SCRIPTURE 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-31 18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is […]
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WHAT DID JESUS ACCOMPLISH ON THE CROSS? LIMITED ATONEMENT: Isaiah 53:7-12
SCRIPTURE ISAIAH 53:7-12 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who […]
DID GOD CHOOSE US OR DO WE CHOOSE HIM? UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION: Romans 9:6-26
SCRIPTURE ROMANS 9:6-26 6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who […]
HOW BAD OFF ARE WE? TOTAL DEPRAVITY: Romans 3:9-18
SCRIPTURE ROMANS 3:9-18 9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no […]
THE LORD IS WORTHY OF WORSHIP: Joshua 23-24
SCRIPTURE JOSHUA 24:14-28 14 “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods […]
THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE: the depths of the gospel
The word gospel means good news that brings joy. But how good is it? How much of it is based on God and His action and how much depends on us and our response? These are important questions, and they have to do with depths of the gospel. The Doctrines of Grace are like looking […]
THE LORD GIVES THE LAND FOR A PURPOSE: Joshua 13-22
SCRIPTURE JOSHUA 21:43-45 43 Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. 44 And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, […]
THE LORD DEFEATS HIS ENEMIES: Joshua 11–12
SCRIPTURE JOSHUA 11–12 1 When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,2 and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the […]
THE LORD MAKES THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE: Joshua 10:1-43
SCRIPTURE JOSHUA 10:1-43 1 As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,2 he feared greatly, because Gibeon […]
THE LORD IS A COUNSELOR: Joshua 9:1-27
SCRIPTURE JOSHUA 9:1-27 1 As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this,2 they gathered together as one to fight against […]