:10]. Q. May one tha... Read More
Concerning the Light wherewith Jesus Christ hath enlightned every Man: The Universality and Sufficiency of God's Grace to all the world made manifest therein. Question. Wherein consists the Love of God towards Fallen and Lost Man? A. For God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, th... Read More
The Rejection of Gospel-light, the Condemnation of Men A sermon by Samuel Davies, delivered at Princeton College "And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and wil... Read More
1. Let us praise the Lord both in voice, and in understanding, and in good works; and, as this Psalm exhorts, let us sing unto Him a new song. It begins: Sing ye to the Lord a new song. His praise is in the Church of the Saints Psalm 149:1. The old man has an old song, the new man a new song. The Ol... Read More
Readings on 1 Peter 1
Readings on Numbers
The Sinner Stripped Of His Vain Pleas
Jude 1:19
WHAT IS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO CHRIST? - Part 1
A Confession of Faith, containing twenty three Articles
CATECHISM - Concerning Perseverance and falling from Grace.
CATECHISM - Concerning the Light wherewith Jesus Christ hath enlightned every Man
The Rejection of Gospel-light, the Condemnation of Men
Exposition on Psalm 149