2008-01-07T18:11:47-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/a.w.+pink/ http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=703 2008-01-07T18:11:47-05:00 God can only be known by means of a supernatural revelation of Himself Apart from the Scriptures, even a theoretical acquaintance with Him is impossible. It still holds true that 'the world by wisdom knew not God' (I Cor. 1:21). Where the Scriptures are ignored, God is "the unknown God... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=697 2008-01-07T18:10:46-05:00 In the above verse we have a description of God’s people according to the course of their lives and conduct. They are a people marked by two things: fear and submission, the latter being the fruit of the former. Regenerated souls obey God conscientiously out of reverence to His majesty and goodness, http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=2948 2008-01-07T18:09:55-05:00 Does God punish nations for their wickedness under the Christian dispensation as He did during Old Testament times? If He did not we should have to discontinue the use of many of the Psalms in the praise of God. David often speaks of the righteousness of God’s judgment against the nations, and if it http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=690 2008-01-07T18:08:44-05:00 “Then said Jesus unto His disciples, if any man will”—the word “will” here means “desire to” just as in that verse, “If any will live godly.” It signifies “determine to.” “If any man will or desires to come after Me, let him deny... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=693 2008-01-07T18:01:11-05:00 The question which is before us for consideration and (attempted) elucidation really concerns the preacher's efforts to "win souls" (Prov. 11:30), and as to how far the Word warrants him going towards the realization of his longings to see sinners converted under his ministry... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=689 2008-01-07T17:58:54-05:00 This means just what it says. Christian reader, there ought to be no restraint between you and the Lover of your soul. He would have you be on, and maintain, more intimate terms with Himself, than with any human creature. He is always accessible, and never changes in His feelings... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=688 2008-01-07T17:56:43-05:00 The ignorance which prevails in Christendom today concerning the truth about the Churches of God is deeper and more general than error on any other Scriptural subject. Many who are quite sound evangelically and are well taught on what we call the great fundamentals of the faith... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=685 2008-01-07T17:42:50-05:00 As we turn to the Holy Scriptures for light upon this subject of Trouble, Suffering, Affliction, Tribulation, Persecution etc., we discover two distinct and different lines of Truth thereon, running all trough the Word. On the one hand we read that, “We must through much tribulation... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=684 2008-01-07T17:41:50-05:00 First, by begging the Holy Spirit to grant us a deeper conviction of its enormity. Second, by making it a subject of special and earnest prayer, that we may be delivered from this evil. Third, by watching its beginning, and as soon as we are conscious of harassm http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=683 2008-01-07T17:41:10-05:00 Satan is the arch-counterfeiter. The Devil is now busy at work in the same field in which the Lord sowed the good seed. He is seeking to prevent the growth of the wheat by another plant, the tares, which closely resembles the wheat in appearance...