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Justification by Faith – The Example of Abraham

As we consider Abraham as the principal example of justification by faith in the New Testament, studying his life clarifies some very important points in understanding justification by faith. Abraham was not born again or declared righteous before God in Gen. 15 when he believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. No, he was already a born again man walking by faith at the end of Gen. 11 when he left Ur. Also, we see from Abraham that a child of God’s faith will not be progressively going upward, bur rather is a roller coaster of peaks and valleys, a few successes and many failures on a daily basis.

Virtuous Wives

In examining God’s pattern for the family, the Lord addresses the role of wives in marriage. Wives should submit unto Christ by submitting to the loving headship of their husbands. Wives should strive to be virtuous women, to teach the younger women how to love their husbands and children and be a keeper at home. What a blessing to see a marriage where husbands and wives working as one flesh in serving the Lord in the kingdom of God!

Behold How Jesus Loves, Part 1

We consider the love of God towards his people from the word of God, which is considerably different than the general thoughts towards God’s love in the Christian marketplace today. God saw fit to love not the whole world, but he chose to love an elect people before the world began to save and send his Son to die for their sins.

Truly This Was the Son of God!

Right after Jesus Christ declares victory on the cross and gives up the ghost, we look at the amazing events that occurred: the sun began to shine again, the veil of the temple was rent in twain, and there was a massive earthquake. In the aftermath of these events, we see the conversion of the centurion who had supervised the whole crucifixion, declaring that truly Jesus was the Son of God!

Substance of the Fruit of the Spirit

Unfortunately, it has become very popular in the Christian marketplace today to deify faith to such a degree that some would erroneously teach that if your faith ever falters or fails, that is evidence you are not truly saved and probably have been a false professor up to this point. Faith is incorrectly exalted and deified above all the rest of the fruit of the Spirit. No doubt faith is vitally important in the life of God’s children; without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6), and whatever is not of faith is sin (Rom. 14:23). We do not want to diminish faith, but we also have to ensure we do not put God’s children in bondage by making them doubt their salvation because of inevitable failures in their working out of the gift of faith. As we will see is true of all the fruit of the Spirit, active faith (belief, worked out faith) is “enabled” by God and “exhorted” by God but “not executed” by God. We are “enabled” to believe by the gift of God of faith in the new birth and the Spirit exhorts us to believe, but that measure of faith is only “executed” in our life when we are diligent and obedient to follow the testimony of the Spirit in our hearts and work out (Phil. 2:12-13) the faith that God has given us and worked in. 

Defending the Biblical Account of Creation (Study Guide)

For Christians today, it is vitally important to be able to defend the Biblical account of a literal six, twenty-four hour day creation in the midst of so much misinformation and deception from Satan and science falsely so called. We have put together a study guide to help you in studying and defending this vitally important topic of the Bible’s account of God’s creation.

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Book of Ephesians

From June 2024 to August 2025, Pastor David preached through the Book of Ephesians. In Ephesians, the Lord gave us the perfect balance of doctrine and practice. Based on all the spiritual blessings we have in Christ, and God electing, predestinating, redeeming, and regenerating his people, therefore – based on all that God has done for you – we ought to strive to walk worthy of our calling in godly living, in our marriages, in our families, and in every manner of life to honor the Lord that has saved us by his grace.

Husbands Love Your Wives, As Christ Loved the Church

Following the pattern of Jesus Christ’s love for his bride, the church, husbands are exhorted to press towards that high mark of Christ’s love for the church. Husbands are called to be the provider, protector, savior, sanctifier, nourisher, and cherisher of their brides, following the love of Jesus Christ.

Justification by Faith

Justification is a topic in scripture similar to salvation that requires great precision in rightly dividing what the word justification means in the right context. How can we be justified by both grace, but also justified by works, when they are directly opposing? We discuss the various aspects of justification in scripture and the correct rightly dividing of justification by faith which offers assurance for God’s children in their heart and conscience.

Harmony & Kisses

They seem to be opposite extremes, so how can mercy and truth meet together and how can righteousness and peace kiss each other? Only through the mediator, Jesus Christ, can righteousness, peace, mercy and truth be brought into harmony and kisses through his work on the cross.

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