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Our position in these matters is illustrated by a narrative of an ex-Roman Catholic

III. Baptists aim to Restore the Order of the Primitive Churches. They make no appeal to tradition, the Fathers, or expediency. They simply ask, “What do the Scriptures teach?” They follow the New Testament model of a church, and invite all to test them by it. It is not strange, therefore, that they confidently appeal to God’s Word for proof of the correctness of all they do. They take it all…

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Matthew 2:1-12 The King Appearing and the King Assailed

CHAPTER 2 MATTHEW 2:1-12 THE KING APPEARING AND THE KING ASSAILED 1. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. The King is born, and now he must be acknowledged. At the same moment he will…

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The Wednesday Word: The Sinless Saviour

1 John 3:5 describes Jesus by saying, “in Him is no sin.” In I Peter 2:22 we read of Jesus that, “He did no sin.” Then, Hebrews 4:15 declares – “He was without sin.” Also, Hebrews 7:26 affirms, “He was holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners.” In addition, 2 Corinthians 5:21 tells us that “He knew no sin.” Notice this verse does not merely say that He did no sin, but that He knew no sin.…

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To speak of the knowledge of it

SECOND PART OF THE TEXT. AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE. These words are the second part of the text, and they deal mainly about the love of Christ, who is the Son of God. We have spoken already briefly of God, and therefore now we shall speak also of his Son. These words are a part of the prayer afore-mentioned, and have something of the same strain in them. In the first…

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The tabernacle, the priesthood, and the Levitical offerings were really an amplification and explanation of the grace revealed in the promises of the Abrahamic covenant

“The legal and evangelical dispensations have been but different dispensations of the same Covenant of Grace and of the blessings thereof. Though there is now a greater degree of light, consolation, and liberty, yet if Christians are now under a kingdom of grace where there is pardon upon repentance, the Lord’s people under the Old Testament were (as to the reality and substance of things) also…

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What was the cause of the Psalmist saying this in Psalm 47:4?

But now another thought. What was the cause of the Psalmist saying this? How came he to be able to feel it? for there are few Christians who can really affirm it and stand to it: “Thou shalt choose my inheritance for me.” I think the cause is to be found in this, that he had a true experience of God’s wisdom. Poor David could indeed thank God for having chosen his inheritance for him, for he had…

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Baptists are independent in their church government

III. Baptists aim to Restore the Order of the Primitive Churches. They make no appeal to tradition, the Fathers, or expediency. They simply ask, “What do the Scriptures teach?” They follow the New Testament model of a church, and invite all to test them by it. It is not strange, therefore, that they confidently appeal to God’s Word for proof of the correctness of all they do. They take it all…

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Matthew 1:18-25 The Birth of the King

CHAPTER 1 MATTHEW 1:18-25 THE BIRTH OF THE KING 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. A word or two sufficed to describe the birth of all the kings whose names we have read; but for our Lord Jesus Christ there is much more to be said. The evangelist girds himself up…

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The Wednesday Word: His Works not Mine!

When God saves us, He declares us righteous. We are reckoned as having a righteousness that comes from God to man, not a righteousness which man brings to God. Therein lies the difference between the Gospel and religion. We are justified, (declared not guilty), without doing any good works. In fact, we are saved when we have done nothing at all but bad works. (See Romans 3:10-12). We have no…

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He must presume to say that he knows the utmost merits of His blood

SECOND PART OF THE TEXT. AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE. These words are the second part of the text, and they deal mainly about the love of Christ, who is the Son of God. We have spoken already briefly of God, and therefore now we shall speak also of his Son. These words are a part of the prayer afore-mentioned, and have something of the same strain in them. In the first…

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The special design of these chapters is to help those who have been deceived by “dispensationalists”

The special design of prolonging these chapters is to seek to help those who have been deceived by “dispensationalists,” and others who have been misled by unwarrantable conclusions drawn from Old Testament premises. What has been pointed out above should make it evident that they are quite wrong who suppose that the Mosaic economy was a pure covenant of works which gave no hope to transgressors.…

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We want to choose our crosses

But there is nothing that we oftener want to choose than our crosses. None of us like crosses at all; but all of us think everybody else’s trials lighter than our own. Crosses we must have; but we often want to be choosing them. “Oh!” says one, “my trouble is in my family. It is the worst cross in the world-my business is successful; but if I might have a cross in my business, and get rid of this…

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Baptists admit none to the Lord's table, except those baptized by immersion, on profession of faith

III. Baptists aim to Restore the Order of the Primitive Churches. They make no appeal to tradition, the Fathers, or expediency. They simply ask, “What do the Scriptures teach?” They follow the New Testament model of a church, and invite all to test them by it. It is not strange, therefore, that they confidently appeal to God’s Word for proof of the correctness of all they do. They take it all…

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Matthew 1:1-17 The Pedigree of the King

CHAPTER 1 MATTHEW 1:1-17 THE PEDIGREE OF THE KING 1. THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham This verse gives us a clue to the special drift of Matthew’s gospel. He was moved of the Holy Spirit to write of our Lord Jesus Christ AS KING — “the son of David.” He is to be spoken of as specially reigning over the true seed of Abraham; hence he is called “the…

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The Wednesday Word: The ABCs of the Gospel

“A” stands for the vitally important text without which the gospel makes no sense, “All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.” Romans 3:23. Have you heard of Sir James Simpson? He discovered the use of chloroform in 1887 and by his discovery revolutionized surgery. He is known as a giant in the history of medicine. However, when asked by one of his students what he considered to be the…

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He that knows the love of Christ, must know the devils: plottings, contrivings, and design

SECOND PART OF THE TEXT. AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE. These words are the second part of the text, and they deal mainly about the love of Christ, who is the Son of God. We have spoken already briefly of God, and therefore now we shall speak also of his Son. These words are a part of the prayer afore-mentioned, and have something of the same strain in them. In the first…

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An elaborate system of sacrifices was enjoined

An elaborate system of sacrifices was enjoined. These were not only incorporated with the institutions of worship, but were explanatory of their importance and design. They were appointed to expiate the guilt of offenses committed, with the express declaration that “the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls” (Lev. 17:11).…