Category: Gospel Message

Why Was Jesus Baptized?: Things Unseen with Sinclair B. Ferguson

This post contains a 6-minute video by Pastor Sinclair Ferguson, one episode of his podcast, Things Unseen. His 5 episodes of last week were about various aspects of baptism. He was focusing on the deeper meaning of baptism which did not get into the common areas of dispute among believers. He said something in this video that I had not heard in the 20 years I’ve been a Christian, as he explained how it is that Jesus’ baptism is a picture of the gospel. In the process, he explained what the reformers meant when they called believers to ‘improve’ their baptism.

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The Tabernacle and What It Reveals to Us – Chosen People Ministries – Part 2

The 5-minute video of this post, walks one into the courtyard and through the tabernacle. In the process, it explains the significance of the Altar, the Minora, the Table and Incense altar, the Ark and Mercy seat. These all have significance in the lives of Christians. Through these things, God pictured His WAY of salvation that He has been unfolding via His PLAN of Redemption, since Genesis 3, the Fall.

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Roman Catholicism Proclaims an Unbiblical Gospel – Mike Gendron Ministries

Mike Gendron’s Newsletter for August of 2024 discusses the following topics, as being various aspects of the false gospel of the Roman Catholic Church: A Plenary Indulgence for Visiting the Elderly; Catholic Priests – the Modern Day Judaizers; Catholicism Reject God’s Promise of Eternal Life; Contend for the Gospel’s Purity and Exclusivity; Ignoring the Errors of Roman Catholicism; Mary’s Brown Scapular Saves You from Hell; The Catholic Clergy Preaches a False Gospel; Unity Accords with Catholics Cause Confusion; Unity at the Expense of Truth is Treason

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What is the purpose of the Mosaic Law? – Got Questions Ministries

Subjects such as this may seem a real bore to some Christians, but they provide fundamental understanding that can enable one to escape the clutches of many unbiblical teachers in our day. I am thinking chiefly of dispensationalism, which is unbiblical and based on the ideas of men.  But there are more blatant forms of false teachings out there floating around in the contemporary church. Many are written on in this blog: the prosperity gospel; the mystical gospel; the gospels that have been adapted to CRT and LGBTQ.  Other man-made gospels include the JW’s and the LDS versions…. If you read the Bible, then it will be made clear to you how these and other false systems err. Don’t be a victim of false Christian teaching; know what God says on the matter via His word.

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Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own… Albert Barnes’ Commentary

This post uses the commentary of Albert Barnes to consider Philippians 3:9 “and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith.” This topic is foundational to the Christian life, Romans and Galatians are about it. From my own struggles, and writing about the false teachings that pervade the 21st century church, I am certain that most Christians do not understand this doctrine sufficiently well, such that they are certainly relying only on the imputed righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. If you cannot say with certainty that you do, then take a few moments and get some helpful insight.

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The Bondage of Religious Deception – Mike Gendron

This month, the Gendron’s Newsletter focus is on the various aspects of bondage from spiritual deception. Anyone who has studied the Bible, especially the New Testament epistles of Romans and Galatians, knows that the Roman Catholic gospel is NOT biblical. It therefore does not save. Those who believe that it does, or follow the RCC blindly, are in the bondage of deception; read this post to get some specifics on how that is so. ALSO, Mike’s Letters To Equip the Saints, has 4 very important letters and responses. Additionally, THIS POST CONTAINS a link to the testimony of another former Roman Catholic who discusses his conversion and what the false doctrine of the RCC has in common with 4 other false reilgions.

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Westminster Confession of Faith opposes Dispensationalism – Dr John Gerstner [Part 9]

John Gerstner was the mentor of the late R C Sproul, in case you’ve never heard of him. I excerpted a 7-minute, 35-second portion from one of Gerstner’s teaching videos on the WCF. He was reading and explaining the chapters 6-8. Therein, he made a statement that the Westminster Divines would have opposed ‘modern Dispensationalism.’ He went on to explain that salvation, since the fall, has only been by God’s grace through Christ’s atoning work, noting that this biblical view is not held by Dispensationalists.

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One Body in Christ – Pastor James Boice [Part 7]

Romans 12: 4-5 There’s no mention of the church in the Old Testament and in fact, the word church is used rather infrequently in the New Testament. But the word “body” on the other hand is used often because it reflects what the church really is. Join Dr. James Boice as he explores the true identity of the church on The Bible Study Hour. [Part 7 in my mini-series on the intimate relationship between the Old and New Testaments; highlight points follow the video.]

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