Wednesday April 14,2021

Act 8:1-3

And Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death.

And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered [Greek: diaspeiro - literally "to sow seed throughout"] throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria,...

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2416

Tuesday April 13, 2021

You will not fully understand this passage in James unless you listen or read the whole series.

If we use the "present tense" as a solution to 1Jo 3:6, 9 ("No one who is born of God constantly sins") then we come to a conclusion that a "moderate amount" of sin should be...

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2415

Sunday April 11,2021

We fell when we ate. As God promised, death resulted. We were placed in peace in the Garden which gave us the added potential of obedience, and like Satan, we rejected God's right to rule and we declared ourselves independent of God.

What God did for us in return is extraordinary. Jesus was the answer from God. What He gave us could never, and should never, be confused with anything other than heaven and perfect holiness.

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2414

Thursday April 8,2021

The great problem passage of Jam 2 - "Faith without works is dead."

Jam 1:21

Therefore putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2413

Wednesday April 7,2021

The great problem passage of Jam 2 - "Faith without works is dead."

We noted that James wrote his letter to Jewish Christians dispersed by persecution. He wrote at the very start of the church, in which most Christians were Jewish. We also noted that James was writing to those who had drifted from their spiritual life and become friends with the world and perpetually carnal.

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2412

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

The great problem passage of Jam 2 - "Faith without works is dead."

Jam 2:14-15

What use is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save...

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2411

Sunday March 4,2021

The apostle John was an eye witness.

One very important thing to note about John's narrative of the resurrection is that he was an eye witness. He uses the word "witness" far more often than any other writer, though not usually in reference to himself. As a witness, John...

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2410

Thursday, April 1, 2021

We must know that we are truly saved and have eternal life.

1Jo 2:25

And this is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2409

Wednesday March 31,2021

We never read anywhere of a faith in Christ that is not saving. Man postulates this; not God.

Joh 8:30-32

As He spoke these things, many came to believe in [eis] Him.

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2408

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

"The mind of man recoils from so daring an expression of divine generosity." [Hodges]

Simplicity of the gospel in Joh 3:14-16.

for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2407