We look at the example of the resurrection of the dead Shunammite’s son to learn spiritual lessons about our salvation. He was not resurrected by the staff (the word of God), but he was resurrected by Elisha taking the form of the child, stretching himself over him, showing us a picture of imputation and Christ […]

As we crest our ten year anniversary on the Gospel of Grace Radio Broadcast, we go back to the basics of God’s sovereignty in salvation as summarized by the doctrines of grace. We study an overview of the doctrines of grace – of Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Preservation of the […]

In the midst of his suffering, Job experienced a more sacred nearness with the Lord in his trial. Our desire is the same as Job’s, to feel our Savior near in our daily lives. We feel the Spirit ministering to the children of God who are laboring and heavy laden to give us a close […]

In our concluding message on What Is Faith? series, we consider the intersection between faith and hope. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and we are also saved by hope. Hope is a stabalizing anchor in our lives that gives us confidence that God will always be true to his promises and true […]

We study together the parable of the unjust steward. This is not teaching a lesson to be crafty or wily in your business dealings, but rather teaching the importance of integrity in the way we deal with others and in business. We must be men and women of our word, honoring the Lord in all […]

God gives his children faith in the new birth, but we have to be diligent to add to our faith and grow in discipleship. We add to our faith virtue, patience, and other spiritual disciplines to arrive at the pinnacle of charity to make our calling and election sure to ourselves and others.

In following the example of the heroes of faith in Heb. 11, we see that our faith should be edified by looking unto their examples. The faith that we have been given by the Lord is our foundation that provides us stability in our lives. Our faith also give us inspiration to have encouragement, strength, […]

Unfortunately, at times in our lives our faith might not be worked out like it should be. We might exhibit no faith or dead faith. It’s possible our faith can err, be shipwrecked, and even overthrown. However, even if we make those mistakes and don’t work out our faith like we ought to, nevertheless the […]

We consider the distinction between what God sanctifies and then our admonition to sanctify ourselves and our lives in service to the Lord. God’s children have been set apart for a holy use, and they can never lose their state of being sanctified in an eternal sense in Christ. Then, because we have already been […]

In the struggle of faith for God’s children, we oftentimes struggle with little faith, just like Jesus’ disciples in their lives. Doubt can grow and creep up and diminish our faith to where it might end up much smaller than it should be. I hope we can grow to push through little faith and our […]

Everyone loves a rags to riches story. We consider some real life stories of great wealth that came to people unexpectedly. However, the greater lesson is the rags to riches story of God’s untold riches graciously bestowed unto his people. God has freely given an amazing inheritance which we did not deserve, or even know […]

As we begin to study the varying expressions of faith in the lives of God’s people, we look at the two accounts in scripture of great faith, and learn common characteristics of each. What are the attributes of great faith that we can attempt to exhibit in our lives to live boldly in trusting God?

As we look at some examples of pits that were dug in fear instead of trusting God, we see that pits dug in fear for the wrong reasons will always inevitably be filled with sin, if not in our lives, it may not be filled with sin until generations later. Let us be purposeful to […]

While Romans 10 is commonly used as an invitation for people to believe to be born again, a close examination of the text shows the intended audience are children of God who already have the word of faith in their heart. Rather than believing to be saved to heaven, the already born again children of […]

The strength of God’s love is so powerful that there is no possibility that anyone can be separated from the love of God. There is just as much possibility as God ceasing to love one of his beloved as God ceasing to love himself and ceasing to love the Son, Jesus Christ. There is nothing […]

While not regeneration, there is still a great peace and deliverance and salvation for the heart of God’s children when they believe and walk in faith, trusting Jesus Christ. We consider together the multiple examples where Jesus declared that thy faith hath saved thee to children of God who were bold in faith, trusting the […]

We examine the love of God together, which is an everlasting love, and a love for his people, the elect. There is nothing that can separate God’s people from his love, and all for which he loved shall certainly be with him in heaven and none can pluck them out of the Father’s hand.

As we consider Abraham as the principal example of justification by faith in the New Testament, studying his life clarifies some very important points in understanding justification by faith. Abraham was not born again or declared righteous before God in Gen. 15 when he believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. No, […]

We consider the love of God towards his people from the word of God, which is considerably different than the general thoughts towards God’s love in the Christian marketplace today. God saw fit to love not the whole world, but he chose to love an elect people before the world began to save and send […]

Justification is a topic in scripture similar to salvation that requires great precision in rightly dividing what the word justification means in the right context. How can we be justified by both grace, but also justified by works, when they are directly opposing? We discuss the various aspects of justification in scripture and the correct […]