“ Thank you Joe! ” Thank you for the biblical reminder that every true believer is called to persecution. And that is actually reason to rejoice not complain!
“ Thank you Pastor Bill ” It is so refreshing to hear about justification by grace through faith. I can never hear it preached enough. As Luther said: "If the article of justification is lost, all Christian doctrine is lost at the same time. And all the people in the world who do not hold to this justification are either Jews or Turks or papists or heretics; for there is no middle ground between these two righteousness: the active one of the Law and the passive one which comes from Christ. Therefore the man who strays from Christian righteousness must relapse into the active one, that is, since he has lost Christ, he must put his confidence in his own works."
Keep preaching justification by grace AND sanctification by grace. We can't hear too much of it.
“ Thank You Pastor Bill ” Thank You Pastor Bill for reminding us that the doctrine of God's Sovereign choice in salvation is for the child of God. For it is only by the the Spirit of God that we can understand the things of God. We have the mind of Christ. It is a sad thing that so many christians will argue the clearly revealed truths of these doctrines, when they are there to teach us humility and reverance in aproching scripture and a Holy God. I pray that all of God's children (including myself) would approach God and Holy Scripture as did Moses when he approached the burning bush. That we would continue daily to be as the tax collector who would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but declare, "Lord, continue to have mercy on me. For I am a sinner.
“ WARNING!!! ” WARNING! If your desire as a Christian is to hold on to your man-centered pride then do not listen to this sermon. However, if you have the Spirit within you that cries, "Not my will Lord, but Thy will be done.", I encourage you to listen and allow the Word of God preached in this sermon to humble you before the Sovereign Lord. Hallelujah for the Lord our God the Omnipotent reigns!!!
“ O What a Wretched Man I am! ” How much of a sinner do you think you are? This message will put to rest any idea you may have that your not a "chief sinner". After examining ourselves against the Law of God we are driven to the Cross of Christ, crying out as Paul, "O wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from this body of death." Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ!!
