R. Huebner “So if anyone be in Christ, there is a New Creation — the old things have passed away — Behold all things have become new!” (2 Cor. 5:17). I. Helpful Definitions for Biblical Terms1 Quickening is the imparting of life to dead souls. (Rom. 4:17, John 5:21, John 6:36). New Birth commences by…
Month: March 2023
Buy For Yourselves
D. Ryan “And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us of your oil’ … But the prudent answered saying … ‘Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves’” (Matthew 24:8-9). I. The Advice of the Prudent Virgins “Go buy for yourselves” — It is like a gospel message. No one else can…
Matters of the Heart
C. Lunden, 1983 “From everyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside” (Matthew 13:19). I. Catching Away What Was Sown Satan goes to work on the sowing of…
The Three Administrations
I. Preliminary Quotes John Nelson Darby helped to show that administrations hinged on the introduction of government. In an address in June 1839 (at Leamington), he pointed out: Before the proper dispensation of God, we get the world before the flood; not exactly a dispensation, but a body of men left, in a certain sense,…