Christ Is Our Gain In Life, Death, & After Death

(1) Christ is our gain in this life; (2) He is our gain in death; and (3) He is our gain after death. He is our gain in life if we turn from our evil ways and believe in Him, in as much as He has gained for us many benefits, which I will reduce to ten heads. Second, as Christ is our gain in life, so He is also our gain in death, in as much as He has taken away the sting of death, and has changed the condition of it by making it of the gate of hell to be the way to eternal life. Third, He is our gain after death in three ways.… Read More Christ Is Our Gain In Life, Death, & After Death

February 20, 2023February 18, 2023 Paul J. BarthLeave a comment

The Necessity of Church Membership

“Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people…” (Isaiah 56:3). Wilhelmus à Brakel The Christian’s Reasonable Service vol. 2, pp. 55-60. It is the duty of everyone who desires to be saved to turn to the church, making diligent effort to be… Read More The Necessity of Church Membership

July 23, 2018July 13, 2018 Paul J. Barth2 Comments

The Difference Between Justification and Sanctification

Q. 77. Wherein do justification and sanctification differ? A. Although sanctification be inseparably joined with justification, yet they differ, in that God in justification imputeth the righteousness of Christ; in sanctification his Spirit infuseth grace, and enableth to the exercise thereof; in the former, sin is pardoned; in the other, it is subdued; the one… Read More The Difference Between Justification and Sanctification

May 7, 2018April 15, 2018 Paul J. Barth1 Comment

The Gospel was Preached unto Israel in the Wilderness

John Owen, Exposition of Hebrews “For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.” Hebrews 4:2 It is supposed and granted that the gospel was preached unto the people in the wilderness. The apostle… Read More The Gospel was Preached unto Israel in the Wilderness

March 16, 2017 Paul J. Barth1 Comment

Mortification of Sin | Samuel Rutherford

Samuel Rutherford, The Covenant of Life Opened, pp. 268-270. Question 4: To what things must we be crucified? Answer: Galatians 6:14, To all things created, to the world; we condemn and despise and hate the world, and the world does value us nothing. 1. Mortification to Self 1. There is a deadness to self which… Read More Mortification of Sin | Samuel Rutherford

February 16, 2017June 20, 2020 Paul J. Barth1 Comment

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