Jesus Rebukes Satan Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be …
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We Can Believe God’s Promises
Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. Luke 2:33. What are the marvelous things spoken of him? They are the things of which Simeon had spoken immediately before, when in the temple he took the child Jesus upon his …
No Man Shall Pluck My Sheep Out of My Hand
Let us banish from our hearts, therefore, the unbelieving opinions which imagine that evils befall us by mere chance, or from physical causes. But when thou considerest the wounds in thy own circle of relations, or dost cast a glance at the public disorders in …
THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE – X
Anthropology: The Doctrine of Man Concerning Man, Particularly the Soul Having discussed the most eminent creatures of heaven, the angels, we will now proceed to consider the most eminent creature upon earth, man. In the original language, the Hebrew tongue, man is called אדם …
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
“This is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”—JER. 23:6 THE time is short. It is but a little while, and the Lord Jesus shall come in His glory. The judgment shall be set and the books shall be opened. “Before …
THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE – IX
Angels and Devils Since angels and men have the highest measure of perfection among all creatures, we shall consider them separately. First, we shall consider the angels. The Name “Angel” Defined The name Angel (Hebrew: מלאך Maleach) is used for a variety of persons in …
THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE – VIII
The Creation of the World Having considered the intrinsic works of God, we proceed to consider His extrinsic works—in the realm of nature and in the realm of grace. His works in nature are creation as well as His providence in regard to His creation. …
THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE – VII
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Covenant of Redemption Between God the Father and God the Son Concerning the Elect; or, the Counsel of Peace Having considered the decrees of God in general, and the predestination of men in particular, we now proceed to the discussion of the covenant …
The Power of His Resurrection
The Power of His Resurrection “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection.”— Philippians iii. 10. PAUL, in the verses before the text, had deliberately laid aside his own personal righteousness. “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss …
WE ARE WEAK WHILE HE IS STRONG
A PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE BY R.C. SPROUL JR. I pastor a small church, very small. It is not my desire to pastor a small church. Two hundred to 250 sounds just about right to me. Beyond that and I think I’d like to see the church …