“In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:4 I once was blind. How soon I forget. Blessed be God for removing the scales from…
Month: October 2015
Rome Denies the Sufficiency of Christ: The Word of Christ is Insufficient
This begins a series of posts showing that Roman Catholicism denies the sufficiency of both the person and work of Jesus Christ. Throughout this series of posts and in plain language I want to show how Rome’s sacramentalism and unbiblical tradition are built on the foundation of Christ’s work being insufficient. For starters, I want…
Directions Against Covetousness
And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12:15 Remember how short a time you have to enjoy the wealth you have accumulated. How quickly are you stripped of all! The world is just an…
Blessed is the Man Whose Way is Blameless
Holiness is happiness. (Psalm 119:1)
Adam Broke All Ten Commandments
Adam’s sin in the garden of Eden was not simply the eating of forbidden fruit. His sin was extremely wicked and vile. If the single sinful act of eating the fruit was the tree’s trunk, then its many offenses are the limbs of that one tree. Never underestimate or minimize the heinous nature of a…
The Heart
The heart is the great workshop where all sin is produced before it is exposed to open view. The heart is the mint where evil thoughts are coined, before they are current in our words and actions: “Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts” The heart is the nest in which those hornets breed. The…
Holiness is Happiness
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD! Psalm 119:1 Holiness is happiness. All other pursuits of happiness will fail you and prove to be very cheap substitutes for the real thing. We are prone to think holiness is more of a chore than a delight, but this…
Blotted Out our Transgressions
“I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.” Isaiah 44:22 How many clouds have hung in the sky only to be “blotted out” within a few hours. This is the picture God gives to His people of how their sins are…
Alien Righteousness
Therefore this alien righteousness, instilled in us without our works by grace alone—while the Father, to be sure, inwardly draws us to Christ—is set opposite original sin, likewise alien, which we acquire without our works by birth alone. Christ daily drives out the old Adam more and more in accordance with the extent to which…
Man at his Best State is Vanity
“Truly, every man at his best state is altogether vanity!” Psalm 39:5 By Adam’s fall, man has become a pile of dust, a puff of wind, a dream, a shadow, a puff of smoke, a worm, a debased soul, a curious nothing. Yes, man having fallen from his primitive glory, has become altogether vanity, says the psalmist in…